I Capture the Castle guests describe each other in terms of famous artists. Topaz is called a work by William Blake, Rose is said to resemble Emma, Lady Hamilton, the muse of the painter George Romney, Simon says that Cassandra is like "Girl with a Mousetrap," a painting by Joshua Reynolds, and Mrs Fox-Cotton is said to be a work by Salvador Dalí "with snakes coming out of her ears". Simon introduces Cassandra to the works of Claude Debussy: "Clair de lune", "La cathédrale engloutie", "La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune". She also listens to J. S. Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze"
Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1 near the end, when after a second cadenza, slows its tempo down again. The title of a third, "In a Mosque", reflects the abundance of mosques in the once Turkish Caucausus and Circassia, and the listener can hear the Muezzin's call to prayer in the music. The most famous and admired portion is the final piece, "Procession of the Sardar", a Persian title for a military commander, leader or dignitary. Notable recordings of this suite include: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1 "Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1", Op. 10 (Russian: "Кавказские эскизы, Сюита №1") is an orchestral suite composed in 1894