a&r Sue Shortridge booklet editor Finn S. Gundersen conductor, composed by Airat Ichmouratov design, typography Cass Cassidy engineer Ralph Couzens tracks 4 to 6 engineer [assistant] David Pereira tracks 4 to 6 engineer [assistant] Edward Denholm engineer [assistant] Joe Linehan tracks 1 to 3 engineer [assistant] Nelson Falcó Cordes tracks alexander james engineer [assistant], mastered by Alex James tracks 1 to 3 leader Carmine Lauri tracks 4 to 6 leader [guest] Natalia Lomeiko orchestra London Symphony Orchestra producer, edited by Adrian Peacock Record Company Chandos Records Ltd Phonographic Copyright (p) Chandos Records Ltd Copyright (c) Chandos Records Ltd Recorded At LSO St Luke's, London Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano (serial no. 598 538) courtesy of LSO St Luke’s Piano technician: Nigel Polmear, Steinway & Sons, London
Airat Ichmouratov, Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, and Elvira Misbakhova would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to Mr Jacques Marchand whose generous support made this recording possible. Elvira Misbakhova would like to thank Mr Roger Dubois, of the Canimex Foundation, for the generous loan of the viola made by Giuseppe Dall’Aglio, Mantua, in 1820, and the bow made by Jacques Audinot, c. 1965.
Recorded 19 and 20 April (Piano Concerto) and 5 May (Viola Concerto No. 1) 2022
Front cover: Photographs of Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, by Antoine Saito, Elvira Misbakhova, by François Goupil, and Airat Ichmouratov, by Joe Cancilla Photography Back cover: The musicians during the recording of the Piano Concerto, photograph by Joe Linehan Inner inlay card: Airat Ichmouratov during the recording sessions, photograph by Joe Linehan