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photography by [christopher maltman] Jacqui McSweeney
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photography by [robin blaze, the king's consort] Keith Saunders
photography by [simon johnson] Graham Lacdao
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photography by [the raphael ensemble] Peter Rauter
photography by [westminster cathedral choir] Malcolm Crowthers
Recorded At Teatro Comunale Di Ferrara
Recorded At St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Recorded At All Saints Church, East Finchley
Recorded At St. John's Church, Loughton
Recorded At Potton Hall
Recorded At Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead
Recorded At Westminster Cathedral, London
Recorded At The Great Hall, Frognal, Hampstead
Recorded At Homocord
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Track 1 from 'Dvorák: Cello Concertos' (Hyperion CDA67917)
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
composed in 1894/5 for Hanuš Wihan; first performed in London on 19 March 1896 by Leo Stern
Liner notes © 2013
Recording venue: Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Recording date: October 2012

Track 2 from 'Franck: Symphonic organ works' (Hyperion CDA68046)
César Franck (1822-1890)
composed in 1878; No 2 of Trois pièces pour grand orgue, M35-37; composed for the opening of the Paris Trocadéro and first performed in its Salle des Fêtes by the composer on 1 October 1878
Liner notes © 2013
Franck biography © 1997
Recording venue: St Paul's Cathedral, London
Recording date: April 2012

Track 3 to 5 from 'Poulenc: The Complete Songs' (Hyperion CDA68021/4)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Liner notes © 2013

Track 3:
composed in 1934
Jean Nohain (1900-1981) author of text under the pseudonym Jaboune
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: May 2010
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 4:
composed from September to October 1939
Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin (1902-1969) author of text
English lyrics translation © 1977
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: July 2008
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 5:
composed from October to November 1942; first performed in 1943 by Roger Bourdin
Maurice Fombeure (1906-1981) author of text, from Chansons de la grande hune, 1942
English lyrics translation © 1977
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: March 2011
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 6 from 'Machaut: Songs from Le Voir Dit' (Hyperion CDA67727)
Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)
3vv; Rondeau 17
text from late 1360s; from Le Voir Dit. VD17
Liner notes © 2013
Recording venue: Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Loughton, Essex
Recording date: July 2012

Track 7 from 'Arensky & Taneyev: Piano Quintets' (Hyperion CDA67965)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
composed in 1911
Liner notes © 2013
Recording venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk
Recording date: December 2012
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 8 from 'Bridge: Phantasy Piano Quartet & Sonatas' (Hyperion CDA68003)
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
composed in 1916; for string quartet
Liner notes © 2013
Recording venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk
Recording date: October 2012

Track 9 from 'Handel: Ottone' (Hyperion CDS44511/3)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
first performed 12 January 1723
Nicola Francesco Haym (1678-1729) author of text, adapted from Pallavacino's Teofane
Liner notes © 1993
Recording venue: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
Recording date: February 1993

Track 10 from 'Poulenc: Mass & Motets' (Helios CDH55448)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
composed in August 1937; dedicated to the composer's father
text from the Ordinary of the Mass
Liner notes © 1994
Recording venue: Westminster Cathedral, London
Recording date: September 1993

Track 11 from 'Korngold: String Sextet; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht' (Helios CDH55466)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
composed in 1917; first performed on 2 May 1917
Liner notes © 1990
Recording venue: The Great Hall, Frognal, Hampstead
Recording date: April 1990

Track 12 from 'Byrd: Consort Songs' (Helios CDH55429)
William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Psalms, Sonets, and songs of Sadnes and Pietie, 1588; marking the death of Sir Philip Sidney
Byrd biography © 2006
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: May 2003

Track 13 from 'Walter Gieseking – The complete Homocord recordings and other rarities' (apr APR6013)
Recording venue: Homocord
Recording date: March 1925
ISRC: GB-AJY-13-91703 (Track 1)
ISRC: GB-AJY-13-04604 (Track 2)
ISRC: GB-AJY-13-02106 (Track 3)
ISRC: GB-AJY-13-02117 (Track 4)
ISRC: GB-AJY-13-02434 (Track 5)
ISRC: GB-AJY-13-72706 (Track 6)
ISRC: GB-AJY-13-96501 (Track 7)
ISRC: GB-AJY-13-00306 (Track 8)
ISRC: GB-AJY-93-75220 (Track 9)
ISRC: GB-AJY-94-66405 (Track 10)
ISRC: GB-AJY-90-42503 (Track 11)
ISRC: GB-AJY-04-39705 (Track 12)
ISRC: GB-SAM-13-01313 (Track 13)