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photography by [alice coote, polyphony, roger vignoles] Benjamin Ealovega
photography by [andrew carwood] Hyperion
photography by [anthony rolfe johnson] Richard Holt
photography by [arvo pärt] Tina Foster
photography by [bbc scottish symphony orchestra] Drew Farrell
photography by [christopher maltman] Jacqui McSweeney
photography by [clifford benson] J L Allwork
photography by [corydon orchestra] Naomi Schillinger
photography by [corydon singers] Jim Four
photography by [danny driver] Richard Haughton
photography by [david lloyd-jones] Asadour Guzelian
photography by [english northern philharmonia] Keith Glossop
photography by [hilary davan wetton] Doug Mackenzie
photography by [holst singers] Snowbound
photography by [howard shelley] Eric Richmond
photography by [howard shelley] Robbie Jack
photography by [ian partridge] Fritz Curzon
photography by [judith howarth] Hanya Chlala
photography by [julius drake] Marco Borggreve
photography by [lawrence power, garry walker] Jack Liebeck
photography by [martyn brabbins] Sasha Gusov
photography by [matthew best] Clive Barda
photography by [robert white] Peter Schaaf
photography by [simon crawford-phillips] Sussie Ahlburg
photography by [simon johnson] Graham Lacdao
photography by [stephen hough] Sim Canetty-Clarke
photography by [stephen layton] Keith Saunders
photography by [stephen varcoe] N Johnston
photography by [tanja becker-bender] Uwe Arens
Recorded At Ulster Hall, Belfast
Recorded At City Halls, Glasgow
Recorded At St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Recorded At Blackheath Halls
Recorded At Romsey Abbey, Hampshire
Recorded At All Saints Church, East Finchley
Recorded At Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead
Recorded At Henry Wood Hall, London
Recorded At Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead
Recorded At St Paul's Girls' School, London
Recorded At Church Of St. Silas The Martyr, Kentish Town
Recorded At Kimpton Parish Church, Hertfordshire
Recorded At The Great Hall, Leeds University
Recorded At The Art Workers' Guild
Recorded At Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
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Track 1 from 'Dussek: Piano Concertos' (CDA68027)
Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812)
composed in 1810; C238
Liner notes © 2014
Recording venue: Ulster Hall, Belfast
Recording date: September 2013
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 2 from 'Busoni & Strauss: Violin Concertos' (CDA68044)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
composed in 1881/2; dedicated to Benno Walter
Liner notes © 2014
Strauss biography © 2011
Recording venue: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow
Recording date: June 2013

Track 3 from 'Canticles from St Paul's' (CDA68058)
Malcolm Archer (b1952)
commissioned in memory of Ambrose Coviello by his family for the 2004 Southern Cathedrals Festival held at Chichester Cathedral
text from the Bible, Book of Common Prayer, after Daniel 3: 57-88 (Apocrypha)
Liner notes © 2014
Recording venue: St Paul's Cathedral, London
Recording date: May 2013

Track 4 from 'Beethoven: Early Cantatas' (Helios CDH55479)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
composed circa 1790
Severin Anton Averdonk (1768-1817), probable librettist
Liner notes © 1997
Beethoven biography © 2005
Recording venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London
Recording date: June 1996

Track 5 from 'Pärt: Berliner Messe & Magnificat' (Helios CDH55408)
Arvo Pärt (b1935)
composed in 1980; dedicated to Gottfried von Einem
text from the Bible, Psalm 130
Liner notes © 1998
Recording venue: Romsey Abbey, Hampshire
Recording date: January 1997

Track 6 from 'Benjamin: Violin Sonatina & Viola Sonata' (CDA67969)
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)
composed in 1942; composed for and dedicated to William Primrose; the orchestrally accompanied version is entitled Elegy, Waltz and Toccata
Liner notes © 2014
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: December 2012
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 7 from 'Bird Songs at Eventide' (Helios CDH55156)
Stanley Dickson (1885-1956)
May Hannah Brahe (1885-1956)
Liner notes © 1995
Recording venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London
Recording date: June 1995

Track 8 from 'Bliss: A Knot of Riddles & other songs' (CDA67188/9)
Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Recording date: February 1998

Track 9 from 'Boughton: Aylesbury Games & other works' (CDA67185)
Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)
composed in 1911
Liner notes © 2000
Recording venue: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
Recording date: March 2000

Track 10 from 'Britten: Choral dances from Gloriana; Bliss: Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks'; Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda' (Helios CDH55050)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Recording venue: St Paul's School for Girls, London
Recording date: March 1985

Track 11 from 'Coles: Music from Behind the lines' (Helios CDH55464)
Cecil Coles (1888-1918)
composed 4 February 1918; movement 2 'The wayside shrine' and movement 4 'Rumours' are lost
Liner notes © 2002
Recording venue: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow
Recording date: December 2001

Track 12 from 'Dale: Piano Music' (CDA67827)
York Bowen (1884-1961)
composed in 1904; movement 1 is dedicated to Benjamin Dale; first published by the Anglo-French Music Company in 1919
Liner notes © 2011
Bowen biography © 2005
Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Recording date: December 2010
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 13 from 'Elgar: String Quartet; Bridge: Idylls; Walton: String Quartet' (Helios CDH55218)
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
composed in 1906; dedicated to EES (Ethel Elmore Sinclair, the future Mrs Bridge)
Liner notes © 2009
Bridge biography © 1997
Recording venue: St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London
Recording date: December 1993

Track 14 from 'Gurney: Ludlow and Teme & The Western Playland; Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge' (Helios CDH55187)
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936)
Gurney biography © 2001
Housman biography © 1990
Recording venue: Kimpton Parish Church, Hertfordshire
Recording date: October 1989

Track 15 from 'Gurney: Severn Meadows & other songs' (CDA67243)
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
Joseph Campbell (1879-1944)
Seosamh MacCathmhaoil (1879-1944)
Gurney biography © 2001
Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Recording date: November 2000

Tracks 16 and 17 from 'Housman: A Shropshire Lad' (Dyad CDD22044)
Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936)
text written in 1896
C W Orr (1893-1976)
Liner notes © 1995
Housman biography © 1990
Recording venue: Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London
Recording date: January 1995

Track 18 from 'Lambert: Horoscope; Bliss: Checkmate; Walton: Façade' (Helios CDH55099)
Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
Liner notes © 1990
Recording venue: Great Hall, Leeds University
Recording date: June 1990

Track 19 from 'Songs by Finzi and his Friends' (Helios CDH55084)
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
composed in 1956; part of the posthumously assembled Op 13b entitled Oh fair to see
Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
Liner notes © 2001
Recording venue: Art Workers Guild, Queen Square, London
Recording date: February 1981

Track 20 from 'The Power of Love' (CDA67888)
Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)
Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048-c1122)
Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)
Liner notes © 1995
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: December 2010
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 21 from 'Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel; Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad' (CDA67378)
William Denis Browne (1888-1915)
composed in October 1912
Henry Constable (1562-1613)
Liner notes © 2003
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: November 2002

Track 22 from 'Wallace: Symphonic Poems' (Helios CDH55461)
William Wallace (1860-1940)
Liner notes © 1996
Recording venue: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow
Recording date: December 1995

Track 23 from 'War's Embers' (Helios CDH55237)
George Butterworth (1885-1916)
composed in 1911
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Recording venue: Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire
Recording date: April 1987
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