The applause heard at the end of the CD for Mozart's Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je, Maman' K. 265 is from a public concert at the Bath Holbourne Museum in 2007.
Instruments
The album features four different keyboard instruments: a copy of a 17th-century Italian harpsichord, a chamber organ, a copy of the Antunes harpsichord, and a Fortepiano by Johann Schantz from around 1795.
Album & Artwork
The album cover features a political map of Europe in 1714, reflecting the album's theme of a musical journey around Europe.
Recording & Production
A blackbird's audible presence was recorded between two tracks of Frescobaldi's Canzoni and was intentionally included on the album.
Performer Biography
Elizabeth Lester, who plays Renaissance recorder on this album, is Richard Lester's daughter and became the youngest student to pass the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Performance Diploma on recorder with honours at age ten.
Performer Biography
Richard Lester, the harpsichordist and fortepianist on this album, has been central to early keyboard music for fifty years, with his career beginning seriously in 1966.
Performer Biography
Richard Lester's discography for Nimbus Records includes the complete keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and the majority of Girolamo Frescobaldi's keyboard works on original instruments.
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