Mark Viner, the pianist on this recording, is Chairman of both the Alkan Society and the Liszt Society.
Cécile Chaminade was immensely popular in the USA, with around two hundred 'Chaminade Clubs' springing up during her 1908 tour.
Queen Victoria, the British monarch, was a big fan of Cécile Chaminade's music and invited her to Windsor Castle.
In 1913, Cécile Chaminade became the first female composer to be admitted to the Légion d'honneur, France's highest order of merit.
During World War II, Cécile Chaminade lost all royalties from her Jewish publisher, which was liquidated by the Nazis.
Cécile Chaminade, a French composer, gave her first concert at age eighteen, despite her father's disapproval of her musical education.
