The album cover features Vincent van Gogh's painting 'Irises' from 1889.
This album combines two recordings: one from October 2010 in Paris and an earlier one from March 1974 in New York City.
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, featured on this album, is known for its unique approach of rotating musical leadership roles for each work.
Jean-Michel Damase, one of the composers on this album, was a child prodigy whose mother, Micheline Kahn, was a renowned harpist.
The Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet, and piano by Jean-Michel Damase was composed specifically for Ransom Wilson, the flutist on this album.
Ransom Wilson, the flutist on this album, studied in Paris with renowned flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Ransom Wilson, the flutist, is also a conductor and has been a member of the musical staff at the Metropolitan Opera since 2006.
