The Fairer Sax appeared in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican from October 1986 to January 1987.
This album was recorded at Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset in April 1987.
The Fairer Sax made their South Bank debut at the Purcell Room in December 1985.
The Fairer Sax is a saxophone quartet composed of graduates from London Music Colleges.
The Fairer Sax presented their own forty-minute television special on BBC2 in August 1986.
The recording utilized AKG C414 microphones in a crossed hypercardioid configuration.
Since the saxophone was invented in 1845, much of the quartet's repertoire consists of transcriptions of earlier works, adding richness and variety.
