Wissam Boustany has toured South/North America, Europe and the Middle/Far East and Africa. Born in Lebanon, Boustany moved to Britain in 1977 where he studied at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music. After being awarded the Bass Concerto Award, he won the Silver Medal in the 1982 Madeira International Flute Competition, the woodwind prize in the Royal Overseas League Competition and the silver medal in the Shell/LSO Competition. He was 2nd prize winner in the woodwind section of the first BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1978. In 1997 he was awarded a knighthood by the Lebanese government in recognition of his music and humanitarian work. He teaches at the Royal Northern College of Music, in Manchester.

Born in Tokyo of Polish and Japanese parents, Stefan Warzycki is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In the past few years he has made a number of concert tours in the United States, South America, Switzerland and Japan. He currently lives in London, where his most recent appearances include concerto performances and solo recitals at St John's Smith Square, the Wigmore Hall and the South Bank. In February 1990 he performed with Wissam Boustany in a highly acclaimed recital at the Purcell Room which included much of the music on this record.

"...very nicely delivered with a wry touch of humour where required by Boustany and Warzycki... ...delivered with delightful insouciance by Boustany with perfect syncopated rhythmic touches from Warzycki.... ...The slow movement is one of Martinu’s mysterious nocturnes, a beautiful meditative piece which Boustany delivers with ideal poise..." - Paul Corfield Godfrey, musicweb-international.com

This is a première recording of Simon Holt's Maiastra for solo flute.