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Music From Five Centuries 17th Century - 21st Century, is a kaleidoscopic presentation of short musical works belonging to a multitude of epochs, genres and styles, from J.S. Bach, Handel, Couperin and Biber, to Mozart and Beethoven, to romantic, contemporary, blues, folk, jazz and rock compositions. Violinist Elmira Darvarova (first and only woman-concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) and hornist Howard Wall (a New York Philharmonic member, formerly with The Philadelphia Orchestra) have selected, arranged and transcribed a number of compositions (some originals, some transcriptions), to compile a Double Album , brimming with a large number of world-premiere recordings (40 out of the 45 tracks). Album Tracks 1. Sonata Representativa~Allegro 2. Folies d’Espagne~Four Variations 3. Double Concerto BWV 1043~Vivace 4. Rinaldo~Lascia ch’io pianga 5. Sonata No. 6, Op. 1~Alla breve 6. Suite de la Bagatelle 7. Duo No. 1 in G, K423~Rondo 8. Scheherazade~[Excerpt] 9. Etude 10. If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking (after Emily Dickinson) 11. DSCH – Antiphon for violin and horn, Op. 118 bis 1 12. Black Beauty 13. Prayer for violin and horn 14. Dança Celtibérica 15. Four 2-bit Contraptions~Gramophone 16. Eight Pieces, Op. 39~Intermezzo 17. Polegnala e Todora & Gankino Horo 18. Happy Blues for solo horn 19. Rock Ethic for solo violin 20. Bop Duet No. 9 21. Diario Español, Pagina 92~[Excerpt] 22. Bird and a Hawthorn Tree for violin and horn 23. Libertango 1. Sonata No. 5, Op. 5~Presto 2. Idylle 3. Sonata Representativa~Allemande 4. Voluptueuse 5. Basque 6. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6~Aria (Chôro) 7. Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068~Air 8. Four 2-bit Contraptions~Calliope 9. Duo 1, WoO 27~Allegro commodo 10. Bop Duet No. 8 11. Suite for keyboard, HWV 441~Courante 12. Pantheon~Hermes (Mercury)
