Diverse Dimensions CD
(Sterling Sounds Music Co.)

Recorded from the original vinyl issue.

US $9.99 (plus shipping)

On this CD, created from the original vinyl Dimensions album, guitarist Joseph Breznikar performs his transcription of works by Francois Couperin and William Byrd as well as contemporary works by Francisco Araujo and Will Gay Bottje.

Diverse Dimensions
Track List and Notes

• Four Pieces From The "Ordres" (14:51)
   Composed by Francois Couperin
   Transcribed by Joseph Breznikar
  • La Convalescente
  • L´Atalante
  • Les Vieux Seigneurs (Sarabande Grave)
  • La Fileuse

Francois Couperin (1668 - 1733) was the towering composer for harpsichord in Baroque France. The best known member of a musical family, at age 17 he was the organist at St. Gervaise in Paris and, in 1693, won the post of organist in Louis XIV's Chapelle Royale.

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• Pavana (4:47)
   Composed by William Byrd
   Transcribed by Joseph Breznikar

William Byrd (1543 - 1623) was one of the giants of Elizabethan music. Byrd, a Catholic in Anglican England, composed sacred works for both churches. Byrd was uncommonly versatile leaving memorable madrigals, songs, liturgical pieces and works for instrumental ensemble.

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• Viruoso Waltz No. 1 (6:24)
   Composed by Francisco Araujo
   Performed by Joseph Breznikar

Born in 1949, Brazilian Francisco Araujo is the youngest composer represented on this recording. After beginning guitar study with his father, Araujo worked with Jose Alves de Silva in Sao Paulo and graduated from the Sao Caetano do Sul Conservatory.

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• Sonata for Guitar (12:59)
   Composed by Will Gay Bottje
   Performed by Joseph Breznikar
  • Sonata
  • Theme and Variations

Trained as a flutist as well as a composer, Will Gay Bottje (b. 1925) studied under Vittorio Giannini, Nadia Boulanger, and Henk Badings. His work has been eclectic, ranging from electronic music to the "Songs from the Land Between the Rivers" drawing on folktunes from the area near Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where is Professor Emeritus in composition.

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