Album DescriptionViolinist Dorothea Cook and composer-pianist Peter Winkler met in 1987. From the first moment they played together, they knew there was a special musical chemistry between them. They fell in love overnight, and began a musical collaboration that has lasted ever since. Peter Winkler writes, "Silken Rags, the name of our duo, suggests the combination of earthiness and elegance we aim for when we make music together. This collection reflects our love of popular music of many kinds - gospel music , tango, American popular song, Ghanaian highlife, etc. - and our attemp[t to capture some of the spirit and feeling of these styles within the medium of concert music for violin and piano."