Sor Guitar Works
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Composer or Director: (Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor
Label: DG
Magazine Review Date: 7/1987
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 419 247-1GH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Introduction and Variations on a theme by Mozart |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Fantasia No. 13, 'Fantasia élégiaque' |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Introduction and Variations on 'Ye Banks and Braes |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Fantasia No. 2 |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Sonata for Guitar in C, 'Grand Sonata II' |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Thème variés et Douze Minuets, Movement: No. 1 |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Fantasia No. 7 |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Composer or Director: (Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor
Label: DG
Magazine Review Date: 7/1987
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 419 247-2GH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Introduction and Variations on a theme by Mozart |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Fantasia No. 13, 'Fantasia élégiaque' |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Introduction and Variations on 'Ye Banks and Braes |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Fantasia No. 2 |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Sonata for Guitar in C, 'Grand Sonata II' |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Thème variés et Douze Minuets, Movement: No. 1 |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Fantasia No. 7 |
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer
(Joseph) Fernando (Macari) Sor, Composer Göran Söllscher, Guitar |
Author: John Duarte
The heart of this programme is however the Fantaisie elegiaque, not a set of variations but a two-part funeral ode to one Charlotte Beslay, whose forename is written over the music near the end— ''Charlotte, adieu!''. Its poignancy is unmatched in the nineteenth-century repertory of the guitar; Sollscher, an aristocrat of the instrument, wrings every drop of dignified grief from it. Elsewhere, with pristine technique and beautifully clear sound, he shows his (and Sor's) ability to sparkle. There is no finer record of Sor's music on the present-day guitar, nor is there one that is more likely to appeal to non-guitarist music-lovers—who will not be disappointed, either, by the quality of the recording itself.'
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