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Charlotte! Adieu!

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Details

Composer
Fernando Sor
Artist
Philipp Schmidt
Format
CD
Label
Ars Produktion
Released
May 15, 2026
Catalog #
ARS38696
UPC
4260052386965

About

With Charlotte! Adieu!, guitarist Philipp Schmidt dedicates his album to the young musician Charlotte Beslay (nee Levavasseur), a student of Fernando Sor and a talented pianist whose playing is said to have impressed even Rossini. Her early death in 1835 - she died at the age of only about twenty while giving birth to her son - left a deep impression on Sor. In moving memory of her, he composed the Fantaisie elegiaque, Op. 59, whose conclusion bears the words 'Charlotte! Adieu!': a musical farewell full of sincerity and sorrow. In addition to this central work, the album presents selected etudes, lecons, and character pieces from Op. 6, Op. 29, Op. 31, and Op. 35, as well as the meditative miniature Le Calme, Op. 50, and the virtuoso Variations on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 9. On a historical Romantic guitar, Philipp Schmidt allows Sor's music to shine anew in it's original clarity, warmth, and poetic expressiveness.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Le calme, caprice, Op. 50 09:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Le calme, caprice, Op. 50
    Duration
    09:07
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  2. 2 12 Studies, Op. 29: No. 13 in B-Flat Major 04:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    12 Studies, Op. 29: No. 13 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  3. 3 24 Studies, Op. 31, "Lecons progressives": Study No. 21 in F Major 02:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    24 Studies, Op. 31, "Lecons progressives": Study No. 21 in F Major
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  4. 4 24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": Study No. 16 in D Minor 01:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": Study No. 16 in D Minor
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  5. 5 24 Studies, Op. 31, "Lecons progressives": Study No. 15 in B Minor 02:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    24 Studies, Op. 31, "Lecons progressives": Study No. 15 in B Minor
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  6. 6 12 Studies, Op. 6: No. 8 in C Major 01:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    12 Studies, Op. 6: No. 8 in C Major
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  7. 7 Introduction and Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9 09:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    Introduction and Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9
    Duration
    09:39
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  8. 8 12 Studies, Op. 29: No. 17 in C Major 03:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    12 Studies, Op. 29: No. 17 in C Major
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  9. 9 24 Studies, Op. 31, "Lecons progressives": Study No. 20 in A Minor 01:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    24 Studies, Op. 31, "Lecons progressives": Study No. 20 in A Minor
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  10. 10 No. 23 in G Major 03:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 23 in G Major
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  11. 11 No. 12 in A Major 04:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 12 in A Major
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  12. 12 No. 6 in A Major 02:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 6 in A Major
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt
  13. 13 Fantasia No. 13, Op. 59, "Fantaisie elegiaque" 15:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    Fantasia No. 13, Op. 59, "Fantaisie elegiaque"
    Duration
    15:54
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Philipp Schmidt