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The 19th-Century Guitar
SOMM Recordings

The 19th-Century Guitar

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Details

Composer
SOR, FERNANDO
Artist
Gianluigi Giglio
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Nov 15, 2019
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0604
UPC
748871060425

About

The acclaimed Italian guitarist Gianluigi Giglio makes his debut on SOMM Recordings with The 19th Century Guitar, a scintillating recital of music by Fernando Sor, a pioneering champion of the guitar in the vanguard of raising it's profile out of the tavern and into the concert hall. Giglio's wide-ranging recital explores Sor's innate feeling for the guitar and charts the increasing demands he placed on the instrument in a body of work that transformed it's standing with public and pundits alike. From the early Op. 9 masterpiece that charted a new and expressive landscape for the guitar - Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart - to the late Elegiac Fantasy (Op. 59) with it's leanings towards newly-emerging Romanticism, this is a textbook display of the instrument's many abilities given eloquent voice by a master guitarist. Other notable pieces include the Introduction and Variations on 'Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre' (Op. 28), a deliciously knowing exercise in re-creating 18th-century style, the possibly unique programmatic caprice Le calme (Op. 50) and the no less singular étude The movement of a religious prayer from the Op. 31 24 Progressive Lessons for Beginners which is distinguished by it's beautiful sense of polyphony. Gianluigi Giglio plays a guitar made by the noted Parisian luthier René Lacôte in Paris in 1834. SOMM's previous recordings of Fernando Sor include Eros Roselli's recital Studies for Guitar (SOMMCD 021) and 12 Seguidillas performed by Craig Ogden on a disc of Spanish Songs featuring soprano Patricia Rozario (SOMMCD 078).

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Variations for Guitar on Marlborough s'en va-t-en-guerre, Op. 28 08:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    Variations for Guitar on Marlborough s'en va-t-en-guerre, Op. 28
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  2. 2 Les Folies d'Espagne, Op. 15a 04:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    Les Folies d'Espagne, Op. 15a
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  3. 3 Introduction and Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9 08:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    Introduction and Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  4. 4 6 Fantasias, Op. 58: No. 5 in A minor 09:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    6 Fantasias, Op. 58: No. 5 in A minor
    Duration
    09:28
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  5. 5 No. 3. Cantabile 04:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. Cantabile
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  6. 6 No. 5. Andante 05:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 5. Andante
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  7. 7 Introduction: Andante largo 08:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    Introduction: Andante largo
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  8. 8 Marche Funebre: Andante moderato 07:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    Marche Funebre: Andante moderato
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  9. 9 Le calme, caprice, Op. 50 08:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    Le calme, caprice, Op. 50
    Duration
    08:07
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio
  10. 10 24 Studies, Op. 31, "Lecons progressives": Study No. 23 in E Major, "Mouvement de prière religieuse" 03:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    24 Studies, Op. 31, "Lecons progressives": Study No. 23 in E Major, "Mouvement de prière religieuse"
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Fernando Sor
    Performer
    Gianluigi Giglio