Christian El Khouri - Fernando Sor: Variations

Fernando Sor was born at a time when the guitar enjoyed increasing prominence. He differed from other virtuoso-composers for the instrument such as Giuliani and Carulli due to his far greater sense of harmonic refinement. Sor�s studies and exercises have been fundamental to guitarists for two centuries, and his sequence of Themes and Variations are his best-known compositions. His three collections based on popular French melodies have enjoyed popularity as has Les Folies d�Espagne avec Variations et un Menuet, but his masterpiece remains the Introduction et Variations sur un Th�me de Mozart, a sublime example of his skill.