Fernando Sor – Les Folies d’Espagne Op.15a | Pablo Lentini Riva | Romantic Guitar

Fernando Sor’s Les Folies d’Espagne variées Op.15a performed by Pablo Lentini Riva on an original romantic guitar by Guillaume Louis Martin (Paris, 1830). Recorded live at the Italian Cultural Institute of Paris. Fernando Sor (Barcelone 1778 - Paris 1839) Les Folies d'Espagne variées Œuvre 15a Guitare romantique de Guillaume Louis Martin Paris, 1830. https://pablolentiniriva.bandcamp.com/ Instagram : @pablo_lentini_riva Vidéo tournée le 31 mai 2024 à l’INSTITUT CULTUREL ITALIEN de Paris, Hôtel de Galliffet, 50 rue de Varenne, 75007 Fernando Sor (baptised 14 February 1778 – 10 July 1839) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer of the late Classical era and early Romantic era. Best known for writing solo classical guitar music, he also composed an opera (at the age of 19), three symphonies, guitar duos, piano music, songs, a Mass, and at least two successful ballets: Cinderella, which received over one hundred performances, and Hercule et Omphale. Partly because Sor was himself such a classical guitar virtuoso—contemporaries considered him to be the best in the world[1]—he made a point of writing didactic music for players of that instrument of all levels. His Twelve Studies Op. 6, the Twelve Studies Op. 29, the (24) Progressive Lessons Op. 31, and the (24) Very Easy Exercises Op. 35 have been widely played for two hundred years and are regularly reprinted.[2] On the other hand, some of Sor's music, not least his popular Introduction and Variations on Mozart's "Das klinget so herrlich" Op. 9, is fiendishly difficult. La Folía (Spanish), or Follies (English), also known as folies d'Espagne (French), La Follia (Italian), and Folia (Portuguese), is one of the oldest remembered European musical themes, or primary material, generally melodic, of a composition, on record. The theme exists in two versions, referred to as early and late folias, the earlier being faster. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia