Christian El Khouri – Le bouquet emblématique (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:27 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
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The programme of this CD features three works for solo guitar composed by Mauro Giuliani and performed by Christian El Khouri: Giulianate Op. 148, Choix de mes fleurs chéries Op. 46, the Cavatina Bel raggio lusinghiero from Rossini’s Semiramide. The collection Choix de mes Fleurs chéries, ou Le Bouquet Emblématique Op. 46 was first published in 1814 with a dedication to Monsieur Jules Giraud. This work is here recorded for the first time by Christian El Khouri.
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Christian El Khouri – Sor: Variations (2022)
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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 Thème de Mozart, a sublime example of his skill.
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