Sor / Giuliani / Schubert / Spohr / Weber: Music for Soprano and Guitar
1/31/1987, 22 Tracks, 51:00
Featuring
Christina Högman
Jakob Lindberg
Fernando Sor
Mauro Giuliani
Franz Schubert
Louis Spohr
Carl Maria von Weber
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Historical Context
The early 19th century saw hundreds, even thousands, of songs with guitar accompaniment produced across Europe and overseas.
Composition History
Sor's seguidillas boleras are from a late 18th-century Spanish tradition that disappeared with the French invasion of 1808 and the subsequent repressive regime.
Composer Biography
Mauro Giuliani, an Italian guitarist, made such an impression in Vienna that a contemporary noted he "played so perfectly, that he often reminded me of the fine old days of the lute-playing."
Composer Biography
Carl Maria von Weber was considered a master of both the guitar and the piano, and his songs, which he accompanied with "real virtuosity on the guitar," were highly praised by a friend.
Performer Biography
Jakob Lindberg, a lutenist on this record, succeeded Diana Poulton as professor of lute at the Royal College of Music in 1979.
Composer Biography
Fernando Sor, a prolific composer of symphonies, ballets, chamber music, songs, and piano and guitar music, is best known today for his guitar music due to "accidents of political exile."
Historical Context
Many of Franz Schubert's songs were published in Vienna simultaneously in two versions: one for voice and piano, and one for voice and guitar, reflecting the guitar's popularity.
