Sor Opus 45 no. 5

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Comment by Shad Gregory on April 16, 2015 at 16:02

I've always shied away from these pieces, mainly because of Sor's sardonic title; I know that Sor was becoming frustrated by the criticism that his pieces were too difficult to play. But I gotta say this piece sounds pretty nice.

Comment by Robert Barto on April 14, 2015 at 18:51

Thanks for your comments. I had to make a small correction in my original description of the piece which follows here:

This opus is titled "Voyons si c'est ca" or "Let's see if this is it". An excellent explanation of the title can be found here:

http://www.tecla.com/extras/1001/1200/1206notes.htm
Sor is trying very hard to make good music as easy as possible.
I'm doing my best to follow his right hand fingering ideas, and this little piece poses no real problems there.
Played on a Lacote copy by Gary Southwell
I've opted to use an edition by Coste for the video due to the many misprints in my Sor version.

Comment by Italo Borsalino on April 14, 2015 at 12:50

What a lovely piece, and very well played.

Comment by Lars Hedelius-Strikkertsen on April 14, 2015 at 8:26

ok. It sounds good

Comment by Robert Barto on April 14, 2015 at 7:13

Thanks Lars. At the moment it's old style nylgut with very old copper basses from either Aquila or Savarez.

Comment by Lars Hedelius-Strikkertsen on April 13, 2015 at 22:59

very nice and delicate. what strings are yoou using. Is it gut ?

Comment by Robert Barto on April 13, 2015 at 20:31

Thanks Jelma. I'm playing a Lacote copy by Gary Southwell.

Comment by Jelma van Amersfoort on April 13, 2015 at 19:29

Thanks! That sounds very musical and lovely. What guitar are you playing on this recording?