Roland Dyens plays Sor variations 

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Sorry for the sound - this was recorded before the microphones were invented. But the recording is extra rare*, and definitely worth of it: maestro *Roland Dyens (1955-2016) plays 'variations on a very famous theme by Sor' as he announced it - Introduction and Variations on 'Marlbrough s'en va t'en guerre' Op. 28.
March 19, 2010
Tchaikovsky hall, Moscow
Opening evening of the 'Guitar Virtuosos' festival 2010
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'Marlbrough s’en va-t-en guerre' was a very old song and, as many others, still known and sung in the nineteenth century. It was said that the governess of the royal household sang it as a kind of lullaby to the Dauphin to put him to sleep. The rocking rhythm of the melody appealed to Sor who preferred not to complicate his Op.28 Introduction and Variations based on the song, but to maintain their eighteenth-century structure with simple embellishments. Only in the final variation does Sor enunciate the theme in the middle parts of the harmony, mainly developed on the fourth and third strings, as he has done in other of his compositions, with great skill.
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