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Fernando Sor

g, 1778-1839 ES, Barcelona
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Joseph Fernando Macari Sors

Josep Ferran Sorts i Muntades (baptized 14 February 1778 – died 10 July 1839) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. While he is best known for his guitar compositions, he also composed music for a wide range of genres, including opera, orchestra, string quartet, piano, voice, and ballet. His ballet score Cendrillon (Cinderella) received over one hundred performances. Sor's works for guitar range from pieces for beginning players to advanced players such as Variations on a Theme of Mozart. Sor's contemporaries considered him to be the best guitarist in the world, and his works for guitar have been widely played and reprinted since his death. Although modern classical guitar players usually do, Sor rarely used his ring finger or nails when playing.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Folk
  • Latin
Popular Tracks   
24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": Study No. 17 in D Major on Sor: Fantasias Nos. 7, 10, 13 / 24 Studies by Fernando Sor & Timo Korhonen
Etude No. 5 en si mineur on Les plus belles pages de la guitare by Arnaud Dumond
24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": Study No. 22 in E Minor on Sor: Fantasias Nos. 7, 10, 13 / 24 Studies by Fernando Sor & Timo Korhonen
8 Etudes: 24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": No. 17 in D Major on 19th Century Guitar Favourites by Norbert Kraft
24 Studies, Op. 35, "Exercises": Study No. 18 in E Minor on Sor: Fantasias Nos. 7, 10, 13 / 24 Studies by Fernando Sor & Timo Korhonen
Voyons si c'est ca - 6 Pieces, Op. 45: No. 5. Andante on Sor: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 43 / Progressive Pieces, Op. 44 by Fernando Sor & Jason Vieaux
Fantasia No. 7, Op. 30: Variation 2 on Sor: Fantasias Nos. 7, 10, 13 / 24 Studies by Fernando Sor & Timo Korhonen
Theme varies et 12 Minuets, Op. 11: Menuet No. 1 on Sor: Fantaisie, Op. 10 and 12 / Themes Et Menuets, Op. 11 by Fernando Sor & John Holmquist
Fantasia No. 7, Op. 30: Introduction - Lentement on Sor: Fantasias Nos. 7, 10, 13 / 24 Studies by Fernando Sor & Timo Korhonen
Sor : Study No.6 on Classical Guitar by John Fulford Music

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
First Prize 2016 Tárrega International Guitar Competition, BenicàssimXianji Liu, Domenico Scarlatti, Francisco Tárrega, Fernando Sor, Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Malats, Astor Piazzolla, Napoléon Coste, Lennox Berkeley2017Album
Songs For Voice And GuitarFernando Sor, Nerea Berraondo, Eva Beneke2017Album
Sonate, Arie, Variazioni e MinuettiFernando Sor, Stefano Grondona2016Album
Premières Études (Selected Opus 60 & 44)Fernando Sor, Noël Akchoté2015Album
La Chitarra Nell'OttocentoFernando Sor, Luigi Attademo2014Album
Complete Studies For GuitarFernando Sor − Enea Leone2014Album
Kazuhito Yamashita Plays F. SorFernando Sor, Kazuhito Yamashita2011Album
Complete Fantasies For GuitarFernando Sor, Stefano Palamidessi2010Album
My Careless Eyes: Seguidillas And Solos For GuitarFernando Sor - Evelyn Tubb, David Parsons2003Album
Ariette Italiane • SeguidillasFernando Sor2003Album
Fantasía (Works For Guitar)Rafael Catalá : José Ferrer Y Esteve, Fernando Sor, Juan Parga, José Broca, Roberto Gerhard2002Album
UntitledFernando Sor & Mauro Giuliani - David Starobin2001Album
L'Arte Di Andrés SegoviaAndrés Segovia - Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, Georg Friedrich Händel, Fernando Sor, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Francisco Tárrega2001Compil.
Compositions For Guitar By Fernando SorFernando Sor, Alexander-Sergei Ramírez2001Album
Guitar Music Opp. 17-21Fernando Sor - Margarita Escarpa1999Album
Fantaisie, Op. 10 / Thèmes Et Menuets, Op. 11 / Fantaisie, Op. 12Fernando Sor, John Holmquist1998Album
Complete Guitar Music, Vol. 9Fernando Sor, Marc Teicholz1998Album
Guitar Duets (Complete), Vol. 2Fernando Sor - Robert Kubica • Wilma van Berkel1997Album
Guitar Music Opp. 46-48, 50 & 51Fernando Sor, Jeffrey McFadden1997Album
Morceau De Concert • Six Valses Et Un Galop • Souvenirs D'une Soirée À Berlin • Fantaisie VillageoiseFernando Sor - Adam Holzman1996Album
Guitar ClassicsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Isaac Albéniz, Fernando Sor, Georg Lawall1996Album
24 Exercises, Op. 35 / Pièces De Société, Op. 33Fernando Sor, Steven Novacek1996Album
Morceau De Concert • Six Valses Et Un Galop • Souvenirs D'une Soirée À Berlin • Fantaisie VillageoiseFernando Sor - Adam Holzman1996Album
Introduction And Variations, Op. 26-28 / Douze Etudes, Op. 29 / Fantasie Et Variations Brillantes, Op. 30Fernando Sor, Jeffrey McFadden1996Album
Guitar RecitalJulian Bream, Fernando Sor, Joaquín Turina, Manuel De Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Federico Moreno Torroba1996Compil.
Sor: Guitar Music Opp. 58, 59 & 60Fernando Sor, Nicholas Goluses1996Album
Guitar Duets (Complete), Vol. 1: Divertissements • Valses • Les Deux Amis • L'encouragementFernando Sor - Robert Kubica • Wilma van Berkel1995Album
19th Century Guitar FavouritesFernando Sor • Dionisio Aguado • Francisco Tárrega, Norbert Kraft1994Album
Quartet In G For Flute, Guitar, Viola, Cello / Menuets - Concerto In D, Op.14.Franz Schubert / Fernando Sor1993Album
Werke Für Gitarre (= Works For Guitar = Œuvres Pour Guitare)John Dowland · Fernando Sor · Agustín Barrios Mangoré · Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar - Göran Söllscher1993Compil.
Sor/Coste - Raphaella SmitsFernando Sor - Napoléon Coste, Raphaëlla Smits1992Album
Guitar MusicFernando Sor, Eduardo Fernández1991Album
Ariette Italiane, Seguidilllas & VariacionesFernando Sor, Montserrat Figueras, José Miguel Moreno1991Album
24 Selected StudiesFernando Sor — Frank Bungarten1991Album
Les Grands Duos De Fernando SorFernando Sor — The Groningen Guitar Duo1991Album
The Segovia Collection, Vol. 7: Guitar EtudesAndrés Segovia - Fernando Sor, Mauro Giuliani, Francisco Tárrega, Dionisio Aguado, Napoléon Coste1990Album
EstudiosDavid Tanenbaum : Matteo Carcassi, Fernando Sor & Leo Brouwer1990Album
The Segovia Collection, Vol. 7: Guitar EtudesAndrés Segovia - Fernando Sor, Mauro Giuliani, Francisco Tárrega, Dionisio Aguado, Napoléon Coste1990Compil.
Concierto De AranjuezJoaquín Rodrigo, Fernando Sor, Enrique Granados, Isaac Albéniz, Manuel De Falla - Bela Banfalvi, Zoltan Tokos, Budapest Strings - Monika Rost, Jürgen Rost1989Compil.
The Segovia Collection, Vol. 5: Five Centuries Of The Spanish GuitarAndrés Segovia - Luis De Milán, Luis de Narváez, Gaspar Sanz, Fernando Sor, Federico Moreno Torroba, Enrique Granados, Frederic Mompou1989Compil.
Classics For GuitarJohn Dowland / Luis De Milán / Luis de Narváez / Fernando Carulli / Matteo Carcassi / Mauro Giuliani / Fernando Sor / Johann Sebastian Bach / Francisco Tárrega / Niccolò Paganini / Timothy Walker1989Album
Concerto De AranjuezJoaquín Rodrigo, Manuel De Falla, Joaquín Turina, Fernando Sor1988Album
Meisterwerke Für GitarreGeorg Lawall / Fernando Sor1988Album
FantaisiesFernando Sor / Göran Söllscher1987Album
Minuettos Y EstudiosHorst Sohm - Fernando Sor1986Album
Music Of Spain, Vol. 4: The Classical HeritageJulian Bream - Fernando Sor, Dionisio Aguado1985Album
Duos Para Guitarra / Guitar DuosFernando Sor1985Album
FantasieFernando Sor / Carlo Ambrosio1984Album
Duetto Op. 48,2 / Rafaga Op. 53 /Fandanguillo Op. 36 / "Goyescas" / Sonatina Meridional / Fantasie Op. 54 / Danzas Espagnolas Op. 37 / Chants D'Espagne Op. 232 / Spanischer Tanz Nr. 1Fernando Carulli / Joaquín Turina / Enrique Granados / Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar / Fernando Sor / Isaac Albéniz / Manuel De Falla - Gitarren-Duo: Eliot Fisk, Flavio Cucchi1984Album
Seguidillas · Andantino For Guitar / 2 Arias = 2 Arien / 8 Songs = 8 LiederFernando Sor / Vicente Martín Y Soler - Teresa Berganza, José Miguel Moreno1983Album
GuitarduetsRaphaëlla Smits, David Russell, Fernando Sor, Armin Kaufmann1983Album
Plays Guitar TranscriptionsJohann Sebastian Bach / Domenico Scarlatti / Niccolò Paganini / Fernando Sor, Aleksander Frauchi1982Album
Duos de GuitaresFernando Sor, Jean Horreaux et Jean-Marie Tréhard1982Album
Music For Guitar, Lute And MandolinJohann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Carl Maria von Weber, Niccolò Paganini, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Johann Hoffmann, Fernando Carulli, Fernando Sor, Mauro Giuliani, Luigi Boccherini, Giuseppe Torelli, Fabritio Caroso, Vincenzo Galilei, Simone Molinaro, Charles Mouton, Jacques Bittner1980Compil.
Concerto Pour Guitare Et Orchestre En Mi Majeur - Onze Etudes Pour Guitare - Six Etudes Pour GuitareAndrés Segovia / Luigi Boccherini, Mauro Giuliani, Fernando Sor / Symphony Of The Air / Enrique Jordá1980Album
Jürgen Schöllmann Spielt Joh.Seb.Bach, Mauro Giuliani, Fernando SorJohann Sebastian Bach / Mauro Giuliani / Fernando Sor - Jürgen Schöllmann1980Album
Romantic Music For Two GuitarsEvangelos & Liza / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Frédéric Chopin, Fernando Sor, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Manuel De Falla1979Album
RecitalMaria Kämmerling - Johann Sebastian Bach / Maurice Ravel / Fernando Sor / Axel Borup-Jørgensen1979Album
Pièces Pour GuitareFernando Sor • Patrick Gaudi1979Album
Concierto De Aranjuez - Music For GuitarJoaquín Rodrigo, Isaac Albéniz, Fernando Sor, Enrique Granados, Manuel De Falla, Joaquín Turina1978Compil.
Guitar Sonatas / Gitarrensonaten Op. 22 & 25Fernando Sor - Pepe Romero1978Album
20 Etudes Pour GuitareFernando Sor1978Album
20 Studies For GuitarFernando Sor1978Album
Guitar Music By Fernando SorAlice Artzt - Fernando Sor1978Album
Integral Dels Opus 31 : 35Fernando Sor - José Luis Lopátegui1977Album
The Classic Spanish GuitarAlirio Díaz, Isaac Albéniz, Manuel De Falla, Enrique Granados, Miguel Llobet, Joaquín Malats, Luis De Milán, Alonso Mudarra, Luis de Narváez, Joaquín Rodrigo, Gaspar Sanz, Regino Sainz De La Maza, Domenico Scarlatti, Andrés Segovia, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tárrega, Federico Moreno Torroba, Joaquín Turina, Heitor Villa-Lobos1977Album
Guitarra RomanticaMauro Giuliani - Fernando Sor - Francisco Tárrega : Narciso Yepes1977Album
Virtuoso Guitar Vol. 1George Vick Plays Gaspar Sanz, Napoléon Coste, Luigi Legnani, Fernando Sor, Aurelio De La Vega, Benjamin Britten1977Album
Alexandre Lagoya Joue Sor Et Villa-LobosFernando Sor, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Alexandre Lagoya1975Album
Guitar MusicJohann Sebastian Bach, Fernando Sor, Pepe Romero1975Compil.
Le Rossiniane / Grand SonataJulian Bream / Mauro Giuliani / Fernando Sor1974Album
Werke Für Gitarre SoloLeo Brouwer, Gaspar Sanz, Luis de Narváez, Fernando Sor, Cornelius Cardew, Hans Werner Henze1971Album
Baroque Music For Two GuitarsJohannes Matelart / Giovanni Antonio Terzi / Jean-Baptiste Besard / Giovanni Battista Marella / Fernando Carulli / Fernando Sor, Duo Company-Paolini1970Album
Segovia plays Bach: Chaconne and other worksAndrés Segovia / Johann Sebastian Bach And Other Works By Fernando Sor, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Joaquín Rodrigo1970Album
24 EtüdenFernando Sor, Narciso Yepes1968Album
Music For The Student Classical GuitaristDarryl Ray Saffer, Fernando Carulli, Matteo Carcassi, Fernando Sor, Miguel Aguado, Marcello Giuliani1968Album
Guitar RecitalFernando Carulli, Francesco Molino, Mauro Giuliani, Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi, Matteo Carcassi, Fernando Sor, José Viñas, Joaquín Malats, Štěpán Urban - Antonín Bartoš1966Album
Gitarrenmusik Aus Drei JahrhundertenAndrés Segovia, Santiago De Murcia, Fernando Sor, Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, Joaquín Rodrigo, Ludovico Roncalli1964Album
Famous Guitar CompositionsLuise Walker, Ludovico Roncalli, Domenico Scarlatti, Fernando Sor, Guido Santórsola, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Federico Moreno Torroba, Jan Anton Van Hoek1963Album
20 Studies For GuitarJohn Williams : Fernando Sor1962Album
Bach: ChaconneAndrés Segovia / Johann Sebastian Bach And Other Works By Fernando Sor, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Joaquín Rodrigo1955Album
Spanish Guitar Recital Vol.1 And 2Vicente Gomez - Francisco Callejo - Federico Moreno Torroba - Fernando Sor1952Album
The Spanish Baroque GuitarGaspar Sanz, Fernando SorAlbum
Spanish Guitar MusicJulian Bream - Joaquín Turina, Manuel De Falla, Fernando SorAlbum
Fantaisie Elégiaque En Andere Werken VanFernando Sor, Lex EisenhardtAlbum
La Guitare En DuoPhilippe Lemaigre, Guy Lukowski, Fernando SorAlbum
Gitarre BarockAntonio Vivaldi / Johann Sebastian Bach / Domenico Scarlatti / Georg Philipp Telemann / Fernando Sor - The RomerosCompil.
Siegfried BehrendSiegfried Behrend - Robert de Visée • Johann Sebastian Bach • Fernando Sor • Mauro Giuliani • Hermann Ambrosius • Manuel De FallaAlbum
Hohe Schule Für Gitarre (6 Etüden Von Fernando Sor)Andrés Segovia, Fernando SorSingle
Выдающиеся ИнструменталистыAndrés Segovia, Johann Sebastian Bach, Fernando Sor, Joaquín RodrigoAlbum
Konzert für Gitarre und Orchester E-dur / Suite Nr. 3 A-dur / Musik für GitarreAndrés Segovia, Luigi Boccherini, Gaspar Cassadó, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dionisio Aguado, Fernando Sor, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar, Federico Moreno Torroba, Óscar EspláAlbum
Grand Sonata Op. 22 And Other Works For Classical GuitarFernando Sor, Rey De La TorreAlbum
Four Centuries Of Spanish Guitar MusicErnesto Bitetti, Luis De Milán - Luis de Narváez - Gaspar Sanz - Alonso Mudarra - Fernando Sor - Isaac Albéniz - Francisco Tárrega - Joaquín TurinaAlbum
Phantasie Und Variation Für Zwei GitarrenKatharina Und Klaus Hempel, Georg Friedrich Händel, Fernando Sor, Stanley Weiner, Cesar Bresgen, Jean-Philippe RameauAlbum
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