Gabriel Bianco - F. Sor: Variations on a theme by Mozart

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The Variations sur un theme de Mozart (ca. 1820-1823) draws its thematic material from the aria "Das klinget so Herrlich" from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (1791). Written in E major, one of the most idiomatic keys for the guitar because of its open-string resonance, the work commences with a brooding introduction in the minor mode, curiously similar to many of Beethoven's sonata introductions. A statement of the theme is followed by the sunny first variation, which is punctuated by scale runs throughout. The second variation, in the minor mode, is solemn and stately. The third is good-natured, relaxed, and of an extemporized quality, while the prelude-like fourth, based on two alternating rhythmic figures, is more structured. The fifth variation provides a flashy conclusion, a mercurial perpetuum mobile of several dozen measures that comes to rest on a cadence of two full-textured chords.

Introduction. Andante largo (0:00)
Theme. Andante moderato (1:43)
Variation 1 (2:49)
Variation 2 (4:02)
Varation 3 (5:47)
Variation 4 (7:05)
Varation 5 and Coda (7:50)


Gabriel Bianco, France
GFA 2008 Winner Performance
Guitar: Cedar top Greg Smallman 2006, Australia


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