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Sor | Les Deux Amis op. 41 | Patrik Kleemola & Timo Korhonen, guitars
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- čas přidán 9. 04. 2023
- “The honors of the evening were for Messieurs Aguado and Sor. It is impossible, unless you have heard them, to get a good idea of the talent of these two guitarists.”
La Romance : journal de musique. 28th of February 1835
Fernando Sor and Dionisio Aguado were the most famous Spanish guitarists in the French capital during the 1830s performing duets together in concerts and living at Hotel Favart, which was (and still is) located near the Opéra right in the musical center of Paris. They were well-connected to the musical circles of Paris and their performances (among others one organized by Rossini in 1829) were received very favourably as the review from 1835 at the beginning shows.
The competition among guitarists in Paris during the heyday of guitar's popularity in the 1820s-30s was quite intense. This can also be seen in Sor's Methode pour la guitare (1830) in veiled and sometimes less veiled commentaries about his colleagues. Napoleon Coste commented years later in his preface to his much revised edition of the Sor method: “The success of this great artist did not keep him from the gaze of envious critics. The harassment that he had to endure from ignorant colleagues who did not understand him embittered his spirit, and it was under these adverse perceptions that he wrote the text of his method...”. However, in Aguado Sor found a friend and colleague with whom he stayed in close relation till the very end of his life. This is demonstrated in Aguado's own copy of the last published work by Sor (Souvenir de Russie op. 63) with a text in Sor's hand “á su Amigo D. Aguado”. Aguado in his will donated some money to the poor house of Asilo de San Bernardino, where Sor's brother Carlos died a year before Aguado in 1848.
The concerts in Paris or London 1830s were not solo recitals like nowadays but a very colourful mixture of different combinations of different instruments, and usually a performer had one chance to shine and impress the audience during the evening. I think this work in question, Les Deux Amis Fantaisie for two guitars op. 41 written by Sor and dedicated to Aguado, would have been quite an optimal warhorse for these kind of evening concerts. A broad and festive introduction introducing Don Fernando Sor and Don Dionisio Aguado and not without hints of Spanish flavours in the music. A cheerful theme, probably an original by Sor, followed with variations sometimes funny or virtuosic and at times with a more emotional touch like in the minor variation. Then there's a long coda before the Mazurka (the real hit dance in Paris at the time), both filtered with occasional Spanish flavours.
It's also interesting that Sor marked the other guitar part “SOR” and the other “AGUADO”, both reflecting the personal technical approach of the both players. In this performance I have an honor to play the Sor's part and Don Timo Korhonen plays Aguado's part...
Hope you enjoy the performance!
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I am so delighted with this recording! 2 virtuoso performers interpreting such wonderful music. It is a great honour to be associated with this duo, and I thank them for making my guitars sound so rich and varied. Both of these guitars are models based on Torres/ Hauser 1 and as built for Bream, the model which I still make. Thanks to Timo and Patrick!
Dear Brian Cohen, it has been such a delight to work and perform with this instrument for already 20 years now!
Amazing is very poor word for describing what you done here. Thank you so much!!!
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Absolute gold standard performance of this piece. Wonderful in every way!
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Thank you so much, Maestro! Enjoyed last week very much your performances of Rodrigo & Vivaldi with Turku Philharmonic! 🎶🎵
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Flawless playing. Best part for me is at 8min, musicianship at the highest standard. Wonderfully talented
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Again a superlative performance. It is a real pleasure to listen to your interpretation of Sor's guitar duos. Well done Patrik Sor and Timo Aguado !
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If I enjoyed it?: Yes, yes! So well played! Thanks for telling about these to greate guitarists! So interesting!
Thanks for sharing!
//Tobias
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Thank you. Masterful playing.
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Amazing display of musical understanding, elegance and musical taste. Thank you Patrick for your flawless playing and indisputable artistry 👏👏👏
Thank you very much, Marlon!
👏👏👏Wow! A really great concert! Super playing and super sound! 😎
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Excelente interpretación! Una obra brillante.
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Superb guitarists, pure magic. Bravo bravo bravoooooooo
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Incredible!
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GREAT Patrik! On a side note: I just found a Lemoine oversized 10x14' print of this. Better quality than the IMSLP exact same one . Only the second Guitar has "AGUADO" . The first does not have "SOR" Will scan it later. BTW, the IMSLP copy has someone's handwritten alternate harmonics of the intro SOR part! Same as some of the Huddleston scores do.
Thanks, John!
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