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from: OP. 54, CONCERT PIECE - publ. 1832
Sor Op. 54 Morceau de Concert played by Lawrence Johnson.
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ANNOTATION:
Morceau de Concert, Op. 54 This work is similar in form to Op. 7, 10, 12, 16, 20,
30, and 46. After Op. 46, Sor’s Fantasias do not contain variations and perhaps that is
why he gave this work (which indeed does contain variations) a different title. It, perhaps
more than any other work represents Sor the classicist, with the perfectly formed set of
variations, in absolute harmony with Sor the sentimental romanticist, with the wide
intervallic leaps etc. of perfumed romantic melody. Of special note is the exquisite 3rd
variation. One must remember that Sor wrote this work in the 1830s when the
instrumental variation form had, for the most part, degenerated into the bombastic showy
operatic paraphrases of Liszt, Thalberg etc. This work, like many others from Sor of this
period, concludes with a brilliant concert waltz.
LAWRENCE JOHNSON