Novecento Guitar Variations

Porqueddu, Cristiano

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The dazzling Sardinian guitarist returns to the studios for a breathtaking compendium of variation sets, many of them never recorded before, by many of the most enduring names in guitar composition of the last century.

Through the course of his long partnership with Brilliant Classics, Cristiano Porqueddu has attracted superlatives and enthusiasm from all corners of the critical press and listeners everywhere. There’s no denying the ability of Cristiano Porqueddu,’ wrote David Hurwitz in Classics Today, citing the guitarist’s ‘rich sound and dexterous handling of his instrument.’

His colleague Jed Distler noted that Porqueddu’s ‘nuanced articulation allows him to sustain and spin out legato lines as if his fingers had bows.’

Works:

•Delpriora: Variations on a Theme by Fernando Sor - Variazioni Attraverso L'ottocento
•Porqueddu: Il Silenzio Del Pendolo (Omaggio Ad Alessandro Bianchi)
•Porqueddu: Metamorfosis De La Soledad (Su Uno Studio Di Angelo Gilardino)
•Balada: Lento with Variation
•Boris Vladimirovic Asafiev: Theme with Variations and Finale After Tchaikovsky
•Berkeley, L: Theme and Variations
•Brignolo: Raighínas
•Duarte, J W: Variations on a Catalan Folk Song
•Gilardino: Variazioni sulla Follia (Studi da Francisco Goya)
•Eli Magen: Theme and Variations
•Alberto Mariani: Variazioni Sulla Follia
•Peyrot: Thème et variations
•Oscar Bellomo: 10 Variations on an Armenian Theme
•Cavallone, F: Comme des Variations
•Cavallone, F: Di Tante Lagrime - Omaggio a Francisco Tárrega
•Reginald Smith-Brindle: Variants on 2 Themes of Bach
•Swierkosz-Lenart: Variazioni Su El Testament D'amelia Di Llobet

CD x 3

Brilliant Classics

19.03.2026

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