Classic Guitar Duos

These three long-form duets by Spanish classical guitar master Fernando Sor feature beautifully crafted melodies artfully orchestrated between the two guitars and a technical approachability for all intemediate-level guitarists. The three works presented here all come from the late 1820s and 1830s. The Divertissement is in three-movement form, whereas both L'Encouragement and Souvenir de Russie take the form of an introduction followed by a theme with variations, capped off with a dance-like finale. This Music Minus One edition presents a sparkling performance of these duets from virtuosi Christian Reichert and Beata Bedkowska-Huang. Listen to their technique, either from the combined recording or from one of the solo parts presented separately; then you join either Mr. Reichert or Ms. Bedkowska-Huang to make your own beautiful music! Featuring music for players of nearly all levels, every guitarist will revel in a celebration of the classical guitar at its zenith. Includes an expansive, newly engraved, authoritative performance edition of the music score, featuring both guitar parts, with performance suggestions from Christian Reichert and edited by both Mr. Reichert and Ms. Bedkowska-Huang, and printed on high-quality ivory paper; plus a CD containing the complete performance of the pieces in digital stereo; a second compact disc containing accompaniments to each piece, first minus the primo guitar part, then presented again minus the secondo part.