Fernando Sor: Les Plus Belles Pages <br> David Starobin, guitar <BR> BRIDGE 9166ClassicsToday. com: 10 10 "Highest Rating" This CD presents a collection of 14 of Fernando Sor's (1778 1839) finest compositions. From the early Op. 6, 12 Etudeone of Sor's most transcendent pieces to the late, experimental "Fantaisie Villageoise" (the work contains what is probably the first usage of multiphonics on any instrument) David Starobin's readings probe the poetry and compositional beauty of Sor's unique art. Starobin performs all of this

Songs on Folk Texts

vivid sonics round out a disc that really does offer the most sympathetic means possible for entry into the challenging style of this brilliant

and the long finale

Flashbacks (1995)

Antwerp 1690

was the last performance given by longtime chamber music partners

Only the Partia VI is written for violins in normal tuning

Bülent Arel

Westphal's duo partner on this disc is the American pianist

free-flowing legato lines

Poor Lazarus (Josh White

giving these already impressive releases new detail and beauty