SOR & GIULIANI

Roland Dyens GUITAR
Quatuor Arthur•LeBlanc
Hibiki Kobayashi, Brett Molzan VIOLONS | VIOLINS
Jean-Luc Plourde ALTO | VIOLA
Ryan Molzan VIOLONCELLE | CELLO

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he French-born guitarist Roland Dyens began studying his instrument at the age of nine.   By age 33, he was listed as one of the world's best by the magazine 'Guitarist'.   Dyens is currently a professor at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris.   Known also as a brilliant arranger, Dyens has chosen some of the most memorable guitar repertoire by the late 18th and early 19th-century composers and arranged it for solo guitar and string quartet, specifically the Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc: seven études by the 19th century Catalan composer Fernando Sor; and one of the six 'Rosiniana' composed by Mauro Giuliani on themes from Rossini operas.   Dyens also performs Giuliani's 'Variations on a Theme by Handel' and Sor's 'Grand solo, opus 14' for solo guitar.

The Quatuor Arthur-LeBlanc, composed of violinists Hibiki Kobayashi and Brett Molzan, violist Jean-Luc Plourde, and cellist Ryan Molzan, is widely regarded as one of the Canada's finest string ensembles; the group recently made its debut at Carnegie Hall.   In September 2005, the QAL assumed the role of quartet-in-residence at the Université Laval in Quebec City.

Fernando Sor (1778-1839)   1 • Étude n° 5     2.42        [EXERCICE N° 22, EXTRAIT DES 24 EXERCICES TRÈS FACILES, OP. 35]   2 • Étude n° 6     2:11        [EXERCICE N° 17, EXTRAIT DES 24 EXERCICES TRÈS FACILES, OP. 35]        Quasi adagio   3 • Grand Solo, OP. 14 (MEISSONNIER)     10:00        Introduction (Andante) – Allegro   4 • Étude n° 13     3:49        [ÉTUDE N° 9, EXTRAITE DES 12 ÉTUDES, OP. 6]        Andante   5 • Étude n° 17     4.33        [ÉTUDE N° 11, EXTRAITE DES 12 ÉTUDES, OP. 6]        Andante   6 • Étude n° 19     3:16        [ÉTUDE N° 13, EXTRAITE DES 12 ÉTUDES, OP. 29, EN CONTINUATION DES 12 ÉTUDES, OP. 6]        Allegretto   7 • Étude n° 1     1:17        [ÉTUDE N° 8, EXTRAITE DES 12 ÉTUDES, OP. 6]        Maestoso   8 • Étude n° 20     3.25        [ÉTUDE N° 17, EXTRAITE DES 12 ÉTUDES, OP. 29, EN CONTINUATION DES 12 ÉTUDES, OP. 6]        Marciale Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani (1781-1829)   9 • Variazioni su un tema di Händel PER CHITARRA, OP. 107     9:26 10 • Rossiniana n° 1, OP. 119     17:56        « SUR DES THÈMES D'OPÉRA DE GIOACHINO ROSSINI » Les sept Études de Sor et la Rossiniana de Giuliani sont présentées dans un arrangement pour guitare et quatuor à cordes de Roland Dyens. The seven Études by Sor and the Rossiniana by Ciuliani are presented in an arrangement for guitar and string quartet by Roland Dyens.