Ferdinando Carulli - "Solo and Variation on Nel cor più" Op. 107

Ferdinando Carulli - Solo and Variation on Nel cor più

The tune on which this work is based is the famous Nel cor più non mi sento, a
duet from Act 2 of Giovanni Paisiello’s opera La Molinara (1788). Nel cor più
occupied one of the most prominent positions in the hierarchy of nineteenth
century hit parade. The tune was arranged for many different instruments
and instrumental ensembles, by literally hundreds of arrangers, Beethoven
and Hummel being the most prominent among them. Guitarists are
well familiar with the variations by Fernando Sor (his Op. 16) on the same
theme, and those by Mauro Giuliani, (his Op. 4 for solo guitar and Op. 65 for guitar and string quartet).
What sets Carulli’s work apart from the more known ones,
is the extensive solo introduction, beginning with a majestic Largo,
and concluding with an Allegretto section which presents itself as an orchestral overture.
The theme and variations proper finally begin on page 4.

12 pages.
Editions Orphée