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.’

Mark Delriora: Variations on a Theme by Fernando Sor "Variazioni attraverso l'Ottocento"
+Cristiano Porqueddu: Il Silenzio del Pendolo
+Leonardo Balada: Lento with Variation
+Boris Vladimirovic Asafiev: Theme with Variations & Finale after Tschaikovksy
+Lennox Berkeley: Theme and Variations
+Ermanno Brignolo: Raighinas
+John William Duarte: Variations on a Catalan Folk Song
+Angelo Gilardino: Variazioni sulla Follia; Mozartiana Nr. 1
+Eli Magen: Theme and Variations
+Alberto Mariani: Variazioni sulla Follia
+Fernande Peyrot: Theme et Variations
+Oscar Bellomo: 10 Variations on an Armenian Theme
+Franco Cavallone: Come des variations; Omaggio a Francisco Tarrega "Di tante lagirime"
+Reginald Smith-Brindle: Variations on 2 Themes of Bach
+Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart: Variazioni su El testament d'Amelia di Llobet