{"id":3082,"date":"2024-08-12T16:58:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T20:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2024-08-12T17:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:51:21","slug":"spanish-gems-fanfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/spanish-gems-fanfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review – Spanish Gems in Fanfare"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPANISH GEMS<\/em><\/strong> \u2022 Aaron Larget-Caplan (gtr) \u2022 TIGER TURN 888-11 (34:43)<\/h3>\n

T\u00c1RREGA<\/strong> Capricho \u00c1rabe (Serenata). Adelita (Mazurka).<\/em><\/strong> SANL\u00daCAR<\/strong> Panaderos.<\/em><\/strong> ALB\u00c9NIZ<\/strong> Asturias (Leyenda) <\/em><\/strong>(arr. Larget-Caplan). SANZ<\/strong> Suite Espa\u00f1ola: <\/em><\/strong>Canarios.<\/em> ANONYMOUS<\/strong> Spanish Romance.<\/em><\/strong> PUJOL<\/strong> El Abejorro<\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>TORROBA<\/strong> Sonatina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spanish Gems <\/em><\/strong>is another outstanding recital by Aaron Larget-Caplan. On three previous occasions, I\u2019ve reviewed for Fanfare <\/em>recitals by the Boston-based guitarist. God\u2019s Time\u2014Music of J. S. Bach on Guitar <\/em>(Tiger Turn 888-09) (Fanfare<\/em> 46:3, Jan\/Feb 2023) features Larget-Caplan\u2019s transcriptions. Nights Transfigured <\/em>(Stone 888-02) and Drifting<\/em> (Stone 888-03) (both reviewed in Fanfare<\/em>, 45:2, Nov\/Dec 2021) are Volumes 2 and 3 of Larget-Caplan\u2019s New Lullaby Project<\/em><\/strong>, featuring works the guitarist has commissioned, premiered, and recorded. In all cases, I was impressed by Larget-Caplan\u2019s lovely, singing tone, aligned with mastery of both the technical demands and idioms of the works involved. That same level of artistry may be found in Spanish Gems<\/em>, a collection of favorites teeming with seductive melody, rhythm, and color (strumming effects abound). Larget-Caplan plays all the Spanish works with a compelling balance of fire and elegance, magnified by the closely miked recording. This is a most enjoyable recital. Ken Meltzer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four stars: Aaron Larget-Caplan\u2019s beguiling recital of Spanish guitar favorites<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Fanfare, September\/October, 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Link for listening: https:\/\/lnk.to\/SpanishGems<\/a><\/h2>\n

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SPANISH GEMS \u2022 Aaron Larget-Caplan (gtr) \u2022 TIGER TURN 888-11 (34:43) T\u00c1RREGA Capricho \u00c1rabe (Serenata). Adelita (Mazurka). SANL\u00daCAR Panaderos. ALB\u00c9NIZ Asturias (Leyenda) (arr. Larget-Caplan). SANZ Suite Espa\u00f1ola: Canarios. ANONYMOUS Spanish Romance. PUJOL El Abejorro. TORROBA Sonatina Spanish Gems is another outstanding recital by Aaron Larget-Caplan. On three previous occasions, I\u2019ve reviewed for Fanfare recitals by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,6,53],"tags":[32,406,523,157,405],"class_list":["post-3082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","category-recordings","category-reviews-2","tag-fanfare","tag-kabir-sehgal","tag-spanish-gems","tag-stone-records","tag-tiger-turn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3082"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3091,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions\/3091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}