{"id":743,"date":"2015-06-22T20:04:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T00:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2015-12-31T14:04:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T18:04:27","slug":"press-release-legend-of-hagoromo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/press-release-legend-of-hagoromo\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE &#8211; Legend of Hagoromo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE LEGEND OF HAGOROMO<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Larget-Caplan-cover-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-744 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Larget-Caplan-cover--300x298.jpg\" alt=\"Larget-Caplan-cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Larget-Caplan-cover--300x298.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Larget-Caplan-cover--150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Larget-Caplan-cover--1024x1016.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AARON LARGET-CAPLAN<\/p>\n<p>CD RELEASE DATE: July 2015 &#8211; UK<br \/>\nSeptember 25, 2015 \u2013 US and World Release<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stonerecords.co.uk\/album\/the-legend-of-hagoromo\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-745\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Stone-Records-emblam.png\" alt=\"Stone Records emblam\" width=\"65\" height=\"37\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Larget-Caplan is more than one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation; he is an evangelical ambassador for his art, as is shown by this, his first solo CD for <a href=\"http:\/\/stonerecords.co.uk\/album\/the-legend-of-hagoromo\/\">Stone Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aaron Larget-Caplan: The legend of Hagoromo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKZKoQ-1HN8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Comprising an intoxicating mixture of Japanese and American music, this fusion-recital is brilliantly conceived and performed by the young American virtuoso. The disc includes a number of premi\u00e8re recordings (Ueno\u2019s <em>Ed \u00e8 subito sera<\/em>, Nakamura&#8217;s <em>Sui-hou<\/em> and Schreiner\u2019s <em>Two Japanese idylls<\/em>), some written specifically for him, as well as the eponymous tour de force, <em>The legend of Hagoromo<\/em> \u2013 a modern masterpiece, presented here with stunning vitality.<\/p>\n<p>The cross-fertilisation happens both ways with composers from Japan and the Americas writing music inspired by each other\u2019s cultures, including Toru Takemitsu\u2019s breathtaking arrangements of <em>Summertime<\/em> and <em>Somewhere over the rainbow<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This is charismatic classical music at its finest &#8211; uncompromising, engaging and brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CRITICAL ACCLAIM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAaron Larget-Caplan is a riveting artist. His classical guitar performance was a treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAstounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boston Music Intelligencer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe magnificent musical talent of Aaron Larget-Caplan is indeed a gift for the senses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour enthusiasm and virtuosity entices listeners both old &amp; young to experience the magic of the concert hall for themselves\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Fanfare<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aaron Larget-Caplan<\/strong>, hailed by the <em>Washington Post <\/em>as \u201ca riveting artist\u201d, and noted in <em>Fanfare <\/em>for his \u201centhusiasm and virtuosity\u201d, was born in Oklahoma, raised in Colorado, and gave his debut at the Tabor Opera House at the age of sixteen. Since then he has premiered over 60 compositions, and performed throughout the United States and Europe. A gifted performer and speaker, he is a sought-after soloist and chamber musician regularly performing new and standard repertoire and connecting with audiences with a Bernstein-esque ease. His recordings have received critical acclaim from <em>Audiophile<\/em>, <em>Fanfare<\/em>, <em>American Record Guide<\/em>, <em>Guitar Magazine <\/em>and many more. As a chamber musician he has performed works for small and large ensemble including with choir, string quartet, duos of all types and mixed ensembles. Collaborators include the Rimsky-Korsakov and New England String Quartets, Boston Lyric Opera, and Schola Cantorum of Boston. He is the founder of the New Lullaby Project, a 21st-century commissioning endeavour that invites composers to write classical miniatures in the genre of the lullaby. He released the debut CD \u201cNew Lullaby\u201d, featuring 14 new lullabies by 13 American composers in 2010 to critical and public acclaim. He has since premiered over 45 new lullabies coming to him from Japan, Norway, Australia, and the USA by such composers as Scott Wheeler, Ken Ueno, Carson Cooman, Francine Trester and Alan Fletcher. He regularly collaborates with dancers and is the founder of the ensemble \u00a1Con Fuego!, which juxtaposes classical Spanish music and flamenco dance and song. He performs many of his own arrangements of Bach, Scarlatti and Spanish composers. His recent arrangements of John Cage and Reynaldo Hahn are to be published by Editions Peters and International Music Company (IMC). He is also the director and founder of Greater Boston House Concerts. He is a graduate of Boston\u2019s New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with David Leisner. His principal guitar teacher was Dmitry Goryachev and he received additional coaching from Eliot Fisk, Juanito Pascual, and pianist Seymour Bernstein. He is on faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He plays a 2012 guitar by Franco Marino of Sicily, gifted to him by the luthier, and is endorsed by Hannabach Classical Guitar Strings. He lives in Boston with his wife, healer and muse, Catherine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonerecords.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">www.stonerecords.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"426\">Artists: Aaron Larget-Caplan (guitar)Disc: The Legend of HagoromoLabel: Stone RecordsCatalogue number\/barcode: 5060192780567Release date: 29 June 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"426\">Track Listing:1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fujii: The legend of Hagoromo2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brouwer: Hika, in memoriam Toru Takemitsu3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Takemitsu: Equinox4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ueno: Ed \u00e8 subito sera*<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nakamura: Sui-hou*<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arlen: Over the rainbow<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gershwin: Summertime<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Schreiner: Japanese idyll no.1*<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Schreiner: Japanese idyll no.2*<\/p>\n<p>*premi\u00e8re recording<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE LEGEND OF HAGOROMO AARON LARGET-CAPLAN CD RELEASE DATE: July 2015 &#8211; UK September 25, 2015 \u2013 US and World Release &nbsp; Aaron Larget-Caplan is more than one of the leading classical guitarists of his generation; he is an evangelical ambassador for his art, as is shown by this, his first solo CD for Stone [&hellip;]<\/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":[68,150,6],"tags":[163,16,132,7,87,157,95],"class_list":["post-743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary-music","category-press","category-recordings","tag-charles-schweigert","tag-classical-guitar","tag-japan","tag-new-lullaby-project","tag-recording","tag-stone-records","tag-summertime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743","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=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}