Classical Guitar LPs: Recent Episodes
Aaron Powell
“Music, Musings and Memories" with the Classical Guitar. Your host (Aaron Powell) gives background on the Artists/Composer(s) from his LP collection. Listeners will hear commentary on the performers, and composers before listening to side one. Aaron will share remarks, anecdotes and asides relating to his personal experiences as a musician. Then we flip over to side two and enjoy the rest of the music. Aaron lives in Des Moines with his wife and two daughters, maintains an active performance schedule, has a thriving guitar studio, and does his best to balance musicianship with family life. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/powellguitar/support
Aaron returns after a busy semester of teaching for a new episode of a "Guitarist I have never heard of playing music I have never heard".
This should be a treat, enjoy and listen to our back episodes
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Aaron breaks down a fabulous John Williams record from 1973. Spotify and YouTube has video of the Podcast.
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Aaron breaks down his absolute FAVORITE Classical Guitar LP by the legendary Andres Segovia. This is the first video podcast, where available
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Aaron breaks down an "ok" classical guitar record from 1976 by the fabulous Angel Romero. Also a shoutout to the group at FeedSpot.com, who has recognized CGLPs as one of the top classical guitar podcasts.
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Aaron breaks down this "ok" Classical Guitar LP from 1960. There is some nice work on this recording some, rare pieces by a very young Pepe Romero that he has never heard before.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/powellguitar/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/powellguitar/support
Hear Aaron summarize the 1966 Columbia release
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Aaron sends out a message to the audience members letting everyone know why it's been quiet during the month of July. The plan is to have a couple of new episodes by August 15th. In the meantime enjoy the back episodes going back to the first episode of the Andres Segovia guitar recital
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Aaron discusses a very nice collection of (mostly) 2nd movement Adagio pieces on a fabulous recording.
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Aaron breaks down a killer LP from 1975 of Pepe & Angel Romero playing the music of Joaquin Rodrigo
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Listen to the wonderful Spanish Fantasy album from 1980. Aaron has special guest, Steven Kennedy, from Des Moines. A great discussion about the musical selections, joy of playing guitar as well as challenges such as focal dystonia.
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Aaron brings in an old friend Matt Oltman (2002 GRAMMY®-AWARD WINNER) as a guest host to discuss all things Bream, Pears, Britten voice and guitar.
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Aaron is excited to finally be able to present a recording of the great pedagogue Alrio Diaz. Many, many copies of printed music are in Aaron's personal library and edited by Alrio Diaz, but this is a first to hear of his recorded works, and it is well worth it, to be sure
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Aaron gives an honest and fair summary of the 1978 recording of John Williams Plays Manuel Ponce
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Aaron gives his impressions and reactions to the 1961 recording Three Centuries of Guitar. This is actually a 1973 repressing, as the original recording was on the Decca label. Wonderful music on this episode, my favorite being the Homage to Boccherini by Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, written in 1933.
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Aaron analyzes some rarely-heard music from Elizabethan England, on this 1973 MHS recording
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Listen to Aaron analyze the 1983 Deutsche Grammophon recording of Goran Sollscher on the 11 string guitar, with first hand insight from the performer.
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Aaron analyzes the 1960 LP entitled The Intimate Bach Volume 2 Laurindo Almeida. It is a wonderful recording with the help of a French Horn and a Viola as well!
This is the first episode of season 7
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Aaron wraps up the 5th season of the Classical Guitar LPs podcast with this wonderful recording of Julian Bream & John Williams from 1979. Listen to music performed on two guitars that is very unique and moving
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Aaron wraps up the 5th season of the Classical Guitar LPs podcast with this wonderful recording of Julian Bream & John Williams from 1979. Listen to music performed on two guitars that is very unique and moving
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Aaron discusses the 1975 album of 400 years of Italian Guitar music, and includes a funny story that occurred during a performance at the Drake Observatory
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Aaron breaks down the album by Spain's Royal Family of the Guitar. The Quartet plays several pieces and we hear solo works by Celindonio, Celin and Angel. Pepe only plays on the quartet tracks, but don't be disappointed--this is an awesome recording from a year of awesome recordings, 1965
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Aaron discusses a "new to him" guitarist, Jose Luis Loptegui from this 1971 Turnabout/Vox recording of Spanish Guitar Music from the 16th & 17th Centuries. Music of Luis Milan, Alonso de MuDarra, Diego Pisador, Luys de Narvaez, and Gaspar Sanz.
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Aaron opens up Season 5 of the Classical Guitar LPs podcast by breaking down a 1967 reissue of the 1965 Andres Segovia recording. Alexandre Tansman's Suite Polonico, Federico Mompou's Suite Compostelana and two pieces by Maria de Valeria.
Special thanks to Paul Sacks of Ames, Iowa for donating the LP as well as being a monthly support of the podcast.
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Aaron reaches out to the listeners on the various platforms and says "Thank-You" for the 15K listens to the 4 seasons of CGLPs episodes. As a token of thanks, Aaron decides to introduce himself to the listenership by giving a bird's eye overview of his life with the classical guitar. It's a busy summer, and hopefully before school resumes there will be time to begin Season 5 of the Classical Guitar LP's podcast! Enjoy
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Aaron discusses the LP and the music of M. M. Ponce
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Aaron visits with the CGLP Listeners about the Presti/Lagoya Duo, the music played on the recording and the unique circumstances that surround this final release of this classical guitar duo who also were Husband and Wife.
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Aaron gives commentary about a guitarist that he is just learning about--check this episode out
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Aaron finishes up visiting about this WONDERFUL JW recording of J.S. Bach from 1975
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John Williams plays the Complete Lute Works of J.S. Bach
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Enjoy this "academic" yet touching recording. Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 1970, what could be better than that? Warm tone, and brilliant playing and the gorgeous music by baroque master composer, Domenico Scarlatti
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Listen to Aaron discuss "old friends" and "new friends" with regard to this LP from 1955. Thanks to Joe Diaz (a former student of Aaron's) for the use of the LP
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Listen to Aaron discuss the playing of world-class guitarist, Pepe Romero and enjoy the album
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Aaron gives some praise and also some criticism of the 1963 recording by the great John Williams.
From the record collection of Aaron's former student, Joe Diaz
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Aaron shares his musings on his "desert island classical guitar LP"
Enjoy and happy listening
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Aaron picks apart a new favorite album--what a treat!
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Wow, another excellent recording reviewed by Aaron Powell! Enjoy the 1st episode of the new season
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Aaron reviews the 1983 album Vivaldi: The Four Seasons by the Amsterdam Guitar Trio.
CGLPs podcast celebrates over 3000 listens, looking forward to the 3rd season
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Aaron reviews the album The Spanish Guitar of Oscar Ghiglia [Angel, 1970]
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Listen to Aaron discuss how he DIDN'T get to meet Eliot Fisk while in Vienna back in 1997. Eliot Fisk serves up a tremendously well played offering, thanks for listening
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Listen as Aaron Powell unpacks the 1968 recording of The Virtuoso Guitar* by John Williams--one of Aaron's personal guitar-heroes.
there is more in the episode, but Aaron believes that this recording is a compilation of earlier recordings released* in 1968 on the Everest label
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Aaron gives a run-down of his former teacher's debut recording Classic Guitar Artistry.
Side 1
Misionere, Bustamente
Pavane pour une infante defunte, Ravel arr. Niedt
Fandanguillo, Turina
Cavatina, Myers arr. Niedt
Side 2
Pleasant Despair, Satie arr. Niedt
Prelude No. 2, Gershwin arr. Niedt
Le Rossiniane, Giuliani edited Niedt
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Aaron talks about the 1971 Narciso Yepes recording (on a 6-string classical guitar--not a 10-string)
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This LP is a treasure of both Pepe Romero's playing as well as the music of Mauro Giuliani
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Host Aaron Powell discusses the unique recording of Laurindo Almeida, who uses the "modern technology" (from 1961) of overdubbing to create sonorities that aren't possible with the solo guitar without overdubs. We hear de Falla, Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and others.
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Listen to Aaron's analysis of Liona Boyd's 1974 debut album The Guitar. Aaron's personal favorite off this record is The Girl With The Flaxen Hair , Liona's playing of the piece is brilliantly done Discogs Information Aaron's YouTube Channel www.powellguitar.com
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Aaron discusses the brilliant playing of Julian Bream, who recently passed away earlier in 2020. Hear about the re-release of the mono recordings "before it was cool" to do such a thing. Aaron also visits about what motivates him as a musician in listening to recordings and experiencing live performances of the greats.
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Aaron gives background and commentary on the 1969 recording of Romanza by Christopher Parkening. Hear the funny story of what CP thought of AP's guitar, then hear how CP took the compliment back!
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Welcome to the first episode of Classical Guitar LPs Listen as your host (Aaron Powell) breaks down the 1952 Album An Andres Segovia Recital Let us know what you think on social media
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Trailer about the Classical Guitar LPs Podcast
host Aaron Powell
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