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Composer Gaspar Cassadó — Andrés Segovia Archive
From the liner notes of the new FRESH! From Reference Recordings release Andrés Segovia Archive: Spanish Composers featuring guitarist Roberto Moronn Pérez: Gaspar Cassadó The great cellist Gaspar Cassadó was a friend and keen follower of Segovia, dating back to his youth, and during the course of his brief but inspired activity as a composer, took up the guitar. He celebrated special moments and events with pieces that he wrote for the instrument and which…
Composer Jaume Pahissa — Andrés Segovia Archive
From the liner notes of the new FRESH! From Reference Recordings release Andrés Segovia Archive: Spanish Composers featuring guitarist Roberto Moronn Pérez: Jaume Pahissa In his autobiography, the great guitarist writes a few words about the Catalan composer Jaume Pahissa and states that “he was not interested in composing for solo instruments or chamber ensembles, but only for large orchestral formations.” Segovia does not refer, even briefly, to the fact that in July 1919 Pahissa…
On the Andrés Segovia Archive – Part Two
From the liner notes of the new FRESH! From Reference Recordings release Andrés Segovia Archive: Spanish Composers featuring guitarist Roberto Moronn Perez (Read Part One Here): From the very first concerts of the 1920s Segovia’s approach in commissioning new music was very clear. As he was dealing with world renowned composers, he did not attempt to criticize the new works, he simply evaluated each piece in terms of its affinity with his own personal sound…
On the Andrés Segovia Archive – Part One
From the liner notes of the new FRESH! From Reference Recordings release Andrés Segovia Archive: Spanish Composers featuring guitarist Roberto Moronn Perez: One of Andrés Segovia’s greatest achievements in the history of guitar music was his success in commissioning new works for his instrument. From the very outset of his career he took the decision to become actively involved in encouraging world renowned composers to write for him. up till that point, guitar performance had…