John Williams Plays: Vals op. 8 No 4; by Agustin Barrios Mangore.

[jamievillasenor]

Porque los Espanoles son racistas...Espana es un pais muy pequeno pero grande en constructores de guitarras....no hay nada mas romantico que la guitarra clasica y la musica Latino Americana...

Bethoven, Juliani, Carcassi son increibles..

[eliogavi]

impecable, que gran técnica.



[LUCADEMICXS]

some student of mine once asked why there was only vals 3. & no.4 ....well i told them that the 1st and 2nd valts were lost... my 1st student laughed and said "he couldnt keep track off all the sh*t he wrote down??? WAT A FAG" and my second student started to cry. she says "if the third and forth were this good then i only wish to see the missing pages of the first 2 songs" well we can only imagine

viva barrios

[Carbogmag]

hi is a god!!!

[Bacteriod]

Just saw Williams perform this yesteday in concert , and it was every bit as good as this one, what a master !!!

[Muso8787]

Anyone who criticises Williams and labels him as a "robotic" player should watch this. Such expressive, yet controlled phrases. Personally, I prefer it when I plays closer to the metronome (especially for his baroque performances) but for south american playing this is perfect!

[BarriosGroupie]

@Muso8787 couldn't have put it better. John Williams plays this with such ease that he's enjoying himself.

[erickguitarclasic]

this too fast?

[Faldiddy]

@erickguitarclasic yeah, i thought maybe just a touch in only some parts. effing great performance though

[pedrovioleiro]

He's amazing, he's the best !!!!!

[Tojiro06]

15 people have never touched a guitar.....

[Tojiro06]

simply amazing ....

[tarquin161234]

on the other hand perhaps segovia didn' have the musical personality required to make barrios's music shine. perhaps he ws only suitable for adapting existing musics.

[87gjd]

masterfully played, more emotion than a usual williams performance

[biggerbigd]

Wonderful video. Thems alot of chords!

[marc0sdead]

There is no Flaw in his performance. its Perfect. He totally smokes buddddd....

AMAZING. I love it!!

[pacoheam]

el maestro JOHN WILLIAMS...don't search errors,you are losing your time..=)

[pacoheam]

el maestro JOHN WILLIAMS...don't search errors,you are losing your time..=)

[davidjd]

FIRSTLY, "SUNMONSTER" thanks for putting up this clip. I was introduced to the music of Barrios, not - by a South American guitarist - but JW. Williams is very astute at reading 'classical guitar zeitgeists' (!) - and always picks the most tuneful composers & and compositions. He was/is on a 'winner' - with the music of Barrios, who is incredibly hard to play. Definitely not for beginners! -

dave from downunder

[pjrow]

What a VIRTUOSO! The PAGANINI of ENGLAND

[buju]

Segovia did like Barrios's music it was strange for him, because Agustin was playing on with steel strings at the time and they didn't want to class him as a classical guitar player.

[CreScenTMoonieS]

wow, 30 year old? nice playing!

[CreScenTMoonieS]

wow, 30 year old? nice playing!

[bigmuso123]

i have played this guitar , amazinf fleta, sounds great but the nexk is like a tree trunk

[SUNMONSTER]

Improved sound/picture version is up on my page most recent list, hope you all enjoy and thanks for all the views.

[SUNMONSTER]

I never expected this nearly 30 year old clip would be enjoyed by so many, thank you. would you like a improved hq version with better sound?

[martinlinp]

Yes! That'd be great!

[ditman333]

@SUNMONSTER yes!!!! lol

[BarriosGroupie]

No, bobby. Bream's interpretations are always great

[taylor410ce]

Damn!

[jllobet]

This guy is the classical guitar God, as simple as that.

[musicantares]

Me gusta un poco más lento. De todas formas siguen siendo pieza, autor e intérprete, excepcionales!!

[tuningmachine]

That was an incredible performance.

[wosmar]

sin duda el mejor del mundo

[danielmagli]

Fantastic ! I think I'll remove my interpretation of this piece from my youtube videos

[ceili]

I think thats the fastest ive heard heard JW play, he ripped through that

[jmguitars92242]

that piece was played too fast.. Johm williams i think that this performance wasnt ur best. Too bad lol.....

[spruceorcedar]

LOL his expression in 3:59 was quite hilarious. he was like suprised from all the emotional intensity he had from the piece and finally realized in the end that "oh shoot, it's over already?" haha. as always, very very inspiring music. great job JW

[guitarstrike]

XD hahaha

[recitando]

I've heard that Segovia once cancelled his concert when he heard that Barrios were about to play the same evening, in same town. Maybe Segovia were a little "afraid" of Barrios extraordinary technic :P

[chopin65]

Its strange that Segovia didn't like Barrios' music. We are lucky that Williams has made it more widely known out of Central America.

[tarquin161234]

You won't find it better played than this

[BarriosGroupie]

I so agree. I always saw John as brilliant technically, but lacking Julian Bream's interpretive brilliance, and then he pulls this out of the hat! He does everything right, playing the introduction as a Chopin waltz, but giving it a marching band feel which works. The solemn part sounds solemn, unlike most interpretations. He plays the cadenza slowly gradually building up speed to a blistering pace, whereas most, again, play it at a uniform speed.

[marasmo65]

impresionante es un maestro.

[NathanS1994]

amazing performance!

[esaval]

good finger work this guy knows his ropes!

[commando7144]

thats what i thinks nice watching other players versions it truly shows their style

[guitarclasic4693]

impecable

*****

[benjive]

He never misses does he ;-)

[0the0drifter0]

well, actually he does, at 3.52 :)

but anyway... i wish i could be 1\10 as good as he is lol

great video

[BarriosGroupie]

God, ur very observant lol

[0the0drifter0]

haha... i'm playing this song, so it sounded slightly wrong... oh well.. i'm being picky ;)

[Theonedue]

IDK, it looks like when he went down for the transition it was intentional that it didnt last as long as the first, as his right hand didnt look irratated. I could be wrong.

[Theonedue]

Actually yea, I just looked at another version of it...he missed the ending note of the phrase. Damn....so close to perfection.

[choppercift]

Everything's ok But No one can play Like David Russel it's so robotic in Williams music needs feeling not just Well deciphering the scores

[BarriosGroupie]

Yeah I agree, Williams is very robotic compared to say Julian Bream. But I still think he played this piece very well, giving it a wide range of character.

[powellbarrios]

No one plays Agustin Barrios better than Berta Rojas! good on Williams but Berta is the best in the world.

[jllobet]

Thank you! I love this Vals, and nobody plays Barrios as well as Williams, upload more videos if you can please =D

[BakedWalnut]

ahhhhhhhhh

[fernandoberrio]

GRANDE BARRIOS!

[BarriosGroupie]

i remember seeing this on TV and falling in love with this brilliant piece. I can barely hear it here though :S

[wanderlei2333]

gracias por brindar estos videos que si mas encima toca john williams son una obra de arte

[willisthabastard]

Vals Op. 8 No. 4

[SUNMONSTER]

Ta :)

[willisthabastard]

The actual title is "Vals op No 4"

[lZay007]

me encanta como toca john williams, pero no me gusto esta version sorry williams...

[japenagosc]

De acuerdo, no me gusta mucho la versión de John Williams de este Vals, auqneu él para la otra música de Barrios es genial!

[oscarscheepstra]

waltz number 4

[SUNMONSTER]

Thanks for that :)