La Catedral (Agustin Barrios) by Kazuhito Yamashita

[manosg4l]

the tempo in general isn't right, not a very mature interpretation

[michaelmckay]

@manosg4l  lol Yes like you can tell Kazuhito Yamashita a top guitarist in the world he is doing it wrong.

[manosg4l]

@michaelmckay like i am a guitarist and i played the piece. ohh not to mention that the tempo written is faster. i am just saying it's bad it's just not mature, if you listen to many great guitarists u can tell that his rythm and tempo in the first 2 parts is off! just that. he was an excellent sound but as i said not quite mature , in this recording!

[manosg4l]

nice sound but the fist part is too slow on tempo although very clean

[bobon47]

Best of the best!

[waitakere2009]

Yamashita recorded this piece when he was 18 years old.

WOW!!!

[Scaar81]

@waitakere2009 shit, i'm 19 years old and i can't play so clean and perfect

[MegaGuitarclass]

Esta e a obra em sua plenitude graças a o grande Mestre Kazuhito!!!

[Hermeterec]

from Jose' the Hermeterec......Bloody brilliant, brain numbing virtuosity!

[omarsabbath95]

PERFECT :D

[ironwolg]

wish i was that good with dynamics, oh well, maybe someday

[XDarkmage1]

The best version on all Youtube !

This sounds very, very clear! Divine song

[gillyrocksjapan]

Awesome rendition by the world's most expressive player!

[pableante]

awsome!!! strong personality in any of his interpretations...

[Pikangu]

to slow and to fast at the same time

[stephenyatesacoustic]

Whatever else may be said about this man's playing one thing is undeniable and that is that he dances to no-one's tune but hs own. This is something all too rare in classical guitar and he should be applauded for this factor alone. He also happens to be a superlative player.

[MrMichaelEdie]

@stephenyatesacoustic Well said that man!

[kashibee100]

This is not Yamashita's playing.

[berkshireee]

@kashibee100

It is.  I have the cd.

[TheGuitarMan009]

@kashibee100 Yes it is

[HitokiriDiaz]

I must say he plays the last part much to fast for my taste. I think playing it so fast is very impressive (I know how hard it is), but it takes away the emotion and feeling for me. It seems as if the whole last part is one big piece which has to be played as fast as you can, while it can be dividided in seperate pieces.

[Artaxbozzim]

@HitokiriDiaz I have recordings of Barrios. I guarantee that it sounds like allegro solenne Yamashita, maybe even faster. Therefore, besides the unquestionable technical skill, Kazuhito is also careful to interpret the spirit of the author.

A cordial greeting

[weynato]

I turned the volume up to listen to his range of dynamics and was very impressed with his control. The tempo is faster than most interpretations but I found it to be very tasteful. I don't understand why he has so many detractors. Is it because he's Asian? you can't play scales and arpeggios as fast as Kazuhito? I'm an amateur guitarist and I admire his technique and think that he has excellent interpretive skills.

[losperos]

Does he wants to descript an athletic day ?

[diegoarboli]

@CourtneyHiltonnnnnnn

Courtney, your appreciation of Barrios´ intentions is very accurate, I agree with it. In fact, Barrios, as most of us, loved Bach. But believe me, there is absolutely no feeling in Yamashita´s interpretation, I would dare to say, in any piece he plays. I advice you to hear his version of Bach´s Partita BWV 1001 to see how he tries to show himself technically instead of really taking advantage of Bach´s conceptions. I think that here it´s pretty much the same...

[insaneguitarfreak]

@diegoarboli Come on diegoarboli... first watch "Kazuhito Yamashita plays his favorites" dvd and then after you record all 80 cds he recorded, speak. if you don´t like this version, please make a better one and enlighten all of us with your tasty phrasing and delicate touch. Now, I don´t like EVERY yamashita´s recordings, but I think this version is full of his fire and that´s his "emotion" speaking, listen to those dynamics my friend! and also listen to his rendition of Hungarian Rhapsody...

[diegoarboli]

@insaneguitarfreak I hate it when people puts words in somebody else´s mouth. HAVE I SAID THAT I AM A BETTER GUITAR PLAYER THAN YAMASHITA? Regarding technical resources, used with right and wrong concepts, there is probably no other like him. HAVE I SAID THAT I HAVE A LOT OF RECORDINGS AND THAT MAKES ME A GREAT GUITAR PLAYER? I can record in my pc thousands of things and that will never make me better or worse than anybody! HAVE I SAID THAT I HAVE A TASTY PHRASING AND DELICATE TOUCH?

[diegoarboli]

@diegoarboli I HAVEN´T EVEN SAID THAT I PLAY THIS PIECE BETTER OR WORSE THAN YAMASHITA!!!!! I HAVEN´T EVEN COMPARED HIM WITH OTHER GUITARISTS! When you talk about guitarist of that level, you CAN´T say that this version is better than the other one. But what you CAN do, and what I am doing here, is say why you like or why you don´t like a particular version. Your concepts to see a piece really have to be checked out. An advice: listen to Williams´ or Barrueco´s or Balbi´s versions,

[diegoarboli]

@insaneguitarfreak and tell me if you don´t see something else than Yamashita´s version.

[insaneguitarfreak]

@diegoarboli I listened to Eduardo Fernandez playing it, (the one I like most, and the first i heard), Ana Vidovic, Denis Azabagic, John Williams, Berta Rojas, Shinichi Fukuda, Philippe Lemaigre, and I used to play it myself on a duet with a friend of mine at the university of La Plata.

[MegaGuitarclass]

Sem duvida esta e a melhor interpretação de todas que ja vi...

dominio total do instrumento.

És o melhor!!!

[motense]

@MegaGuitarclass

Conhece a interpretação do brasileiro Turíbio Santos??

É super parecida com essa, mas eu acho melhor!

[MegaGuitarclass]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MegaGuitarclass]

Incrivelmente fantastico!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[asherasator]

@diegoarboli "there is absolutely no feeling in Yamashita´s interpretation," You are a retard. There is no correct way to play any classical music, IT'S ALL INTERPRETATION, the snob talentless morons who critique virtuosos are so foolish & of a silly nature it's ridiculous to comment further. You are entitled to your opinions like everyone else, but some are just more practical in time & space & based on reality. He shows more feeling & energy than any other classical guitarist on youtube.

[jakaput]

@diegoarboli I almost cry every time I listen to his interpretation of 2nd movement from Concierto D'aranjuez

[PepeCorsica]

No pretention, just emotions.

AAAAAHHHH finally a human being!

[PepeCorsica]

No pretention, just emotions.

AAAAAHHHH finally someone who plays it like a human being!

[diegoarboli]

Gentlemen. With all respect to Yamashita, "Allegro Solemne" is NOT about a musical machine gun bursting a series of notes. It´s just like when he played the Fugue of Bach´s Partita BWV 1001. He might be the fastest most accurate note striker, but there are intentions to be seen in every piece, and in this version, not only are they not seen, but they are also disposed. Don´t get interpretation misunderstood as virtuosity!

[ericlarkins]

@diegoarboli Yeah, I agree... it's like slamming down a great glass of wine.

His technique is something else though, eh? lol

[Artaxbozzim]

valid executions of talented musicians there are several.

But Yamashita is from another planet

[odin2309]

Bravo! Ich schätze Ihr außerordendliches, gefühlvolles Spiel.

[RobertJV24]

What a fantasic performance of Agustin's masterpiece. I think I prefer this version to the one of John Williams, the dynamics are just more expressive in this one(wouldn't expect that from an asian guitarist :P).

[guitarwizard6]

That Allegro is not very "solemne" but wonderfully played nevertheless.

[florafox]

fantastic version, I like it.

[lzimmer]

I remember hearing this and having a cassette of it some 25 plus years ago. He must have been around 18 when he recorded it.

[antievil777]

Sounds good but the preludio saudade is too slow!!....but for the andante religioso and allegro solemne its ok.

[ganga321]

Thank you for uploading these pieces! In my country (Japan), we will not gain the CD containing this music any more, because the item hasn't been produced for many years.

But, thank you for posting!

[XDarkmage1]

4:55 ....

[MrMikatZ]

the best catedral !

[roccoprch1]

Fantastic ! What a Player! OUT OF THIS WORLD!

[KenKen540]

Ahh! The dynamics!! This guy is a master! Thanks for posting :)