Christopher Parkening - Miller's Dance (Duet)

[poupee58]

Parkening was a cunt ,he never even had the good grace to publish the name of David Brandon on his concert programmes.Born again twit.

[DavePazz]

I don't think his playing has changed THAT much from his early 20's.

Actually Parkening learned a lot of flamenco technique from his early studies with Celedonio and Pepe Romero and would even include flamnco as encores in concerts.

No truth to the rumors about playing in "cinema type" recital halls.

[Wtcguitar88]

If you are looking for the Virtuoso duets, you need to hurry. the CD is no longer in production.. amazon is a good shot or mabey just mabey you can get it from Davids studio directly in Lubbock TX from the web

[20frets]

nice tune. sounds beautiful.

[quelle987]

Jeg kan ikke gengive hvor nå disse disse musikians lig.

[quelle987]

great playing.

excellent.

[eniwgma]

Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar,

save perhaps two. - Chopin

a very interesting and surprising performance by Parkening and David Brandon.

thank you for this video.

[bobbobby1992]

how is it surprising?

[GuitaristoGitano]

You should know best Loewengarten. Rexicano is right.

how much Parkening has changed from his early twenties, and now this. Strumming and breaking his guitar like a flamenco gypsy. Segovia would have suffered a heart attack.

He is a bad representive of Segovia's legacy.

I even heard that Parkening plays these days in Cinema type recital halls. What a shame. A marketing machine.

[Loewengarten]

Rexicano should let his frustration with his own guitar playing to himself.

[backbiter]

Damn, I used to have Virtuoso Duets on cassette tape and wore it out where it will not play anymore. Yes, cassette, I'm that old. I've been trying to find it again with no luck. I saw them in person at the TBAC years ago. AWESOME SHIT! If VD was released on CD I wasn't aware of it. Either that, or I was too dumb to find it. LOL. Anyone want to share? Just pm me. I'm talking to you shanecrisis. Hook me up.

[shanecrisis]

The CD is available at amazon. I just ordered mine.

[yhcranaalex]

i have Christopher Parkening on 8-track

[Loewengarten]

Excellent.

[Rexicano]

This is awful; playing so much of it forte takes the charm out of it. I saw these two at a Concert where ONLY Parkening was Listed; Parkening played a lot of short standards and then in the 2nd half out comes Brandon. I was so pissed. The place was so big it was a struggle to hear. The worst Classical guitar concert I ever heard.

They look like the Stepford twins here.

[shanecrisis]

I'm gonna guess that you are definitely all alone on that opinion... But,, to each his own...

[Rexicano]

Yup; each to his own. Alone or not; doesn't make it wrong..

but get out more and you'll see I'm not alone at all.

[patsaretherealchumps]

You seriously have it in for Parkening. Your tirades on so many of the videos just make you look like a fool.

It is abundantly apparent your are suffering from a powerful envy of his talent.

You are no critic. You're just a jealous hater.

[Keenanlevick]

@Rexicano How about this: go champion the music of those artists you DO enjoy, and try to expose their sound to more people? Rather than spending time on youtube coming up with petty insults against (highly regarded) people you've never met.I've had negative concert experiences as well, but I feel no desire to poison the waters of those artists youtube channels. For all I know, they might have had an off night.Go get some exercise and try to create something nice for the world to see/read/hear.

[Rexicano]

@Keenanlevick

How about this; you let me have my freedom os speech as all Americans have, even when you disagree with me and I'll let you have yours.

Secondly; I've met Parkening many times and spent time in his Master Classes and learned plenty from his early recordings and have made positive comments on some of his other videos...don't assume about things you have no clue about.

I'm not the only one who thinks he's gotten worse over the years. It's all opinions...nothing to cry poison about.

[Keenanlevick]

@Rexicano Not challenging your First Amendment rights, at all. Just making a suggestion. Making negative comments about their appearance (totally unrelated to their music) isn't constructive, at all. Sorry to assume anything about your personal experiences w/ Parkening.

[davidfaubion]

@Rexicano You do have & are using your 1st Am. right, Rexi. Likewise, I, Keenanlevick, & others use the same right to challenge your hubris of music authority to pass sweeping judgments on the performances posted to You Tube, art that we encourage with praise, rather than discourage with trite, destructive, < worthless opinion. Thus, critics abuse/ exploit the 1st Amendment for an agenda of suppression. Rexi, try this, e.g., "I respect Parkening's version & like ___ about it, but I prefer..."

[davidfaubion]

@Keenanlevick thanks for that well put rebuff of Rexi. Habitual critics do poison the waters: alienate us, especially the young, from enjoying art and the desire and will to express art. Harsh critics create fear, loathing, enmity... Rexi does not substantiate any of his claims with his own You Tube performance. Frankly, how can he expect us to buy his claims of master class with Christopher Parkening? Rexi needs to read Pedagogy of the Oppressed--Paulo Freire because Rexi teaches oppression.

[Emiwee09]

Hi Curt's cousin. Your amaaaaazing! Woo! You should teach me. And i know you'll do it for free =]

God bless

[shanecrisis]

Curt's cousin?

[darknesstime]

i was looking a lot for parkening and brandon videos but they arent available and they are really masters in classic guitar

[lutloe]

It is a shame that the Parkening/Brandon duet CD is out of print. They made a great duo.

[Loewengarten]

great performance by Parkening and Brandon

[Geotubest]

Parkening is awesome.

[Entropy56]

Finally more video on Parkening... Seems there is very little on YouTube about him. I saw Christopher and David in concert when they were touring together many years ago. Strangely I never heard of David Brandon before or since.

There are a ton of videos with Julian Bream, John Williams, and even relatively newcomers like Su Meng and Li Jie but almost no quality videos of Parkening playing virtuoso solo pieces.