Andres Segovia - Torroba Sonatina 1St Mov

[candicegtr]

Do you have a date for this video?

[minnesotabongo]

Wow! I thought I'd seen all of the segovia videos.Thanx much.!

[kamicazeandre]

I learned how to play guitar cause this man . thank you Andres .

[kontrapunkti]

I want to go in Spain.

[tommarrao]

Does anyone know the date on which this video war recorded?

[jimrankenberg]

This is just pure magic!

[crockyoshighty]

Reason # 147 why I don't play clasical guitar or any other style for that matter. :o)o:

[xen05z]

Oh god nothing will be better than a black and white video recorded from the past about an epic man playing epic music on his epic-stained guitar.

[ThatsaCryinShame]

holy sh-masterpiece!

[ThatsaCryinShame]

@ThatsaCryinShame seriously this is so beautiful i keep watching it

[newislandguitar]

a great performance but an even greater composer..Torroba had an great imagination as the guitarist who wrote this. For you guitarist out there who have been playing a while-this is a piece worth learning off youtube-you'll surprise yourself as no notation or tab is needed due to the good audio and video here but be prepared to dedicate about 2-3 hours if you don't have sheet music.

[betterdayz2011]

@newislandguitar No notation is needed to learn this piece? Wow you are a moron

[newislandguitar]

@betterdayz2011 hey..i sent you a message with some instructions-hope it helps.

[betterdayz2011]

@newislandguitar LOL. No comment. No notation is needed?

[Tarclasp]

@newislandguitar Is this a commentary on the current youtube stardom craze? Unfortunately there is no autotone for classical guitar.

[Aurelius27x]

Ah wish we had more footage of the Maestro at work.

[cihad2003]

has hands look so graceful while playing

[cihad2003]

his hands look so magic

[TimHGuitar]

This is Segovia in his prime!

[nylonthanh]

I can't imagine hearing this if I was sitting next to him!

[PoundtheRock7]

great stuff

[moralesm10]

that was totally metal. ( no sarcasm intended) lol

[BenFrancDes]

unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gawow09]

is this one of his hauser guitars?

[zanettibodziak]

Yes ! Hauser 1937. is the same

[camisand324]

gran maestro de maestros

[minasgekos]

i do not like Segovia, but got to admit that this is really good.

[joseguitar1]

Buenisima interpretacion.

[andrebarnas]

Same Segovia's video, but in AWESOME quality: watch?v=vzmcrm226fo

[PhilFromIT]

Many of his recordings are still my favorites even though they have been re-recorded by younger guitarists using state of the art technology. His playing transcends technology. This piece is an excellent example of that. A true master.

[toiseywoisey]

Transcendent. I've heard the composer Torroba influenced George Gershwin's writing.

[luwicord]

If this is not genious playing, then what is?

[pearlwizard]

@luwicord Well......the spelling isn't, but the playing certainly is genius.

[imtheslime2]

He could really put feeling in his playing like no other I've heard. You hear those saying he's not the best, yet, I would rather hear his versions over all others because of his great sense of inflection.

[youknowImsaying]

fockin genious

[albatross111]

The first Segovia video on youtube I've heard that I've really enjoyed. It's really expressive!

[TimHGuitar]

Here he is in his prime! It is like he could do anything he wants with the music!

[classicalmannick101]

great interpretation. magical. although, if anything, it could be a touch slower.

[ALoveEternal]

hahaha was that supposed to be ironic?

[willy1986tralara]

madre mia como toca...

[Chikavelli]

I've watched this like 30 times in the past two weeks and I still think he needs to calm down with his awesomeness.... and that's no joke..

[justanotherdeadhead]

lol, so true

[pjrhimfr]

I love playing this. In my opinion nothing typifies Spain as much as Torroba and segovia combined. It's a must for guitarists to study, not too difficult with a bit of practice for the moderate.Practice and wow youre friends !!! P J

[AntonioVictorPassos]

MARAVILHOSA interpretação. Sonoridade única que só Segovia conseguia imprimir à guitarra. Uma variedade de coloridos fascinante, que tornam esta interpretação insuperável. Uma de minhas interpretações favoritas de Segovia.

[zanettibodziak]

Realmente! E o violão devia ser um Hauser, nestes anos 50 que ele usava...

[maiabraut]

Hey filsuf, you are entitled to your opinion, but may you notice that not many others here share it with you. BTW let's here your version. Personally I'm glad that players can "interpret" a piece otherwise music would be boring and monotonous

[filsuf]

Horrible tempo! Horrible usage of rubato and vibrato. Horrible musical judgments all around. His horrible and disgusting phrases remind me of Spanish hookers tackily yell at you trying to sell their stuff in the alleys of Madrid.

Disgusting.

[tootlootler]

No-one else even comes close.

Even after all this time!

[sexybeast220]

hes so good!!!

[discantoarmonico]

Definitivamente Segovia era extraterrestre!, míren el video, se parece a los del área 51 y esos de ovnis, no es posible que la guitarra suene así.

sí lo es, y si no es cierto que alguien toque como él.

[Tori1012]

:) My last name is Segovia. I think through a long line of uncles i am related to him. lol. Segovia is not at all very common. Even in Segovia, Spain

[brtherjohn]

The classical guitar can produce such vaired sonorities of color. It is a truly 'singing' instrument. In the hands of Segovia here and others like Julian Bream and Presti & Lagoya -to name a few - many will want to seek out their recorded legacy before it becomes unfashionable to play with such rich tone color. Maybe too late...

[andrewkrejsa]

amazing. very few guitarists or classical musicians in general can play with as much intuition as segovia. never dry or mindless in technical display. most classical players now are truly awful, having amazing technique with no soul, makling the guitar sound like a note spitting machine. please, listen and learn from the masters

[gonkusplonkus]

i believe he said you have to love the music more than you love the guitar, or something to that effect. his extraordinary technical mastery was the means to an end.

[82abnoff]

How nice that we old men can do something right.

[Rentaghost76]

simply the best

[mikecampking]

well,... he is Segovia after all

[laurion69]

The Segovia's touch is incomparable.

[Zaaxun]

everyone talks about the greatest guitarist

but always leave out the one widely regarded as most technically skilled guitarist of the 20th century. ida presti. segovia met her and after listening to her said theres nothing he or anyone else could teach her - she was

14 years old!!!!!! some of her picking techniques have never been duplicated. williams or romeros couldnt come close to her.

[aldo6666]

Indeed Ida Presti's version of the Allegretto comes quite close to Segovia's. Difficult to get her recordings though, I had to compromise and get Lagoya's anthology..

[metalnutaltway2539]

Notice how at the very beginning he makes it sound like multiple violins. Maestro!

[S3g0v18]

Why doesn't anybody play like this anymore? So many people can play everything like it's beng fired out of a macjine gun, but very few people can play this musically.

[Duocyun999]

so cool!!! msg me!

umm ok ef

[philomelodia]

Wonder if Alirio Diaz ever played this piece and recorded it. I'd be interested to hear his take on it.  His and that of Regino Saenz de La Maza. I wonder how they'd do it differently than the Maestro.

[ADAMBOMB2DETONATE]

Yeah segovia was certainly one of the best....but lets not forget pepe and angel romero brothers.....bottom line about classical being so exacting....you either can or cannot play it......i truly love it

[philomelodia]

I love the Romeros' playing. Their father was also exceptional. I like all the crossing they do between flamenco and classical. You could almost say they are masters of nylon string guitar since they go beyond the classical tradition. Only reason you can't is because I don't think they do jazz. Man, that'd be something to hear! The romeros improvising fast jazz runs. They could do it well with Cuban or Basanova music, I think.

[ssslickguy]

amazing composition, beautiful performance. it's such a shame though that classical guitar has become so esoteric.

[philomelodia]

Some get downright stodgy about it. It's almost as iff the passionate romanticism that the instrument evokes in other genres is absent. This wasn't always the case though. Just listen to the way Segovia talked about the instrument and you'll see what I mean about the passionate romantic. Nowadays, people get hoity toity about it forgetting the raw sensuality of the isntrument and how it can zest up a performance when evoked.

[focl2003]

I have played guitar for 10 years and all I can say is "thanks Segovia for showing us this beautiful world that leads our lives"

[AdLibitumGuitarDuo]

What a miracle! Probably the god of the guitar, together with Julian Bream. Five stars

[DjosueD]

He taught Julian Bream Classical Guitar. Julian is one of the few students of Segovia.

[philomelodia]

I'd rank Diaz higher than Bream, personally.  I'd also put Russell up there too. Bream is definitely greater than Williams though since he not only has technical prowess but also enormous sensitivity which Williams seems to lack in some pieces.

[musictranscription]

I'll write for you any sheet music

[adilzahrani]

افضل عازف جيتار في التاريخ

عادل

[annamaurora]

THAT'S COOL

[TimHGuitar]

Segovia in his prime.

[Wylligr]

Ahora entiendo... lo de Segovia no es sólo fama.. es un Gran guitarrista sin dudas... esta es la mejor interpretación que he visto de esta pieza.

[mentevisualizadora]

Así es... Segovia es el mas grande de la guitarra clásica y como no si tuvo nociones de guitarra flamenca... pudo haber sido el mejor tocaor de flamenco pero optó por hacer la guitarra clásica...

Supongo que los putos gringos te pusieron -2 solo por hablar español... son unos idiotas y mirando a Segovia que era español... que tontos

Saludos

[21Mar08myChannel]

One of Segovias best performances of this piece, thx for posting.

[laurion69]

joseaglz, maybe you did not understand the Segovia's renditions are great for the beauty of the sound.

Segovia's touch on the guitar is something inimitable: the sound becames bodily and sweet at the same time.

Listen to the other guitar players and see the difference!

[bcohen111]

Segovia to me seems like one of the most confident guitar players. He plays like he means it.

[joseaglz]

why do everybody loves Segovia and sees him like a god?? please, just look at the interpretation of Julian Bream of the same piece and see the diference!!

[Lualaba]

I gave that Julian Bream version a listen on your suggestion. It too was fabulous.

[60moo]

joseaglz - I PLEAD with the YouTube fraternity to compare Segovia with Ana Vidovic on this piece. The Maestro demonstrates what Artistry is all about - he understands that the guitar is a vehicle for telling a story, something which Ana is only beginning to comprehend. Phrasing, tonality, letting the score breathe... a lot to learn there! Do we have to wait until she gets to his age?

[meleethe13]

A nice piece that makes me eye askance on the soft hand movements.

[bentnosewp]

can somebody post the video of him burning the guitar at the end?

[a7d9]

It's not even a question of liking Segovia or not, just as Reinhart, Atkins, Hendrix and Van Halen did he reinvented the use of his instrument and expanded into previously unknown territory. He was not first or last of doing so but became well known for specific reasons. Obviously.

[zemaneldaquinta]

Brilliant!! What amazing class and relaxation!

Segóvia has a musicality of unpaired quality, all the diferent sounds he can pull with the guitar, giving the impression of a full orchestra playing this beautiful and full of life 1st movement of Sonatina by Torroba! It is just amazing! He plays music, he doesn't perform stunts or displays skill in a gratuit form, that is a minor form of art compared to his interpretations!

[eccemarco]

When someone says that Jimi Hendrix has been the best guitar player ever, I think that a LOT of people have no clue of what a guitar is! Don't lose sight that a guitar is not supposed to be a famous instrument just because of a relatively recent rock music!

[philomelodia]

I think the guitar has become like the keyboard became during the Baroque with 3 incarnations: Harpsichord, Clavichord, and Fortepiano. You could be a good harpsichordist and suck at clavichord. What I'm saying is, the guitar now has 3 incarnations, steel, nylon and electric. I don't know if Segovia could've done so well at electric as Vai, Satriani or Vaughn. I don't think he would've done so well at steelstring as Dikes, Kotke and Clark. These others couldn't've touched him on classical.

[pixelcadem]

Segovia plays great, but I think he is very orthodoxe... however, great music, only for "real music lovers"

[jannajannajanna3]

what years is this?

[sabotos]

Early 1950's

[tuxedomoon]

who said segovia didnt have technique?.There will never be another segovia in interpration his style is unigue and everyone who thinks it is easy to combine this sound and have a full technique is fooling himself.

[Quake2th]

well, people say he has no technique because he doesn't play stunt-guitar like Malmsteen or Micheal Angelo Batio, don't care about them, they know nothing about music :), they think that you just have to play fast to be good, anyway, Segovia had 80 years of experience (he started when he was 3 years old), he could play faster than any guitarist ever lived, he just didn't needed to

[highway234]

anyone who's heard him do the fourth movement to homage to boccherini knows he has mad yngwie style chops. he just usually chose not to use them, which is a testament to his genius because it's about playing music, not about demonstrating mad technique.

so i agree with you, in other words.

[moh1666]

yes i like andres segovia

[pgricardo2009]

Uma calma, parece que está a descarcar laranjas.

[peplicus]

This video actually does justice to Segovia and, I believe, to his sound. The "liquid sound" can be clearly heard and the interpretation is vibrant and reflects a first-class personality. Performances like this, back in the 40s and 40s were what turned SEgovia into the myth.

[musicloveranthony]

i have listened to and seen in concert many world class guitarists. None I have ever heard expressed the same complete mastery of the guitar that young Segovia had. His control of dynamic and tone even in a recording this old is mind blowing

[GuitarSonata]

I've heard other interpretations of this. There are some pieces I think others played better than Segovia, but I think Segovia played this one perfectly.

[BritScot12]

The guitar found its true voice in Segovia's hands. No other guitarist has ever quite reached the pinnacle of perfection or sensitivity in technique and tone.

[symodiezel]

BritScot12, i agree with you totally.

[ILIO13]

segovia is pure music ,,no olympic games

[fresherthanaverage]

his interpretation, there's no one like him with his ability.

[ILIO13]

there's no one like him ,,,realy!!!!!!!!

[symodiezel]

True mastership!

[brunot22]

q sonido q le saca, magistral

[OhMymy]

the best

[Nigelcf]

simply beautiful

[claroneamor]

Some of the best early Segovia tone on You Tube

[drshredder1]

la sonatina di torroba è qualcosa di sorprendente e come la interpreta segovia nn la interpreta nessuno

[BONOUTUBE]

Dedos gordos, ágiles y amables. Su ejecución hechiza... encanta. GuitarGod

[danielmagli]

Grazie per questo video !

[rozz011]

El maestro de la guitarra clásica, Andrés Segovia.

Excelente.

[NicolaBenso]

Segovia is not a guitarrist

[jjjjjjkl]

What's that supposed to mean?

[GuitarSonata]

I have no idea, either....

[anhvuti981]

what is he then?

[hensie45]

come again?

[Guitarproph]

go kill urself

u dont even know how to spell guitarist!

u ass munch!

[johnnygiusto]

segovia was the best