Angel Romero - Asturias (Leyenda)

[clemcuautitlan]

calida, aterciopelada, vibrante, maravillosa interpretacion de Angel Romero a esta dificil obra de Albeniz, no le pide nada al piano. Bravisimo!!!!!

[juliajan2001]

good to hear



[lyndon5017]

Thumbs up if HIghdeas brought you here.

[slip670]

i learnt this a long time ago and forgot about it. then someone posted it on facebook, what a coincidence :)

[thumsy]

How does he still have finger tips?

[Rachuly00123stunt]

my mind is quite blown.

[wynton5364]

Beauty and the Beast

technically a beast

musically a beauty...

I have only one CD of his, and I was totally overwhelmed.

[bmth4111]

beastly..

[sigung01]

Wow

[Michajeru]

I thoroughly enjoyed listening and viewing this video. What a great guitarist!

[trantancdt09]

great



[MayconPalota]

muito boa apresentaçao, parabens!

[reanueax724]

definitely a unique interpretation and indeed a beautiful one

[ARURTOREYES]

Decades of practice went into playing that song.

[AngelicGuitar11]

And this is why I am on the tip of quitting guitar

[gberndt4music]

wow!

[RootsinBrooklyn]

Extraordinary guitar playing. Angel is a master. Comments here, however, illustrate what I have observed for a long time as a problem with fans of classical guitar - With so many great players all playing the same repertoire, listeners seem unable to just enjoy the virtues of each. "So and so's rendition of such-and-so is better than the other person's"

[quaildogusa]

@RootsinBrooklyn I completely agree with you on this. God only knows how many interpretations I have heard of this over the years and I can't even decide which one I like the best. There are things I like and dislike about each. But if I had to "guess" at which I like the best I think it would be one Carlos Bonell did about 20 years ago.

[sgilk4]

flat-out brilliant!



[ricointx]

I remember seeing this on A&E back in the 80s. The whole program includes Claude Bolling's Concerto for Classical Guitar and Jazz Piano.

[MHD7official]

superb!

[fghdfgs]

with overdrive :D

[stevan5342]

Yea now go play it on the piano.......

[CT2507]

he hasnt tamed this one.... clearly no one plays it as well as John Williams!!

[mateuspontesm]

@CT2507 it's just different ways of playing it... listen the way Segovia plays it and you understand... it's all a matter of understanding the music...

[CT2507]

@mateuspontesm ofcourse it is... just like diferent cooks create diferent tastes with the same recepie. but there are cooks who get Michelin stars, and there are those who dont. there is a reason for that.

[mateuspontesm]

@CT2507 I prefer this one... it loses only to segovia's version, williams play it very well, but the sound he does don't pleases me, he play it too mechanically.

[CT2507]

@mateuspontesm yea, i can understand that. personal preference is, well... some thing personal that cant always be shared.

im against mechanical playing aswell.

[hellgodhaven]

i got so far 3 or 4 pages in with the tab of this song still need to work on my speed :D doin well

[15goldenboy15]

gosh it looks so easy with him

[Maquiladora95]

Jam & Spoon massacred this.

[kabuum92]

im playin better

[amnaki]

his tremolo is nice but there's a note missing at around 1:20 or so.

[DaGuittarMan]

@amnaki that's the stupid kind of comment. I'm sorry that after a performance like that all you could hear was the single mistake.

[amnaki]

@DaGuittarMan of course you are sorry cause you ought to be and let others hear what you are not able to.

[DaGuittarMan]

@amnaki others don't need ears here, they read. try making a smart comment for a change.

[amnaki]

@DaGuittarMan well i don't know about comment but here's some advice for you: use the portamentos, you are suppose to play guitar not piano.Respect the rhythm , use a metronome.Practice or change your teacher . THEN you'll be able to hear Romero missing a note.

[DaGuittarMan]

@amnaki I hear the mistake dude. I assure you I play classical guitar better than you do. Your comment is just dumb. The guy played at least 1000 notes, and you had to comment on the one note he missed (FYI, he missed much more than one note). It is like seeing the pyramids that were built in ancient Egypt and commenting about the one block to the far left that is not angled perfectly. Its still part of the pyramid. In the same fashion, the missed notes are part of this performance.

[amnaki]

@DaGuittarMan i'm not a dude. i'm an old woman and i teach the guitar all my life. i breath through it. you remind me a student i had a long time ago.Here's some more advice and i'm through with you. quit your arrogance.and do some history study too.there's not such thing as bad angled pyramid.there are purely perfect.

[DaGuittarMan]

@amnaki Oh, you've been teaching guitar your whole life and that was the only comment you could make about the craft you've studied during your whole life? What a mediocre teacher you must be! I rather keep my ignorance and arrogance, that in this matter I assure to be better viewed than your wisdom, than to be discussing this any longer. Learn to teach and learn to love the craft. His technique is amazing, his sound is brilliant and yet all you see and comment is a stupid note he missed. Noob.

[CNFrostXY]

@amnaki First that note was just touched onto softly, he did not miss it. Second, how old are you?

[DaGuittarMan]

@amnaki "I'm the Vampira..thirsty for rock 'n' roll...I'm doomed!!!"

Greatest guitar teacher ever. LOL!

[amnaki]

@DaGuittarMan that's not me of course you idiotic moron.i use this page.how fool you are!

[BeerHunter125]

@amnaki 

[mithigarcha1]

54 dislikes!!! man whats wrong with these people,,,this is pure perfection !!!!!!

amazing ,,love it,,

[jasonsandoval052408]

@mithigarcha1

Lol I know right?! Stupid ass people don't know what true music is...

[jkoeberli]

children of bodom would do an awesome cover of that^^

[gufreter]

@jkoeberli you know shit about classical k so just stop trying to be a music pro

[jkoeberli]

@gufreter oh yes right :) YOU have to know what i know about music. almost forgot that...moron -.-

[gufreter]

@jkoeberli You sound like you'd be a really gay child

[jkoeberli]

@gufreter you did start with insulting comments so leave me alone you douche. you seem to know a shit aout metal and CoB otherwise you would know that i was right. it seems that you have serious mental problems otherwise you would have better things to do than sittin' at your computer and bitch around with ohter people

[samirhossain]

That is like the fastest and smoothest tremolo I have ever heard, starting @ 0:37

[gufreter]

@samirhossain Well you haven't heard much

[Polonium96]

@gufreter What if telephone?

[Statystyczny9]

That's my favourite Asturias performance .

[CrazyHoboJoe]

Man I would love to learn this song.

[iSwaz]

......Back to practicing....

[crescentridge]

Los Romeros son Guitaristos Muy Peligrosos. Watch out!!!

[cozlatan]

@crescentridge jajaja Tenés razón , son unos monstruos.



[benbmusic88]

I think it's great but not as great as John Williams' interpretation.

[888dara888]

54 people's hands exploded after attempting this

1,089 can embrace the awesome

[captainkirk5100]

like how he plays, he really attacks the strums like he is trying to kill them, nice.

[arthurlufo]

This silent voice is all over the video hehe

Should be something making noise in the ambient while it was being taped....

[TwIsTeDEnKo]

i think he plays it too fast...its skillful, but...idk

[MultiRemito]

54 assholes

[tonybribie]

voices all the way through it

[gigiatbsashtrance]

this driiiin sounds like farting !!!!

[sawjigsaw87]

jaja, 2:28 FAIL!!!!

[Kayman1980]

Только шлюхам такое может не нравятся. БРАВОООООО.

[Isr431100]

increible!!!!

[xrisanthemum]

@dangler0603

Thanks! And good luck to you, too!

[xrisanthemum]

i WILL master this. I will I will I will I will I will. God, this is a masterpiece.

[dangler0603]

@xrisanthemum I am trying to do same, good luck to you.

[dragonagito]

He looks like the real ned schneebly out of school of rock. Brilliant btw!

[bhrog]

so good played, love it so much !! i hope one day i'll play like that

[MelvinStudios]

G-R-E-A-T!!!!

[moporama]

Does the intro remind anybody of Spanish Caravan by The Doors?

[TiTANVERSE]

sounds hurried. was he running late for a right handed manicure? larlz...

[strapazgulp]

1:31 how did he make this kind of sound?

[thenomadpenguin]

@strapazgulp harmonics

[strapazgulp]

@thenomadpenguin sob, i can't find 2 of these harmonics... or maybe my guitar is not that well-made.

[kevind50]

@strapazgulp I'm sure they are there. Some are actually beyond the fretboard. It takes some searching and lots of practice - good luck!

[DaGuittarMan]

@strapazgulp artificial harmonics man.

[HBK1337]

@strapazgulp im pretty sure hes natural harmonics

[jpsalas06]

Fail at 2:28 :P

[opustenzy]

.youtube.com/watch?v=o1aBu2Kzc­Mc

[kitsune090]

it was a charm putting his hand in his pocket!

[NorahNorah78]

reAlly love this plAiNg <3

[DavePazz]

I think the Manuel Barrueco version is better. He keeps the romantic "mannerisms" to a bare minimum while maintaining a passionate (but straightforward) sound which now appeals to me far more than versions like this one.

[tstox]

WTF is that "radio voice" squeaking in the back round??

[opustenzy]

youtube.com/watch?v=o1aBu2KzcM­c

[tnaktnom]

Not a difficult piece to play but one of the easiest piece to remember. After a few practice runs one can play this without the music sheet.

[Y2H]

@tnaktnom I agree. But it also isn’t really an ‘‘easy’’ piece.

[Statystyczny9]

I think that's the best Leyenda version.

[reddawn82]

Someone needs to tell the bitch in the background to shut the fuck up.

[RootsinBrooklyn]

@reddawn82 I found the background cahtter not nearly as rude as your comment.

[coder63]

Incredible. Congrats!

[xXLalooXx]

At quiet bits during the song, you can hear faint in the background someone talking and abit of a fuzz. Wierd?

[sgilk4]

Why are there different versions of Leyenda? It's driving me nuts.

[willgotoeleven]

Perfection.

[Domingojazz]

I hear voices at 5:10 as well but I cannot understand...

[Abdurrehim]

bravo. very beautifull

[sgilk4]

Damn he's good-looking. And this is the best version of Leyenda I've heard thus far, including John Williams and Ana Vidovic.  Wow. What a hot tamale. Is he single?

[ZhekaVysotskij]

not professionally

[PeopleLetMe]

its... well.. its good, its great, it will take a while until ill do that, personally i think slash does it better

[hifatsoos]

@PeopleLetMe -_-

[PeopleLetMe]

@hifatsoos dont get me wrong... he done it live and i heard slash studio version. he are still does the best performance i have seen by now

[hifatsoos]

@PeopleLetMe now I know you're trying to mess with me

[PeopleLetMe]

@hifatsoos sorry about that :)

[hifatsoos]

@PeopleLetMe >.<

[madsteeez]

good instructional for novices

[poupurry]

Hipnotico...!!!

[TheBobnalyd]

Lovely. I also love Eduardo Fernandes playing this.

[JonBDen]

The best Asturias I have heard !

(Try to compare with John Williams)

[DeclanZapala]

Lol I think there must have been a lady near the front who had a bit too much of the sauce! Not sure what "pretentious speed" is meant to mean whoever posted that. Ironically that was a pretentious statement in itself! This is a really entertaining and expressive performance, and Romero has a stunningly light tremolo to die for! He obviously worked his technique to perfection with this piece and so deserves more thought out and less empty criticisms than what some people have said.

[X80band]

legendary player, but this is too rushed... asturias needs to breathe... let it ring!

[Aurelius27x]

@X80band Agreed. A pretentious speed.

[UkiSmileyFace]

it's a phenomenal piece... and the guy is pretty good, he makes very few mistakes... but im not complaining, I gotta practice for a few more years before I can play something like this....

[punkassphuck]

his timing is not perfect but its still awesome

[merlottogo]

WOW. I love hearing him play this piece.

[DontSpamHerePlz004]

2:28 he makes a mistake :X

gives me a little bit of satisfaction after practicing this piece for houuurrsss and getting nowhere near a performance this wonderful

[RUS0RUS]

for me is too hard

[ZribTurd]

i can play part of this, its a 7 page song, super hard

[uncarvedmatt]

The sheet music I have is only six pages, yet, I can play about the first two so far.

[freddyo]

have my babies

[usuckamydick]

@freddyo why would he want your babies ? can you not afford to keep them ? are you on the run? I am sure he would want to make his own. Why not just give them to a family member? or do you mean HAVE my babies... in which case, I doubt it :)

[juhal2008]

classic king

[SoullessOpeth]

Le falta un poco.

[gianniscilla]

very nice sound

[JumpatSanDiego]

This guy is LEGEND!!!

[mongoose20023]

An arpeggio is the parts of a chord and played in sequences. It's like playing a scale, but using parts of a chord, in many ways it's superior to playing scales.

[Styxantyx]

does an arpeggio contain chromatic notes?

[mongoose20023]

It can if that is what the chord/scale calls for. Usually they fit in chords/scales.

[chordbreaker]

Yes, but it's a much more complex question and answer than I think you meant.

[TheArsenalfc101]

does he use reststrokes on the bass notes?

[guitargod1981]

this guy is amazing were learning this song in guitar class whole shit i cant even get up to speed with him lol

[ElliotJohnNovak]

I HEAR VOICES at 1:30 , anybody else hear someone saying "oh yeah...i'm blown away!"  ???

[BonzoMcBonzo]

there are voices all throughout the thing

[Sh4dyD4ny]

I hear that too :)

[gargajete]

yeah and at 2:00, 2:36 etc LOL

[crazyk951]

@ElliotJohnNovak yup, i heard the SAME thing...:O. I heard it again at 2:00

[JonBDen]

@ElliotJohnNovak - I think its a videorecording = recorded on a used-before tape (where you can here soundbits from the previous recorded)

[vibhormusic]

@ElliotJohnNovak Yes!! I do!!

[WhalesGoAOOOOWWWAAH]

@ElliotJohnNovak

The voice underlies the entire video, it sounds an awful lot like wireless (CB/walkie-talkie, this is pre-cell phone) interference being picked up by the recording system, not unheard of in the day thanks to unshielded electronics and the much more simplistic state of electronic and communications equipment in general at the time.

[marounlebnen]

@ElliotJohnNovak yup some one did say it, very low voice tho lol. wonde whi it was.theres more voices in the background.

[Amalenia]

@ElliotJohnNovak I also hear this voice in 1:30. But it is so silent......when you had not written that....i had not heard it.

[xXLalooXx]

@ElliotJohnNovak Sounds like Cartman from southpark much?

[ElliotJohnNovak]

this whole concert is really good. too bad the rasqueado messes up his rhythm on this song

[saturdayssonmusic]

I was gonna say that, excellent take, better than I could do but looks a little rusty, Loving the artificial harmonics on the "slower bit" though

[lascivit]

WOW!

[minasgekos]

at 0:46 little mistake but ho cares? great guitarist, great familly.

[harpsichordRB]

Romeros are Great!

To cafeflorab4:

I agree with you!!!!!

Contemporary musicians play like machines without heart ! :(

[cafeflorab4]

Those were the days when classical players did not play like machines.

[alexvananrooyyy]

what do you mean?

[DdRumMa729]

my guitar teacher played this for me the other day it was INSANE

[crawlersilverwind]

Bravo!!! 10 star!!!

[Ms0zi]

Can someone tell me how to do with fingers at 0:23 ? please

[takhirviolinest]

you mean about 3 notes or fingers in lefh hand?

[leopower7]

1st, 2nd, 3rd or 1st and 2nd fingers on the first string

thumb doing the other notes

[coreyagraph]

that is called an 'arpeggio'. playing the notes of a chord individually rather than at one time. and, in this case, at world-class speed!

[clix101]

not an arpeggio you've described. when you play the notes of a chord individually it's called a 'broken chord'. almost the same but there's a slight difference. most arpeggio's aren't generally chords, there just a sequence of notes similar to a relative chord. cadge :)

[Gearoid2006]

An arpeggio is a broken chord, arpeggio's are alternate ways of playing chords....

[trevpow666]

Amazing

[Danofstockport]

Very nice, however, I'll stay with flamenco thanks you! Moraito Chico, Vicente Amigo, Paco de lucia. I just prefer it over classical guitar. hasta luego

[Orange1117]

really amazing! =D

although I would have prefered him to play the soft part that way: soft (just my opinion) =D

[tsinnijinnie85]

Thats just his style

[conanhimself]

I agree with SuzukiGuitar57 that this is an interpretation of Asturias that sounds 'Flamenco-like'. Nonetheless, it's a flaming (Flamenco...?) piece, compared to the Sergovia-interpretation and even compared to the (technically perfect) performance John Williams gave. If I want to be taken away (to very distant shores) by Asturias, this is my choice. Question of taste, I admit, but that's why we have taste;-). Let's be grateful to be able to hear so many different interpretations of eternity...

[72533]

lol your a joke if you honestly believe that that song is supposed to sound like that and is so hard to play and he did it perfectly

[robertboop]

its not supposed to have the pauses in it, he's fingering's a bit off. i'm not saying i'm better then angel because i think he's great. But in perspective to the classical art, it was not played perfectly.

[SuzukiGuitar57]

I think Angel Romero is a good guitarist and I normally like his playing but not in this piece. He plays as if it was flamenco and the tone is not as good as he normally has.

[PowderSpirit3]

brilliant !!! bravo !!!

[MrPasamu]

He had 3 mistakes but very good playing. Amazing.

[sherylyn100]

wonderful playing

[xSophies]

I love this song!.

[thedamondude]

absolutely wonderful

[yesmandroc]

I like when he first plays the French Aug. 6th chords and vibrates the hell out of the E. He looks up as if is to say, "I'm a badass."

[omarmiguel]

angel romero is the king of classical guitar!!!