Absolute mastery. Unarguable. Barrueco, in this age, has the breadth and depth of time, and the resources of his many years of playing to bring to bear on this profound piece of music.
i heard Manuel Barrueco play live at Pasadena Presbyterian about 6 years ago. his perfect playing was amplified only by the acoustics of the church. his tone was the rich, clear and delicate. it was without a doubt one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard in my life. i'm of the opinion that he is one of the greatest classical guitarists of all time.
@dinkipooxa: Bach, like most composers, has music that might be considered predictable or boring. But also like most composers, he has masterpieces and music with moving melodies that aren't (don't seem) predictable or boring. I used to think Brahm's music was boring and uninspired, then I heard some parts of his piano concerti and double concerto that were very unique and imaginative. So I've learned not to make a blanket statement on a composer until I've heard his best works.
Barrueco can play with minimum fuss and maximum balance in tone and timing. He can convey music with delicate intrusions. This may be the reason why it seems mechanical to untrained or insensitive ears. If Barrueco is a watchmaker then Segovia is a blacksmith.
It's nothing about ears man, it's about each one preferences. Barrueco play it perfectly, but I prefer this song played with more color variation, timbres exploration, dinamics etc. Listen to the Bream's interpretation: the guitar (a incredible Romanillos) breath music, and it's hard to explain how that sound touch me, it's really amazing.
when it comes to bach, i always think of him as an organ player. and the organ is always filled with an infinity of colors. when playing a transcript, i am compelled to vary the color.
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That's strange cuz Bach music is anything but color, rather it's mathematic - pattern, repetition laid out on a grid. Listening to Bach is like looking at MC Escher drawing or Winamp visual plugin.
Your comment shows you lack depth and insight. To a common listener, music is anything you want; but to a critical ear, each music has its distinct traits. That's exactly why there is genres and styles.
It's rather idiotic of you to ask so I'll redirect your question back to you, "What do you know about it (music, Bach)?"
He is one of my favorite guitarist. I would like to see those who call this lame play this piece. Maybe they can do it, but I would bet that they would get a better appreciation for what Barrueco has done. I have never seen any fuge that was easy, when they start out with that little simple theme, it's like, wow , this is easy! But as it goes on... oh shit!
Bach remains the Composer of all times ,His music is so rich,something felt by the hands of great instrumentalists such the very refine manuel ,who is very careful to details required,for this highly contrapuntal music,like in this piece, the humanistic aspect of such simple and complexe harmonies , endless flow of lyric imagination..
Me gusta tu seriedad y perfeccion en este trabajo. Yo creo que fuiste, eres, y seguiras siendo un gran aporte para la musica, y el desarrollo de la guitarra en el mundo. Pobre ignorante, amateur y enviodioso el que piensa lo contrario, esos son flojos que le da flojera tomar la guitarra y hablan de musica y no saben ni siquiera de musica. Sin duda permites el desarrollo en la guitarra y la claridad en musica.
There is a version which Bach wrote for the lute (BWV1000) which differs slightly from this version, which is a direct transcription/transposition of the fugue from the G minor violin sonata. it works very well on the guitar , because of its ability to sound the harmonies and counterpoint inherent in the music. It's a beautiful piece of music on any instrument, especially the guitar.
I'm not sure how his comments are "sophmoric" or what the setting has to do with anything. It is important to remeber that englisgh is not Manuel native language. I find his commentary heart felt and sincere.
A lovely clip, and I'm sure the commentary will fit nicely somehow with the entire Bach film.The setting is quiet and personal and different from others presented in the clips. It's okay,at least the place is neat and clean and quiet. The sophomoric level of comments is saddening.
My grandfather is a great fan of Manuel. He loves listening to him play Bach. He is a retired kitchen designer, so its all a bit beyond him, but he can spell!
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Bach is not a lone man with a guitar in a modernly designed expensive kitchen! What kind of associations are that? Bach is rhythm, the immense joy of moving your fingers on the fingerboard/keyboard in geniously formed patterns, Bach is sensuality, a sort of commucation between people, fascination of the skills, the many years of practice behind virtouse playing; he is joy of living, of moving, dancing, singing, having fun together!
wtf are you talking about man? what the hell do you know about bach? did you played beisball with bach?... i didn't think so... bach is for everyone who loves music, expesive kitchen, crapy kitchen, if you live on a beach in mexico or a huge apartment in new york, if you love music you love bach
and barrueco loves it even if you don't like barrueco.
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You're right, Ramatganski, I was just joking. In fact Bach's music is so boring, that you have to interrupt the playing of it constantly with highly intelligent remarks about how fantastic it is. What a remarkable film maker mr Lawrence is.
I think you misunderstand Bach. Bach was a virtuoso, yes. But he was less inclined to care about his own virtuosity as he was to care about the music he was writing. It seems to me he cared most about being closer to God. He was a husband, a dad, an improviser, and a christian. That was Bach.
Bach was in fact virtuose and known for it, flipscratch81. On top of that he was a genious of a composer. He was hard working, passionate, and fathered 20 children, yes. Christian? What has that got to do with it? -- everybody was christian at that time... ! How far do you think Bach would have gotten if he had declared himself an athiest?? Would he have got any of the high (and well paid) positions he held, do you think. Perhaps he believed, perhaps he didn't. It has no relevance for us today.
Looks like I touched a nerve with the whole christian thing. Srry there. What makes you think Bach would declare himself an atheist?? that's hilarious! You make Bach sound like this scared atheist unwilling to come out for fear of excommunication or harassment. Read the Cambridge Companion. His christian statement/remarks are HARDLY b/c he felt some urgency to meet the status quo. He was die hard dude. Listen to the passions!!!! Don't hate.
As I said, flipscratch81, Bach may very well have been a firm believer, as everybody else at that time - we'll never know. I simply opposed to the idea that Bach's personal religious beliefs are in any way relevant for a discussion about his genious (which we at least agree about!). Christianhood didn't produce composers or musicians - good genes and the right musical environment/tradition did, and still do.
We'll never know? What is it about Bach quotations is it that you don't understand? I find it strange that you had such a reaction to that comment. One could argue that his faith has a large part in the greatness of his compositions. No? You don't think a man's core philosophical ideas bare any type of significance or aid in his creations? I say that if Bach didn't believe in God he couldn't have SOUNDED like God.
Flipscratch81, this is getting interesting: what constitutes a composer-genious? I agree that core philosophical ideas, be it his own ideas or the predominant in his surroundings, leave tracks. But how we read these tracks depends on our own beliefs. Let's say you didn't in advance know about Bach's beliefs (and never heard his great sacred works, but ONLY the purely instrumental ones) would you then still be able to hear the 'sound of God' and conclude that he must have been a firm believer?
when the music of the master of composers in transcended by the interpretation of the master of guitarists!
manugarrousteclassic 3 months ago
Barrueco's playing is perfection in my unqualified estimation. I absolutely love listening and watching him play.
Michajeru 5 months ago
Absolute mastery. Unarguable. Barrueco, in this age, has the breadth and depth of time, and the resources of his many years of playing to bring to bear on this profound piece of music.
SVCGS 9 months ago
This is sublime. It's great hearing this amazing solo violin work on a guitar, it takes on a very mellow understated quality. Amazing.
semperwifi1 1 year ago
IMO, Barrueco is the all time greatest classical guitarist.
LooksAeterna 1 year ago
i heard Manuel Barrueco play live at Pasadena Presbyterian about 6 years ago. his perfect playing was amplified only by the acoustics of the church. his tone was the rich, clear and delicate. it was without a doubt one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard in my life. i'm of the opinion that he is one of the greatest classical guitarists of all time.
billymisfits 1 year ago
barrueco è fantastico. ha un rapporto con bach che fa venire i brividi
Dreamdek 1 year ago
Bach suonato da Barrueco è un viaggio allucinante
JohnPatatino 2 years ago
@dinkipooxa: Bach, like most composers, has music that might be considered predictable or boring. But also like most composers, he has masterpieces and music with moving melodies that aren't (don't seem) predictable or boring. I used to think Brahm's music was boring and uninspired, then I heard some parts of his piano concerti and double concerto that were very unique and imaginative. So I've learned not to make a blanket statement on a composer until I've heard his best works.
Elhardt 2 years ago
wait, you're saying bach is predictable? Are you joking? Boring! That's an outrage. Absolute outrage.
thejugglenaut91 2 years ago
Including Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and others, music is one before Bach, and one after...
diegoarboli 2 years ago
Sorry, regarding Bach Beethoven said:
The immortal god of harmony.
-- Ludwig van Beethoven, 1801
rolandpalm 2 years ago
That's true. I think his popularity is more related to his teaching abilities rather than his performance capability!
rolandpalm 2 years ago
donde consigo la partitura
0073735963 2 years ago
WoW....Barrueco is playing this in the original key of g minor. Everybody usually plays it in a minor because it's easier. Sounds much better in g.
artsong1 2 years ago
Really????? I also have played it in g
Dreamdek 2 years ago
It sounds soooooooooooo good in g! But actually what he did is tune down 1 tone, being exactly the same positions as if you played it in a.
diegoarboli 2 years ago
My mistake man, I saw the video and I noticed the normal tuning! It´s incredible!
diegoarboli 2 years ago
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thejugglenaut91 2 years ago
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ONe of my least favorite guitarist. That's just me.
bramblecino 3 years ago
I LOVE HIS BOOKS
Bubble734 3 years ago
Can you give me links to Manuel Barrueco books please?
alienwareufo 2 years ago
Barrueco can play with minimum fuss and maximum balance in tone and timing. He can convey music with delicate intrusions. This may be the reason why it seems mechanical to untrained or insensitive ears. If Barrueco is a watchmaker then Segovia is a blacksmith.
AkiraBergman 3 years ago 22
It's nothing about ears man, it's about each one preferences. Barrueco play it perfectly, but I prefer this song played with more color variation, timbres exploration, dinamics etc. Listen to the Bream's interpretation: the guitar (a incredible Romanillos) breath music, and it's hard to explain how that sound touch me, it's really amazing.
andrebarnas 3 years ago
when it comes to bach, i always think of him as an organ player. and the organ is always filled with an infinity of colors. when playing a transcript, i am compelled to vary the color.
mrjabuta 3 years ago
Relying on colour variation and little else is not very musical.
what567 3 years ago 2
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That's strange cuz Bach music is anything but color, rather it's mathematic - pattern, repetition laid out on a grid. Listening to Bach is like looking at MC Escher drawing or Winamp visual plugin.
tranzenic 2 years ago
I agree!
alienwareufo 2 years ago
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zamba00mamba 2 years ago
Your comment shows you lack depth and insight. To a common listener, music is anything you want; but to a critical ear, each music has its distinct traits. That's exactly why there is genres and styles.
It's rather idiotic of you to ask so I'll redirect your question back to you, "What do you know about it (music, Bach)?"
And my answer is, "You don't know jack."
tranzenic 2 years ago
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zamba00mamba 2 years ago
Amen.
goyroyni 2 years ago
@AkiraBergman couldn't agree more. if you don't like barrueco you need your ears checked. He is imo the greatest ever.
larss7on 1 year ago
Too mecanical and a little bit slow for me. I prefered the Julian Bream interpretation, wich is fantastic.
andrebarnas 3 years ago
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Yeah, you must be much better...
alienwareufo 2 years ago
segovia played the guitar like a violin, barruecos play the guitar like a computer midi, xD.
zaken6 3 years ago
Yeah, you are much better...
alienwareufo 2 years ago
is great the first 5 minutes, then boring as hell..
voodooorc 3 years ago
Manuel Barrueco, Best Classical guitarist ever, his Bach interpretations are the most beautiful and powerful. Barrueco is a superb musician.
FJM1983 3 years ago 2
He is one of my favorite guitarist. I would like to see those who call this lame play this piece. Maybe they can do it, but I would bet that they would get a better appreciation for what Barrueco has done. I have never seen any fuge that was easy, when they start out with that little simple theme, it's like, wow , this is easy! But as it goes on... oh shit!
brade4669 3 years ago
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bohwanwang08 3 years ago
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wow its scary how much better julian bream plays this.
sir1920 3 years ago
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Hi Manuel!
How about tuning your guitar first... (but not even that would change this from being a rather shallow performance)
StrangeDodo 3 years ago
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bohwanwang08 3 years ago
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lame.
flipscratch81 3 years ago
This is a very beautiful interpretation. Technically perfect and played with great feeling.
stilleman 3 years ago
A True Virtuoso.
samusician 3 years ago
Bach remains the Composer of all times ,His music is so rich,something felt by the hands of great instrumentalists such the very refine manuel ,who is very careful to details required,for this highly contrapuntal music,like in this piece, the humanistic aspect of such simple and complexe harmonies , endless flow of lyric imagination..
ham101ma 3 years ago
çok güzel... very nice...
piyomer 3 years ago
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Grande Barrueco.
Me gusta tu seriedad y perfeccion en este trabajo. Yo creo que fuiste, eres, y seguiras siendo un gran aporte para la musica, y el desarrollo de la guitarra en el mundo. Pobre ignorante, amateur y enviodioso el que piensa lo contrario, esos son flojos que le da flojera tomar la guitarra y hablan de musica y no saben ni siquiera de musica. Sin duda permites el desarrollo en la guitarra y la claridad en musica.
Trocovic 4 years ago
OK, I must say that the kitchen is so beautiful,lol.
Barrueco plays it nice, but,why did he choose fugue written for violin?
i think he need to play piece written for lute in this video...
shai901 4 years ago
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ILikeClassicalGuitar 4 years ago
There is a version which Bach wrote for the lute (BWV1000) which differs slightly from this version, which is a direct transcription/transposition of the fugue from the G minor violin sonata. it works very well on the guitar , because of its ability to sound the harmonies and counterpoint inherent in the music. It's a beautiful piece of music on any instrument, especially the guitar.
vonjibbly 4 years ago
i love barrueco playing bach
loadermen 4 years ago
What is the number of this bach piece?
Thanks
chinguonu 4 years ago
This is the fugue BWV 1001
mars7272 4 years ago
I'm not sure how his comments are "sophmoric" or what the setting has to do with anything. It is important to remeber that englisgh is not Manuel native language. I find his commentary heart felt and sincere.
gatlar28 4 years ago
A lovely clip, and I'm sure the commentary will fit nicely somehow with the entire Bach film.The setting is quiet and personal and different from others presented in the clips. It's okay,at least the place is neat and clean and quiet. The sophomoric level of comments is saddening.
dahlia48 4 years ago
What is "sophomoric" and sad is the comment right above mine.
flipscratch81 3 years ago
Excellent!
KiffBell 4 years ago
Those who do what they know least are to be designated beast. - Guido of Arezzo.
And this will surely be a beast of a film.
Defiant5555 4 years ago
My grandfather is a great fan of Manuel. He loves listening to him play Bach. He is a retired kitchen designer, so its all a bit beyond him, but he can spell!
KiffBell 4 years ago
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Bach is not a lone man with a guitar in a modernly designed expensive kitchen! What kind of associations are that? Bach is rhythm, the immense joy of moving your fingers on the fingerboard/keyboard in geniously formed patterns, Bach is sensuality, a sort of commucation between people, fascination of the skills, the many years of practice behind virtouse playing; he is joy of living, of moving, dancing, singing, having fun together!
klaverfar 4 years ago
wtf are you talking about man? what the hell do you know about bach? did you played beisball with bach?... i didn't think so... bach is for everyone who loves music, expesive kitchen, crapy kitchen, if you live on a beach in mexico or a huge apartment in new york, if you love music you love bach
and barrueco loves it even if you don't like barrueco.
davidclassg1 4 years ago 3
No! J.S.Bach's music IS all about expensive modern kitchens!
Ramatganski 4 years ago 10
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You're right, Ramatganski, I was just joking. In fact Bach's music is so boring, that you have to interrupt the playing of it constantly with highly intelligent remarks about how fantastic it is. What a remarkable film maker mr Lawrence is.
klaverfar 4 years ago
And I don't think M. Barrueco brings out that expensieve modern kitchen quality in bach's music enough.
Ramatganski 4 years ago 3
You hit the nail again, Ramatganski. Even when placed in the right environment he fails. Sad.
klaverfar 4 years ago
I think you misunderstand Bach. Bach was a virtuoso, yes. But he was less inclined to care about his own virtuosity as he was to care about the music he was writing. It seems to me he cared most about being closer to God. He was a husband, a dad, an improviser, and a christian. That was Bach.
flipscratch81 3 years ago
Bach was in fact virtuose and known for it, flipscratch81. On top of that he was a genious of a composer. He was hard working, passionate, and fathered 20 children, yes. Christian? What has that got to do with it? -- everybody was christian at that time... ! How far do you think Bach would have gotten if he had declared himself an athiest?? Would he have got any of the high (and well paid) positions he held, do you think. Perhaps he believed, perhaps he didn't. It has no relevance for us today.
klaverfar 3 years ago
Looks like I touched a nerve with the whole christian thing. Srry there. What makes you think Bach would declare himself an atheist?? that's hilarious! You make Bach sound like this scared atheist unwilling to come out for fear of excommunication or harassment. Read the Cambridge Companion. His christian statement/remarks are HARDLY b/c he felt some urgency to meet the status quo. He was die hard dude. Listen to the passions!!!! Don't hate.
flipscratch81 3 years ago
As I said, flipscratch81, Bach may very well have been a firm believer, as everybody else at that time - we'll never know. I simply opposed to the idea that Bach's personal religious beliefs are in any way relevant for a discussion about his genious (which we at least agree about!). Christianhood didn't produce composers or musicians - good genes and the right musical environment/tradition did, and still do.
klaverfar 3 years ago
We'll never know? What is it about Bach quotations is it that you don't understand? I find it strange that you had such a reaction to that comment. One could argue that his faith has a large part in the greatness of his compositions. No? You don't think a man's core philosophical ideas bare any type of significance or aid in his creations? I say that if Bach didn't believe in God he couldn't have SOUNDED like God.
flipscratch81 3 years ago
Flipscratch81, this is getting interesting: what constitutes a composer-genious? I agree that core philosophical ideas, be it his own ideas or the predominant in his surroundings, leave tracks. But how we read these tracks depends on our own beliefs. Let's say you didn't in advance know about Bach's beliefs (and never heard his great sacred works, but ONLY the purely instrumental ones) would you then still be able to hear the 'sound of God' and conclude that he must have been a firm believer?
klaverfar 3 years ago