J.S.Bach: Suite No. 1 in E-Minor, Sarabande - by Segovia

[james10492]

its rare to find videos of this piece being performed. good to see it demonstrated here excellently, one of the best performances of Segovia I think.

[Mr5stevenr]

It's great to see and hear Segovia here. Still near his peak, just pouring it out. Thanks!!

[iyammusic]

where can i get a tab or sheet music.!!

[bloodthirstysavage]

Master

[ErikStephenGilgen]

sounds just as good as it always did

[bloodthirstysavage]

the harder the piece the better he plays

[SicVeraMundi]

For those not familiar with Segovia, he is considered to be the best guitar player of the XX'th century. He is sometimes compared with Arthur Rubinstein who once said that jazz seems to trivial for him. I feel that music has peeked at this level and now it keeps going downwards. It seems to me a bit hypocrite of people to use a cell phone to listen to today's main stream music. If one likes primitive music then he should also resort to tin can string phones no? It's like a double standard right?

[DedyPhlincke]

The decline of musical standards is truly lamentable. All people want now is a beat.

[msegur01]

Segovia brought the classical guitar to the world. The classical guitar wasn't a part of the classical interments because it was too difficult for people to understand how to play music by Mozart, and other classical composers on the guitar. Segovia mastered the instrument. He self taught to play & arranged music by the master composers to the classical guitar. He made it possible for others to learn how to play this wonderful instrument. Segovia is the greatest classical guitarist in the world.

[thankGodforDavidG]

I,m a Pink Floyd fan,I like to say this is

wonderful guitar. This is soulful.

[clubindahol]

this is my favourite guitar tune!

:)

[9kevin]

too bad, when he was alive, it was a horrible period of sound quality and technology... lol... i wish he could play today, to take advantage of, you know HD, and stuff.

[retsmah24]

ha ha .. HD yea cool. shut the fuck up

[9kevin]

i dont know what are you "writing" about 'cause as far as i know, i am not talking, so ... dont write shut the fuck up, you dick, i dont know why you wrote that. Seriously dude.

[retsmah24]

sorry i was in a bad mood and i feel very passionately about this piece and the meastro's infinite powers on the guitar. I shouldnthave said that and I hope you can forgive me.. have a fanastic day and take care,

Mike

[Snotra]

The Masters note's shall ascend into the heavens for eternity.

[retsmah24]

now thats what im talkin about god bless you're soul!

[MrRottenApple]

Some have said that the guitar is a bit out of tune. I don't know, but is Segovia known for playing out of tune? As perhaps he may have had a certain approach to the piece he is playing. Anyone hazard a guess?

[cretinolf666]

I thnk it's not out of tune..maybe it's the bad quality of sund in this old video.still amazing anyway.

[iskate46]

Artifacts in the tape? It is possible that the media is distorted.

[MrRottenApple]

I would love to be able to play.

I try, but my hands are small and I cannot use my pinky. :>(

The closest thing to music I sound like is Willie Nelson and even that is a bit far fetched.

Segovia was definitely a master classical guitarist.

Listening and watching his hands play reminded me of a friend who is currently learning banjo.

He's really good at it for the amount of practice he's put into it.

Anyone who can play classical and banjo has a special talent above a picker, me thinks.

[prvthampton]

a 3/4 size guitar would solve that problem.  Also going to a smaller scale neck would make the stretches easier. In the day of Sor & Aguado (early 1800s) the full size guitar is what we would call a 3/4 size, which is why a lot of their music is virtually unplayable today.

[MrRottenApple]

That's an interesting bit of information.

thank you for sharing that.

It's fascinating to learn about music and the instruments on which they are played and the approach to the composition by notable conductors and virtuosos(?).

Fine Music is full of many little jewels of wonderous marvels to behold.

I was astounded to learn that Ludwig Von Beethoven lost his hearing in his twenties and continued composing when he was deaf.

I can imagine how much he must have wanted to hear his work.

[therealgenocide]

very beautiful!

Andres was one of jason beckers main influences.

[tempodimarcia]

umm. Romantic as in the Romantic period or romantic as in sappy? If you meant the Romantic period, no lol. Bach died in 1750, the Romantic period in music started in 1815. If you mean Romantic as in sappy, you are also wrong lol.

[GuitarraUltima]

How do you konw if you don't listen to them? His flaws don't have to do with rythm (that's the right spelling) but with differentiating between the style of baroque and romantic music, for example.

[GuitarraUltima]

to laushu:

The performer plays Sarabande from Bach's 1st Suite in Emi and Gavotte en Rondeau from the same composer's 4th Suite in E major. You may want to correct the title of the video.

[InnocentSaint]

I love 0:37 thats pretty fuckin awesome

[goorance]

segovia is the top classical music player ever.. and only one how doesnt play very long guitar can think otherwise..

i never heared that perfection in my life..

[GuitarraUltima]

(response to goorance)

Really? Then you have perhaps never heard anything but Segovia? I have played guitar for 43 years. With all respect to the Maestro, he had some flaws in his approach. One of them was that he played Bach as romantic music. Praise God, most of the top performers today don't play Bach Segovia's way. You should listen other performers to learn and be able to compare what perfection is.

[goorance]

and pls one more thing why i didnt hear for the lot of oathers.. because they dont deserve to be listen

[fkntoothpaste]

Give me an example of who is a better musician than Master Segovia please.

[GuitarraUltima]

Basically all top performing guitarists today perform better. Try to watch one girl from China whose name is Xuefei Yang. Watch her playing Villa Lobos' Etude No. 7 and then compare with Segovia. The top Guitarists of today are David Russell, John Williams, Manuel Barrueco, and young people like Ana Vidovic, Su Meng, Thomas Viloteau, and many others. By the way, did you notice that Segovia's guitar in this piece is out of tune?

[fkntoothpaste]

To be honest dude, I still think that the Maestro forgot more about guitar than you will ever know.

[GuitarraUltima]

Can you explain (dude)?

[GuitarraUltima]

Another top players are Scott Tennant, William Kanengiser, Vladimir Mikulka, Li Yie, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, to name at least a few.

[astrotaz1]

Bach was a devout Christian and wrote his music as a love offering to God. He was in love with Jesus his saviour. Bach is Romantic and his music should be played as such.

[GuitarraUltima]

I know Bach loved God supremely and I sense it from his music any time I listen to it. It makes it so great. But that does not make it romantic. If you study romanticism, it is actually a gradual departure from God and slow shifting to self seeking, my dear. Bach's music being played in romantic style of 19 hundreds ceases to be Bach. Did you notice even in this performance Segovia's guitar is out of tune?

[InnocentSaint]

Segovia is badass to the max!

[loomis4747]

this was a deep man....he said if you are not born with the proper fingernails, then you need not play the guitar....not sure if he was wise or insane....you be the judge.

[waxpusher]

I can believe he said that. But I definately think that a sense of your heart and how the music you're playing makes you feel is more important than finger nails. He was definately a fanatic, but he had a good sense of the depth of music in his playing. Which a lot of musicians lack unfortunately.

[goorance]

are you want to tell me that he have no sense for rhytam..????????

[waxpusher]

MSeems like you've completely misunderstood what I wrote. At no point did I address his sense of rythmn.

[boogaloostrut]

What beautiful phrasing. Man, when he hit the last run that outlined the E maj chord, I was awe inspired. Thanks for the videos, I really appreciate them.

[fuckyouLiLcunts]

this is amazing :D i love it.... btw im 12 lol

[memo1canavar]

eski toprak

[vaxey]

he plays so comftorble and smoothly..

what a beutiful song i love nylon string guitars man..

[dubbeldammertje]

yes, he IS guitar.

[Sibarit1973]

sublime...

[WanchitoSP]

A. Segovia, eres uno de los mejores maestros que ha tenido España.

[TShawty284]

i have to say... this is a truly beautiful song

[TheLastSmoker]

Sound quality could be better.

[Tanblondalex]

World Civilization must be in deep down sleep, how comes this gym is only watched 1837 times (About 100 times by me). while silly paris hilton video is watched by milions,you tube users must be shallow and naieve .

[ubob777]

master pieces Are Not popular, by definition. 'world civilization' would b in problem if millions watch this, and leave paris for the few.

[Tanblondalex]

which paris,, hilton,,,lol,are you into calssic guitar ubob777,germans used to have great taste of music tell the 20th century....lol

[dubbeldammertje]

right you are! andres segovia is the man, paris hilton is only an empty hotel

[Tanblondalex]

The part that begins 2:25 is one of the greatest pieces of music played by guitar all times

[jf3mo]

Agreed.

[malaysniac]

Wow, I'm speechless. This song is so full of meaning, I almost cried. I'm 13, and I prefer classical music over anything today.

[ng311706]

amazing