Julian Bream plays Granados La Maja de Goya

[GuitarRusso]

This is how true musician is sounds like. Original, with charisma.

[Obladen50]

Bream is the master. He plays in a transcendental way. His tones management is simply amazing.

[adamg709]

Without compare, Bream is the master.

[raymondjamesrivera]

No one touches Bream in my opinion...

[poetsgirl]

there was an award given for these recordings. Bream and also David russell likes to play and record in churches and other large halls with great acoustics

[malenapahulja]

Bravo maestro! Greetings from Maja, Duchess of Serbia :)

[DBJ06]

I see that this is part of a documentary perhaps,, can somebody tell me the name of it,, or where to find it? Thanks,,

[buchanj]

@DBJ06

It was a DVD called Julain Bream, my life in music. Origianally a limited print run, it had been re-issued. Hope that helps.

[buchanj]

@DBJ06 Julian Bream My Life in Music

[DBJ06]

@buchanj Thanks,,

[blockrage8]

1 dislike? how can you dislike this?

[CTrane88]

@blockrage8 Some people live to put others down. I mean I don't get it, I guess it's how they were raised...

[spicbuddha]

I like a lot of different players, but as far s classical is concerned, Bream is my favorite.

[clscgtr]

@goldenwingedlion, yes this is from Bream's Guitarra, A Musical Journey through Spain

[goldenwingedlion]

Is this from a DVD?

[oscarestevez129]

Sorry just listened to Segovia, and you are wrong. Segovia's version is pure feeling , no effects just pure feeling.

[MasterDonut]

00:54 - 01:00 = Djent

[davehshs]

Bream plays this with such a jaunty sense of fun. Watching him just adds to the experience of hearing his amazing playing.

[riccardomagick]

questa è la migliore interpretazione in assoluto!!!!!!!!!!

[manueltava]

The master of masters...

[Guitarwizard]

So great, its surreal.

[isnardomanso]

Granados made a wonderfull master piece. It is perfect! What a beautiful melody.

[watercolour]

gosh, this is sooooo good T_T

[peterjordan16910]

Am I alone in hearing Bream's tone is just too good to be true? I mean nothing, NO OTHER GUITARIST'S tone can even begin to compare with the brilliance, clarity, variance of colour, crispness...and notice how the inner voice parts also sing out with a refinement, even though they are subdued compared with the melody notes. Bream's tone and musicality takes the listener to a place sooo far beyond the instrument.

6 strings and a box + Bream, It is the most extraordinary sound I have EVER heard.

[tarquin161234]

@peterjordan16910 Total agreement, you are not alone. JB is renouned as no1 for expression and tonal variation. Listen his Fernando sor mozart variations to be blown away.

[Rexicano]

@peterjordan16910

Bream is great;

but don't be absurd.

Plenty of other players are just as great.

Maybe you need to get out to concerts more.

[peterjordan16910]

@Rexicano Perhaps you could give me the benefit of your wider musical experience and name some of the Guitarists you consider just as great as Bream, you say there are plenty? I will listen and hopefully you will be right.

[Rexicano]

@peterjordan16910

You'll have to do your own homework;

look thru my favs and you will find several.

Williams played with Bream so clearly Bream thought highly of him.

Also Parkening at his peak, Ida Presti and Lagoya, Manuel Barrueco is fantastic.

And in guitar Pierre Bensusan is awesome (not Classical though)

There's no such thing as the best or the greatest.

But many have much to offer.

[peterjordan16910]

@Rexicano Thanks I will check them out, the quality and variety of tone I am expecting to hear (if they are to match up to Bream) will be hard to beat. To give you an example lets say we give a dynamic/color of sound, a range from 0=lifeless to 10=astounding. I would put Bream at 10 and williams at about 5.5 or 6 in comparison (and that would include Parkening and Presti) I'll have to check out the others before I comment..

[peterjordan16910]

@Rexicano Remember my original comment said: Am I alone in hearing Bream's tone is just too good to be true? I see that 6 people voted up on my comment. That clearly answers my question. As for your comment? Tell me why is it absurd to rate a instrumentalist so highly? It is MY personal taste and appreciation I am commenting on, and others agree.

It is OK too, that you don't perceive things the way i or others do, but you don't need to try and discredit their tastes.

[Rexicano]

@peterjordan16910

I was right at first; you are absurd. Rating artists with a number scale like you know all that much to begin with.

I'm done with the free music lessons.

[peterjordan16910]

@Rexicano Grow up, I idiot.

[peterjordan16910]

@Rexicano For Bream, playing music is not a show of technique but a passionate attempt to reveal to an audience a piece’s spiritual and mystical qualities. "Ideally the performer has a special function," he theorized in A Life on the Road, "which is to bring the listener to the edge of that experience and to open the doors of this perception in such a way that those who wish to enter can."

Seems clear, myself and others have 'entered' the door Bream created, Rexicano I hope you 'enter' one day

[sir1920]

@Rexicano right now i am a student of judicael. i have taken several masterclasses with great players. I am a 6th level studenty at the ecole normale de cortot. gabriel bianco is one of my good friends. i have met and seen marcin dylla many times and i have learned much of advanced technique for 5 months from thomas viloteau.

i have never seen or heard anyone with the same passion and intelligence to form than julian bream. noone can make a guitar sound like him. i have searched for a while.

[jacquillo]

bream is such a genious this he manages to play nicely this terrible piece ( much too challenging to be musical - and technically unnatural for the guitar ).



[elmetalero89]

The woman in 0:56 has a beautiful face !!!

[DenianArcoleo]

If anyone who plays classical guitar ever feels short of inspiration, all they have to do is watch this video! Truly wonderful.

[dippyselma]

How many colors he gets out of the guitar.....wow!

[riccardomagick]

UNICO GRANDE JULIAN.

[AlohaBay]

I have the CD with this recording on it, Bream plays pieces by Granados and Albeniz. Its beautiful.

[artlm2002]

Too little of Bream, too many pictures. Very annoying (I like art - just not when I'm trying to watch Bream!)

[ahahouhas]

Julian Bream is the personification of grace. His unique way of interpreting all of those masterpieces is unmatched till today!

[stengardsvej]

Julian Bream is a guitar god!!

[nikosz66]

Wow ! Divine !!!!

Thanks for posting !

[jpntw]

There was an old record of Julian Bream and violin, perhap quartet, anybody know? Or have this record can share? I've been looking for it long long time...

[brtherjohn]

@jpntw

Bream did the Haydn and Boccherini quartets on RCA in the late 60's. It's part of a big expensive box set nowadays.

[dewinmoonl]

oh man oh man... it has made me weep

[damduc]

i feel each notes is a diamond

[PSYCO000000]

@damduc I see the same abstract image in my mide too! It's so magical!

[zimmermann10]

@damduc i do not find better word to describe my fellings...

[acorntechnique]

Julian, you play this sooooooooo much better than Segovia!!

[damduc]

i think so, Segovia play not make smooth like Julian but that may make different motion

[willy1986tralara]

SOBERBIO

adoro esta cancion, pero este hombre la toca que da gustico de verdad

[Mkamalid]

Now i can die happily...!!

[xorxe10]

The paintings are, in my opinion, surpassed in terms of aesthetics by this composition. Now, in Bream's hands-or can I say heart? Goya's message, more than clear, becomes a vision: a poem of utmost elegance and sensuality.

[jedufour]

Sin dudas la mejor versión de esta obra. Que expresividad y que sonoridad tiene la guitarra de Julian Bream. Un artista fabuloso, extraordinario.

[Dodom123]

I can't stand John Williams. He's just a complete clone of Segovia. I know he did the whole 'SKY' thing - (which was nonsense) But I can't actually sit down and listen to Williams, he has no.........drive.

[BFGUITAR]

Fisk is a Segovia clone, Williams was a student of Segovia but far from clone.

[blackakres]

i absolutely agree;)

[Dodom123]

Segovia was NOT his 'mentor', at all. He had 2 lessons with him we he was under 18. In fact if you want to get academic, people have been critical on Segovia over the years, his technique is weak and repertoire limited! Bream is really expressive in his playing, and he not only mastered the guitar but the Lute, Vihuela and Barque Guitar. His tone is pure emotion, Segovia's in comparrison is 'dry'.

[tranzenic]

Thank you for speaking my thought. I had always considered Bream a more expressive performer than Segovia. Whether it's a fact or preference, it varies from person to person. But iIf you want to compare Bream and Segovia, listen to Bach Chaconne. Bream's interpretation is far superior to that of Segovia or anyone else for the matter.

[acorntechnique]

You use the world 'dry' to describe Segovia's playing. That's very polite.

Segovia's playing was technically there, but everything he played always seemed to lack the 'heart to hand' connection. Dry, yes, and dare I say grey and dull too.

Segovia's heart was always closed to music. Shame really..

[Mkamalid]

I don't want to say sth i would regret later but right now from what I've seen and heard i completely agree with you.

[krabaska]

acorntechnique! What you write about Segovia is, at best, incorrect. The old master had a right hand thick with sentimentalism, listen to his Bach for instance. We probably often make the mistake to sentimentalize Spanish music. The root nature is often hard as a gypsy´s heel.

[acorntechnique]

I'm fully aware of the overly sentimental way in which much Spanish folk music is played.

However, where sentimentalism is required, Segovia doesn't cut it for me.

His heart to hand connection just wasn't there in same way that so many other guitarists show.

For all his talent and skill, his interpretation of romantic music I found dull and unromantic.

Sorry.

[Dodom123]

Segovia was NOT his 'mentor', at all. He had 2 lessons with him we he was under 18. In fact if you want to get academic, people have been critical on Segovia over the years, his technique is weak and repertire limited! Bream is expressive in his playing, he not only mastered the guitar but the Lute, Vihuela and Barque Guitar

[cynic150]

I like Bream very much. His playing is truly masterful and with many skills and colours. However, Segovia was his mentor and his playing has somewhat more humour, a glint in his eye, and could be so touching. Bream employed a Spanish guitar maker to keep a flow of new instruments available to him on his estate; he liked a big tone which would project.

[morrel06]

which guitar is he playing?

[youknowImsaying]

first ;D

[averde]

He's playing his Romanillos

[dkh357]

I was fortunate to have heard Bream and Segovia in concert in the early 70's at the Kennedey Center Washington, D.C. Being a classical guitarist myself, I know the technical difficulties in this music. Segovia played with a strong Spanish influence and played with a delicate touch which I found difficult to hear in many passages. Bream plays with much more volume and flair and is the best in my opinion. Both are great masters of the guitar.

[Leyenda1]

@dkh357 Were they accessible after the concert?

[dkh357]

@Leyenda1 They may have been accessible to a few select people but I am not sure. The concert hall was packed and I felt lucky to have left in one piece.

[dkh357]

@Leyenda1 It may be of interest also that I heard Bream in concert three different times. At each concert he would always play the first part on the lute. After intermission he would play guitar. These are great memories that I have over many years.

[Leyenda1]

@dkh357 That's great! Julian Bream is a great master and his interpretations have always delighted me. Consider your self blessed my friend!

[ClassicalGuitarRulez]

@dkh357 I really don't like Bream, he surely plays louder but his sound his not even comparable to Segovia's...

[xorxe10]

I have just listened to the whole Spanish Guitar Recital by Julian Bream and fell immediately in love with his playing. The guitar does really become an orchestra in his hands. Thx for posting!!!

[mramosribeiro]

BREAM is the most brilliant guitar player alive. Everything he plays has a gift, a special touch of genius. Worship the man, folks...

[kirinog]

nobody compares to bream. he is a level for himself. true beast!

[GerardoHere]

a genius!

[radiologist301]

Bream is a master in his own right but he is not in league with Segovia...pull up Segovias version...his musical line cannot be beat....Bream comes close but....

[minasgekos]

i'm not a big fan of JB, but here he plays the piece really good... great interpretation

[Adamfront]

It's true, Bream is a true Maestro. He is everything a musician should be (imo).

What tone! and tremendous right hand technique.

[CarlosMacMartin]

Julian Bream is one of favorites! I knew there

was a reason why I was drawn to him when I was

younger.The guy really knows how to "Swing".No

joke! He played Jazz in England! The man has

serious compas and it comes thru in the music!

[Rexicano]

Too bad they didn't skip all the artsy camera work and focus on the Master alone; I will go to the Prado or Library if I want an Art show. But Bream is a rare sight...what a powerhouse.

[bagawstrings]

It was Breams playing on songs like this one that inspired me to pick up classical guitar after only playing blues and rock. Bream's got both expressiveness, musicality and technical skill, can't ask for much out of a musician. Thanks for posting this one!

[riceboii101]

me tooo bream brought the classical guitar to life for me for he was one of the first youtube videos on guitars ive ever watched.

[Poisonseed]

Master of guitar and lute.

I bow down.

[guitarclasic4693]

maestros de maestros julian bream

maja de goyya hermosisimo de granados

[osvaldoraul]

¡Genial interpretación! Deslumbrantes las

obras del genial Goya!!!

[robertospierto]

splendido chitarrista e splendido uomo...

[antanixdue]

Grazie Maestro.