Invocacion y Danza by Joaquin Rodrigo

[javierlopeztello]

Muy buen trabajo.



[Encabronado27]

a master piece,a master playing

[jasarmy07]

Impresionante!!!!!!!!!!

[YManCyberDude]

Nicely Done !!!

[YManCyberDude]

Nailed it !!!

[javierespinos]

OOOHHH!!! QUE BUENA VERSIÓN!!

[pbnotoriusguitar]

SORPRENDENTE ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

EXITANTE ¡¡¡¡¡¡

SUBLIME ¡¡¡¡¡¡

excelente interpretación ¡¡¡¡

gracias por subirlo

[guitarunner]

Obviously you have very arrogant and stupid "opinions".....thanks for ah

[Wheresmyaccount]

way too fast imo, i think certain parts need to be given alot more time

[FatManLaughing]

Holy Fuc*ing Sh*t.

[lalitotrovadoresco]

Impecable..un gran sonido... la mejor version que escuchado....Bravo

[andresdavida]

Espectacular interpretación, la mejor versión de invocación y danza que he escuchado, Increíble este gran músico.

[FiatObscuritas]

A M A Z I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!

[dr0berts]

A perfect musical hierarchy realized - a guitar that is servant to Azabagic and Azabagic who is servant to Rodrigo.

[classicalguitarist1]

Denis owns this piece!

[ImAMusician1]

After listening to this song for about a year, It still has the same quality that has made me feel overwhelmed with happiness and yet brings me to tears. Truly a fantastic piece.

[floydsteaks]

sublime

[DrLuu1972]

Amazing......

[cumanagoto]

In 1961, Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo's piece Invocación y Danza, dedicated to Alirio Díaz, won the First Prize at the Coupe International de Guitare, awarded by the Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF).

[despode]

this guy has so transcended the piece....he doesnt even think of the technique.....his mind is dedicated to the emotions in the melody.......

[TheSqueej]

@esnees123 the transition happens at 0:40 in John William's version of Asturias. If you listen for a few seconds before and after, you should notice what I'm talking about. Measure 25 of the music, if you have it or can find it somewhere.

[esnees123]

@TheSqueej thanks for my misunderstanding. i used to think that tremolo was 3 strikes on a string then a bass note

[Tamizushi]

you know I have been listening this song for over a month and I still get the urge to listen to it a few time a day. I'm simply in love with this song.

[Tamizushi]

is there a name for the technique where he use 3 fingers to play a note and his thumb to play others notes on 4:20?

It gives the feeling 2 persons are playing. I wanna hear more like that.

[TheSqueej]

@Tamizushi it's called a tremolo. The iconic piece for a tremolo on guitar is Tarrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra (which has a tremolo for the entire length of the song), but there's plenty of others. You might also want to check out Asturias (also called "Leyenda"). You can find both of these played by different great guitarists on Youtube.

[Tamizushi]

@TheSqueej Awesome! Thank you!! You made my day!

[Tamizushi]

@TheSqueej I hadn't realized Asturias was using the same technique, (I already knew the song) thank you for pointing that out.

[TheSqueej]

@Tamizushi Glad I could help you find something you like. The tremolo is kind of subtle in Asturias... The faster (and first) part of the piece starts out with just alternate picking: the thumb alternates with just the index finger, so it's not a tremolo right off the bat. But, then the music transitions into a tremolo that's at a pretty high speed. When a good guitarist plays it, the transition is pretty smooth so it's easy to miss.

[watch156]

@Tamizushi Hi. No tremolo at all in Leyenda. A tremolo is played p-a-m-i (thumb ring middle index) and it takes a long time to develop. In some flamenco music it's p-i-a-m-i, an extra beat that's even harder to develop. In Leyenda - aka Asturias - the fast sections are p-i-p-m-p-i (alternating the i and m, although not all players do that). When it gets faster it's p-m-i. Tremolo is a distinctive sound and when played quickly and smoothly, ala Segovia in Recuerdos, the guitar sings!

[esnees123]

@TheSqueej  im just wondering... asturias has tremolo ?

[TheSqueej]

@esnees123 The tremolo occurs during the fast open and closing sections. The first part is just rapid alternate picking, but if you pay close attention to the portion that has rasgueados, the B string is rapidly plucked in open position twice for every strike of the bass notes. This is the tremolo. It's easy to miss the transition because prior to the tremolo there's an alternation between open B and B one octave higher on the e1 string (7th fret), so the sound is very similar.

[montetx]

I had the pleasure of seeing Denis play this live in Dallas 2002, the recorded version on the "Denis Azabagic: Guitarra" CD plus all of the other compositions are a must have in the music collection.

[brbosi]

Amazing version! Amazing tremolo, technique, musical options, etc etc...

[spruceorcedar]

it brought tears to me eyes...it's as if the extreme torment and suffering by Rodrigo is exemplified greatly in this piece. I'm imagining spirits, evil demons and imps going in circles, tormenting Rodrigo. I'm so glad that the classical guitar offered the perfect sonority

[brbosi]

Amazing!!!!

[realmadridvideos]

this amazing ... i challenge anyone to find a more challenging piece played better ?? 

[FrancisArief]

it's like he's become one with the guitar, as if it's a part of his body.

[amaterrapper]

Magnificent

[TheLa440]

esquisito oir estas cuerdas en consonancia

[aclouti6]

The rest stroke low Ds starting at 6:13 sound like fucking explosions. Man this guy has a monster sound.

[FilipSrbija995]

Maestroooo really one of the best performing ever of Rodrigo's Invocacion y Danza ...

[Haigashod]

wow great performance!

....not to mention an unreal piece of music

[MrCabuki]

Uno de mis guitarristas preferidos...

[sleazebee]

i need a kleenex after that...and i don't mean i've been crying

[thejugglenaut91]

haha

[r0drys]

este we toca bien cabrón

[meeetthh]

NO ONE i can find plays this song as good as this version. Fucking amazing!

[szndm]

Try to find version by Jan Oberbek (Poland) on album from 80s "Hiszpańska muzyka gitarowa".

Although this version is really really nice. And luckily, no one is coughing on the audience.

[Gregor847]

@meeetthh

Try Antigoni Goni

[Dreamdek]

check the Adriano del Sal version. it's better

[TheGuitarMan009]

@Dreamdek no

[Dreamdek]

IT'S BETTER

[TheGuitarMan009]

@Dreamdek How is it better?

[BenjMB22]

@meeetthh have you heard Denis' student Chaconne Klaverenga? She plays it better in my opinion.

[Estonianwoodsman]

@meeetthh it's not a song, dude.

[meeetthh]

@Estonianwoodsman ha ha dude pleeaaase...

[dongiovani1985]

For me, this is one of the best performance of this composition !!!

BRAVO DENISE !!!

[jdbrown371]

@ telephonemoose ... Another gem I've found for guitar is "Nunc" by Petrassi. Some guitar pieces like Ginastera's guitar sonata really extend the limits of what can be done on any instrument. Another is Kodaly's cello sonata. I have my ears everywhere. As a pianist I freely admit there are things that simply cannot be done on my instrument. For example, despite the fact Ginastera wrote 3 excellent sonatas for piano I still consider his guitar sonata the superior work.

[sosiofu]

beautiful...

[crizenik]

Magnificent, sensitive interpetation of one of the best pieces written for guitar. Bravo to composer and performer.

[SoullessOpeth]

Magnífico.

[teynist]

nice performance

[muertabo]

I love this piece, joaquin rodrigo was and amazing composer

the interpretation of denis is just perfect, nothing to say at all

[rolandonavarro]

Bella y moderna obra del maestro Joaquín Rodrigo dedicada al maestro Alirio Díaz. Magnífica interpretación. Felicitaciones.

[JBABICguitar]

Zaista maistorski odsvirano!!! Bravo Denise.

5*****+

[rsinatra]

lindíssimo

[guachufrein17]

buen guitarrista y exelente compositor joquin rodrigo, muy buena tecnica y demasiada limpieza, lo qe es slash jimy hendriks, buketed head, malsteen qiero ver qe toqe algo asi, sin espiga ni amplificador no pueden, acen cosas geniales en la electrica pero dependen de mucho el ampliy la espiga

[FiatObscuritas]

la guitarra clásica y la eléctrica son dos mundos completamente diferentes. pienso yo que aquellos guitarristas de rock que nombras hacen bien su música, ellos por supuesto no podrían tocar guitarra clásica (bueno si, pero con dedicación un cierto nivel) pero tambien es viceversa la cuestión. Cada uno que siga dando lo mejor de sí en su instrumento:) que lo hacen muy bien.

[afbqeb]

he is my one of favorit players,that is good guitarist and more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jdbrown371]

This piece for guitar reminds me a bit of "Ver la Flamme" by Scriabin for piano. The tremolos, dissonant chords, extreme difficulty... The only thing about the Scriabin is there isn't the slightest trace of hope or optimism. So much for my naive impressions. I can with sureness say that with Rodrigo, Tarrega, Villa Lobos and the like, guitar players have no reason to envy other instruments. This piece just floors me. I had a similar experience when I first heard Ginastera's sonata opus 47

[capnpayne]

Great observations.

This is one of my favorite pieces for any instrument!

[acorntechnique]

Your comment really made me chuckle!

Scriabin, whilst i love his music, always sounds to me as though he had forgotten to take his medication.

[telephonemoose]

thanks for this post. we guitarists always feel like we're missing out on the good stuff.

[Abs0lutGuitar]

That guitar is amazing, I love my Humphrey too! :) Great job.

[CarlosMacMartin]

Do you know who one of Humphrey's greatest

guitar maker/mentors/influences is?

[Abs0lutGuitar]

No, I don't know, but I could take an educated guess at a few.

[CarlosMacMartin]

Eugene Clark in Tacoma,Washington is probably

the greatest luthier alive today.He also was

a tremendous help to luthier David Spink (AKA

David Rubio or Jose Rubio.

[kuntakinte90]

which guitar is he playing?

[jazzpsalti]

really not bad! Nice harmonic tone! I noticed a lot of people ply a Bb at 1:07 mark... is this a later revision rodrigo made? Cause mine's got B natch

[troy459]

It doesn't get much better than this...incredible clarity - technique and interpretation. I'm interested in the changes in the score from @ 2:14 to 2:20.

[Staw]

that change comes from De Fallas "omaggio"-sounds exactly the same like that piece starts-because "invocacion y danza" is "hommage" to De Falla and his only guitar piece

[watch156]

I've listened to this a lot, and I've read the score (quite a while ago. I'm nowhere near good enough to actually play it at all—and it is a bear to read!) and I'm thinking he lost track of it for moment but recovered pretty well. Please set me straight if I'm wrong.

[Gregor847]

@watch156

I think so too, at the beginning of the second minute. Someone set us straight if we're wrong. :D

[bradleyt1]

Incredible Professor!

[arash402003]

Thank you so much for posting!