Trio Yepes encore 3 - Recuerdos de la Alhambra - "el duende"

[sergeytry]

Unbelievable...

[TheTinklingofBells]

I found this rendition interesting and pleasing. There are many versions to be heard and it seems to me that the meter is generally approached very evenly and here Yepes adds moments of a form of accelerando so evenly that it adds a particular emotion that seems fitting. Thumbs up.

[618nami]

素晴らしい、演奏です。

「アルハンブラの思い出」は、私にとっても思い出の曲です。

UPして下さって、有難う。

[skierok]

Staggering! It makes such a tremendous impression!

It is striking / amazing / astonishing!

[ju2550ju]

I think this is stunning. He doesn't get too bogged down in the details. He tells the story and creates a picture in a very charming, whimsical way. His dynamics and phrasing is so graceful, and his tremolo is so fluid.

[dgfrgl1997]

this is to fast and monotome to me

[MrDizzyvonclutch]

Why didn't he just play a six string? He loooks like that guy with really small hands that can't go to Burger King, he has to eat at Mcdonalds to make his hands look normal sizeLOL! And what's with the staccato?

[warrkrymez]

The faster you play the tremolo, the more it sounds like one continous note. Yepes was at an elite level.

[11Kralle]

My favorite interpretation of this is made by Wolfgang Lendle.

[joediaz001]

wow, a full minute of clapping...

[calderono]

Quien lo apura tata??

[arfurlife]

wow whether you like the interpretation or not ( I do) his technique is unbelievable. The attack he gets on each 'a' finger, the melody note, is amazing. If you watch him the speed is distracting. If you look away and just listen...the effect is pretty near perfect. It really does sound just like a mandolin tremelo.

[TheVampireSteve]

Wow. Look at Colonel Sanders shred the 10 string!

[foxyclown]

the most beautiful interpretaion of rdla.

[Pikangu]

you might think this's fast , but he conveys the melody , emotion very well

[TheLightofRammstein6]

Recuerdos in spanish means "memories"... when somebody plays recuerdos de la alhambra in my opinion it has to be played slowly.. just like a memory (: I respect Narciso Yepes a lot, but in my opinion I don´t like how he plays this piece in particular....

[ZIROLAND]

watch the video response i posted. this guy blows everyone out of the water! although, since i play the piece myself, i noticed he CHANGED Tarrega's left hand fingerings! And it sounds better, because I think a closed B note instead of the open B string has the same resonance as the rest of the piece and is thus a better approach! good workd

[ZIROLAND]

check out this link. THIS IS THE BEST VERSION OF THIS PIECE BY ANYONE I'VE EVER HEARD... unbelievable!!!!! better than segovia, yeppes, williams... WOW!

Look up on YouTube: Milos Recuerdos de la Alhambra AMAZING, technically and musically

[VanHelsing2021]

Q INTERPRETACION BELLISIMO

[hudsonman74]

awesome........



[LeeEisenstein]

Bravo! I had the great pleasure of hearing Maestro Yepes, many years ago. I remember that concert to this day.

[flazhcomic]

NO mames la pinche tos en el minuto 2:04 !yo la mato y vuelvo a empezar de cero

[vukstevanic]

need for speed

[jtzim07]

holy shit that guitar is rediculous

[aldusmanutius51]

Is the beauty of the music, it's the beauty of the soul....musician need to have soul to play beautiful music....

[wizard0350]

I'll talk to the guys from YouTube and ask them if they let me to click on the 'vote up' for the description of this song.So....guys from YouTube?Come on...gimmie the power to push : D

[woodchuckmool]

Otra Otra Maestro . .. es que el corazon crece en el bosque arabesque de tus dedos

[woodchuckmool]

Otra Otra Maestro . .. es que el corazon crece en el bosque arabesque de tus dedos

[whalewatcher987]

why does he have 10 strings?

[johngu77777]

Oh wow! He is a true master. I'm surprised many don't see that! That is the Spanish style and though it is faster, his version brings out a fluidness that few Classical guitarists bring out.

[G0llum3000]

1:25 to go to the start of the song

[arcaniondeath666]

I ply classical guitar myself and to me it sounded like he had the idea for the articulation but must not have had enough time to practice casue the fingers were a bit sloppy. and to me it wasnt smooth

[beatlemaniac1978]

Un genio del S. XX. ¡Qué maravilla de interpretación!

[benhoward1]

I'm not going to deny this guy has talent, but i feel it's rushed so much I can't even appreciate the piece.

[mik3071]

uffffffffffffffffffffff, increible!!

[arfurlife]

It s so much faser than other versions it can come across as rushed, But, if you close your eyes and do not look, it really does sound like a mandolin accompanied by guitar which is an amazing feat. He backs off a lot in The A ma jor section and proves he can simply do anything he wants with it. One of the all time masters without a doubt, often controversial and unique but never less than brilliant. Bless him. Recuerdos will never be the same without him.

[fabiolaganivet]

Es tan dulce escucharle, un gran maestro....

[willy1986tralara]

menudo tremolo... como lo borda!!

[a4b3m2i1s]

!!!-Bravo+Bravo+Braví-Simooo-!­!! que Sonido tan MARAVILLOSO, tan DULCE, tan Suavemente lleno de Melancolía, es Pura su Armonía con la Gloria de la esencia Musical. !! hay !! que escucharlo sin falta !! para sentir Todo su Esplendor y su Gloriosa Divinidad Lírica...(perdón)...Gloría de GUITARRA-Artística quise decir. Don Francisco YEPES un Artista Genial donde "los haya", por cierto Nacido en ESPAñA, buena Tierra, Buen País. y de Olé.Olé,Oléééé

[bludrugo29]

A dynamique control that is perfect.....

[MrRfyl]

Why so many spare strings when he is not using them? For show?

[Spimona]

This guy is no doubt, an unbeleivable classical virtuoso, but I much prefer Jim Greeninger's performance of this piece of music. I feel Yepes fails to convey his emotions when playing this, but Greeninger on the other hand gives the power and emotion to the listener, which is just what the music is about.

[drewdavis58]

@Spimona Welcome to Youtube where everyone has a right to their own opinion.

As for me, I feel Greeninger does fairly well with his amplified guitar, but he still puts me to sleep whereas Yepes moves me to tears. All the same, thanks for stopping by.

[SANNAFABICH]

@drewdavis58 Opinions are like asses.

[scoopdavis]

@drewdavis58 Hi Drew, I'm new to Youtube also. Even so, I gotta agree with Spimona ... if you don't like Yepes version of this song, I can only assume you are deaf.

[ZIROLAND]

@Spimona: Welcome to subjectivity Spimona. I'm have a Master's Degree in classical guitar, and everyone is moved by different artistic interpretations.. that's just the way art is. SUBJECTIVE. personally, in my opinion Yepes is playing this too fast and HARSHLY. this is from the romantic era... his tone is quite harsh , too much nail in my humble opinion... (it could be a bad recording, i suppose). tremolo is one of those illusive techniques that guitarists (famous an not) struggle with.

[theSergiitox]

totalmente de acuerdo contigo , yepes el maestro de 10 cuerdas mas genial del mundo ... la sencillez de este hombre lo hace un hombre grandioso al momento de jugar con su instrumento :) totalmente un maestro ... YEPES VIVE !

[Steelvg10]

@theSergiitox Es increíble, cómo se ven comentarios a alabanza de todo el mundo en todos los idiomas, menos en Español. Uno no es profeta en su tierra, pero esto es ridículo, España me tiene ya hasta las pelotas.

[exterminatorgrievous]

@Steelvg10 Totalmente de acuerdo contigo. Es lamentable.

¡ Un saludo !

[Steelvg10]

¿Cuál es el vídeo donde toca frente a unos japoneses??

[Claire1Rogers]

@drewdavis58 neither of em even come close to Segovia's.

[KIRBYSLAYERm14]

@Spimona Your Stupid! you dont kno what your talking about ...Your just trying to show that you kno how to play by saying that ..but in reallity u suck ass!

[Jackareaux]

@Spimona las comparaciones simpre son odiosas

[granoenelculo1]

@Spimona

In my opnion, you cannot compare J.G. to N.Yepes as the Spaniard was more than just a virtuos player, but a pioneer too and one of the best classical guitar players in history.

He played his 10-stringed guitar, which he made because normal 6-stringed guitars did not have such a good resonance and with that new instrument he would be able to play baroque harp/ lute better and reach a harmonical sound classical guitars did not reach.

But I am Spanish, so this may not be objective :)

[conorzzy]

@Spimona exactly what I was thinking, it's as if Yepes is just racing through it......emotion so much more important then being technically correct, which Jim is also.

[mario1951ful]

Maestro, siempre me hace Usted llorar de emoción.

[MusicPredominates]

a wicked audience who thought they could demand the master to return to the stage and then one individual who couldn´t restrain himself from clapping before the last chord died away !

[s2p3r]

lol yepes looks like a wing chun master

[drewdavis58]

@s2p3r His Kung-fu was very strong:)

[aaronjordan010388]

@s2p3r ipman of the 10 strings classical

[sarbatureddu123]

grandiosa

[jack75391]

that is simply the best

[16luli]

¡Qué belleza!

[vernonbigsby]

well, this has been a good read!

now now girls, calm down!

no-ones wrong or right, but i have to agree with mark, i personaly thought it was rushed, not because i am "conditioned" to it, (ive only heard a few play it up to now, i wil watch other "versions") i would love to have a tremolo as fast and precise as yepes, but would use it where i thought it needed it, everyone is welcome to an opinion, and this is mine,

peace out yall

[drewdavis58]

Nice idea; I appreciate a little levity. Just one thing: Yepes is then precisely rushing? Um, kinda sounds like a contradiction. I would associate rushing with poor control - not the case here.

This may be a rare case in which he did not completely respect the score, choosing to play moderato what was penned Andante. I'm sure he had his reasons (as stated in other comments) just as I believe this rendition make perfect sense musically speaking.

That's just my opinion.

Peace

[vernonbigsby]

my bad! worded it wrong, didnt mean "rushed" as in played sloppily, just like if he was speeded up by a few frames a second, like the old black & white films, obviously he plays his version very very well.

opinions are like bumholes, we all have one and it normally stinks!!

fair play to yer!!

[yepes3]

que grande eres Narciso ^^, me alegra compartir apeyido contigo :D

[kurorin123]

beatiful!!!!

[ScapularSaves]

WHERE CAN I BUY THIS DVD?

[granadosalbeniz]

Il joue trop vite!!!la respiration n'a pas le temps de s'installer,les notes sont hachés alors que le trémolo devrait respirer...C'est insensé de jouer comme cela!!!!Pourquoi faire ça?

[drewdavis58]

Bravo à Yepes d'oser la difference! En effet, son tremolo fluide respire avec vitalité. Regardez bien les autres commentaires ici (si, toutefois, vous comprenez l'Anglais) et vous verrez que les arguements pour ce tempo sont trés senséés.

[granadosalbeniz]

Cher drewdavis58,sachez que je parle l'anglais aussi bien que vous manquez de courtoisie,ici,c'est la phrase qui doit respirer,le trémolo devant suivre...Dés que je trouve une version en 9"58,je vous l'envoie avec grand plaisir,comprendre la différence entre performance et musique,il me semble qu'a vous,c'est cela dont il est question...Mais vous aurez toujours l'avis des autres pour vous consoler......

[drewdavis58]

Cher granadosalbeniz, si vous tenez à ce que cette musique soit joué de façon soporifique, vous êtes en bonne compagnie. Dommage que vous vous enfermé dans une attitude conventionelle et convenue... Vous parlez Anglais? Je'n suis forte aise. Vous pouvez donc bien faire le tour de cette dispute avant de répondre, et d'ajuter quelque chose de nouveau a cette dispute. Vous me menacez avec de la musique ennuyeuse? C'est de la courtoisie selon vous? SVP, gardez votre version 9"58...

[kingdanenator]

I like this. I know how hard it is to get a tremelo going as nicely as this one, not to mention all them notes he is picking with his thumb simultaniously :O. Es Magnificent! Bravo to him!

[lelandmax]

Re: the "correct" tempo. I think that the best indicator of a tempo is in pieces (unlike this one) that were meant as dances, or as a particular style. A saltarello would not be played slowly, a pavane would not be played fast, a lullaby would be relaxed, etc.

Also, I do believe that people can comment on interpretation or technique even if they cannot perform it themselves.

[emisar]

Very very sick and tired about you people argue and comment on what the tempo should be, its speed, fast or slow, from the heart (no heart?), who's better etc etc,...It's better you don't watch all these great guitar players play according to their own ability cum interpretation. I remembered when the late rock guitarist, Frank Zappa, said '...shut up and play your guitar!' .I would add, shut up and kick your guitar!

[thejugglenaut91]

i don't like it either... listen to segovia's, and(i hate to say it with him being as unspanish as they come) julian bream's interpretation. I'm not stupid enough to say they're right though.

[lockven]

By the way, I´m just curious, all those who think the "right" tempo is to make this a lullaby, just post your speedy version. If not, you should add this to your comments: I can´t make it and I dont like it This is very different to I don´t like it then I choose to play slower And the whole story changes.

[marklarian]

Ok.

[blahavyterd8]

Ah,mais oui alors!!!Il a raison ce bralla,il joue bien trop vite,la phrase n'a pas le temps de respirer...le chant n'est pas "perlé" comme doit rendre le trémolo,le rêve n'a pas le temps de s'installer....C'est le problème chez Yepes,il "bouffe" les notes parcequ'il joue trop vite....

[drewdavis58]

Encore un vulgaire "troll" qui veux sa 'berceuse'!!! et qui n'a rien compris... si vous ne voulez pas rester courtois, je vous invite de prendre votre haine et négativité (gratuite) et d'aller ailleurs.

[10String1963]

You are mistaken. At a tempo that makes the melody sing coherently, when Yepes lets it breathe with nuance it is perceptible. But at the tempo you want (from conditioning or lack of technique) it is so slow the phrases fall apart; there is no melody. (Can you sing the melody at the slow tempo you like without running out of breath before the phrase ends?) What irony that Yepes is criticized for the OPPOSITE of what is the reality! Jealousy/conditioning that speaks through you, not musicality.

[10String1963]

To those guitarists who object this is too fast, I would say that it is repetitive conditioning speaking and not musical sensibility. The guitar tremolo is an immitation of the mandolin tremolo, which is an immitation of the sustained sound of instruments like violin/flute. Any good violinist/flautist knows the tempo at which a phrase makes musical sense; for Recuerdos it is THIS tempo. Simply because most guitarists (even famous ones) cannot play a proper tremolo doesn't mean this is too fast!

[lockven]

100% with you

[marklarian]

this piece was written before mandolins made it to Spain. It's not an italian piece - its not emulating a mandolin.

It's from Spain written for classical guitar by Tarrega. If you don't think John Williams, Bream, Parkening, Paco, etc. can't play tremolo this fast, you are mistaken. They don't do it because the music penned by Tarrega himself was set at a slower tempo.

It's too fast.

[drewdavis58]

The earlist precursor to the mandolin, the moorish Oud came to Spain in 700a.d. The modern Neapolitan mandolin was toured throughout Europe from 1700 to 1900. Tarrega, known to have been influenced by Spanish folk music (including Moorish Flamenco), was born in 1852. Tarrega played without fingernails so it seems normal that the interpretation of this piece would necessarily evolve.

[drewdavis58]

How many more of these self-proclaimed arbiters of Recuerdos' tremolo speed will honor us with thier sagacity? I'm sorry if this shift from Andante to Moderato is too much for (all of) you... try deep breathing!

Is it not, in the end, a question of taste? Were the memories of Alhambra dream-like or stirring?

[marklarian]

Excellent point.

The memories of Alhambra - the inspiration and feel of the song..the soft swells, the "Andante" tempo and room for expression. Yepes' interpretation is musically incorect.

Andante means moderately slow. Here's a key term used in music - Andate means "at a walking pace".

That is Recuerdos!

Need more proof 10string1963? Try listening to "Andante" by the little-known composer by the name of Mozart.Think about the walking pace and where Yepes' version fits-in. It doesn't.

[drewdavis58]

The excellent point might be that such criticism coming from someone with so few (zero) credentials is like so much hot air I'm afraid. Yepes possesses control that gives him plenty of room.

Secondly, I can walk at this tempo, albeit briskly... so what? People sure did walk slowly back then. Times have changed.

Why don't you move along to other players' videos if you're still dreaming of your favorite 'llulaby'?

There is ,nothing incorrect about this video except some of the commentary.

[marklarian]

I was trained by a student of Parkening.

I can play tremolo that fast.

I have plenty of credentials. ;)

The problem is, when you look at the sheet music it says "Andante".

By no definition of the term does Yepes' version fit. It was a 3rd encore meant to impress and show-off his skill.

Period.

Its an amazing performance, but it's too fast. Calling this interpretation "genius" is blasphemy, and there are clearly many others who agree.

Sorry. I like it as well but it just not correct.

[drewdavis58]

If you possess a tremolo comparable to Yepes, then why are you not a classical guaitarist? Please post your tremolo demo. You are indeed not alone; you are aligned with a group of conservatives known as the Segovistas who felt threatened by and have fought Yepes' innovations for over 50 years. 10string63 spoke of conditioning... seems that might be your case. Otherwise you wouldn't hav'e such an arbitrary position. You're aware of all the arbitrary critism aimed at Parkening over the years?

[marklarian]

I have no such ties to any conservative groups. I'm just a guy who knows classical music.

You guys seem awful threatened to hear an ounce of criticism about a piece that is played a certain way by THOUSANDS of classical guitarists, including the very best in the world, and you think ONE guy playing it faster than normal is somehow correct and every other interpretation is false? Andante means a certain RANGE of tempo - Yepes' version is not it. It really is that simple. Im not a hater at all.

[drewdavis58]

Yet you do their bidding, albeit unwittingly. In all fairness, perhaps decades of virulent attacks can cause some defensivesness. Personally, I don't think the THOUSANDS are wrong, but neither is Yepes. Yepes was a maverick whose slight up-grade made this sleepy piece shine, and you want to play thought-policeman and have him arrested? This interpretation is perfectly controlled, extremely expressive and makes perfect sense, musically speaking, yet you persist in saying it is somehow incorrect?

[10String1963]

Marklarian, no, it really is THIS simple: The Italian root of Andante ("andare") means "to go", i.e. "moving along", "flowing" (perhaps you need to look it up). Yepes's tempo FLOWS, it GOES, it MOVES along rather than dragging and stuttering along. This is Andante and the tempo of thousands of other guitarists is closer to Largo. "Andante" is not something a metronome determines; it depends on the musical context. Why follow a too slow tempo because everyone does it? Because of conditioning?

[10String1963]

Maklarian, your videos show a guy playing electric guitar, not someone who knows classical music. Why don't you rather respond with a video of yourself playing Recuerdos at what you believe is a more musical tempo?

[marklarian]

There is no need when there are already plenty of videos showcasing it at the exact same temo i'd play it - the correct speed.

I was trained on classical/classicly - that doesn't mean thats the only style I know. And I initiated no attacks, nor do I feel threatened in any way. I merely called Yepes' performance too fast, which is exactly what it is.

How you still try to justify the opposite is beyond me.

Yepes' is rushing through sections. You can hear it. Forget theory - just listen!

[drewdavis58]

I suspect you might be a nice guy but you don't seem to be taking heed of the strong arguements against your "attack" on Yepes' choice. If you say you don't like it, that would not be an attack; but you can't help but to take it further, despite all the evidence you might be in the wrong.

I've listened to this countless times and Yepes is always in control, never rushing. Are we on the same planet listening to the same music? I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

[drewdavis58]

Mark? I'm not surprised that you be unwilling to show your tremolos. You're just like the last guy I debated this subject with: vain, bitter, boastful, arbitrary... He said he had a BETTER tremolo (than Yepes) but when asked for proof - nobody home. Can you do no better? Just repeating your "attack" like a machine won't strengthen your case, don't you know? Makes the debate a bit boring... well, at least it's civilized! I appreciate that.

[marklarian]

vain, bitter, boastful, arbitrary? Showing my tremolo would do what exactly?

Regardless how I seem, you are taking this far too personally. I dont personally care how fast he plays it, im not embarassed or bitter or boastful in any way. I simply don't agree Yepes' interpretation is correct, nor does any other classical guitar maestro alive today. Kind of hard to argue that point. And thats what it boils-down to. Yepes is right and everyone else to ever play it is inaccurate? How egotistical.

[drewdavis58]

Well, maybe not bitter... You're the one boasting a tremolo as fast as Yepes, you put it on the table. I've never heard any maestro voicing criticism of Yepes' tremolo and if you have I'd love to hear about it (don't hold your breath, they know better). Otherwise maybe you shouldn't be trying to put words in their mouths huh? You're the one with the vanity to criticize one of the greatest maestros. Like it or not, Yepes was a genius.

[janmb]

Correct interpretation?!

No offense Mark, but you sir need to spend more time reading your dictionary and less time posting on youtube.

If you had any grasp of what the word interpretation means at all, you would know that a concept like correctness is not applicable.

[10String1963]

Mark, I'm not talking "theory". I'm talking about singing a melodic line at a tempo that makes sense musically, the way ANY musician would instinctively know how to sing the theme (except guitarists, who have become conditioned to think about this piece at an unmusically slow tempo for no better reason than because everyone else does it like that). Just SING it: E--D-C--D-E-----F-G--F-E--F-G-­--... Anyone can very well hear at which tempo the theme makes sense and at which it begins to drag out.

[janmb]

There is no such thing as "the correct" speed,

The speed is part of the individual performer's interpretation.

No one who is musically educated should be ignorant of this simple, but vital axiom in the realm of music performance.

[DjosueD]

I have to agree with the fact that you cannot tell a player how to play a song, at least not if he knows what he's doing. If we all played the same way or the way everyone else wants, then we might as well get together and play a classical guitar orchestra. Each player puts a bit of his feeling into the songs he plays. Each song sounds different and that there is called music. Not theory written by others, but music that comes from the heart. It's something you understand, not learn.

[10String1963]

Marklarian, I am not in the least threatened by an opinion that is easily countered by musical sensibility. Need I remind you that you are the one initiating attacks; based on which it is you who feel threatened by something you have observed here. No, this is a simple matter of musical sensibility. Give the THEME to any pianist/violinist and she will play it a tempo closer to Yepes's than the slower ones. Sing it at both tempi and you will clearly hear which flows and which cannot be sustained.

[10String1963]

Finally, maklarian, tremolo is to sound what cinema is to image. It is an anachronistic analogy, but apt nonetheless. The individual notes of the tremolo part are intended to blur together to produce a sustained melodic line (as on a violin or flute), not to stutter and be heard individually. A musically sensible tempo will be determined by the phrasing of the melody notes: E-D-C-D-E, F-G-F-E-F-G, etc. Try singing it and see at which tempo it "moves along" and at which it runs out of steam.

[drewdavis58]

I was trained by a student of Segovia; Yepes took some lessons with a student of Tarrega. Who better than a Spanish musicain to take an interpretive liberty with some Spanish music? Recuerdos was not written in stone you know. Blasphemy? Calling God in to help won't rescue your argument (whoever pronounced the word "genius" anyway? I don't see it...) Yepes was impressive, yes, show-off? No, that's you sounding like a jealous wannabe, IMO. Why shouldn't such a crowd-pleaser be used as an encore?

[10String1963]

As Maurice Ohana once commented to Oscar Ghiglia (who inquired about the published tempo marking for Ohana's Tiento): Never mind that. Those indications are only for those with no natural musicality. Marklarian, the fact is that the phrasing of the melody determines what is and is not a musically sensible tempo. Yepes's tempo walks, it breathes, and its phrases are cohesive. At the slower tempo there is no melody, no phrase. Everything comes undone, and this is not what Tarrega meant by Andante.

[xXNuclearWarXx]

If you have a listen to Bream/Segovia's interpretation, you'll be relieved to discover that melody and phrasing are, in fact, present, just as they are in Yepes' interpretation.

The purpose of music is to cause an emotional impact on the listener, and different people are moved in different ways by different stimuli. Describing tempo as walking/breathing/sensible is vague and subjective. In the end it comes down to personal preference.

I find this piece pleasant regardless of choice of tempo.

[10String1963]

For someone with so many (self-proclaimed) credentials, I am surprised (not really) to note that you compare an Andante from the Classical period with one from the Romantic, as if such relative, generic tempo markings don't change over time (which any good musician knows) and as if they are not relative from one composition to another, not some fixed tempo you can set your metronome to. Perhaps you need to go back to Parkening for more lessons, or if this hatred/bias comes from him, ditto.

[drewdavis58]

Finally, I like and respect the quitarists you mention, but why would they bother perfecting such a tremolo when the conventional, the 'guitaristic' fashion of playing this piece doesn't require them to? I have youtube and alot of discs but I have yet to hear any of them playing this kind of tremolo (fast and strong) in any music. Would you care to offer an example? I'd really like to hear it! William's tremolo in Barrios is very sweet, but...

[10String1963]

Sorry, you are mistaken. This theme is not from Spain, nor written by Tarrega. The Alhambra in the title is a theatre, not the gardens. Tarrega attended a performance by a Russian ensemble (playing balalaikas and domras, similar to the mandolin) and later wrote down a theme he remembered from that night, hence "memories of the alhambra". Anyway, Tarrega is not the father of tremolo, which, say what you will, is still an immitation of the sustained sound of instruments like the mandolin/violin.

[loiluu]

too fast, no feeling, no feelings at all..

[drewdavis58]

Indeed, the stunning virtuousity of this inimitable rendition leaves some people senseless. Yepes rises above the lullaby-style of other guitarists to achieve flamenco-style "duende".

[blahavyterd8]

Tu nous fais chier droudavies avec ton duende.....

[10String1963]

No feeling at this tempo?! What nonsense. When you let the tempo breathe (as Yepes does) THAT is "feeling". The media through which musicians express "feeling" are rubato, timbre, and nuances of dynamics. At the tempo Yepes plays this phrases are coherent, the melody sings, and the expressive devices (like rubato) become NOTICEABLE. This is not the case when the tempo is absurdly slow - as for most guitarists - too slow to feel the tempo breathing and relaxing in the manner Yepes achieves.

[guinnesstrail]

Yepes, what a genius.

[bralla69]

C'est trop rapide!!!Il ne laisse pas respirer la mélodie!!

[drewdavis58]

C'est votre opinion; en effet, la plupart des guitarists la joue comme une berceuse, mais ce n'est pas une! Que les autres n'arrivent pas a imiter l'interpretation spectaculaire de Yepes n'enleve rien au merit de Yepes, à mes yeux.

Ah, moi aussi ça me coup le souffle... quel bonheur! Voyez la video de Yepes' Recuerdos chez Bonsillens: plus de 467,000 vues! Une des video de guitar classique les plus regardées sur youtube. c'est une histoire de goût...

[Fabricetango]

comment peut on oser critiquer Narciso Yepes!!!

[bralla69]

Comme je le fais!!!

[drewdavis58]

Comme vous avez toujours tort, bralla 69!!!

[dostc]

Terrible. This is not a showpiece, this is not a Paganini piece, you should feel. Far too fast, no feeling.

[drewdavis58]

Not a show piece!? Far too fast? It's not a lullaby, either! I get tremendous "feeling" listening to this and I'm not alone. Sorry you don't enjoy it, and you certainly have a right to your own opinion, but, with all due respect, I don't think you know what your talking about, sir.

[Thymonico]

I agree.. I've seen Yepes play this much better, thuogh.. ;)

[joviga]

Este hombre era único... Genial