Sauf erreur, il ne s'agit pas du prélude N°3, mais peu importe. Quel talent, quel incroyable talent. Ce morceau peut paraître simple et pourtant, lui donner le bon équilibre, bien respecter le chant y compris dans l'accord qui cloture chaque petite "descente" est vraiment difficile. Il a su rendre chaque note magnifique. J'adore Julian Bream. Allez regarder ses Master class sur youtube
@Vrlobrza I also don't really like how no. 4 is a bit rushed musically, but he IS playing on TV, so he may have had to adjust the speed to show off his virtuosity for the audience.
@EvanFingerstyle I thought that too. I used to play this one myself and I always thought (and was told by my professor) that you start slowely and gain speed gradually, but always in such way that one hears the music and not the rushing noise. But it's been a long time since I played, so maybe I'm very wrong.
can someone tell me why he's considert one of the greatest guitarist of all time. like all he's doing is interpreting song from bash of villa lobos. did he ever compose something.
@professionaltroller1 It often comes to the players ability to bring the "feeling" (or what ever you want to call it) of the composition to the audience via the playstyle and arrangement. Stating one person as a "Greatest guitarist" is not even possible in my opinion, thus you shouldnt even think about such things. Instead could just enjoy all the great players out there and absorb as much of their playing as possible :D
personally, i think bream is in a way an ideal guitarist, he has the emotion almost of segovia, and almost the technique of williams. technique exists to serve the music, not the other way around
Looking at Bream play, I'm amazed with the similarities to how I play. He rests his foot on a stool, he finger-picks nylon strings, etc... He even wears glasses. I must be a magnificent virtuoso on guitar.
does the score really call for the arpeggio section to be played at such a incomprehensible speed? I can still hear the notes, but it seems that when they vomited out so fast the beauty is left behind. Unless Villa-Lobos meant for the mid section to just be a way to show off, but it must be that he wrote each note purposefully to be heard and felt.
@rakenwood I agree that it is too fast, but I reckon that this was just an 'of the moment' thing. Someone like Bream who was playing so many concerts would sometimes take risks which could go well or could fall flat. All part of live performance! I have his 1971 recording of the Preludes and he doesn't play that section anything like as fast! I'm not going to hold it against him!
Prelude No.4: The slow parts are played beautifully, but I do not like the animato section at all. It is played way too fast, the notes are sloppy with the arpeggio notes all played together and the melody line on the bass strings is not clearly discernible. It all becomes a big blur and sounds more like a race of who can play this the fastest.
@ryanhaart agree fully to your skilful comment, yet it's great and fascinating music anyway.............try the version without video posted by joseaglz of all five preludes, they are close to perfection and still emotionally deep, very deep indeed. Happy times to all people with real ears
Julian Bream transcends my soul...what a masterful guitarist ! I too have albums I listened to with my Father who was inspired by him & others to play Spanish guitar at 60 yrs old,
Julian was one of his favorites ! Now I'm sharing his music with my 23 yr old son who started taking Spanish guitar lessons in Sept ! Thank you Julian for being a inspiration for both my father & son ! And especially thank you for your music !
My three favorite classical players, Segovia - The Godfather, Williams - ariticulate intellectual approach, and Bream - the romantic poet of the classical guitar.
Don't see many classical guitarists on UK tv these days....Come to think about it the last performance I can remember is going back 10 years John Williams played a solo after being interviewed...Looking at the viewing and popularity, I'd say their is certainly an audience for the instrument
i greatly appriciate the skill it takes to play as fast as julian does, but as a personal preferance, i just do not like how fast some people fly through the arppegios. id rather hear it slower and clearer than way to fast and mushed together. also his use of really tight vibrato i didnt like much. just a simple voice of opinion :)
Another critical post im afraid I said this with John Williams but it applys with even more certainty for Bream. I love his playing and all but I'm reasonably sure he misread the music at the 21st bar / 11th bar of the second part, should be a G instead of a B. Then again I only realized because I was making that mistake.
Number 4 shows the true genious of Villalobos... Only an immortal talent can achieve such depth an sensibility with a simple musical arrangement... He easily reaches the level of monsters of other times such as Chopin...
When I am listening to this by other players I just feel like: Yeah, you're a guitar superhero, who can play everything fast, but what the heck are you trying to express? I just feel fast playing and dull tone.
Bream is different! He is one of the best (if not the best!) guitar players of the 20th century.
Bream is one of the very few people that play the first part of Prelude No. 4 rhythmically and emotionally right.
You have to ask yourself: What is the player trying to say with this? - And when Bream plays you can feel what he is trying to express. It is just pure awesomeness to listen to his rich and lovely tone!
Pieces like these can be interpreted in an infinite variety of ways. Bream set our
ears ...to hear them this way, and most performers would be hard-pressed to
imagine them any other way. It's a tremendous accomplishment, and one for which I rarely hear Bream credited. I recommend them to anyone who is studying these works, and to anyone who just wants to treat their ears and their souls to the pure luxury of Villa-Lobos's special brand
of genius, performed by the REAL master of the guitar.
Its a shame when u cum to c just what music has become. No musician alive today could captivate an audience as bream does here. Instead people prefer to go an watch the likes of that cocksucker justin bieber or beyonce and lady gaga. Its an absoulute joke!!!
It speaks volumes to a player's musicianship when one can capture an audience while playing a quiet and rather simple melody--Bream never misses an opportunity for expression!
I remember my dad used to play Julian Bream albums every morning while my family ate breakfast. To this day, when I hear his performances, I can taste the sublime flavor of cheerios. Beautiful music indeed.
@wyles54 Share the same experience, my dad left school after 8th grade but he was intelligent nonetheless and a gifted musician. He practiced classical guitar and played the same material any student would play Tarrega,Granados, VillaLobos, Bach. I sat at his feet attentively listening to this to him play these awesome classics with a sensitivity and nuance that only a professional would possess. Too bad he never took it further.
it was Bream's Villa-Lobos that made the most impression on me...my father had his recordings and played the guitar too...this Prelude is an echo of my childhood memories of my dad....there is no one to equal Julian Bream.
I agree with some of these comments, about how the animato arpeggio part is played quite fast in prelude 4. It seems weird that Julian Bream would sound rushed, but he must have been going for something particular. I mean come on, it's Bream. I wish the video went on because I feel like he was about to explain something.
É, o cara realmente impressiona. Não preciso nem dizer. Dá pra ver que não é uma música nada fácil e o violonista realmente "entendeu" o que o Villa queria dizer.
only villa lobos can interpret himself, everyone else comes in second or worse.If lobos had a bad playing day...that would still be the best lobos interpretation bream's mind and untouchable technique is to be enjoyed and envied
everything sounds great but i cant agree with the middle part of prelude 4 he just plays the part way too fast! you cant even hear every single note although that part usually sounds really great. i mean in my sheets it sais "animato" ah well maybe thats just m problem, other than that great pieces!
you have to be fucking stoned to think that this is not one of if not the best interpretation of villa lobos' prelude 3. are you kidding me?! You youtubers are seriously ridiculous Bream is a genius i would LOVE to see any of you backseat mouthbreathers play within a fucking lightyear of bream.
yah you're right, because villa lobos hadn't begun to composes in tarrega's time you wanker. This is brazilian music anyways, just as distinct from spanish music as from british. Yes tarrega may not have liked the british, but then segovia came a long and didn't like tarrega, and now the british and everyone else come along and start to not like segovia. Go figure asshole.
Julian Bream has done more for the guitar, just as a performer, than tarrega ever did and dont forget it
im sorry but you dont have any idea what you are talking about you are a complete fucking idiot, Bream is possibly the most musical guitarist of our time, you are obviously highly jealous for your inability to play half as well as Bream can
i didn't read the comment you were answering to, but i think your last statement is a bit harsh, we don't know very much of tarrega as a performer, do we? we must see tarrega's aportations in their context, just think we are talking about a time, 2 centurys ago, where tarrega made guitar evolute technically and pedagogy like any other guitarist in history...i love bream but you can't use him to despise tarrega in that way, it's not fair. brilliant performance by bream, by the way ;)
sorry, it was the idiot potrodsas or whatever. He basically said white people shouldn't play the guitar. He said tarrega would've played this better but this wasn't composed then nor was it in his style. But seriously, in terms of popularity, Bream has no match. Tarrega merely allowed the guitar to continue. With some fantastic compositions. Segovia would've existed without him. I'm not saying it to bash tarrega, i have a monstrous poster of him on my wall hehe.
i see, what a idiot...sorry, i missunderstood you, i thought you were trying to bring nationalism to the debate. i agree bream is much more popular, he is one of the best performers ever if not the best, but tarrega didn't allowed guitar just to continue, he revolutioned and boosted it, imo! on the other hand segovia's main aportation was the development of the guitar as a concert instrument, he changed the vision of a "low class" folklore related instrument, it was an important step
I play the middle movement even more aggressively than the great Bream does, in my case, it was a deliberate decision so as to highlight the slow beauty of the simple re-iterated theme through contrast. I won't pretend to understand Bream's artistic decisions, but in this case, I came to my interpretation without having heard his. I THINK I understand what he was getting at.
i love playing the middle section as fast as he does(or at least try to i'm gettin close) for my friends and they are always like wtf. but seriously i agree with everyone else about the speed, also the vibrato is too spazzy
I have to agree with a lot of other people here that the middle passage in the 4th prelude is too fast and not very beautiful. Never thought i would say that about Breamo! However the rest is awesome!
Ew. I didn't like his approach to the fast part. There's no shape or defninition. SPEED IS NOT EVERYTHING! He does play the slower parts beautifully though.
I take your point Shred. It's one those sweeping comments you make when you're carried away. But while quite a few might rivial him technically few if any can rival the way he makes it speak - to my mind anyway...
He's unquestionably the best artist of the guitar. These are one offs from the great man. And he was hugely afraid (as everyone shold be ) of Vulgarity.
ehhh I don't know man. You are making a big biased statement. Just because Picasso had his style of cubism, was he better than Michael Angelo or Da Vinci? What I am saying is that there is more than one way of expression on guitar, and so no one can be the best, unless they be the master of it all. He is a good player, no doubt, but I think there are people that can paint just as fine pictures in my head, if not better. But that is my opinion.
try David Leisner or even some andreas feriante a good player and composer from seattle. if ur too much of a philistine to appreaciate breams subtle straightforwardness then go listen to some britney spears...FAIL!
What should an artist be into while performing other than themselves? It is there innermost feelings which are on display for us, this is the definition art. If you aren't a fan of Bream then you simply are not a fan of classical guitar, or any of its great players.
i think it's more like simultaneous notes, the arpeggio isn't very clear. So it can be executed easier. but it didnt thought to perform it that way hehe
I wonder what he would have had to say about Xuefei Yang and her Japanese made guitars. Spain has not really produced a great guitarist since Andres Segovia. Irrelevant anyway, this is more a problem of Villa Lobos sounding a little too much like John Dowland. But that's probably less of an issue than playing it like it were a flamenco piece.
Are you afraid or parallel motion?, you didnt learned that on school?, music has changed since those time. It that quote of tarrega is true, the he reveals that he was a very limited musician, spanish thinks that they are the center of the guitar world (like segovia) , but they are no more.
Sauf erreur, il ne s'agit pas du prélude N°3, mais peu importe. Quel talent, quel incroyable talent. Ce morceau peut paraître simple et pourtant, lui donner le bon équilibre, bien respecter le chant y compris dans l'accord qui cloture chaque petite "descente" est vraiment difficile. Il a su rendre chaque note magnifique. J'adore Julian Bream. Allez regarder ses Master class sur youtube
manusolbossa 3 weeks ago
amazing playing....
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DealMartClassical 1 month ago
I don't like how he rushes through the "fast part" in the Prelude 4. I think it's wrong to play it that way.
Vrlobrza 2 months ago
@Vrlobrza nothings ever "Wrong" just interpretation
thenamesfrancisco 1 month ago
@thenamesfrancisco Oh, well...
Vrlobrza 1 month ago
@Vrlobrza I also don't really like how no. 4 is a bit rushed musically, but he IS playing on TV, so he may have had to adjust the speed to show off his virtuosity for the audience.
EvanFingerstyle 1 month ago
@EvanFingerstyle I thought that too. I used to play this one myself and I always thought (and was told by my professor) that you start slowely and gain speed gradually, but always in such way that one hears the music and not the rushing noise. But it's been a long time since I played, so maybe I'm very wrong.
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You can see he's huge passion through the notes he plays , it's wonderful
DarkBlade4224 2 months ago
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DarkBlade4224 2 months ago
He is one of the greatest master.
aerozan 2 months ago
If I had guitar work as great as this playing at breakfast, I wouldn't be able to concentrate on getting a fork to my mouth.
clyderf 3 months ago
can someone tell me why he's considert one of the greatest guitarist of all time. like all he's doing is interpreting song from bash of villa lobos. did he ever compose something.
professionaltroller1 4 months ago
@professionaltroller1 - Sorry mate, if you've got to ask a question like that, you'll never work it out.......
proghog 3 months ago
@professionaltroller1 It often comes to the players ability to bring the "feeling" (or what ever you want to call it) of the composition to the audience via the playstyle and arrangement. Stating one person as a "Greatest guitarist" is not even possible in my opinion, thus you shouldnt even think about such things. Instead could just enjoy all the great players out there and absorb as much of their playing as possible :D
GuitaristaDeFlamenco 2 months ago
My favor in 4 years :-).
I always like Julian Bream and this part of prelude no.3.
TheRemykay 4 months ago
It's a master piece (one word??)
guilleretamar 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Heitor Villa-Lobos
comosed julian bream the first song??
Musicman1413 4 months ago
an homage to bach indeed
MrHieronymi 4 months ago
Who could dislike this?
thatsthesameoldshit 5 months ago
personally, i think bream is in a way an ideal guitarist, he has the emotion almost of segovia, and almost the technique of williams. technique exists to serve the music, not the other way around
muzikislife9 5 months ago
Is Bream not the definitive example of how Villa'Lobos' preludes should be played?
DHTCF 5 months ago
Looking at Bream play, I'm amazed with the similarities to how I play. He rests his foot on a stool, he finger-picks nylon strings, etc... He even wears glasses. I must be a magnificent virtuoso on guitar.
gojira1968 6 months ago
Espetáculo!
Isso foi muito bom, mesmo!
That was great!
iguin23 7 months ago
Genius!
Yuriy21 7 months ago
Very Nice!
abetmusic 7 months ago
My version of no. 4 suck so bad...... This video is one of the best i've ever seen!
Kemmeli22 8 months ago
i guess if we dont like it, we must play it our way! ;)
tiveqcriarcontanova 8 months ago
tooo fast. lol
tiveqcriarcontanova 8 months ago
Bravo...from Brasillllll, best ive ever seen
arthasbr 8 months ago 7
Best Villa Lobos Heitor
I ever heard
voljakat 8 months ago
Mr Bream reminds me alot of myself if I had way more talent/ability and was better looking
Wartfacedfreak 9 months ago 2
Thanks. Julian Bream is the best interpreter of Villalobos, whatever brazilians might say.
norbertoguarinello 9 months ago
I could never play like this guy.
sensei4245 9 months ago
good post here..
HistoricSegovia 10 months ago
does the score really call for the arpeggio section to be played at such a incomprehensible speed? I can still hear the notes, but it seems that when they vomited out so fast the beauty is left behind. Unless Villa-Lobos meant for the mid section to just be a way to show off, but it must be that he wrote each note purposefully to be heard and felt.
rakenwood 10 months ago
@rakenwood I agree that it is too fast, but I reckon that this was just an 'of the moment' thing. Someone like Bream who was playing so many concerts would sometimes take risks which could go well or could fall flat. All part of live performance! I have his 1971 recording of the Preludes and he doesn't play that section anything like as fast! I'm not going to hold it against him!
iwattguitar 9 months ago
@rakenwood The score says "animato". Make of it what you like ;-) I personally think this version is too fast and a bit a of a show off.
ryanhaart 7 months ago
zzzzZZZ!! MMM WHAT!!!
ANGEL18CHE 10 months ago
Que dire de plus, une guitare, un virtuose et on sent toute la salle retenir son souffle.
Egrevillois 10 months ago
They're all great, Bream, Williams, Ghiglia, Parkening, Barrueco, Fernandes, Fisk, and the Romero(s), but Bream owns Villa-lobos.
I haven't heard a better rendition in over 20 years, and believe me, it's not like I haven't tried.
pistachioguy 10 months ago
After reviewing this evidence, I'm reasonably certain that Julian Bream could kick your god's ass.
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luizalvesongabf 11 months ago
That man who is playing is my Great Uncle :) x
MegaGracexx 11 months ago
amazing, so much volume, depth and projection of emotion....
mzcchess 11 months ago
I like Williams very much also, next to Bream he is my favorite.
neldar624 1 year ago
Bream is simply the best; no one else comes close.
neldar624 1 year ago
@neldar624 well , jw does IMO
theXiukheng 1 year ago
Bream had a nice set of hair back then.
PsychedelicPrimate 1 year ago
julian bream is awesome. his interpretation of the music is always incredibly expressive.
eddypfunk 1 year ago
i cried
tankbrute6 1 year ago
Pretty good!..one of my favorite 2 villalobos pieces to play.
newislandguitar 1 year ago
Prelude No.4: The slow parts are played beautifully, but I do not like the animato section at all. It is played way too fast, the notes are sloppy with the arpeggio notes all played together and the melody line on the bass strings is not clearly discernible. It all becomes a big blur and sounds more like a race of who can play this the fastest.
ryanhaart 1 year ago
@ryanhaart agree fully to your skilful comment, yet it's great and fascinating music anyway.............try the version without video posted by joseaglz of all five preludes, they are close to perfection and still emotionally deep, very deep indeed. Happy times to all people with real ears
GerardKooij1 1 year ago
I swear I have a crush on Villa Lobos.
TheMagicalNobody 1 year ago
Cheerios sublime? U must have them mixed up with sum other cereal because last time I had them they tasted like shit.lol
ScouseFolky 1 year ago
Julian Bream transcends my soul...what a masterful guitarist ! I too have albums I listened to with my Father who was inspired by him & others to play Spanish guitar at 60 yrs old,
Julian was one of his favorites ! Now I'm sharing his music with my 23 yr old son who started taking Spanish guitar lessons in Sept ! Thank you Julian for being a inspiration for both my father & son ! And especially thank you for your music !
bonniebalakoff 1 year ago
My three favorite classical players, Segovia - The Godfather, Williams - ariticulate intellectual approach, and Bream - the romantic poet of the classical guitar.
Aurelius27x 1 year ago
Wow this is played with soul you can taste every note you hear. Beautifull
ojkqweyrfiwegwelg 1 year ago 2
wow not long after he died
Quantumew 1 year ago
@Quantumew, he's still alive.
Poesie63 1 year ago
Long, beautiful hands put to sublime use.
maxreger100 1 year ago
Wow, incredible! some rare footage of a true musician.
jdsongwriter 1 year ago 4
Don't see many classical guitarists on UK tv these days....Come to think about it the last performance I can remember is going back 10 years John Williams played a solo after being interviewed...Looking at the viewing and popularity, I'd say their is certainly an audience for the instrument
peterjordan16910 1 year ago 2
you have to hand it to Bream..noone has ever achieved the tone colours that he did in his hey day. intense.
eddypfunk 1 year ago
Haha someone cut out the first half of prelude no.3. It does sound a bit strange but I think it's better to keep a composer's work intact.
homedawg79 1 year ago
Watched this video maybe 10 times so far and this is the first time I've looked at Julian instead of the guitar.
That dude makes a seriously curious guitar face. Lips pull at the corners every time he pulls a note, almost.
keffbanan 1 year ago
i greatly appriciate the skill it takes to play as fast as julian does, but as a personal preferance, i just do not like how fast some people fly through the arppegios. id rather hear it slower and clearer than way to fast and mushed together. also his use of really tight vibrato i didnt like much. just a simple voice of opinion :)
jacobcs 1 year ago
Another critical post im afraid I said this with John Williams but it applys with even more certainty for Bream. I love his playing and all but I'm reasonably sure he misread the music at the 21st bar / 11th bar of the second part, should be a G instead of a B. Then again I only realized because I was making that mistake.
Atienne01 1 year ago
Number 4 shows the true genious of Villalobos... Only an immortal talent can achieve such depth an sensibility with a simple musical arrangement... He easily reaches the level of monsters of other times such as Chopin...
dcalliari 1 year ago
wow
donottawaguitar 1 year ago
I love his interpretation of part A of prelude 4 but I think he smothered the second part by playing it so fast.
Atienne01 1 year ago
STUNNING and how great was TV back then
annaisjesus 1 year ago
Uffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff excelente, muchas gracias por subir ese video¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Crismusicguitar 1 year ago
Supremely lovely...
MsGracenote 1 year ago
Quite the most beautiful thing - man and guitar in perfect harmony
MrNooneseesme 1 year ago
One of the best guitarists, past and present.
ARANJUEZCM 1 year ago
great great
laragoran 1 year ago
When I am listening to this by other players I just feel like: Yeah, you're a guitar superhero, who can play everything fast, but what the heck are you trying to express? I just feel fast playing and dull tone.
Bream is different! He is one of the best (if not the best!) guitar players of the 20th century.
BbMinor 1 year ago
Bream is one of the very few people that play the first part of Prelude No. 4 rhythmically and emotionally right.
You have to ask yourself: What is the player trying to say with this? - And when Bream plays you can feel what he is trying to express. It is just pure awesomeness to listen to his rich and lovely tone!
BbMinor 1 year ago
Fantástico!
Grande Julian Bream, grande Villa-Lobos.
oterrivelivan 1 year ago
more than williams, superb work!!!
daumenur 1 year ago
Pieces like these can be interpreted in an infinite variety of ways. Bream set our
ears ...to hear them this way, and most performers would be hard-pressed to
imagine them any other way. It's a tremendous accomplishment, and one for which I rarely hear Bream credited. I recommend them to anyone who is studying these works, and to anyone who just wants to treat their ears and their souls to the pure luxury of Villa-Lobos's special brand
of genius, performed by the REAL master of the guitar.
marcossaboya 1 year ago
i love prelude no 4. it makes me feel as if im inside of a crazy dream every time i hear it.
creamsodajoe244 1 year ago
brilliant playing, though i think the first half of prelude 3 is missing from this video...
dbmam3 1 year ago
@dbmam3 oh you already mentioned it's just a fragment, sorry
dbmam3 1 year ago
Where did you get this video?
vcvcc136 1 year ago 4
@vcvcc136 : this is from a BBC broadcast of a few years ago titled 'Legends' with fragments spanning Bream's career.
tmjcbs 1 year ago 3
Sublime interpretación para un inspirado Villa-Lobos. Bravo!!
TheMaestredecampo 1 year ago
Its a shame when u cum to c just what music has become. No musician alive today could captivate an audience as bream does here. Instead people prefer to go an watch the likes of that cocksucker justin bieber or beyonce and lady gaga. Its an absoulute joke!!!
ScouseFolky 1 year ago
superb
amnaki 1 year ago
It speaks volumes to a player's musicianship when one can capture an audience while playing a quiet and rather simple melody--Bream never misses an opportunity for expression!
6StringMatty 1 year ago 2
Браво!!!
Oliy92466 1 year ago
WOW!!!!
muzzajg 1 year ago 2
i wish the entire 3rd prelude vid was shown, it's my favorite of the 5. but holy shit i want bream's hands.
azninvasion217 1 year ago 2
I remember my dad used to play Julian Bream albums every morning while my family ate breakfast. To this day, when I hear his performances, I can taste the sublime flavor of cheerios. Beautiful music indeed.
wyles54 2 years ago 94
@wyles54 - what a beautiful memory you have of your father. It's beautiful music.
MelindaAugustina 2 years ago 35
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cheerios taste like shit
edgarlovesme 1 year ago
@wyles54 haha cool dad. Seriously.
GinoTheSinner 1 year ago
@wyles54 Share the same experience, my dad left school after 8th grade but he was intelligent nonetheless and a gifted musician. He practiced classical guitar and played the same material any student would play Tarrega,Granados, VillaLobos, Bach. I sat at his feet attentively listening to this to him play these awesome classics with a sensitivity and nuance that only a professional would possess. Too bad he never took it further.
pluggedin2u 1 year ago
@wyles54 - your father sounds like wonderful man. God bless.
pistachioguy 10 months ago
@wyles54 my family never listened to classical music, but for some reason i tend to like to eat breakfast with this music on too!
THeBEEtleNAMEdGEORGe 4 months ago
Bream always plays how guitar and music should sound like while many other guitarists may tend to play for something else.
Sopranoguitar 2 years ago
Its videos like these that make me want to quit school and take up guitar for the rest of my life.
mastercheif93 2 years ago 4
i did that
jsilva1306 1 year ago
it was Bream's Villa-Lobos that made the most impression on me...my father had his recordings and played the guitar too...this Prelude is an echo of my childhood memories of my dad....there is no one to equal Julian Bream.
flimflamflor 2 years ago
Julian Bream is a master guitarist. I don't know though, John Williams is great too.
nicoheckens1 1 year ago
a toast...to Julian Bream
GORDITO1000 2 years ago
played really beautiful, this Villa Bach prelude
sagopedro 2 years ago
this performence is wonderful <3. I wish I could play prelude no. 4 like him, I will try :D.
Azanah 2 years ago
I agree with some of these comments, about how the animato arpeggio part is played quite fast in prelude 4. It seems weird that Julian Bream would sound rushed, but he must have been going for something particular. I mean come on, it's Bream. I wish the video went on because I feel like he was about to explain something.
letdowner 2 years ago
super super MAESTRO
caferacla 2 years ago
Bream's rendition of Prelude No.3 brings tears to the eyes, sends shivers down the spine. Beauty beyond words.
ally451 2 years ago
What a beautiful music and performance.
romuloandrade2007 2 years ago 2
cade a primeira metade do preludio 3? o q aconteceu?
gabrielango 2 years ago
É, o cara realmente impressiona. Não preciso nem dizer. Dá pra ver que não é uma música nada fácil e o violonista realmente "entendeu" o que o Villa queria dizer.
Heimdalll 2 years ago
only villa lobos can interpret himself, everyone else comes in second or worse.If lobos had a bad playing day...that would still be the best lobos interpretation bream's mind and untouchable technique is to be enjoyed and envied
slugovia 2 years ago
everything sounds great but i cant agree with the middle part of prelude 4 he just plays the part way too fast! you cant even hear every single note although that part usually sounds really great. i mean in my sheets it sais "animato" ah well maybe thats just m problem, other than that great pieces!
JimRaynor89 2 years ago
Is it me or it's something very odd about the middle section on Prelude No4?
25793812A 2 years ago
you have to be fucking stoned to think that this is not one of if not the best interpretation of villa lobos' prelude 3. are you kidding me?! You youtubers are seriously ridiculous Bream is a genius i would LOVE to see any of you backseat mouthbreathers play within a fucking lightyear of bream.
muchango 2 years ago
i love the fast movement...it really wakes you up and grad your attention.
there are probably other awesome interpretations, but this one is very nice as well.
HApophis 2 years ago
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potrodsas 2 years ago
yah you're right, because villa lobos hadn't begun to composes in tarrega's time you wanker. This is brazilian music anyways, just as distinct from spanish music as from british. Yes tarrega may not have liked the british, but then segovia came a long and didn't like tarrega, and now the british and everyone else come along and start to not like segovia. Go figure asshole.
Julian Bream has done more for the guitar, just as a performer, than tarrega ever did and dont forget it
thejugglenaut91 2 years ago
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potrodsas 2 years ago
(drunk and retarded English twit)
im sorry but you dont have any idea what you are talking about you are a complete fucking idiot, Bream is possibly the most musical guitarist of our time, you are obviously highly jealous for your inability to play half as well as Bream can
mojazzbass 2 years ago
i didn't read the comment you were answering to, but i think your last statement is a bit harsh, we don't know very much of tarrega as a performer, do we? we must see tarrega's aportations in their context, just think we are talking about a time, 2 centurys ago, where tarrega made guitar evolute technically and pedagogy like any other guitarist in history...i love bream but you can't use him to despise tarrega in that way, it's not fair. brilliant performance by bream, by the way ;)
regbeg 2 years ago
sorry, it was the idiot potrodsas or whatever. He basically said white people shouldn't play the guitar. He said tarrega would've played this better but this wasn't composed then nor was it in his style. But seriously, in terms of popularity, Bream has no match. Tarrega merely allowed the guitar to continue. With some fantastic compositions. Segovia would've existed without him. I'm not saying it to bash tarrega, i have a monstrous poster of him on my wall hehe.
thejugglenaut91 2 years ago
i see, what a idiot...sorry, i missunderstood you, i thought you were trying to bring nationalism to the debate. i agree bream is much more popular, he is one of the best performers ever if not the best, but tarrega didn't allowed guitar just to continue, he revolutioned and boosted it, imo! on the other hand segovia's main aportation was the development of the guitar as a concert instrument, he changed the vision of a "low class" folklore related instrument, it was an important step
regbeg 2 years ago
I play the middle movement even more aggressively than the great Bream does, in my case, it was a deliberate decision so as to highlight the slow beauty of the simple re-iterated theme through contrast. I won't pretend to understand Bream's artistic decisions, but in this case, I came to my interpretation without having heard his. I THINK I understand what he was getting at.
guitarman6661000 2 years ago
i love playing the middle section as fast as he does(or at least try to i'm gettin close) for my friends and they are always like wtf. but seriously i agree with everyone else about the speed, also the vibrato is too spazzy
madman128 2 years ago
I have to agree with a lot of other people here that the middle passage in the 4th prelude is too fast and not very beautiful. Never thought i would say that about Breamo! However the rest is awesome!
pengeaumont270508 2 years ago 2
The French own Villa-Lobos rights and hold at the sheets like crazy.
ACVB2006 2 years ago
i wouldve thought that since the preludes are almost 70 years old, the copyright would have expired, thus transferring them to the public domain?
Fallaji 2 years ago 2
were can i find this music sheet
ralfiona 2 years ago
i like this song played much more slow and passioned... when it's played fast it looses much of it's meaning... (the storms start slow)
mafrecas3 2 years ago
Ew. I didn't like his approach to the fast part. There's no shape or defninition. SPEED IS NOT EVERYTHING! He does play the slower parts beautifully though.
ibonyun 2 years ago
i agree, although there are better players of the slow part on this site.
epadger 2 years ago
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I can get the notes just by ear
musictranscription 2 years ago
watch?v=1CgcT53wDR0
he plays the song also very good
mongoqueen123 2 years ago
é o cara
thiagometacrose 2 years ago
Bream is the Best gutarist
luisaandresa 2 years ago
Sometimes I want my girlfriend to be emotional with me, sometimes I just want her to use me like a sex toy.
Godda be open minded! music is not always like you want it to be doesn't mean it's not good
bobby493 2 years ago 2
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arpeggios much too fast. Not emotional at all
bawow50 2 years ago
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the arpeges in the prelude 4 are played too fast while the melody should singing, it's a pity
JEROMEVALLOT 2 years ago
I wish I could play like him. I will not quit playing until I die.
gtrmageddon 2 years ago
damn, he the the fast part in 18 secs... i got some work to do lol ^^
JackCassidyMusic 2 years ago 2
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pfffft. Amiture LOL this guy is an idiot for choosing to do what he loves and becoming famous. What a loser!!! LAWL
MelkorNoir 2 years ago
beautiful!
apeloki 2 years ago
Wow he really goes for the vibrato. One of the best of all time.
realmadridvideos 2 years ago 5
he just feels like it!!!
stefmusika 2 years ago
He does it so well doesn't he? Looks funny with hair though.
zthetha 2 years ago
q dissonancia maravilhosa !! vila o maior !!
bragaivo 2 years ago
Guitar hero!
thebeatcreeper 2 years ago 16
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Butt whore!
retsmah24 2 years ago
I take your point Shred. It's one those sweeping comments you make when you're carried away. But while quite a few might rivial him technically few if any can rival the way he makes it speak - to my mind anyway...
petersuki 2 years ago 7
Fantastic!
madagascaroriginal 2 years ago
well it does it all for me. utterly beautiful. It may even be my funeral piece. My worries just bleed away as I listen........ devine
CoagKev 2 years ago 3
He's unquestionably the best artist of the guitar. These are one offs from the great man. And he was hugely afraid (as everyone shold be ) of Vulgarity.
petersuki 2 years ago 2
ehhh I don't know man. You are making a big biased statement. Just because Picasso had his style of cubism, was he better than Michael Angelo or Da Vinci? What I am saying is that there is more than one way of expression on guitar, and so no one can be the best, unless they be the master of it all. He is a good player, no doubt, but I think there are people that can paint just as fine pictures in my head, if not better. But that is my opinion.
ShredRedemption 2 years ago 2
Look at all his hair!! :)
Svendegon 2 years ago
perhaps not the best perfomance of the brazillian great's haunting jewel but precise and accurate in most places . very bream
MrKapfreebird 2 years ago
you can see when he plays that he is a little too into himself. for all the bream and williams haters, who would you recommend?
sircloud7 2 years ago
Fabio Zanon
caleb1e3 2 years ago
try David Leisner or even some andreas feriante a good player and composer from seattle. if ur too much of a philistine to appreaciate breams subtle straightforwardness then go listen to some britney spears...FAIL!
MrKapfreebird 2 years ago 2
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oxymoron fail. britney spears at least performed with confidence!
sircloud7 2 years ago
What should an artist be into while performing other than themselves? It is there innermost feelings which are on display for us, this is the definition art. If you aren't a fan of Bream then you simply are not a fan of classical guitar, or any of its great players.
sthoma07 2 years ago
their**
sthoma07 2 years ago
Interpretação magnifica, isto so um grande musico consegue .
phelpa13 2 years ago
just a question... thedevoll where did u hear that quote.... from tarrega
ingenjoe1 2 years ago
Oh my gosh itz like a bunch of rabbis bitching in here.
Just relax and enjoy the music. Speaking of rabbis, I just remembered, Mr Bream looks just about exactly like Paul Burnley.
Anyhoo, howdy to the rest of you in the wolf houses out there.
BTW see 2:57 to 3:15. That shit will get you killed.
ichbineintoober 2 years ago
i think it's more like simultaneous notes, the arpeggio isn't very clear. So it can be executed easier. but it didnt thought to perform it that way hehe
pretty nice vid
evilsizer18 2 years ago
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It was Fransisco Tarrega who said.."the guitar at the hands of an Englishman is almost a blasphemy"..and after hearing this
prelude No 4 in here ,I understand why he said it.
thedevoll 2 years ago
I wonder what he would have had to say about Xuefei Yang and her Japanese made guitars. Spain has not really produced a great guitarist since Andres Segovia. Irrelevant anyway, this is more a problem of Villa Lobos sounding a little too much like John Dowland. But that's probably less of an issue than playing it like it were a flamenco piece.
cga2000 2 years ago
i also don't like bream playing spanish and latin music, but hear him playing european music and you can't say that anymore
kowalsky111 2 years ago
I disagree a bit.
For me Villa Lobos is not "spanish and latin" but a musicians musician .
He is appreciated more by musicians than the public, and that says it all.
Some of his music (including the small prelude 4 )is genius ,universal ,educational,
competitive,artistic,and classical.
What European music you mention?
Not the insignificant 15th century English lute niarniar that Bream preferred to play I hope.
Anyways I'm not going to argue for it , but I think this arpeggio here was awful.
thedevoll 2 years ago 2
so wh<y are you saying that "englishman" stuff?
kowalsky111 2 years ago
Are you afraid or parallel motion?, you didnt learned that on school?, music has changed since those time. It that quote of tarrega is true, the he reveals that he was a very limited musician, spanish thinks that they are the center of the guitar world (like segovia) , but they are no more.
sakurai7 2 years ago
i totally agree he ruined the music at the high speed no emotionnn
Krastev23 2 years ago
do you have a source for this?
kumitetom 2 years ago