@felipeluisnovorocha The other John Williams being referred to is mostly a film composer and has written some of the greatest scores in the history of film if that answers your "?"
It sounds like at least Mr. Williams has tuned-down - is this just a matter of dropping the low "E" string down or is the whole instrument lowered by a whole step? (Or is the recording just way off?)
I remember years ago the B.B.C. put Bream and Williams on quite regularly on a late night slot........As a teenager I was into Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, but even though I did not fully understand the intricacies and nuances of the music they played, I never missed an episode.
This is the first time I find this two living legends of the guitar playing together. But I was surprised the most for the theme chosen by them. I really love it. I can´t spect less from two of the most brilliant pupils of Mr. Andres Segovia.
This is the first time I find this two living legends of the guitar playing together. But I was surprised the most for the theme chosen by them. I really love it. I can´t spect less from two of the most brilliant pupils of Mr. Andres Segovia.
While I've memorized all my solo rep for my own sake, I've used sheet music in duets, trios, quartets, and quintets just in case I lose my spot. And, it helps for remembering dynamics. You have to use predetermined dynamics so you and the others players are in sync. So before you get all high and mighty and start judging some of the greatest musicians of all time for using sheet music, get some experience yourself, and prove that you have the authority to make those judgments.
Reading some of the comments bashing musicians who use sheet music in the concerts really upsets me. You obviously have no experience performing in an ensemble. As a now junior year Music Performance- Guitar Major, I've played in multiple ensembles, gone to scores of professional concerts, and sat through dozens of master classes. What's one thing almost all of these students and professional players have in common? Sheet music- just in case.
i read somewhere "julian bream and john williams duo" so i say to myself. I must see that!! i get to youtube and find them doing one of my favorite piano pieces!!!!!
I listen to accomplished musicians who can render superb compositions like this while you listen to an instrument.. Who's defending the spirit of classical music ? You tell me.
I think that this is a nice interpretation of a brilliant piece of work. However will never compare to the execution a piano offers with this particular piece, it just lacks that certain depth that a piano offers its listener. Nicely done.
@juiceforjoe As a guitarist, I agree with you. I think that's sort of the charm of the guitar, the player has to do more with less. Besides, when was the last time some 8th grader was dying to get piano lessions to impress women? I'll give you the orchestra and I'll take the women.
Why are we comparing guitars and pianos as if one of them is better? They are both qualitatively different and incredibly beautiful. What is the purpose in trying to prove one is better than the other? Such an argument accomplishes nothing. Just go and make music; 'tis the point of either instrument, no?
umm,interesting argument...i play classical guitar..so naturally i would be on the side of the guitar,however i would love to have the skill to play piano,its such a deep beautiful unique sounding instrument and when played well i believe it impresses and captivates more than a guitar, but from acoustic to electric the guitar is the most versatile insturment , its range of different sounds are staggering,from segovia to chet atkins to johnny marr to steve vai ..isnt music great..
i absolutely LOVE the guitar! in my humble estimation, it is bar none the most versastile and expressive instrument of our times. look at all that has been accomplished with it: the lyrical beauty of Julian Bream, the soul of BB King, the intensity of Slayer, the textures of Jonah Sithole, the joy of the Beatles, the list just keeps going. there's literally NOTHING you can't do with it and no "right/wrong" way to play it. from Segovia to Johnny Thunders each has found their own voice!
John Williams and Julian Bream are just wonderful. @radekprdei you can't compare one to the other..they are both very different. It would be like comparing a harp with a trumpet.. each has its own. As far as the guitar having a bad reputation because what modern society has done or are you implying that rock and roll as ruined it? Are you nuts or trying to sound arrogant or intelligent? Again different genres...and I also believe that piano also comes in a "toy"version as well as used for rock.
I love Claude Debussy's works, about all that he done ! He suffered and died in 1918; he had two wives, and a daughter, from the second; who joined him sooner at age of 14; her name was Emma !
I imagine it to be (for the picky purists of course) more "proper" to play this on piano but guitars can just do so much more... vibrato, pizzicato, changes of color, etc... plus when Julian Bream is playing.... well... amazing!
@Lvin4Him Actually they're both pretty wide necks. On a classical guitar the neck is usually much wider than on a folk (steel string) acoustic, or on an electric. It's mainly to facilitate the fingerstyle technique of classical guitar, but also (as primate said) a wider neck can make certain things easier for some players. Generally speaking, though, classical guitar necks are meant to be wider than those of other kinds of guitars.
Some music can perfectly be transcripted from the piano to the guitar ( best example is Asturias, but Bach is really fine too) but this music was not done to be transcripted from the piano to the guitar. It was not written to be played vibrato but legato, which is not easy if not impossible to do on a guitar. Listen to Samsom François playing it on the piano and you will understand what I mean. The smoothness and softness this music needs cannot be reproduced on guitars.
@mbayssel You may be right, but back in the fifties there was a version by Laurindo Almeida (not samba but classic), unfortunately 'introuvable' nowadays, which showed an absolute precise & sutil interpretation, on two guitars, using separate tracks. I'd wish you'd ever hear it and your opinion would surely change. Best regards
Thank you so much for posting this! I need to hear more of this John Williams' guitar performances. I have his Plays the Movies CD, where he plays Schindler's List by the composer John Williams (they are NOT the same person!) and other works. This is so pure, so lovely!
Never heard this on guitar, then again I've not heard it on flute or violin before either! Thank you so much for posting this! I need to discover more of this John Williams' guitar performances. I have his Plays the Movies CD, where he plays the composer John Williams (they are NOT the same person!) Schindler's List and other works. This is so pure, so lovely!
@iBerserked You should hear Jascha Heifetz and Victor Borge play it. Oddly, although he's a bit of a ham, Victor Borge's version of this song is pure genius.
These three variants of this song are the ultimate trifecta of Clair de Lune. We have a treat in them that may actually be sweeter than the melody that danced through deBussy's mind when he first conceived of it.
Extremely beautiful.I've literally only been listening to this for hours on end while I've been doing my research papers,assignments,things of the sort.Very beautiful;I haven't gotten tired of it,nor will I probably ever be.Funny - all my relatives on my dad's side practically took up guitar,even all my siblings.I happened to turn away from that tradition and took up violin.Regrets?A little,maybe.Especially after listening to this.
If Debussy heard these two play this piece, I think he would consider composing something for 2 guitars. However, the many transcriptions of this piece all sound good to my ear - a hallmark of great music.
It is impossible for me to find greater sound than the sound of the classical guitar.Bream and Williams are like the Great Titans of Greek Mythology.Masters!!
@guitarismysword1 I absolutely agree with you.Andres Segovia is ,for me at least and for many others, the top of the tops,the king of the kings.I got all of his records and yes it's too bad there are not such good quality (you can hear the sizzling fries..)
But if someone deserves to be the true holdover of Segovia's music heritage, that is certainly Williams and Bream.That's of course only my opinion.
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The guitar is such a pathetic non-instrument. It just doesn't make any sound. It's like children with toy instruments. My goodnes, try listening to Oistrakh's performance, or just the original piano. But this constant percussiveness just doesn't go with the piece.
@radekprdel i have to say i strongly disagree, the guitar is one of the most lyrical instrument's. it can do so much more than a piano for instance it can play with vibrato a piano can not. you can play soltanto or ponticelli to effect the tone a piano cant. i am not saying the guitar is superior to the piano they are both beautiful instruments. the guitar just has a very bad reputation because of what modern society has done to the guitar and all the children that have made it into a "toy".
I've played the guitar (classical) for 30 years now. I have a degree from a major university as well, but after the years of seeing everyone trying to find what effects they can to get a sound that lasts more than a second out of it I am losing faith. I know you can do amazing tricks with the sound but it is so fleeting. And so percussive. An attack and then nothing.
I wish I had spent my years on a different instrument. It gives me pleasure, sure, to play quietly for myself, and relax, but listening to the instrument is no joy for me. No offence meant.
@radekprdel Well, I have to agree that I am not a fan of transcribing exceptionally lyrical music like this or songs with lots of harmonic flavors onto the classical guitar. It would seem not to do the music much justice. The impact of the classical guitar is not in its ability to shriek like a violin or blast like a horn. Its unique place is like an ethereal human voice. It is in the nuance that there is beauty, and that nuance is damn hard to get down, even after 100 years of practice.
@radekprdel As far as your choice of instrument to express yourself, that is all part of the grand tragedy. Musically the classical guitar is the equivalent of trying to paint with your feet. People do it and are dang good at it, but there do seem to be easier ways to express one's self. I spent a day or two at the organ and found that my Bach sounds way better than on the guitar with years of practice. I try to play music composed on the guitar and to compose my own, it is much less depressing.
@nwick440 so very true about how the guitar is now mostly portrayed as a "toy", this piece is the epitemy of pure emotion in music, it is so real and moving, it touches you deeply where not many things can, i am speachless and cleansed after listening, it is awe-inspiring
@nwick440 children?, you call famous musicians that date back to the early 50's of whom created rock n roll from the blues, children?the modern day generation is nothing but a product of what was started decades ago.if anyone made it into a ''toy'' it would be the generations you and your father before you and possibly before him have prospered from.dont point fingers at this generation...because dont for get we are the product of our fathers just as you were of yours.
@Mijicm Alright then.. I want to see you play a song on ANY instrument without any notes. Lets see how many notes to get correct compared to a person who has notes.
@Keira2694 I'd play every single note, and I stand by it still! It's a shame to have notes in front of you whilt performing in front of other people, especially musicians. Cheers. :-)
@Mijicm Pompous much? Seriously, have you ever seen a full orchestra perform without the sheet music in front of every single one of them? The idiocy of that statement just floors me. Congratulations.
@Mijicm Well, who's to say you're lying? I certainly wouldn't be able to prove it. I have to state though, flaming a pair of nearly unfathomably talented musicians for reading from sheet music is essentially the same as ragging on a construction crew for using blueprints as they build a house. I don't like it. You act like a jackass/idiot perfectly though. Like it.
@RollickingRiffs There is nothing more free-flowing to a piano player than sitting down on the bench, placing fingers on the keys and playing. No sheet music in front of the player which guides that next note, that simply came from the player’s heart. Unfortunately not enough of this free style form of playing takes place.
I wouldn't dare insult these two proud lions, rather, I was making a different point, one you couldn't fathom, the emotions involved you couldn't possibly comprehend.
@Mijicm Are you serious right now? That wasn't your point at all. You originally said something regarding how sad it is to see musicians perform a piece with the sheet music in front of them, especially in front of other musicians, or something asinine like that. Now you're trying to back that up by saying nothing is better than free-flowing music from the soul with nothing to tell the musician what the next note is. That's improvisation dude. Not at all the same thing.
For me, this is the song of the unknown. On the peaks and in the valleys of its waves, one feels tantalizingly close to the beautiful emptiness of the universe. The silence between phrases sounds as if Debussy is waiting for an answer from God. To me, it sounds like a wolf crying at the moon.
Oh how utterly lovely... For me this is hauntingly beautiful, and as it finished I have a wistful smile plays about my face... John Williams Maestro of the guitar and a sublime player... *sighs deeply and relax* Pure bliss... :0)x
@hiomioman I would say that this piece music has more emotion and drama than a lot of rock music I've heard. Just because it isn't loud doesn't mean it isn't emotional.
pianist trying to learn classical guitar: the 2 things that i struggle with the most are my lack of calluses and my lack of bad posture. ouch
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DealMartClassical 1 month ago
44 people don't understand real music. That's OK,.
MrPingrassia 2 months ago
the Bream... the whole Bream... and nothing but the Bream
uneedtherapy42 3 months ago
John Williams is the best composer nowadays... btw, i love the way he plays this song...
DJBustOficial 3 months ago
@DJBustOficial hilarious
MelenaMonster 3 months ago
@MelenaMonster agreed
iateyou13 2 months ago
@DJBustOficial The composer is a different John Williams than the classical guitarist
TheMrOles 2 months ago
@DJBustOficial composer?
felipeluisnovorocha 1 month ago
@felipeluisnovorocha The other John Williams being referred to is mostly a film composer and has written some of the greatest scores in the history of film if that answers your "?"
mellowmusician 1 month ago
beautiful! thanks for posting!
ayngil 3 months ago
Who cares how many people disliked this video? Just enjoy the wonderful music!
cornbagel 3 months ago in playlist JULIAN BREAM Y JOHN WILLIAMS
These 44 people were really fool!
MrPertsh 3 months ago in playlist JULIAN BREAM Y JOHN WILLIAMS
the duo ultimate.
burgess682 4 months ago
the intro reminds me of a kangol hammer breakin down an internal wall, so that we might listen to the warbling birds of the forest
makemeateeshirt 4 months ago in playlist Classic - Antonio Vivaldi
@ColinDOYLE100 They only have 8 years difference, Bream was born in 1933 and Williams in 1941
FreeTheJambon 4 months ago
How the hell can 44 people "dislike" this? I dispair for mankind.
skyzthelimi7 4 months ago
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poveron7 5 months ago
Such incredible playing! Wonderful! Thank you to you both so much!
daisies53 5 months ago
The 43 people who disliked this likes Rebecca Black and Justin Bieber. True story.
EG55555 5 months ago
It sounds like at least Mr. Williams has tuned-down - is this just a matter of dropping the low "E" string down or is the whole instrument lowered by a whole step? (Or is the recording just way off?)
eatyerbeans 5 months ago
@johnofsurbiton I agree. Twice as many shifting squeaks and plucking sounds.
MrServiet 5 months ago
every time i listen to this it makes me cry
what a beautiful piece of music
rugbynugget95 6 months ago
Anyone know where I can get the score for this?
topc2011 6 months ago
I remember years ago the B.B.C. put Bream and Williams on quite regularly on a late night slot........As a teenager I was into Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, but even though I did not fully understand the intricacies and nuances of the music they played, I never missed an episode.
movement26 6 months ago 4
one of my favorite songs. so much feeling
MrChrisDilauro 6 months ago
Very well done! Beautiful.
hoosierdad52 6 months ago 2
Excellent like very much
gmcarpenter 6 months ago
any decent tab of this piece? ive been lonnking around.. but there are only cheap tabs of it.. ;any idea anyone?
xorr177 7 months ago
@xorr177 Learn to read music
theviciousguitar 7 months ago
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a little bit arrogant, don't you think ?
Asasellobulgakov 5 months ago
@xorr177 try here, you sould find it somewhere 3w . jamesedwardsguitar . com
molitatron 7 months ago
Awesome.TY for posting this gem.
paulostroff99 7 months ago
you're almost certainly going to poo=poo my contribution on YOUTUBE because my carer just slapped me and told me to just fucking pull myself together
NowMyPoundsHaveRunOu 7 months ago
This is the first time I find this two living legends of the guitar playing together. But I was surprised the most for the theme chosen by them. I really love it. I can´t spect less from two of the most brilliant pupils of Mr. Andres Segovia.
Kantarranas 8 months ago
This is the first time I find this two living legends of the guitar playing together. But I was surprised the most for the theme chosen by them. I really love it. I can´t spect less from two of the most brilliant pupils of Mr. Andres Segovia.
Kantarranas 8 months ago 2
i just got chills that lasted the entire song
markklatte1124 8 months ago
While I've memorized all my solo rep for my own sake, I've used sheet music in duets, trios, quartets, and quintets just in case I lose my spot. And, it helps for remembering dynamics. You have to use predetermined dynamics so you and the others players are in sync. So before you get all high and mighty and start judging some of the greatest musicians of all time for using sheet music, get some experience yourself, and prove that you have the authority to make those judgments.
Xegesis11 8 months ago
Reading some of the comments bashing musicians who use sheet music in the concerts really upsets me. You obviously have no experience performing in an ensemble. As a now junior year Music Performance- Guitar Major, I've played in multiple ensembles, gone to scores of professional concerts, and sat through dozens of master classes. What's one thing almost all of these students and professional players have in common? Sheet music- just in case.
Xegesis11 8 months ago
i read somewhere "julian bream and john williams duo" so i say to myself. I must see that!! i get to youtube and find them doing one of my favorite piano pieces!!!!!
this video truly made my day!
gtarszzz 8 months ago
Pure magic!!!!
Wysiwygnuttyjo51 9 months ago
I listen to accomplished musicians who can render superb compositions like this while you listen to an instrument.. Who's defending the spirit of classical music ? You tell me.
Semibrucelee 9 months ago
i can only find the tabs for this music that dont have the full song and the main part i want is missing, can anyone help me?
bbonnor1 9 months ago
They make a great couple.You can almost say...they make beautiful music together!!!
fritomx 9 months ago
42 people were waiting for a breakdown.
EVILWS666 9 months ago 2
did they put down their guitars and make passionate love after this performance.......I like to think they might've.....
ChornyKlegg 9 months ago
someone else has almost certainly asked, so excuse me, but does Anyone know where the transcription is available?
skrbeleven 10 months ago
500 of these views are probably me
thepoozer 10 months ago 25
A GREAT rendition. Here's a link with some sheet music:
Free scores dot com
It won't let me post the link, but go to Free Scores dot come and search for Debussy
Delphinus72 10 months ago
A GREAT rendition. Here's a link with some sheet music:
Free scores dot com
Delphinus72 10 months ago
does anybody know anywhere i can get sheet music for this arrangement?
DaivdTheMusician 10 months ago
@DaivdTheMusician same here. i'd like to get my hands on the sheet music as well.
kentdoNEthing 10 months ago
a song for our brave lads bombing the fuck out of Libyans everywhere! God speed .......
relaxjustdontdoit 10 months ago
I think that this is a nice interpretation of a brilliant piece of work. However will never compare to the execution a piano offers with this particular piece, it just lacks that certain depth that a piano offers its listener. Nicely done.
kitz288 10 months ago
awesome. i've known about this arrangement by these two guitarists for a while but I never knew they had recorded a video of it as well.
MrDJCrazyDiamond 10 months ago
@juiceforjoe As a guitarist, I agree with you. I think that's sort of the charm of the guitar, the player has to do more with less. Besides, when was the last time some 8th grader was dying to get piano lessions to impress women? I'll give you the orchestra and I'll take the women.
cmacdowe 10 months ago
@juiceforjoe
The proof you're dramatically wrong: ABqk9QiRAjg
:)
jonnykam 10 months ago
Amazing...
Thank God for loved ones to hug when something as great as Clair de Lune happens.. every time :D
yellowtootha 10 months ago
Why are we comparing guitars and pianos as if one of them is better? They are both qualitatively different and incredibly beautiful. What is the purpose in trying to prove one is better than the other? Such an argument accomplishes nothing. Just go and make music; 'tis the point of either instrument, no?
The3lse 10 months ago 80
@The3lse well put.
tryandlike 8 months ago
@The3lse Piano is better.
marykerr93 8 months ago
umm,interesting argument...i play classical guitar..so naturally i would be on the side of the guitar,however i would love to have the skill to play piano,its such a deep beautiful unique sounding instrument and when played well i believe it impresses and captivates more than a guitar, but from acoustic to electric the guitar is the most versatile insturment , its range of different sounds are staggering,from segovia to chet atkins to johnny marr to steve vai ..isnt music great..
andrewkenworthy 10 months ago
i absolutely LOVE the guitar! in my humble estimation, it is bar none the most versastile and expressive instrument of our times. look at all that has been accomplished with it: the lyrical beauty of Julian Bream, the soul of BB King, the intensity of Slayer, the textures of Jonah Sithole, the joy of the Beatles, the list just keeps going. there's literally NOTHING you can't do with it and no "right/wrong" way to play it. from Segovia to Johnny Thunders each has found their own voice!
jteshuwah 11 months ago
I wish I could play this alone, i mean 1 guitar only.
tomasemilio 11 months ago
@tomasemilio Try the guitar transcription by Klenynjans for solo guitar. Tricky but no sharps or flats in the key signature has instant appeal
Pipixcan69 11 months ago
@Pipixcan69 thanks bro, appreciate it.
tomasemilio 11 months ago
so beautiful. i often forget this sound of the guitar.
bluevlilac09 11 months ago
John Williams and Julian Bream are just wonderful. @radekprdei you can't compare one to the other..they are both very different. It would be like comparing a harp with a trumpet.. each has its own. As far as the guitar having a bad reputation because what modern society has done or are you implying that rock and roll as ruined it? Are you nuts or trying to sound arrogant or intelligent? Again different genres...and I also believe that piano also comes in a "toy"version as well as used for rock.
Irishharper 11 months ago
Such wonderful talent. Truly truly beautiful rendition of a Debussy work of art.
ddouglas55 11 months ago
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Does anyone know where I can find the scores to this duet ?
sall384 11 months ago
39 dislikes, shame on u. u dont know what real music is
aang609 1 year ago
I love Claude Debussy's works, about all that he done ! He suffered and died in 1918; he had two wives, and a daughter, from the second; who joined him sooner at age of 14; her name was Emma !
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Mrjayceedee 1 year ago
Bonjour à tous..;je chercher désespérément une interprétation du prélude bwv 999 par John Williams à la guitare...
Celui qui pourrait me la transmettre aura droit à me reconnaissance éternelle...
MERCI d'avance...
yver11 1 year ago
I nearly had a heart attack when he started playing that guitar. I came here expecting a piano, but I can't say I'm disappointed! *swoon*
ceheape 1 year ago
is that THE john williams?
Murdulo 1 year ago
@Murdulo He is John Williams the guitarist not the film composer.
EMPERORMIKI 1 year ago
I imagine it to be (for the picky purists of course) more "proper" to play this on piano but guitars can just do so much more... vibrato, pizzicato, changes of color, etc... plus when Julian Bream is playing.... well... amazing!
uneedtherapy42 1 year ago
Does anyone know where I can find the scores to this duet ?
eyesbleeding 1 year ago
I am not familiar with guitars. Why is the one on the left's neck so wide?
Lvin4Him 1 year ago
@Lvin4Him Probably just preference. It's easier to hit chords with wider necks imo.
PsychedelicPrimate 1 year ago
@Lvin4Him Actually they're both pretty wide necks. On a classical guitar the neck is usually much wider than on a folk (steel string) acoustic, or on an electric. It's mainly to facilitate the fingerstyle technique of classical guitar, but also (as primate said) a wider neck can make certain things easier for some players. Generally speaking, though, classical guitar necks are meant to be wider than those of other kinds of guitars.
jjobie 1 year ago
Two of my favorite guitarists. Thank you for posting, it is a joy to watch.
4blossoms 1 year ago
so simple and so beautiful
jillymd 1 year ago
JESUS CHRIST I ACTUALLY CRIED THAT WAS EXQUISITE!
IronicTriangles 1 year ago
MERAVIGLIOSO!!
AnikakristenTHEMEDIA 1 year ago
Oh my god! I can see the holiness in the face of these men! this is amazing!
AlucardeBR 1 year ago
this is so beautiful, i think ill try to learn this before i die
Tatwai5 1 year ago
you cant compare the paino to the guitar
i think the piano lacks a lot of things
like sounding different
its always gonna sound the same
you also cant add much personal feeling with dive bombs and vibrato like you can on the guitar
ive never heard sex from the piano, but hendrix and many others do it on guitar
jrcsgtpeppers 1 year ago
Some music can perfectly be transcripted from the piano to the guitar ( best example is Asturias, but Bach is really fine too) but this music was not done to be transcripted from the piano to the guitar. It was not written to be played vibrato but legato, which is not easy if not impossible to do on a guitar. Listen to Samsom François playing it on the piano and you will understand what I mean. The smoothness and softness this music needs cannot be reproduced on guitars.
mbayssel 1 year ago
@mbayssel This video proves otherwise.
key2kingdom 1 year ago
@mbayssel You may be right, but back in the fifties there was a version by Laurindo Almeida (not samba but classic), unfortunately 'introuvable' nowadays, which showed an absolute precise & sutil interpretation, on two guitars, using separate tracks. I'd wish you'd ever hear it and your opinion would surely change. Best regards
mpadierna 1 year ago
I listen to metal, bands like lamb of god, iwrestledabearonce and cannibal corpse but I absolutely love this song as well. It's so beautiful :')
U1timatron 1 year ago 2
@U1timatron My dear, this is where metal came from. :)
negativeblu 7 months ago
still a very delightful duo - debussy at his best
wulfinlieske 1 year ago
Sooo perfect !
SrLucasPe 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting this! I need to hear more of this John Williams' guitar performances. I have his Plays the Movies CD, where he plays Schindler's List by the composer John Williams (they are NOT the same person!) and other works. This is so pure, so lovely!
AnyaAngie 1 year ago
Never heard this on guitar, then again I've not heard it on flute or violin before either! Thank you so much for posting this! I need to discover more of this John Williams' guitar performances. I have his Plays the Movies CD, where he plays the composer John Williams (they are NOT the same person!) Schindler's List and other works. This is so pure, so lovely!
AnyaAngie 1 year ago
I'm 14, I usually listen to Hard Rock. This performance literally brought tears to my eyes, it was that beautiful =")
iBerserked 1 year ago 22
@iBerserked You should hear Jascha Heifetz and Victor Borge play it. Oddly, although he's a bit of a ham, Victor Borge's version of this song is pure genius.
These three variants of this song are the ultimate trifecta of Clair de Lune. We have a treat in them that may actually be sweeter than the melody that danced through deBussy's mind when he first conceived of it.
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@iBerserked im a fetus and i think ur annoying as shit.
ipoodaily 6 months ago
john plodding away there
petersuki 1 year ago
This sounds like Presti and Lagoya's take. The audio is on youtube.
blujafunk 1 year ago
very nice... can i have the tab for this song?
hitdlights 1 year ago
w.o.w.
makizerd 1 year ago
Extremely beautiful.I've literally only been listening to this for hours on end while I've been doing my research papers,assignments,things of the sort.Very beautiful;I haven't gotten tired of it,nor will I probably ever be.Funny - all my relatives on my dad's side practically took up guitar,even all my siblings.I happened to turn away from that tradition and took up violin.Regrets?A little,maybe.Especially after listening to this.
daniel3231995 1 year ago
That was incredible.
michaeljg107 1 year ago
Tres bien!!
Sarahi79 1 year ago
@Sarahi79 i agreee competely
twilightfan3601 1 year ago
@ARR93 The primary source? I don't know. But google the quote.
kingdave84 1 year ago
If Debussy heard these two play this piece, I think he would consider composing something for 2 guitars. However, the many transcriptions of this piece all sound good to my ear - a hallmark of great music.
Doc10Nemo 1 year ago
This is an epic tandem for classical guitar, playing one of the best by Debussy.
eryxbulalas 1 year ago
Would love to hear these two do "Varen" by Edvard Grieg.
barscotch 1 year ago
The Bream Dream Team! Clean as a clear flowing stream . . .
WimGrundy 1 year ago
elegiac . . pensive... wistful... pure ART!
pylgrym 1 year ago
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Argyll9846 1 year ago
@Argyll9846
you mean the "soul"...
BaronnedelaTour 1 year ago
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BaronnedelaTour 1 year ago
It is impossible for me to find greater sound than the sound of the classical guitar.Bream and Williams are like the Great Titans of Greek Mythology.Masters!!
amnaki 1 year ago
@amnaki segovia was monster too but too bad there isnt good recordings of him.
I think he isnt so technical but he has huge emotion
guitarismysword1 1 year ago
@guitarismysword1 I absolutely agree with you.Andres Segovia is ,for me at least and for many others, the top of the tops,the king of the kings.I got all of his records and yes it's too bad there are not such good quality (you can hear the sizzling fries..)
But if someone deserves to be the true holdover of Segovia's music heritage, that is certainly Williams and Bream.That's of course only my opinion.
amnaki 1 year ago 2
Nice! Thank you. (TS)
kei19690113 1 year ago
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Que hermoso..............me pacifica mi alma y mi corazón, que mucha falta me hace........
omararaya1 1 year ago
Que hermoso..............me pacifica mi alma y mi corazón, que mucha falta me hace........
omararaya1 1 year ago
The moon shines alone.
ivanatwork1 1 year ago
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radekprdel 1 year ago
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radekprdel 1 year ago
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The guitar is such a pathetic non-instrument. It just doesn't make any sound. It's like children with toy instruments. My goodnes, try listening to Oistrakh's performance, or just the original piano. But this constant percussiveness just doesn't go with the piece.
radekprdel 1 year ago
@radekprdel i have to say i strongly disagree, the guitar is one of the most lyrical instrument's. it can do so much more than a piano for instance it can play with vibrato a piano can not. you can play soltanto or ponticelli to effect the tone a piano cant. i am not saying the guitar is superior to the piano they are both beautiful instruments. the guitar just has a very bad reputation because of what modern society has done to the guitar and all the children that have made it into a "toy".
nwick440 1 year ago 85
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I've played the guitar (classical) for 30 years now. I have a degree from a major university as well, but after the years of seeing everyone trying to find what effects they can to get a sound that lasts more than a second out of it I am losing faith. I know you can do amazing tricks with the sound but it is so fleeting. And so percussive. An attack and then nothing.
radekprdel 1 year ago
@nwick440
I wish I had spent my years on a different instrument. It gives me pleasure, sure, to play quietly for myself, and relax, but listening to the instrument is no joy for me. No offence meant.
radekprdel 1 year ago
@radekprdel Well, I have to agree that I am not a fan of transcribing exceptionally lyrical music like this or songs with lots of harmonic flavors onto the classical guitar. It would seem not to do the music much justice. The impact of the classical guitar is not in its ability to shriek like a violin or blast like a horn. Its unique place is like an ethereal human voice. It is in the nuance that there is beauty, and that nuance is damn hard to get down, even after 100 years of practice.
gweschuck 1 year ago
@radekprdel As far as your choice of instrument to express yourself, that is all part of the grand tragedy. Musically the classical guitar is the equivalent of trying to paint with your feet. People do it and are dang good at it, but there do seem to be easier ways to express one's self. I spent a day or two at the organ and found that my Bach sounds way better than on the guitar with years of practice. I try to play music composed on the guitar and to compose my own, it is much less depressing.
gweschuck 1 year ago
@nwick440
you are absolutely right! i am very happy to see that there are thoughtful comments here too. i truely love the guitar.
ftknecht 1 year ago
@nwick440 Im sorry , but what do you mean a "toy"?
cucuta95 1 year ago
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arem58 1 year ago
@nwick440 so very true about how the guitar is now mostly portrayed as a "toy", this piece is the epitemy of pure emotion in music, it is so real and moving, it touches you deeply where not many things can, i am speachless and cleansed after listening, it is awe-inspiring
arem58 1 year ago
@nwick440 children?, you call famous musicians that date back to the early 50's of whom created rock n roll from the blues, children?the modern day generation is nothing but a product of what was started decades ago.if anyone made it into a ''toy'' it would be the generations you and your father before you and possibly before him have prospered from.dont point fingers at this generation...because dont for get we are the product of our fathers just as you were of yours.
AmberIllidge 11 months ago
@nwick440 I'll always have a strong love for the Violin and Cello though. haha those, combined with Guitar, are beautiful together.
VGSTN 10 months ago
@nwick440 Piano can make a lot of thing, for a good pianist ;)
We don't always imagine the limit of the instrument.
In fact, the limit of instrument, are only the limit of the player.
But you have right, guitar are beautiful and hadn't a good reputation, it is sad.
MisterYoupinet 9 months ago
@nwick440 Fucking power chords... hahah
FloydIV 9 months ago
@Mijicm your obviously not a musician yourself or you would never make an idiotic comment like that..
gavinwales 1 year ago 9
Snore.
guinnesstrail 1 year ago
Notes in front of a musician is the equal of lyrics in front of a reciter. I don't like it. They play it perfectly though. Like it.
Mijicm 1 year ago
@Mijicm Alright then.. I want to see you play a song on ANY instrument without any notes. Lets see how many notes to get correct compared to a person who has notes.
Keira2694 9 months ago
@Keira2694 I'd play every single note, and I stand by it still! It's a shame to have notes in front of you whilt performing in front of other people, especially musicians. Cheers. :-)
Mijicm 9 months ago
@Mijicm Pompous much? Seriously, have you ever seen a full orchestra perform without the sheet music in front of every single one of them? The idiocy of that statement just floors me. Congratulations.
RollickingRiffs 8 months ago
@RollickingRiffs I have seen it.
Mijicm 8 months ago
@Mijicm Well, who's to say you're lying? I certainly wouldn't be able to prove it. I have to state though, flaming a pair of nearly unfathomably talented musicians for reading from sheet music is essentially the same as ragging on a construction crew for using blueprints as they build a house. I don't like it. You act like a jackass/idiot perfectly though. Like it.
RollickingRiffs 8 months ago
@RollickingRiffs There is nothing more free-flowing to a piano player than sitting down on the bench, placing fingers on the keys and playing. No sheet music in front of the player which guides that next note, that simply came from the player’s heart. Unfortunately not enough of this free style form of playing takes place.
I wouldn't dare insult these two proud lions, rather, I was making a different point, one you couldn't fathom, the emotions involved you couldn't possibly comprehend.
Mijicm 8 months ago
@Mijicm Are you serious right now? That wasn't your point at all. You originally said something regarding how sad it is to see musicians perform a piece with the sheet music in front of them, especially in front of other musicians, or something asinine like that. Now you're trying to back that up by saying nothing is better than free-flowing music from the soul with nothing to tell the musician what the next note is. That's improvisation dude. Not at all the same thing.
RollickingRiffs 8 months ago
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Mijicm 8 months ago
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@RollickingRiffs I'm not trying to back anything up and I am serious. But, I guess... it doesn't matter. This piece is breathtaking.
Mijicm 8 months ago
bellisimo.. no hay otra palabra para describirlo
ludwin69 1 year ago
Superfeather to Lightwieght.......LIGHTWIEGHT!!!
TheUndertaker8 1 year ago
anybody know the publisher and/or whoever did the arrangement that Williams and Bream are playing? MUST BUY!!!!
theholydonkey 1 year ago
That was extraordinarily beautiful. Really enjoyed that performance.
rusty2222 1 year ago
es demasiado!!!!!!!!!
mawsterin 1 year ago
How could 38 individuals have clicked "dislike" against this video is beyond me...
ap06476 1 year ago 2
@ap06476 You apparently have never hung out much with classical guitarists (smile)
BeauJames59 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting this!
metsoforte 1 year ago
I like this piece so much, and they're playing really nice, but I think it's much more magical on piano...
IvanaN91 1 year ago
(This is irrelevant to how I feel about the musicians, their beautiful music and tiredless contribution)
I notice a very awkward moment at the end when they finish, Bream was so into it :)
sminhle 1 year ago
For me, this is the song of the unknown. On the peaks and in the valleys of its waves, one feels tantalizingly close to the beautiful emptiness of the universe. The silence between phrases sounds as if Debussy is waiting for an answer from God. To me, it sounds like a wolf crying at the moon.
farticlephysicist 1 year ago
Amazing guitars... Amazing feelings when I hear them....
carcuev 1 year ago
Chopin once said, "Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two"
kingdave84 1 year ago 111
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yes
jekk23 1 year ago
lovely performance
jewlzcanon 1 year ago
Oh how utterly lovely... For me this is hauntingly beautiful, and as it finished I have a wistful smile plays about my face... John Williams Maestro of the guitar and a sublime player... *sighs deeply and relax* Pure bliss... :0)x
wenglishsal 1 year ago
Its sad , And beautiful.
Billie13001 1 year ago
Romantic period
Impressionism
icydong 1 year ago
lovely
becmajec 1 year ago
Did nt this composer write Lion Tameing? woops no thats Claude Bottom!,sorry just trying to lighten the mood!
daktucs 1 year ago
AWESOME!
paulostroff99 1 year ago
I prefer Rock, it's mutch more emotional.
hiomioman 1 year ago
@hiomioman I would say that this piece music has more emotion and drama than a lot of rock music I've heard. Just because it isn't loud doesn't mean it isn't emotional.
ShredST 1 year ago
Could there be a more beautiful pairing? This makes one sad, happy and reflective.
So lovely with guitar.
nomoresmokes 1 year ago
I play this piece on the piano and I have never heard it played so beautifully by another instrument. This is breathtaking.
mustang1503 1 year