Narciso Yepes - Asturias - Composed by Isaac Albéniz

[rodolfojelin]

no me gusta nada como la toca... mucho sonido sucio... va a una velocidad que su sonido se entorpece en las partes rapidas

[gfjlm68]

no one plays this better. This is the ultimate.

[amneris54]

brillantissime

c superbe

[hastrayy]

It is magnificent, not must say never one is mjor than another, answer my question, does that is more natural Apple or pear?

[MrPedroAT]

Good , but Segovia with 6 strings play more beautiful than yepes wiht 10 strings i don´t know ... No body can touch Segovia , he is the best

[altairzq]

Segovia didn't understand this piece, IMO!!!.

Yepe's interpretation is just incredible.

[gfjlm68]

@altairzq  so very true

[rawrgDX]

this is great! don't like the tempo, though it adds drama to this magnicent piece. the best I've heard is williams' and second is segovia's, but this could tie with segovia's. On a sillier note, I think I know where my guitar teacher gets his looks from! XD look up nephtali santiago and you'll know what I mean...

[Iaokanan29]

Master, Master, Master....Perfection does not exist in this world, but you're very close to it....

[Aurelius27x]

Pretty good but still can't touch Segovia's.

[ServantofDevils]

@Aurelius27x

Disagree, technically there is nothing to compare, Yepes is better. Emotionally we could dispute. I personally consider as the best classical guitarist, but that is just my personal favourite, there is a thin difference between the masters - Bream, Segovia, Williams and Yepes.

[lakotnyk]

@ServantofDevils can u consider yepes as classical guitarist, since he wasn't performing on classical guitar in public, and recording at all since 1960s... he only performed on his ten-string guitar... wich u can't rly compare to classical :P there's just so much more you can do on it... and it shows.

[adamusgin]

I was on concert of maestro Yepes circa 20 years old ago. It was fantastic :)

[rikkelise]

Yes! The only guitarist who can play this the way it should be played - in my humble opinion.

[juzamie]

Two deaf people disliked this.

[gewb]

Belleza... belleza total

[classicalmannick101]

good player - but absolutely shocking at finishing off phrases.

[virgulima01]

Narciso es lo mejor . FANTASTICO 12 en su guitarra olé.

[vinnothelizard]

what is that piece of box ?? where is the guitar???

[adriz7000]

Yepes vino a este mundo a ofrecer la mejor versión de Asturias, DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS.

[takhirviolinest]

no words, just like two guitar, some times 3.

[thegollywog]

@takhirviolinest Its only one guitarist

[takhirviolinest]

@thegollywog I know, I'm a teacher of Gutiar

[sdajafol]

@thegollywog "just like", means it sounds like, but isn't.

[grevantime]

Oh my, how I have searched for someone who could play this piece with the spirit that Albéniz' intended. The subtle lead in was stunning. The best is so subjective. However, Yepes has removed all debate. I'm buying the album.

[gallinera]

Great interpretation of a sublime composition.

[ferruquito17]

Muchas gracias MAESTRO. MARAVILLOSO!!!

[ANTOONMAKA]

De grands musiciens souvent ignorés (dommage!) en Espagne, de bons littérateurs et poètes aussi : plein de bonnes choses que le "public" passe au dessus... Quelles pertes pour l'âme humaine! MERCI pour cette production!

[pascal27able]

@ANTOONMAKA

N. Yepes n'était pas ignoré; il a joué dans toutes les plus prestigieuses salles de concert du monde.

[marulitovilla]

I am going to disagree with Pascal. I think Segovia's version is great in spite of this being the best version of Asturias that I have heard so far.

[paparatzito]

WELL DONE MAESTRO

[pascal27able]

Somebody asked me what I meant by "soul". Here is what it means.

The only good version of this piece; Segovia included.

[goyroyni]

As someone wrote: "it's complete riot" !

Thanks Narciso Yepes and RIP.

[Rexicano]

@pascal27able

@pascal27able

You're nuts; plenty of people play this very well.

Parkening, Segovia, and the Romeros. There are perhaps hundreds out there doing this piece very well; you have no clue.

But you have ONE fav? Metheny ruining a Brasilian classic with his weird vibrato and awful tone. No wonder you seem so ignorant of Classical guitar.

[pascal27able]

@Rexicano

I admit I'm not a expert in classical guitar (although I began playing with classical pieces), I prefer jazz..

But please, if you deny me the right to talk about classical guitar, don't you either talk about jazz musicians. Metheny NEVER uses vibrato, and he has a marvellous tone.

Ignorance versus ignorance.

[Rexicano]

@pascal27able

Metheny does use vibrato; sometime subtle. It's right there in your sample. Maybe you only think very heavy vibrato is what matters...

But yes, I misspoke; I meant slurs (or bends) when I said vibrato this time...but the effect is similar to a heavy vibrato warble.

Metheny has a horrible tone on Nylon string in the most crude way with not much skill at all compared to someone like Ralph Towner...PM is the Kenny G guitar. I know just as much as you do about Jazz, probably more.

[pascal27able]

@Rexicano

Okay, you think he has a horrible tone on Nylon string, ans I will continue to think he has a marvellous one, it's a matter of taste I suppose.

And yes, you've got the biggest one.

[Rexicano]

@pascal27able

Who knows who has the biggest;

I know I've been around almost a decade longer and heard more, both Jazz and Classicsal.

Metheny's tone is never going to come close to what a Master can do on nylon.

And as a guitarist he will never come close to Pierre Bensusan, the French musician who is the most under rated player compared to Pat, who is the most over rated.

"A matter of Taste"? That's a cop out; like saying Beethoven or Yanni....both GREAT! A matter of Taste! Absurd.

[pascal27able]

@Rexicano

It's strange; you seem to think that art can be scientifically approached. Well, to a certain extent, that's true, but at a certain point only sensibility can judge.

A jazz musician doesn't search for the same thing as a classical. The classical searches for "pure" sound, whereas the jazz musician searches for "altered" sound. This is why you can't compare them; it's like comparing a classical dancer to an african dancer for example. They don't hold the same aesthetic .

[Rexicano]

@pascal27able

Well, you're wrong again;

The German company ECM was ALL ABOUT trying for the quality of sound and subtlety that Classical musicians look for.

They were hugely successful with this approach.

Miles Davis also was all about the kind of sound that great Classical artists look for.

You are plain wrong. Music is music; you are hung up on categories.

Besides, Miles did not use the word Jazz to describe his music.

[pascal27able]

@Rexicano

It's true that since the 70's, jazz musicians look for a sound more "pure" than they did before then. I must think about that.

Anyway, I think categories exist. I think that the essence of jazz is different from classical music; if it weren't, I would play classical and not jazz. Jazz music touches me in a different way from classical. You talk about ECM, well, this is jazz, in no way classical. Or, if you will, jazz is the classical music of today (maybe we could agree about that).

[pascal27able]

@Rexicano

Pat is a great musician. You're not touched by his playing, no argue about that. But this is not a reason for under rating him.

I don't know who is Yanni.

[Rexicano]

@pascal27able

You must live under a rock; Yanni is famous all over the world...and his music is pure kitsch most of the time.

Now, Metheny is using machines as his band on the road. If anything spells the death of Jazz...that would be it.

And PM calls Kenny G a bad musician?

[pascal27able]

@Rexicano

Sorry, I don't know who Kenny G is, either.

[wher0001]

@pascal27able he isn't playing it well at all at least 20% of the time.