Am i the only one to think that Segovia is not so good at all and to find that some piece sound like shit , Like the preludio Nr 1 oh Heitor Villa-lobos played by segovia !
Segovia for me was maybe a good guitarist , but new names like Julian Bream for me kill the segovia reputation..
A mi me gusta mucho la interpretación de John Williams... pero vamos, la de Segovia es sencillamente magnífica. Una pena que este video esté mal editado y el final suene sucio.
El Maestro Segovia no tiene igual. No hay nadie con que se puede comparar. Realmente-era unos de los tesoros de Espana, un pais que tiene muchos. Me siento orgullusa de ser Epanola cuando lo oigo.
Nope it renders it as a mistake, and proves your ignorance, because you've chosen to actually say an ignorant FALSE comment against one of the greatest classical guitarist to ever live. A true guitarist doesn't put other guitarist down that are better than himself. John Williams himself would laugh at your comment. and you clearly cant see that through his interpretation. Maybe you prefer Williams over Segovia but that's opinion, you state it as a fact showing your narrow mind. Get over it.
Segovia interpreted it his way, Williams and Vidovic play it their way. I like the way Williams and Vidovic play it better. It seems like the longer pause Segovia creates when strumming with his thumb changes the feel. It makes it feel ackward to me. I like the driving feel the song has when Williams and Vidovic play it.
I think Williams and Vidovic play as if they were machines programmed to play this masterpiece. Segovia KNOWS what he plays (and has the ability to play as he likes).
@jutaipeter bulshit... segovia never played this piece very well... who knows, perhaps he didnt even care to much for this piece. sounds like.
everyone of the big guitarists have the ability to play it as they like. but only one player made this piece sound its best and that is John Williams.
@CT2507 no, it was his favorit.His guitar was made in Germany, where all the famous violins of the ages were made. And Andres Segovia was made to play this guitar and make it sing.
@Todzumpapst i used too... i played some classical guitar, then i went over to flamenco... i know both styles, so that renders your rant a bit stupid doesnt it.
Magnifico en su época, lástima que aparte del talento no haya tenido la humildad necesaria para reconocer la obra de Agustín Barrios Mangoré. Nunca, quiso interpretar una composición suya, por el infundado temor que lo opacara o fuese a tener alguna notoriedad. Nadie es perfecto de todos modos....
This old man is amazing, he has so much feeling, every stroke emits inspiration. I listened to Asturias by Williams, it was perfect but I got no feel out of it, it seemed as though he was in a race to finish it without mistakes!!! That is not Clasical guitar. He also had a problem with a quarter tone that he adopted but sounds a bit strange. I think this particular piece belongs to this old man.
as long as youre thinking of technique you arent actually listening to the song. but if you really listen, you will hear why Segovia is considered The master of classical guitar
They say that, anatomically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly. Looking at Segovia's pudgy hands you wonder how he could play so beautifully. People keep going on about hand positions and various aspects of technique. Look at Dinnigan's extended pinky or Parkening's angle of attack and you wonder how they produce the sounds they do. We are all different. Just do it!
Tengo una TEORIA, los demás temas de corte flamenco tienen nombres de ciudades andaluzas, del sur de España, esta es del Norte de España que nada tiene que ver con Andalucía. Originalmente se llamó Leyenda, y Andres Segovia de manera arbitraria la rebautizó como Asturias debido a que la transcripción para guitarra la estrenó en AUSTRIA, que es una ANAGRAMA DE ASTURIAS y era lo que más iban a entender los austriacos desde el punto de vista de la MANIPULACION SUBLIMINAL. Es una humilde opinión
@wixzbo Williams technically yes but John Williams doesnt have the ' feel ' thats required for this . Check out classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic he has great technique and still retains the feel .
This guy sure plays with alot of feeling and flair.
John williams plays with a little more steady tempre and rhythm, and seems to have his own style as well. if you listen to the version he does you can hear accents on his index and middle finger as well as an interesting arpeggiation more like the piano version.
Anna Vidovic, in my opinion, sounds too rushed.. it doesnt seem to leave enough room for the notes to sound and fully resonate.
Andres lets his ring completely he also is more stately.
@bovinicusdivinicus how do you think angel romero do on this song? in my opionon he did quiet well but your right this guy does have more of a feel for it
Extroidinary ! He was someone that inspired my Father to learn Spanish guitar when he was 60...I still listen to his albums...and cherish the memories I shared with my Father
listening to him...Now my 23 yr. old son is learning Spanish guitar...and is also inspired by Andres genius in playing...Thanks to a magnificent guitarist !
I think it's all personal preference. Segovia's awesome, Williams seems faster and even more precise to my ears, Vidovic strums with a slight edge of hysteria, but it doesn't sound out of place since her playing sounds a little more urgent. I wonder if she's just not as comfortable with the piece as the other three . In any case...I think it's a beautiful piece and will consider myself a large step closer to awesome when I can play it half as well as any of them. Cheers.
I am completely agreed to EGV64,Vidovic is great.But I tink,that Julian Bream was the best performer Albeniz's Leyenda or maybe Deziderio.It's my point of view
Vidovic strums to damn hard. Its supposed to sound smooth & beautiful, this isn't rodrigo y gabriela. Athough I do like rodrigo y gabriela. they put on a good show.
One of the reasons for his "unorthodox" technique was the fact that the action of the guitar was a lot higher and he used a higher gauge string to project his sound at concert halls. So he had to compensate his technique a bit, probably why he doesn't speed through this piece like other interpretations.
@jakaput can you play a peice like this jumping around smiling, laughing, and shooting throwing knives at with your feet at a target that spins around? no.......everyone has a classical guitar face, hes concentrating.
I agree, Segovia wasn't the best guitaris of all when it comes to technique. Williams, Ida Presti, Yamashita easli surpass him. I'm not in any club either. Dont worry :)
i also dont agree with many things that he does to the pieces he play, when it comes to his interpertation. but i guess that is a personal thing, and i respect segovia for trying to put some musicality, and his own musicality in that same pieces.
Please don't compare Ana Vidovic to Andres Segovia. She is really good, has great technique but is unpatient, noisy, and produces poor tone in comparison to Segovia. And her achievements in the field of music, developing guitar repertoire, transcriptions of pieces of other genres and interpetations are insignificant compared with Segovias To be honest when it comes to devotion to the subject of guitar and music you cannot compare anyone of the listed artists, not even Williams nor Bream.
actually, i was comparing segovia to the players i meantioned in every aspect you mentioned, except for variety of repertoire. maybe ana vidovic was a unhappy comparison, but technically i find her better than segovia, although i agree with you when you say that she is very unpatient. but i find david russel and manuel barrueco superior than segovia, in musicianship in general.
everyone is going to bash me after i say this. but, IN MY OPINION, Segovia was one of the best players of his time. but nowadays, there are many who are much better than him. to name a few, david russel, manuel barrueco, ana vidovic, pepe romero. i have to recognize that he was the master of julian bream, john williams (who curiously doesn't like him both as a teacher and as a perfomer/musician)... so if john williams can dislike him... i think i can dislike him too!
That's very unspecific and general statement. What do you mean by that? Better in what? Technique? Colour? Timbre? Sound production? Variety of reperoire? Interpretations? Musicianship in general? I don't want to bash you, everyone can express their opinions. But it's just very easy to criticize a man who has been dead for 20 yaers and who cannot respond. You have to realize that many statements about him were made while he was already 70 yrs old. And his technique decreased.
my intention w/ that comment is really jus to xpress my opinion & not 2 disrespect anyone.(btw, i make comments about bream and williams critizing them and they are alive, so isn't this the same thing?i give him the credit that he deserves for bringing the classical guitar to the "spotlight", but as i said, i consider that there are, nowadays, people better than him. and i'm not kinda joining any "group" like evil or good (in this case Anti-Segovia or supporter of Segovia) you know what i mean?
please excuse my horrid lexicon in my previous statement...Gentleman Jack gets in the bloodstream and god know what'll happen. forvgive me, but i think the lack of feeling is due to arthritis and not lack of heart
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This Piece is one of the most difficult to play, next to Recquerdos de la Alhambra. And as horrible as his right hand technique is (see 1:08-1:39), he did a great job at it. But I would not call him a "Master of Masters"..ever. He was a good musician, but not even in the top 10 of great classical guitarists. If you want to see a true Master of the guitar technique, look up Pepe Romero. He has IMPECCABLE technique. As a guitar instructor, I would only hope to play as perfectly a he can.
His right hand technique is not horrible, its unique, which is the reason why his skill and tone is superior to all other guitarists. The only reason you do not see this technique used by other guitarists is that it is so difficult to reproduce and to do it well.
seems that the melody through the whole intro in the bass strings acts mostly as a pedal melody to enhance the changing of texture of the high strings. The bass melody changes its playing to another sets of strings only to give room for more textures of the high strings.
lol you guys are saying when he made a mistake. Look how old he is. Is he in his prime? Crap did they even have TV when he was in his prime? lol. Segovia is the master. All others are measured by him.
Segovia es un gigante y eso que no soy español y tampoco músico. Este hombre no toca como los demás..HACE música-los que lo critican...más humildad. La verdadera música sale del alma y pocos lo consiguen, a pesar de su técnica quizás perfecta.Saludos de Italia
I think it is interpreted better by Williams, Bream, Parkening...etc. But let us not forget that, but for Segovia, this piece would not even be in their repertoire. Indeed, without him, there would not be a repertoire worthy of the instrument surviving to this day. He made people re-visit the guitar. Composers and players alike.
andres segovia fue el pionero en la guitarra clasica gracias a el la guitarra clasica llego a las salas de concierto. la guitarra a evolucionado y ahorita existen guitarrista de un nivel superior. pero no serian nada sin el aporte que dio este gran maestro
It seems to me like Segovia turned these works into a personal truth, he made them his, whereas Williams seems to just play the notes (exceptionally well, I might add)
In my opinion, Jose Felliciano plays with the heart better. He might not be a better guitarist than Segovia, but Felliciano has to play well with the heart, he cant see the strings!
@kais72 Well I Dont Agree; sorry for me he was one of the best; but no the best, at least for my Ears; its my opinion; I preffer to hear Mr Julian Bream and Ana Vidovic...greetings
Cerrá el orto pedazo de bobo. Segovia es uno de los mas grandes concertistas de la historia de la guitarra y vos salis diciendo esa burrada de que "tiene los dedos muy gordos".
Para la próxima vez, pensá muy bien lo que vas a escribir.
Ferdice...Tu fanatismo por barrios,te hace ser injusto con Segovia...No es verdad que lo superara en la ejecución...Son cosas diferentes...Técnicamente es posible que Barrios fuera superior...No así en la interpretación...Nadie tocó jamás como Segovia...Asi que mi consejo es que disfrutes de los dos...Puedes escuchar a Barrios por los mejores guitarristas del mundo,YEPES,WILLIAMS,RUSSELL,BARRUECO,PEPE ROMERO,YAMASIHTA ect.ect...A mi tambien me hubiese gustado escuchar a Barrios por Segovia.
Segovia tocaba muy bonito no se niega, pero fue un egoista total con barrios mangore y eso porque barrios lo superaba facilmente en la ejecucion de las obras. Como prueba del egoismo un boton: busquen por internet una obra de barrios tocada por Segovia. Creo que no la encontraran.
These seams to be natural harmonics. They are at bars 5, 7, 12 and 19. Actually there is on bar 3 too, but it's so week that is hardly used. I think there was at 23 also.
Anyway, you just put your finger on the string on the given bar, you play the string and quickly remove your finger. You can actually leave it there, but the it get's loader if you remove it.
I haven't hear him ever in my life. I would hear him so much, because he is the best guitarist in the world. I'm so sad, that i couldn't hear him live.
Although I show nothing but respect to an artist like Segovia, I have to say that in my point of view this performance isn't good at all. And certainly not as good as you say it is.
I think you're wrong. There is no good and bad when it comes to things like these. It's personal opinion. Personally, I prefer Ana Vidovics performance of this. Now I guess that means I'm just a dumb little bastard doesn't it? Well prove you're right and I'm wrong. You can't. It's music. Quit your bitching and enjoy the music for fucks sake.
I have to admit, this is probably one of his best performances. Some people say that he usually goes faster but the point of the song isn't to go fast, it's to show skill and for people to enjoy music.
i had lucia sanchez as my classical guitar teacher for a while...she was one of segovias student. she was playing with him at the same time as williams. hehe.cool.
John Williams called Segovia a limited musician but I cannot see where he is comming from. Mayeb Williams is so many levels about us he sees something we don't, but as Joe Public I have to say that Segovia has so much more soul and feel in his playing than Williams. That being said Williams is wonderful and is current 2nd only to Bream.
there are guitar players, then there are good guitar players, then there are waesome guitar players, then for a long time comes nothing and above all that there is andres segovia
Am i the only one to think that Segovia is not so good at all and to find that some piece sound like shit , Like the preludio Nr 1 oh Heitor Villa-lobos played by segovia !
Segovia for me was maybe a good guitarist , but new names like Julian Bream for me kill the segovia reputation..
floydarcy 2 days ago
youtube.com/watch?v=o1aBu2KzcMc
opustenzy 1 week ago
does anyone know when this video was recorded?
darkmanzana 3 weeks ago
Hoy, sabemos por qué los españoles estan tan orgullosos :D
punkofetard 1 month ago
Con qué gusto lo dejaria todo para tocar como tocar como el...
Soy seguro que hace bailar las fantasmas ...Es maravilloso *.*
punkofetard 1 month ago
A mi me gusta mucho la interpretación de John Williams... pero vamos, la de Segovia es sencillamente magnífica. Una pena que este video esté mal editado y el final suene sucio.
cachic77 1 month ago
El Maestro Segovia no tiene igual. No hay nadie con que se puede comparar. Realmente-era unos de los tesoros de Espana, un pais que tiene muchos. Me siento orgullusa de ser Epanola cuando lo oigo.
mrmoss6881 1 month ago
Nope it renders it as a mistake, and proves your ignorance, because you've chosen to actually say an ignorant FALSE comment against one of the greatest classical guitarist to ever live. A true guitarist doesn't put other guitarist down that are better than himself. John Williams himself would laugh at your comment. and you clearly cant see that through his interpretation. Maybe you prefer Williams over Segovia but that's opinion, you state it as a fact showing your narrow mind. Get over it.
Todzumpapst 1 month ago
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Segovia interpreted it his way, Williams and Vidovic play it their way. I like the way Williams and Vidovic play it better. It seems like the longer pause Segovia creates when strumming with his thumb changes the feel. It makes it feel ackward to me. I like the driving feel the song has when Williams and Vidovic play it.
robnoftz 2 months ago
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robnoftz 2 months ago
music is about interpretation and .. well i have said what I came to say
grtwhtnrth 2 months ago
Vladane, kako ti se ova verzija sviđa? A Lalice? :)
Medeondoo 3 months ago
It's don't look difficult when he play, so relax x')
<3 Classical guitar
MrLegendarygeek 3 months ago
I like how he takes his time and concentrates on the purity of the sound
StealthGenius 3 months ago
Milos ain't too bad:
watch?v=NWZUbp8jSyI&sns=fb
MrJanbot 3 months ago
watch?v=PPzMaIRUC_4
vnikosv 4 months ago
to play this song fast is easier than play it slow....
PatraThanos 4 months ago
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PatraThanos 4 months ago
pure soul and heart..luv it
makemeateeshirt 4 months ago
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Those who say that Williams plays like a machine shoud go and buy a piece of brain for their heads.
dnuosmaerd 4 months ago
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dnuosmaerd 4 months ago
I think Williams and Vidovic play as if they were machines programmed to play this masterpiece. Segovia KNOWS what he plays (and has the ability to play as he likes).
jutaipeter 4 months ago 10
@jutaipeter bulshit... segovia never played this piece very well... who knows, perhaps he didnt even care to much for this piece. sounds like.
everyone of the big guitarists have the ability to play it as they like. but only one player made this piece sound its best and that is John Williams.
CT2507 2 months ago
@CT2507 no, it was his favorit.His guitar was made in Germany, where all the famous violins of the ages were made. And Andres Segovia was made to play this guitar and make it sing.
gzaenker 2 months ago
@gzaenker are u sure this piece was his favorit?... then he should have practiced playing it more shouldnt he!
CT2507 1 month ago
@CT2507 then he wasnt such a good guitarist as romantic people make him out to have been. cause he doesnt play this piece well at all.
CT2507 2 months ago
@CT2507 LOL your naive, as if you play a single bit.
Todzumpapst 1 month ago
@Todzumpapst i used too... i played some classical guitar, then i went over to flamenco... i know both styles, so that renders your rant a bit stupid doesnt it.
CT2507 1 month ago
@jutaipeter i'm sorry for you if you really think what you just have said
6stringhawk 6 days ago
Magnifico en su época, lástima que aparte del talento no haya tenido la humildad necesaria para reconocer la obra de Agustín Barrios Mangoré. Nunca, quiso interpretar una composición suya, por el infundado temor que lo opacara o fuese a tener alguna notoriedad. Nadie es perfecto de todos modos....
animandes 5 months ago
This old man is amazing, he has so much feeling, every stroke emits inspiration. I listened to Asturias by Williams, it was perfect but I got no feel out of it, it seemed as though he was in a race to finish it without mistakes!!! That is not Clasical guitar. He also had a problem with a quarter tone that he adopted but sounds a bit strange. I think this particular piece belongs to this old man.
steppingrock 5 months ago
as long as youre thinking of technique you arent actually listening to the song. but if you really listen, you will hear why Segovia is considered The master of classical guitar
VoiDukkha 6 months ago
He is The God of Classic Guitar.
classicguitar18 7 months ago
They say that, anatomically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly. Looking at Segovia's pudgy hands you wonder how he could play so beautifully. People keep going on about hand positions and various aspects of technique. Look at Dinnigan's extended pinky or Parkening's angle of attack and you wonder how they produce the sounds they do. We are all different. Just do it!
patrickcon1 8 months ago
It's the best cover on youtube/lol) ...why? hm... let me guess... because he was the first dude who played this awesome shit in a guitar
EugenePoluyachtov 8 months ago
I love them and respect them all with all my heart, Williams, Ana, the Romeros and the master Segovia.
666maricarmen 9 months ago
От этой мелодии и такого исполнения буквально мурашки по коже...
fckninja 9 months ago
Tengo una TEORIA, los demás temas de corte flamenco tienen nombres de ciudades andaluzas, del sur de España, esta es del Norte de España que nada tiene que ver con Andalucía. Originalmente se llamó Leyenda, y Andres Segovia de manera arbitraria la rebautizó como Asturias debido a que la transcripción para guitarra la estrenó en AUSTRIA, que es una ANAGRAMA DE ASTURIAS y era lo que más iban a entender los austriacos desde el punto de vista de la MANIPULACION SUBLIMINAL. Es una humilde opinión
MUSARTEUM 10 months ago
I prefer williams speed. the chords aren't harsh enough
wixzbo 11 months ago 2
@wixzbo Williams technically yes but John Williams doesnt have the ' feel ' thats required for this . Check out classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic he has great technique and still retains the feel .
Charl760 6 months ago
@Charl760 And he's very young..I'm think he could be better than Williams.May be IS now???
victordaniamandi 4 months ago
@victordaniamandi He is Williams's teacher
00Jzy 4 months ago 3
people who dislike this don't know what music is
nic93107 1 year ago
the master
ANGELCROSS3000 1 year ago
very nice.
fwampt62 1 year ago
This guy sure plays with alot of feeling and flair.
John williams plays with a little more steady tempre and rhythm, and seems to have his own style as well. if you listen to the version he does you can hear accents on his index and middle finger as well as an interesting arpeggiation more like the piano version.
Anna Vidovic, in my opinion, sounds too rushed.. it doesnt seem to leave enough room for the notes to sound and fully resonate.
Andres lets his ring completely he also is more stately.
bovinicusdivinicus 1 year ago 2
@bovinicusdivinicus how do you think angel romero do on this song? in my opionon he did quiet well but your right this guy does have more of a feel for it
yukmouth5 11 months ago
@yukmouth5
I just listened to Angel Romero play his version.
i like it too, it seems to be a mix of all three Ana's Andres' and Johns.
certain things I noticed are:.
Again too rushed in my opinion, which takes away from the stateliness of the music, but seems to let it ring in certain parts.
at 23 seconds i found Angel waits a half beat going into the beginning of the tremolo, which throws off the beat for me.
i hear several mistakes in his version. maybe just the way he was taught it though.
bovinicusdivinicus 11 months ago
<3 Que hay para decir cuando ves algo como esto!
Solo se puede sentir!
TheAlexxcoeur 1 year ago
El mejor de todos.
rafaelvicentecarlos 1 year ago
Extroidinary ! He was someone that inspired my Father to learn Spanish guitar when he was 60...I still listen to his albums...and cherish the memories I shared with my Father
listening to him...Now my 23 yr. old son is learning Spanish guitar...and is also inspired by Andres genius in playing...Thanks to a magnificent guitarist !
bonniebalakoff 1 year ago
For me segovia Is still great classical guitarist by now.His music is so elegant and
dreamy. by the way I couldn't understand in this video,why he choosed this key
or caused by Video edited.sorry for bad English.I,m japanese
gtkazu 1 year ago
I think it's all personal preference. Segovia's awesome, Williams seems faster and even more precise to my ears, Vidovic strums with a slight edge of hysteria, but it doesn't sound out of place since her playing sounds a little more urgent. I wonder if she's just not as comfortable with the piece as the other three . In any case...I think it's a beautiful piece and will consider myself a large step closer to awesome when I can play it half as well as any of them. Cheers.
75jdwest 1 year ago
I am completely agreed to EGV64,Vidovic is great.But I tink,that Julian Bream was the best performer Albeniz's Leyenda or maybe Deziderio.It's my point of view
MorrDison 1 year ago
nice !
Christos32xx 1 year ago
Vidovic strums to damn hard. Its supposed to sound smooth & beautiful, this isn't rodrigo y gabriela. Athough I do like rodrigo y gabriela. they put on a good show.
thatredguitar 1 year ago
11 people don't know nothing about music...that's a shame :/
nmat3 1 year ago
Segovia makes me feel better about the human race.
phantomfigure 1 year ago
Grande Maestro Andres Segovia.....
Morenas71 1 year ago
dedos gordos!!
xXxGoyexXx 1 year ago
@xXxGoyexXx y poderosos
clash44 1 year ago
@clash44 Correcto!!!
xXxGoyexXx 1 year ago
Bello y misterioso
Brutuss33 1 year ago
wow that's it wow
mushroomxxxzzz 1 year ago
One of the reasons for his "unorthodox" technique was the fact that the action of the guitar was a lot higher and he used a higher gauge string to project his sound at concert halls. So he had to compensate his technique a bit, probably why he doesn't speed through this piece like other interpretations.
EricGodfree 1 year ago
look the right hand...its not the right position.....OMGGGGGGGGGGG
jasandjasand 1 year ago
@jasandjasand what do u mean it's not????
fadymcr 1 year ago
lindo! fantastico...amei!
judam6 1 year ago
Simplemente el mejor
diekyou 1 year ago
man he was boring...
jakaput 1 year ago
@jakaput can you play a peice like this jumping around smiling, laughing, and shooting throwing knives at with your feet at a target that spins around? no.......everyone has a classical guitar face, hes concentrating.
urmomandad 1 year ago
@urmomandad I wasn't refearing to his face but rather to the way he is playing this piece
jakaput 1 year ago
I agree, Segovia wasn't the best guitaris of all when it comes to technique. Williams, Ida Presti, Yamashita easli surpass him. I'm not in any club either. Dont worry :)
eckhartd 1 year ago
i also dont agree with many things that he does to the pieces he play, when it comes to his interpertation. but i guess that is a personal thing, and i respect segovia for trying to put some musicality, and his own musicality in that same pieces.
faipas49 1 year ago
Please don't compare Ana Vidovic to Andres Segovia. She is really good, has great technique but is unpatient, noisy, and produces poor tone in comparison to Segovia. And her achievements in the field of music, developing guitar repertoire, transcriptions of pieces of other genres and interpetations are insignificant compared with Segovias To be honest when it comes to devotion to the subject of guitar and music you cannot compare anyone of the listed artists, not even Williams nor Bream.
eckhartd 1 year ago
actually, i was comparing segovia to the players i meantioned in every aspect you mentioned, except for variety of repertoire. maybe ana vidovic was a unhappy comparison, but technically i find her better than segovia, although i agree with you when you say that she is very unpatient. but i find david russel and manuel barrueco superior than segovia, in musicianship in general.
faipas49 1 year ago
everyone is going to bash me after i say this. but, IN MY OPINION, Segovia was one of the best players of his time. but nowadays, there are many who are much better than him. to name a few, david russel, manuel barrueco, ana vidovic, pepe romero. i have to recognize that he was the master of julian bream, john williams (who curiously doesn't like him both as a teacher and as a perfomer/musician)... so if john williams can dislike him... i think i can dislike him too!
btw, it is too slow!
faipas49 1 year ago
That's very unspecific and general statement. What do you mean by that? Better in what? Technique? Colour? Timbre? Sound production? Variety of reperoire? Interpretations? Musicianship in general? I don't want to bash you, everyone can express their opinions. But it's just very easy to criticize a man who has been dead for 20 yaers and who cannot respond. You have to realize that many statements about him were made while he was already 70 yrs old. And his technique decreased.
eckhartd 1 year ago
my intention w/ that comment is really jus to xpress my opinion & not 2 disrespect anyone.(btw, i make comments about bream and williams critizing them and they are alive, so isn't this the same thing?i give him the credit that he deserves for bringing the classical guitar to the "spotlight", but as i said, i consider that there are, nowadays, people better than him. and i'm not kinda joining any "group" like evil or good (in this case Anti-Segovia or supporter of Segovia) you know what i mean?
faipas49 1 year ago
Heinz Erhard???
meyersmaier 1 year ago
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Sounds like Fareed Al-Atrash.
compnet3539 2 years ago
è magnifico come sia elastico nell'interpretazione... meravigliosa
jordanviach 2 years ago 2
stupendo lui è un mito che interpretazione
MyMichele94 2 years ago
velly gute
einstein289 2 years ago
La sonoridad que consiguió sacar a la guitarra nadie ha podido conseguirla jamás.Tímbricamente es único.
No me veo capacitado para criticar su extremo academicismo.
paradoxicus 2 years ago
Master of Master.
YoGroucho 2 years ago
No hay duda de que fué el mejor,sobre todo el que mejor sonido consiguió de la guitarra
xerardogomezgomez 2 years ago
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god this is soo slow
has no heart no feeling no pasion
Satch6strings 2 years ago
are you serious? look at him Mr Segovia was in his 80's at the time for christs sake and probably still played better than you you fucking muppet
hammerofgod85 2 years ago 3
@hammerofgod85
sorry
i know that he was a master of masters
but this piece in particulary i don't like it
but in other pieces he plays like nobody
Satch6strings 2 years ago
please excuse my horrid lexicon in my previous statement...Gentleman Jack gets in the bloodstream and god know what'll happen. forvgive me, but i think the lack of feeling is due to arthritis and not lack of heart
hammerofgod85 2 years ago
@hammerofgod85
ok don't worry man
Satch6strings 2 years ago
@hammerofgod85
wtf he has arthritis??
Satch6strings 2 years ago
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This Piece is one of the most difficult to play, next to Recquerdos de la Alhambra. And as horrible as his right hand technique is (see 1:08-1:39), he did a great job at it. But I would not call him a "Master of Masters"..ever. He was a good musician, but not even in the top 10 of great classical guitarists. If you want to see a true Master of the guitar technique, look up Pepe Romero. He has IMPECCABLE technique. As a guitar instructor, I would only hope to play as perfectly a he can.
chasecamtx 2 years ago
Segovia Not in Top 10. ur an Idiot. He's the Greatest EVER. Was. RIP. Can u play like him. Doubt it.
13dolphins13 1 year ago 7
I think you are stupid if you don't know Segovia. Segovia was the master of some of the current top 10, idiot!!
Avieno 1 year ago
Segovia is the Greatest of All Time. Anyone who disagrees is a knows shit about music.
13dolphins13 1 year ago
Andres Sogovia is not only one of the top ten cassical guitar players, maybe in the top 3 or 2.
intave 1 year ago
His right hand technique is not horrible, its unique, which is the reason why his skill and tone is superior to all other guitarists. The only reason you do not see this technique used by other guitarists is that it is so difficult to reproduce and to do it well.
sarngiber 1 year ago
yes X 1 million!!!
sleazebee 2 years ago
en tres segundos - la diferencia
davidgee100 2 years ago
Genial!!!!!
lmrs2 2 years ago
Strepitoso come sempre.
Dreamdek 2 years ago 2
amazing, that's how you play a song that everybody thinks it's to be played fast and loud, but it's so... sensitive?
sorry about my english, chilean,
t6t6 2 years ago
Amen.
aenigmate 2 years ago
u assholle... fu
D4v1ddd 2 years ago
seems that the melody through the whole intro in the bass strings acts mostly as a pedal melody to enhance the changing of texture of the high strings. The bass melody changes its playing to another sets of strings only to give room for more textures of the high strings.
soulmony 2 years ago
Muuuuy Bieeeen!:D
ZeldaSatisarah 2 years ago
Marvellous!!!!!! Perla.
perla51 2 years ago
Can you provide some information about this video: Recording location, date, original video source, etc.
Is this available on some DVD? Which one? Thanks!
restyrrr 2 years ago
The best of ever!
mhac1986 2 years ago 15
YES MASTER!
handymikeforever 2 years ago 4
Who'z your daddy!
cyberdrac 2 years ago
is the name of this song albeniz?
Terrorhuyg 2 years ago
no isaac albeniz is the composer
it's titled Asturias (Leyenda - Legend)
guitarrista321 2 years ago
no its asturias
danielarroyo06 2 years ago
Awesome song by an awesome man !!
Joshyi18 2 years ago
jeje, más respeto por el maestro...
nico22059 2 years ago 2
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daragaiamaia 2 years ago
lol you guys are saying when he made a mistake. Look how old he is. Is he in his prime? Crap did they even have TV when he was in his prime? lol. Segovia is the master. All others are measured by him.
rmrooster01 2 years ago 6
Gangly1
I agree with you,But this piece is Spanish,and it fits segovia better.
Svenskamen 2 years ago
Viva Narcizo Yepes
ese hombre si que vale oro
que pena que ya no este en la tierra
guitarclasic4693 2 years ago
Segovia es un gigante y eso que no soy español y tampoco músico. Este hombre no toca como los demás..HACE música-los que lo critican...más humildad. La verdadera música sale del alma y pocos lo consiguen, a pesar de su técnica quizás perfecta.Saludos de Italia
arjunel 2 years ago 3
I think it is interpreted better by Williams, Bream, Parkening...etc. But let us not forget that, but for Segovia, this piece would not even be in their repertoire. Indeed, without him, there would not be a repertoire worthy of the instrument surviving to this day. He made people re-visit the guitar. Composers and players alike.
Gangly1 2 years ago 4
andres segovia fue el pionero en la guitarra clasica gracias a el la guitarra clasica llego a las salas de concierto. la guitarra a evolucionado y ahorita existen guitarrista de un nivel superior. pero no serian nada sin el aporte que dio este gran maestro
guitarflamencove 2 years ago
he was good and maybe great at his time but there are players now who are in a different league!!
vinnothelizard 2 years ago
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daragaiamaia 2 years ago
You're wrong. He wasn't the faster (see Williams or Vidovic) but he played with the heart. No one has played guitar so well since then.
kais72 2 years ago 51
It seems to me like Segovia turned these works into a personal truth, he made them his, whereas Williams seems to just play the notes (exceptionally well, I might add)
DedyPhlincke 2 years ago
remember when segovia said that to his face lol. "The guitar is not a flat instrument".
ravenrage07 2 years ago
In my opinion, Jose Felliciano plays with the heart better. He might not be a better guitarist than Segovia, but Felliciano has to play well with the heart, he cant see the strings!
rmrooster01 2 years ago
@kais72 Well I Dont Agree; sorry for me he was one of the best; but no the best, at least for my Ears; its my opinion; I preffer to hear Mr Julian Bream and Ana Vidovic...greetings
egv64 1 year ago
@kais72
No one? See Filomena Moretti...
ezekielwahwah 1 year ago
@kais72 yeah i think vivodic makes it sound like ass
or any one who plays its unreasonably fast it completely ruins the melody of the piece in my oppinion
joelakastud123 11 months ago
@kais72 Ur right!!! 100% He's playing with all his fillings....
rrrembooo 10 months ago
Good playing. but I think he made a mistake at 1:40 . listen well and you will notice it. Bad for Segovia.
lebaneso 2 years ago
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daragaiamaia 2 years ago
Preciosa .. de rabiar
MartynInEurope 3 years ago
tiene los dedos muy gordos.
carlox90 3 years ago
Cerrá el orto pedazo de bobo. Segovia es uno de los mas grandes concertistas de la historia de la guitarra y vos salis diciendo esa burrada de que "tiene los dedos muy gordos".
Para la próxima vez, pensá muy bien lo que vas a escribir.
Saludos
GuardNine 3 years ago
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carlox90 3 years ago
perdon si t ofendi.. quise desir q tiene los dedos un poco rellenitos... segovia es d los más grandes..., también sus dedos. bss
carlox90 3 years ago
Y tu la boca muy grande
kais72 2 years ago
preciosa obra. saludos
maitanecantautora 3 years ago
i use to love playing guitar till I heard him!! no longer I want but to learn him and listen and drink this amazing.
dahab1000 3 years ago 2
le thème de cette mélodie est visiblement construit sur la gamme pentatonique, du moins
l'introduction. Et cette même introduction a était reprise par le groupe the doors dans leur morceau "spanich caravane"....
calvingradchild 3 years ago
Ferdice...Tu fanatismo por barrios,te hace ser injusto con Segovia...No es verdad que lo superara en la ejecución...Son cosas diferentes...Técnicamente es posible que Barrios fuera superior...No así en la interpretación...Nadie tocó jamás como Segovia...Asi que mi consejo es que disfrutes de los dos...Puedes escuchar a Barrios por los mejores guitarristas del mundo,YEPES,WILLIAMS,RUSSELL,BARRUECO,PEPE ROMERO,YAMASIHTA ect.ect...A mi tambien me hubiese gustado escuchar a Barrios por Segovia.
narciso12345 3 years ago
Segovia tocaba muy bonito no se niega, pero fue un egoista total con barrios mangore y eso porque barrios lo superaba facilmente en la ejecucion de las obras. Como prueba del egoismo un boton: busquen por internet una obra de barrios tocada por Segovia. Creo que no la encontraran.
ferdice 3 years ago
SUPERB, 1950?
faridjabba 3 years ago
I'm not a classical guitarist, it's just a hobby. Yet, I have a feeling I'll play better than Segovia one day. It's funny.
wayne763 3 years ago
You're either an idiot or have a keen sense of sarcasm. My guess is the latter.
sparedevil 3 years ago 4
you're right it is funny! I think if that happened, hell would LITERALLY freeze over. Segovia played all the time to get where he did.
thejugglenaut91 3 years ago
And one question:
How does he do the sound at about 2:05?
turkishbalik50 3 years ago
These seams to be natural harmonics. They are at bars 5, 7, 12 and 19. Actually there is on bar 3 too, but it's so week that is hardly used. I think there was at 23 also.
Anyway, you just put your finger on the string on the given bar, you play the string and quickly remove your finger. You can actually leave it there, but the it get's loader if you remove it.
Sogartar 3 years ago
No they are fretted notes. Just staccatoed.
gjmvi 3 years ago
Well, it sounds like light palm muting.
cliffanlover 2 years ago
My english is bad so i'm sry :D
I haven't hear him ever in my life. I would hear him so much, because he is the best guitarist in the world. I'm so sad, that i couldn't hear him live.
Andres Segovia is a god O.o
turkishbalik50 3 years ago
I'm learning this song.
Glob4L79ath 3 years ago
Qué grande!!!con la guitarra de 12 cuerdas!!!!
almaspirit 3 years ago
Although I show nothing but respect to an artist like Segovia, I have to say that in my point of view this performance isn't good at all. And certainly not as good as you say it is.
SLRSTIV 3 years ago
Do you mean to say you do not like it? If so that is just a matter of taste and opinion, perfectly fine.
Because to say something that Segovia plays is NOT GOOD AT ALL you must:
A. AT LEAST be John Williams. But wait, John Williams was Segovia's student.
B. Deaf and dumb
C. Try to impress people whom have no understanding of music.
D. Trying to annoy someone.
This performance is like watching the mercury fountain in Fundació Joan Miró >>>> watch?v=B1FnF5zUPEE
hellois5letters 3 years ago 2
I think you're wrong. There is no good and bad when it comes to things like these. It's personal opinion. Personally, I prefer Ana Vidovics performance of this. Now I guess that means I'm just a dumb little bastard doesn't it? Well prove you're right and I'm wrong. You can't. It's music. Quit your bitching and enjoy the music for fucks sake.
gjmvi 3 years ago 3
Are you sure you are replying to my comment?
hellois5letters 3 years ago
I have to admit, this is probably one of his best performances. Some people say that he usually goes faster but the point of the song isn't to go fast, it's to show skill and for people to enjoy music.
DeadRavem 3 years ago
i had lucia sanchez as my classical guitar teacher for a while...she was one of segovias student. she was playing with him at the same time as williams. hehe.cool.
hrfavo 3 years ago
John Williams called Segovia a limited musician but I cannot see where he is comming from. Mayeb Williams is so many levels about us he sees something we don't, but as Joe Public I have to say that Segovia has so much more soul and feel in his playing than Williams. That being said Williams is wonderful and is current 2nd only to Bream.
aleeNL 3 years ago 2
damn! can't describe how good this is!
hotrowdypiper 3 years ago
there are guitar players, then there are good guitar players, then there are waesome guitar players, then for a long time comes nothing and above all that there is andres segovia
iatocaun 3 years ago
Kasparov said of Kramnik that ''There are many players, but they don't play chess -- they move pieces, Kramnik plays chess''
The are many guitarists playing many perfect notes who don't make music. This man makes music.
kraftmclean 4 years ago 7
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this man is dead
cimidiver 4 years ago
he'll never die!
hotrowdypiper 3 years ago 3
Marvelous, Stunning, Amazing, splendid, fabulous, excellent, spectacular, amazing, wonderful, and most of all Awe-inspiring.
symsyn 4 years ago 3
wow
6DyerMaker9 4 years ago 3
its fantastic
aglaminor 4 years ago 3