First of all: Marvellous upload! Seing his right hand likeit´s filmed here is rare, and really helps out a lot in figuring out how he gets that heavenly tone.
I think andres created/converted from other interments, most the classic guitar pieces that get played even today. before him I think there were not really any songs for classical guitar
@vaibanez17 will do, I was just going on what my dads told me as he is a big fan of andres sagovia and plays alot of his stuff on guitar. My fav in the classical/jazz genre is django Reinhardt
I was fortunate to have seen Maestro Segovia live in Philadelphia and was seated maybe fifty feet away from him. I felt as if I was witnessing what the guitar would sound like if God himself played it. There are many in this genre who rival him, but there was only one Maestro Segovia.
GRACIAS MAESTRO SEGOVIA POR LA MUSICA DE GUITARRA QUE NOS DEJASTE, NADIE TOCA LA GUITARRA COMO TU, QUE NI MAESTRO DE MUSICA TUVISTE, TU FUISTE TU PROPIO MAESTRO, ERES UNICO!!!!!!
He was calling his sound as ''cello'', this perticular effect he was making, alike tremolo with strings on the guitar (or Cantabilé ?), was really proper to his style and unique !
Segovia is the master, period. Everything he ever did transcends time and space. The notes leaving his fingers exist in the world as vibrant energy and if I can ever just capture 1/1,000,000th of that energy, I will consider myself a success.
I've not heard accent trills that delicate in other players. His dynamic and phrasing are very gentle and enveloping drawing you into the music without being sappy. Wonderful to listen to.
As a guitarist for many years, who plays these pieces more or less as accurately as Segovia does, I doff him my cap. Accuracy is not the goal. If I could do what this man does so well: reach above the music--through the clouds of notes!--and touch another soul! Lead another heart to the enchanting garden Bach made for it...
To live in...To love in. To understand not another's words but another's feelings. ...To rest your palm on another's heart and feel him breath!
he does such a good job on 5:12 to 5:15! its the only version on any instrument live or recorded that ive heard someone nail that line! and the son of a bitch is like a hundred and it sounds like a carbon copy of when he was 30!
I've heard some great versions of this on Youtube and fair play to all you lovely people, you play SO much better than I ever can or could. But this has to be, for me, the definitive version of the gavotte. Segovia had such wonderful phrasing and such beautiful timing that this will, without doubt, remain my favourite rendition for a long time to come. Feel free to disagree, you're perfectly entitled!!
does anyone know where i can find a tablature of Segovia's own rendition of the sarabande? (or less preferably the gavotte) if anyone can help me please let me know. thank you
my god ive always heard of this guy but wow. ive been playing thirteen years and have some formal training and all but this is on a level i don't know i can achieve. I learned as a rock school guy but have grown tired of traditional rock patterens. this is what i need to breathe fresh air into my musical life. im ready for this.
Listening to Segovia play this so beautifully, it reminds me of one thing, that is a lovely image of my wife getting dressed in the morning. She was a stunner, long black hair with curls. Her sound, as radiant as this performance by the Maestro.
It is hard to contemplate something so beautiful, but here listening is as good as it gets, Thank you Maestro.
There are a few classical guitar players who, being excellent, are not Spanish. Anyway, all of them have learned from this incomparable master Andrés Segovia.
I studied with Jerry Willard, student of Sophocles Pappas, student of Segovia. He didn't play perfectly but he had the fire. People cry when they hear me play Flamenco guitar in France. I am very measured and not wild, but can I do a Farucca! Come hear. Love you for putting this up. Thank you. The fire lives on.
The sad thing is modern guitarists today who barely can crack out a power chord and when they do they stick to the common I, vi, V, pattern probably make geniuses like Segovia turn in his grave.
andres segovia just the best he plays and feels the music compare "asturias" of ana vidovic jhon williams and segovia and youll find segovia the best version beeing the same song
Right you are AskSocrateNow and MarquisEstelle: Segovia solidified the guitarist as artist: he brings aspects of composing to his play: interpretation. That is the artistic license of the soloist virtuoso. Most composer appreciate this just as musicians/ composers appreciate those who dance to their music. -- Still, I appreciate Roger Norrington's strict adherence to the tempo marks and other element settings in Beethoven works.
Simplemente una belleza. Cuando la vida parece abrumarnos con tanta frivolidad escucho algo como esto y siento un aliento, me hace ver que las cosas más importantes son las mas sencillas. El poder escuchar una pieza musical es de los mayores regalos que hemos recibido de la naturaleza., a veces olvidamos encontrar placer en aquellas cosas que nos son dadas.
@GiveMeMoreVids My father was a fatman also, and had a very similar tone, wich made me envy him, because I player a lot better but had not the same tone. Of course having fat fingers does not mean you´re going to make the right pauses, give best interpretation as Segovia gives, but should make us think about the importance of position and structure of the hand, as a pick is important to the electric guitar player. Only that.
Segovia is so good, that even on youtube, you can understand how genious he was on dealing with pauses, with interpretation also transcription. The regular transcription is player on other frets, wich completely loses the intial orchestration. You can see on youtube the same music being played rvrn with better sound quality, and note how Segovia stands in a Olympus higher than higher than higher even if it´s a crappy youtube sound quality.
Am used to listening to this on the violin,but I have to say it works pretty well on the guitar too,like most other works Bach wrote for the violin.Elegant rendition by Segovia,as always!
Wow completely Stunned !!! Even in his students, Williams for example, you can see great technique, but the way he plays with your emotions, you instantly know it's the great virtuoso Andres Segovia !
i love his playing even thouth i cannot play classical never tried it i just stum me guitar which i could learn! but i get the feeling that he is playing little bars that has to be leared first second ect then the whole peace comes all together to make that masterful peace. thank you .
The"highest rated comment" puzzles me.Supposing it were indeed true that the current popularity of classical guitar is attributable to Segovia ,why on earth would it follow that criticism of his technique should be reserved only for"those with the requisite capability"?
I agree with Unpromoted. There are many wonderful technicians out there. They have learned well every technicality of the instrument, and playing technique too, but they will never be even half decent musicians. Why? Because the emphasis is on the word MUSIC. The musicality of Segovia's playing is the reason for his greatness, not just his knowledge. Music is a language. Unless we use language to express ourselves, it will be of limited benefit to us.
I am a professional guitarist. I love classical guitar, and because I know about this wonderful instrument.......I should say you, lovely people, like Segovia nothing... The best: in sound, dynamic, technique, repertoty, tradition...and many more...remember folk....He learned himself and put the guitar on the top levels, as any instrument for orchestra. Thanks MASTER S E G O V I A. =)
@cihad2003 he recorded Fantasia para un Gentil Hombre by Rodrigo, Concerto in D by Tedesco and Concierto del Sur by Ponce... maybe more, I've only heard these ones
I'm so tired of all the retards whom link a timing on Bach works ... wake up douchebags ... there wasn't a metronome on Bach's days and Bach himself never "closed" his works on the interpretation field because he loved music. And commenting such a personality as Segovia when you didn't achieve his place in music history denote lack of respect and culture.
Segovia's timing was always perceived to be "off." He was not mastering a metronome he was listening to his heartbeat!
The love that surrounded him and his guitar is to be lived with and interpreted from now on; NOT studied, argued over and used to separate people from each other.
@Unpromoted I completely agree,music should be played to please the hearing and touch your or someones heart and that will not happen with an mathematical aproach. It is also more pleasing in certain situations to hear notes slightly out of phase...vibrato..
Segovia is profoundly influential that if he had not been, the classical guitar would likely be nowhere close to where it is today. To critcize him on grounds of technique is ridiculous, and only those with requisite capability could rightfully do so. If there were no Segovia there would lkely be no Williams, Bream, etc. because of his tireless efforts. His transcriptions of Bach stand alone as unique and legitimate artistic accomplishments. Segovia is highly significant in music history.
Keep in mind that in this vid, Segovia was very old, and past his prime. His recordings at a younger age are of better quality and if you give it a listen, soon you'll understand how he deserves his status of Guitar God.
well you have to understand Noahsyc that its not how fast he plays or how he interprets the song. he is very classically trained and when you play classical your strings can not squeak, slide, and your fingering must be exactly as the music says to play it as well as the chords. it cant be just the easiest way to play it.
Sure, every statement is only an opinion, but I find it hard to understand your argument when you claim that Segovia is the greatest modern classical guitarist of all time or the twentieth century when his playing is compared to John Williams, or Julian Bream, or Pepe Romero. When I listen to these guitarists, regardless of the recording quality, the fluency of Segovias playing and interpretations simply dont stand up. Sorry....
If he had smaller fingers would he have been as vocal about the necessity of using nails. He really had beefy hands. Surely good for dominating high-rise strings with the left hand (compared to steel), but maybe some of the guys who played flesh were able to fit between the strings better with little-er fingers.
I hope with practice to become even just a fraction of a percent as good as he was. He is definatly playing his beautiful music for God in heaven. God bless! Pax+
I admire Segovia greatly but the recordings like this one made towards the end of his life often disappoint. To find out how good he really was listen to some of his earlier like the Cachonne posted by aimson.
Es sin duda el Maestro con Mayúscula, muy pero que muy grande. Puede haber muy buenos guitarristas pero superar al maestro Segovia se me antoja casi imposible. En todas las cosas solo uno es el mejor, por desgracia hace tiempo que nos dejo, pero que legado madre mía.
Yo en estos casos no puedo asegurar y decir que el maestro Segovia es o fué el mejor, no son carreras ni competencias, creo que simplemente su interpretación refleja los años de dedicación y perfeccionamiento de la técnica y el alma del músico.
El escucharlo me arrebata, me sublima y creo que de eso se trata.
The performance we just witnessed is what music is all about. J.S. Bach is surely smiling in his grave after this treat for the ears.
Segovia is one of those rare birds who can use a simple guitar to play with one's emotions. He is able to make us laugh, love, cry, and long for more.
Thank you, Mr. Segovia, for the performance, and thank you, kohjeong, for the upload.
@AskSocratesNow its not that bach is smilling but he can "truly" rest in peace.
without bach i dont think i would enjoy life as much being a cellist. we all need to be more appreciative towards these classical artists and really anticipate what Bach did and could do for us. thats what you call a "true" human masterpiece.
First of all: Marvellous upload! Seing his right hand likeit´s filmed here is rare, and really helps out a lot in figuring out how he gets that heavenly tone.
But: Violin Sonata BWV996? It´s a lute suite. :-)
TheNewThink 1 week ago
Dat shii cray
JohnsonWitticker 1 week ago
How the hell he uses the pauses and tone so well ?
TubeSpoker 2 weeks ago
And I still can't help but wonder how those catcher's mitts of his could be so surgically delicate...
dr0berts 3 weeks ago
Love him on Spanish music..but Bach? No.
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DealMartClassical 1 month ago
There was never a musician like Bach before him, and there never has been since.
sageSPH 2 months ago 3
I think andres created/converted from other interments, most the classic guitar pieces that get played even today. before him I think there were not really any songs for classical guitar
rkroemer 3 months ago
@rkroemer Dionisio Aguado was doing classical guitar in the 1800s. Look him up.
vaibanez17 3 months ago
@vaibanez17 will do, I was just going on what my dads told me as he is a big fan of andres sagovia and plays alot of his stuff on guitar. My fav in the classical/jazz genre is django Reinhardt
rkroemer 2 months ago
5:16 No hay palabras para descirbirlo. Genio Andrés Segovia.
Santisguitar 3 months ago
@pinballwiz we're behind ya! blast that guitar.
amplimax 3 months ago
got to see him in the late 80s at memphis st....aka..university of memphis
ribeye41 4 months ago
Segovia y Mangoré, lo máximo
luis1261 5 months ago
i had the chance to see Segovia live. What a treat! Thanks for posting this.
Umlatta 5 months ago
Irrepetible interpretación del gran maestro Segovia bravo
segovia414 6 months ago
i love classical guitar master. Tonyong Bayawak
tonyongbayawak100 6 months ago
That was the most beautiful rendition of Gavotte En Rondeau I've ever heard! Andres Segovia was truly a master of his chosen craft!
6672rock 6 months ago
4:58 - 5:04, omg I LOVE IT
FloydFux 6 months ago
@pinballwiz13
Be careful; you might cause people to think outside the box and their heads might implode.
DrMarianus 7 months ago 15
? why wasn't playing one same suite ??
Pikangu 7 months ago
@Pikangu good question. He had the tendency of being a miniaturist. Almost never a long piece was being played by him
paulgiamb 4 months ago
It would have been an honor to me to be just a little particle of dirt in your fingernails Maestro Segovia.
guweck 7 months ago 2
@pinballwiz13 love it! i remember one time getting a noise complaint for playing a Mahler symphony full blast....the nerve of some people, right??
fledgehog 7 months ago 2
Es impresionante como le da todo el protagonismo y el sentido a las canciones.
Es un maestro irrepetible .
marcelopull 7 months ago
quero ser assim também. segovia e villa os dois são esplêndidos
jonhguitarra 8 months ago
Those who disliked this video: do us a favor and tell why...
theboredguitarist 8 months ago
He was "THE BEST"
USoeyadi 8 months ago
I was fortunate to have seen Maestro Segovia live in Philadelphia and was seated maybe fifty feet away from him. I felt as if I was witnessing what the guitar would sound like if God himself played it. There are many in this genre who rival him, but there was only one Maestro Segovia.
56captvideo 8 months ago
there will never be another like him ,,wonderful still inspires me today as he did 25 yeas ago .
richardtaylorguitar 8 months ago
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pinballwiz13 8 months ago
2:23 Best part !
HabDKVideos 9 months ago
I weep for this generation. Recently I heard my 8 year old brother exclaim with confidence that "Slash is the greatest guitar player ever!".
I facepalmed, to say the least.
daveythebro 9 months ago
where can i find the sheet music for the sarabande?
yuepon13 9 months ago
stunning
1dillontaylor 9 months ago
2:51 - 3:05. . . how ..how can something sound so amazing..how....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Skyscraper125 10 months ago
Segovia is eternal
ricardobressan 10 months ago
he looks like the K.F.C guy! haha great music! :)
TomoTheGuitarMan 11 months ago
so beautiful music, thank you!
serenitydttt 11 months ago
Always got a soft spot for non electric guitars.
Whatever4690 11 months ago
GRACIAS MAESTRO SEGOVIA POR LA MUSICA DE GUITARRA QUE NOS DEJASTE, NADIE TOCA LA GUITARRA COMO TU, QUE NI MAESTRO DE MUSICA TUVISTE, TU FUISTE TU PROPIO MAESTRO, ERES UNICO!!!!!!
ALFONSOJON 11 months ago
He was calling his sound as ''cello'', this perticular effect he was making, alike tremolo with strings on the guitar (or Cantabilé ?), was really proper to his style and unique !
Sylvain894 11 months ago
Segovia is the master, period. Everything he ever did transcends time and space. The notes leaving his fingers exist in the world as vibrant energy and if I can ever just capture 1/1,000,000th of that energy, I will consider myself a success.
vaibanez17 11 months ago 2
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brandur81 11 months ago
ritchie blackmore has copied loads of his staff...
MegaAvenger2010 11 months ago
I've not heard accent trills that delicate in other players. His dynamic and phrasing are very gentle and enveloping drawing you into the music without being sappy. Wonderful to listen to.
lohphat 11 months ago
As a guitarist for many years, who plays these pieces more or less as accurately as Segovia does, I doff him my cap. Accuracy is not the goal. If I could do what this man does so well: reach above the music--through the clouds of notes!--and touch another soul! Lead another heart to the enchanting garden Bach made for it...
To live in...To love in. To understand not another's words but another's feelings. ...To rest your palm on another's heart and feel him breath!
ariabrams 11 months ago 3
Oh,so thats how Chuck No...you know what,he doesn't deserve to be in the same joke as Segovia. I have no words...
n1k0lakv 11 months ago
I can't believe hands as big as his can play so beautifully.
2royplayer 1 year ago
where can I get gavotte en rondeau score?
ipoodaily 1 year ago
master segovia just thinks real hard and the music comes out
yuepon13 1 year ago
@yuepon13 he didnt make this. he transcribed it
ipoodaily 1 year ago
@ipoodaily
i know, duh of course, im just saying he has lots of skill
yuepon13 1 year ago
I got chills listening to this master of the guitar. ¡Andrés Segovia, como te admiro y te envidio!
darthmatt527 1 year ago
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tengo una de sus 100 guitarras echas a mano por el e_e
humanoidloveth 1 year ago
tengo una de sus 100 guitarras echas a mano por el ê_e
humanoidloveth 1 year ago
@humanoidloveth No sabía que Segovia fuese luthier.
ealiagac 1 year ago
hahaha I'm such an idiot!! when he finished I started clapping, it was unvolunteir.... lol
josemontenegro777 1 year ago 3
he does such a good job on 5:12 to 5:15! its the only version on any instrument live or recorded that ive heard someone nail that line! and the son of a bitch is like a hundred and it sounds like a carbon copy of when he was 30!
ErikStephenGilgen 1 year ago
He is the greatest performer I think.
nabtabytb 1 year ago
The Masters guitar sings.
UFOLOVETOLOVE 1 year ago
and when im happy my music sounds like this :D
trevatrevs 1 year ago
I've heard some great versions of this on Youtube and fair play to all you lovely people, you play SO much better than I ever can or could. But this has to be, for me, the definitive version of the gavotte. Segovia had such wonderful phrasing and such beautiful timing that this will, without doubt, remain my favourite rendition for a long time to come. Feel free to disagree, you're perfectly entitled!!
telboy1966manu 1 year ago
does anyone know where i can find a tablature of Segovia's own rendition of the sarabande? (or less preferably the gavotte) if anyone can help me please let me know. thank you
playinenglish 1 year ago
my god ive always heard of this guy but wow. ive been playing thirteen years and have some formal training and all but this is on a level i don't know i can achieve. I learned as a rock school guy but have grown tired of traditional rock patterens. this is what i need to breathe fresh air into my musical life. im ready for this.
bwilljt 1 year ago
Listening to Segovia play this so beautifully, it reminds me of one thing, that is a lovely image of my wife getting dressed in the morning. She was a stunner, long black hair with curls. Her sound, as radiant as this performance by the Maestro.
It is hard to contemplate something so beautiful, but here listening is as good as it gets, Thank you Maestro.
Interview1998 1 year ago 2
Anyone know the brand of strings he used ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
DESIGNATOR1030 1 year ago
sublime
Sibarit1973 1 year ago
where is the 1 million stars button?
parakeethands 1 year ago
ahh i like gavotte on guitarr
Amarynthine 1 year ago
There are a few classical guitar players who, being excellent, are not Spanish. Anyway, all of them have learned from this incomparable master Andrés Segovia.
MrPsychopompos 1 year ago
colonel sanders plays a mean axe.
dkfaust 1 year ago
I studied with Jerry Willard, student of Sophocles Pappas, student of Segovia. He didn't play perfectly but he had the fire. People cry when they hear me play Flamenco guitar in France. I am very measured and not wild, but can I do a Farucca! Come hear. Love you for putting this up. Thank you. The fire lives on.
CuteCatFaith 1 year ago
The sad thing is modern guitarists today who barely can crack out a power chord and when they do they stick to the common I, vi, V, pattern probably make geniuses like Segovia turn in his grave.
daveythebro 1 year ago
Jedi guitar Master ;-)
TacomaPaul 1 year ago 2
How easy it seems.......for him!
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onlinelondon 1 year ago
i think its cool cause my last name is segovia :)
cpturtle1 1 year ago
@cpturtle1 marry me?
hihowareyou22 1 year ago
@cpturtle1
really? you've got guitar skillz to? or not :(
yuepon13 1 year ago
@yuepon13 lol no i was just looking up my name and i found some vids like these but i want to get into guitar now :)
cpturtle1 1 year ago
andres segovia just the best he plays and feels the music compare "asturias" of ana vidovic jhon williams and segovia and youll find segovia the best version beeing the same song
barquirion 1 year ago
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LOL OLD MAN GO BACK TO COOKIN KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN YOU FAT TWAT!
HeraclitusX 1 year ago
@HeraclitusX
meco...
metanhgel 1 year ago
this man is why i took up guitar. i was born 98 years after he was and he still inspires my generation and those to come
smegman0508 1 year ago
hmm master, god bless
saggoh 1 year ago
what a BAMF!
DoctorSomeone 1 year ago
Right you are AskSocrateNow and MarquisEstelle: Segovia solidified the guitarist as artist: he brings aspects of composing to his play: interpretation. That is the artistic license of the soloist virtuoso. Most composer appreciate this just as musicians/ composers appreciate those who dance to their music. -- Still, I appreciate Roger Norrington's strict adherence to the tempo marks and other element settings in Beethoven works.
davidfaubion 1 year ago
last of the greatest spanish classical guitarist.
BOGZASV8MA 1 year ago
Simplemente una belleza. Cuando la vida parece abrumarnos con tanta frivolidad escucho algo como esto y siento un aliento, me hace ver que las cosas más importantes son las mas sencillas. El poder escuchar una pieza musical es de los mayores regalos que hemos recibido de la naturaleza., a veces olvidamos encontrar placer en aquellas cosas que nos son dadas.
RevInt1 1 year ago
amazing.!
berakkuda127 1 year ago
I had the honor of watching Mr. Segovia perform in person. Mesmerizing!
jsbach15 1 year ago
@GiveMeMoreVids My father was a fatman also, and had a very similar tone, wich made me envy him, because I player a lot better but had not the same tone. Of course having fat fingers does not mean you´re going to make the right pauses, give best interpretation as Segovia gives, but should make us think about the importance of position and structure of the hand, as a pick is important to the electric guitar player. Only that.
TubeSpoker 1 year ago
Segovia is so good, that even on youtube, you can understand how genious he was on dealing with pauses, with interpretation also transcription. The regular transcription is player on other frets, wich completely loses the intial orchestration. You can see on youtube the same music being played rvrn with better sound quality, and note how Segovia stands in a Olympus higher than higher than higher even if it´s a crappy youtube sound quality.
TubeSpoker 1 year ago
He must be using some kind of an aimbot.
ral008 1 year ago
how do you dislike Andres Segovia?!?!
wafflesguitarpie 1 year ago
His fingers look like they are deformed, put down the guitar man!
ATtTheGates 1 year ago
Bei Segovia sieht es so leicht aus!
cgnieder 1 year ago
amazing
itsmyisliand 1 year ago
honestly this recording is so shitty that you can't even whether this is a good execution. I can't even listen to this crap.
paperchasin23 1 year ago
@paperchasin23 You know you're right. I can't even whether this is a good....wut?
barnickd 1 year ago
SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY!
Samoriah 1 year ago 10
he spoke through his guitar
old age teaches
a great granddaddy
backwoodsgps 1 year ago
this man got most feeling than anyone in his playing. he's the guitar prophet from the skies
guitarismysword1 1 year ago
There he is...the Master. We are lucky as guitar players that we have access to video like this. We have Segovia to inspire us whenever we click.
jgslinger 1 year ago 29
how come theres no good recordings of segovia?
jeff551z 1 year ago
@jeff551z
No good recordings? Unless I really don't know what I'm talking about, there are plenty. I have a lot on vinyl.
alibabarhum 1 year ago
I know how to play both songs on the piano no lie :)
Tiikerivauva 1 year ago
require cloning
andreagiacalone 1 year ago
Um genio !!!
mymrcm 1 year ago
Bravo Maestro! Nobody can't produce sauch a beatiful sound, but Maestro Segovia.
Amazing.
Tesla2531961 1 year ago
Это нечто волшебное!!!!!
MsBarrou 1 year ago
love the song
urmumskindahot 1 year ago
Hahahahaha ay to mwheme !
YadQurbany 1 year ago
Am used to listening to this on the violin,but I have to say it works pretty well on the guitar too,like most other works Bach wrote for the violin.Elegant rendition by Segovia,as always!
HeifetzRanew 1 year ago
Wow completely Stunned !!! Even in his students, Williams for example, you can see great technique, but the way he plays with your emotions, you instantly know it's the great virtuoso Andres Segovia !
YadQurbany 1 year ago
@YadQurbany I would know this is your comment even if your name wasn't on it!
HeifetzRanew 1 year ago
bach sounds much better on the gutiar,
abby161919 1 year ago
@abby161919 Bach sounds much better on anything.
MarquisEstelle 1 year ago
el mejor ejemplo a seguir
carolaabc2010 1 year ago
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Oply1389 1 year ago
Andress Segovia Is "The God Of The Guitar"
caballoenojado 1 year ago 5
i love his playing even thouth i cannot play classical never tried it i just stum me guitar which i could learn! but i get the feeling that he is playing little bars that has to be leared first second ect then the whole peace comes all together to make that masterful peace. thank you .
JulioMaduro 1 year ago
The"highest rated comment" puzzles me.Supposing it were indeed true that the current popularity of classical guitar is attributable to Segovia ,why on earth would it follow that criticism of his technique should be reserved only for"those with the requisite capability"?
noazarkle 1 year ago
are his hands just big or are those same damn thin strings
flipperboy 1 year ago
@flipperboy his hands are actually quite small, with very short fingers.
synkronyk 1 year ago
Beautyful!!!!! it's going to my favourite<3
WiolinowySen 1 year ago
Awesome, Mesmerizing Feeling!
sampy3585 1 year ago
master sgovia ole'
saynomoreification 1 year ago
I agree with Unpromoted. There are many wonderful technicians out there. They have learned well every technicality of the instrument, and playing technique too, but they will never be even half decent musicians. Why? Because the emphasis is on the word MUSIC. The musicality of Segovia's playing is the reason for his greatness, not just his knowledge. Music is a language. Unless we use language to express ourselves, it will be of limited benefit to us.
EvagriusPonticus 1 year ago
I am a professional guitarist. I love classical guitar, and because I know about this wonderful instrument.......I should say you, lovely people, like Segovia nothing... The best: in sound, dynamic, technique, repertoty, tradition...and many more...remember folk....He learned himself and put the guitar on the top levels, as any instrument for orchestra. Thanks MASTER S E G O V I A. =)
bachgod 1 year ago 28
@bachgod
did he ever played in a orchestra?
cihad2003 1 year ago
@cihad2003 he recorded Fantasia para un Gentil Hombre by Rodrigo, Concerto in D by Tedesco and Concierto del Sur by Ponce... maybe more, I've only heard these ones
rpaguayc 1 year ago
arpeggios on the polyphony? it's a rare syle
usuariomamon 1 year ago
I'm so tired of all the retards whom link a timing on Bach works ... wake up douchebags ... there wasn't a metronome on Bach's days and Bach himself never "closed" his works on the interpretation field because he loved music. And commenting such a personality as Segovia when you didn't achieve his place in music history denote lack of respect and culture.
gothiq 1 year ago 4
Segovia's timing was always perceived to be "off." He was not mastering a metronome he was listening to his heartbeat!
The love that surrounded him and his guitar is to be lived with and interpreted from now on; NOT studied, argued over and used to separate people from each other.
Unpromoted 1 year ago 5
@Unpromoted I completely agree,music should be played to please the hearing and touch your or someones heart and that will not happen with an mathematical aproach. It is also more pleasing in certain situations to hear notes slightly out of phase...vibrato..
Za7a7aZ 1 year ago
If you are going to criticize his playing you should post a video of yourself showing us how it is done.
tuningmachine 1 year ago 6
when segovia was children he played flamengo, then later he started to play clasik guitar because he was angry at flamengo
abby161919 2 years ago
Why was he angry at Flamengo?
rocker12347 1 year ago
because they were shit
abby161919 1 year ago
All his fingers are so powerful! :-O --!!!
MrDISCOVERY123 2 years ago
he was like 1000 years old and still could play so well!
jose044 2 years ago 5
The body may wither with age but not the soul.
mikedrud 2 years ago 3
Segovia is profoundly influential that if he had not been, the classical guitar would likely be nowhere close to where it is today. To critcize him on grounds of technique is ridiculous, and only those with requisite capability could rightfully do so. If there were no Segovia there would lkely be no Williams, Bream, etc. because of his tireless efforts. His transcriptions of Bach stand alone as unique and legitimate artistic accomplishments. Segovia is highly significant in music history.
MarquisEstelle 2 years ago 112
Don't forget Christopher Parkening. :)
parakeethands 1 year ago
@MarquisEstelle you really know what you are talking about, congratulations!!! Sin Segovia no sabriamos que habria sido de la guitarra.
ABBAOPAXO 1 year ago
@MarquisEstelle well said mate, basically people say stuff to provoke fans of legends..
Claire1Rogers 1 year ago
Keep in mind that in this vid, Segovia was very old, and past his prime. His recordings at a younger age are of better quality and if you give it a listen, soon you'll understand how he deserves his status of Guitar God.
FiliStoned 2 years ago 5
well you have to understand Noahsyc that its not how fast he plays or how he interprets the song. he is very classically trained and when you play classical your strings can not squeak, slide, and your fingering must be exactly as the music says to play it as well as the chords. it cant be just the easiest way to play it.
kostonkarr 2 years ago
spettacolare!
ziotore 2 years ago
Sure, every statement is only an opinion, but I find it hard to understand your argument when you claim that Segovia is the greatest modern classical guitarist of all time or the twentieth century when his playing is compared to John Williams, or Julian Bream, or Pepe Romero. When I listen to these guitarists, regardless of the recording quality, the fluency of Segovias playing and interpretations simply dont stand up. Sorry....
Noahsyc 2 years ago
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MarquisEstelle 2 years ago
who know that why he like agustin string?i hate agustin because it's not exactly.
avietdung 2 years ago
If he had smaller fingers would he have been as vocal about the necessity of using nails. He really had beefy hands. Surely good for dominating high-rise strings with the left hand (compared to steel), but maybe some of the guys who played flesh were able to fit between the strings better with little-er fingers.
laketroutdeepdown 2 years ago
isso é lindo demais
justinoalberic00 2 years ago
Amazing
RandyRhoadsX666X 2 years ago
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temeadler 2 years ago
The gavotte is really good! I don't like the sarabande quite as much but still its better than most.
pengeaumont270508 2 years ago
Holy crap, it's Colonel Sanders! :O!!!!
Seriously though, beautiful playing ;D
ThatBloodyPirate111 2 years ago
unassuming man, amazing music. Timeless.
shizzle5150 2 years ago 7
I hope with practice to become even just a fraction of a percent as good as he was. He is definatly playing his beautiful music for God in heaven. God bless! Pax+
GermBritScotsIrish15 2 years ago 2
He's not doing it. He's mearly watching it happen. A true master!
laurencelock 2 years ago 8
sausage fingers
arrantartifact 2 years ago 3
*expressive
andrebarnas 2 years ago 3
Segovia's Gavotte en Rondeau (BWV 1006) is the best one so far! It's so expresive...
andrebarnas 2 years ago 3
right around 2:35 i whipped out my bic lighter and started head banging, i only hope to reach a portion of this skill before i die.
sparrow7896 2 years ago 2
An extraordinary guitar master playing an amazing instrument. Check the sound!
Sleepx 2 years ago 6
He and the guitar are one.
SnuggleBear1970 2 years ago 8
well said...love u!
Claire1Rogers 2 years ago 2
I admire Segovia greatly but the recordings like this one made towards the end of his life often disappoint. To find out how good he really was listen to some of his earlier like the Cachonne posted by aimson.
alanrp1955 2 years ago
i like these better ...its a Master when he is OLD.
And u have to put in an effort to understand that its a Master playing...u wont get what i am saying i guess, so..dunt bother :)
Claire1Rogers 2 years ago
Gracias Maestro Segovia por su arte, Dios lo bendiga
fapach33 2 years ago
Es sin duda el Maestro con Mayúscula, muy pero que muy grande. Puede haber muy buenos guitarristas pero superar al maestro Segovia se me antoja casi imposible. En todas las cosas solo uno es el mejor, por desgracia hace tiempo que nos dejo, pero que legado madre mía.
atlantis1919 2 years ago 2
Excelente interpretación reumática y atrítica.
peplicus 2 years ago 2
Yo en estos casos no puedo asegurar y decir que el maestro Segovia es o fué el mejor, no son carreras ni competencias, creo que simplemente su interpretación refleja los años de dedicación y perfeccionamiento de la técnica y el alma del músico.
El escucharlo me arrebata, me sublima y creo que de eso se trata.
mingo1270 2 years ago 4
The performance we just witnessed is what music is all about. J.S. Bach is surely smiling in his grave after this treat for the ears.
Segovia is one of those rare birds who can use a simple guitar to play with one's emotions. He is able to make us laugh, love, cry, and long for more.
Thank you, Mr. Segovia, for the performance, and thank you, kohjeong, for the upload.
AskSocratesNow 2 years ago 57
@AskSocratesNow its not that bach is smilling but he can "truly" rest in peace.
without bach i dont think i would enjoy life as much being a cellist. we all need to be more appreciative towards these classical artists and really anticipate what Bach did and could do for us. thats what you call a "true" human masterpiece.
regaldrifter 1 year ago