Julian Bream; Bach Prelude in E Flat

[ZipperZappleZ]

Only a guy with total defiance of the guitar's limitations plays in E flat!!

Playing in E would just be such a cop out...

Losing the timbre of E flat would change the composition's meaning as well, with all those ambient overtones buried by the instrument's belly tone E string

[iwattguitar]

@ZipperZappleZ He isn't playing it in E flat or E, but in G.

[MacMic333]

Nobody can deliver like Bream.

[Xxmartin20xX]

Excelente interpretación! Toque suave y buena técnica en la sonoridad de las notas. Uno de los pocos guitarristas clásicos que he visto que siente y nos hace sentir la música. Sin duda, un orgullo para la guitarra clásica.

[capnpayne]

@dunholy he's one of those players that has a very powerful technique that works beyond well for him, but i think my hands would fall off if i tried to emulate him

[moktar77041]

watch the pouring of soul through the fingers into the guitar.

[Utubesuxmycock]

celestial

i hear heaven!

[guitardudeguy00]

That is amazing, especially the use of the mellow-side tone

[rups334]

BWV 1010 in Eb has tough fingering for not only Cello, its with Guitar and lute too.

Beautiful and as well as powerful piece. Bream - a perfect master. Bach would be proud to see him play these work.

[thisishowcreativeiam]

flawless

[frootluip]

awesome...

 eyebrows

[deude8pool]

Does anyone know what is this piece? What BWV?

Thanks

[gcmattioli]

@deude8pool Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

[amirbach]

love this piece, and I'm glad to find Bream play it so perfect.

[ronjazz1]

Well, he's playing it in G major.

[jpsnyder]

This is the 4th cello suite.. i played it last year, and the guitar transcription is normal in A major, so this is a bit crazy, but i guess if you're bream who need to transpose. awesome!

[petersuki]

He has all the technique he needs to play the music so well. And the music's the thing -not the techniquie

[AlamoCityCello]

What Music Making! BRAVO!!!

[keto6789]

E flat is good because it's a challenge to play because of all the fretted notes, not everything should always be easy.

[lobotomer]

FUCKING brilliant guitarist. williams and barrueco can go fuck tehmselves. bream is the shit

[slymuse]

Wow, I love Bream. But i gotta say he had an odd left hand technique for such a fantastic guitar player, sometimes the angle at which he stretches his fingers just looks painful.

[zqcs]

to bad the recording is old and doesn't have very good sound quality...

[bassslayer]

E major would have been better key with the open low E pedal in both the major and minor sections. Bream always seems to hit a few clams in his concerts but the notes he does hit are jewels. Without a doubt one of the greatest artists in the history of the guitar.

[craigalake]

You are absolutely right. E flat is a strange key. Perhaps even D would have been better with the 6th string dropped. Baroque pitch was about a semitone lower than modern concert pitch anyway so D (a440) would be E flat (a415) making it closer to the pitch that Bach wrote.

[lapislazuline]

that,s so what i was gonna say but you

beat me to it ;)

[brtherjohn]

What suite is this from? (Playing this in the key of G looks rather difficult!)

[gextvedde]

it's from Bach's Cello suite no 4

[thejugglenaut91]

jeeeeesus, he just has this electric quality when he plays that i just can't get over

[yogaofmusic]

Why even care about such little mistakes?  If you want perfection, go to a machine.

[sciencemobster]

Playing at a high professional level every night while on a big tour must be very physically and emotionally demanding and draining. Add to that the travel, living in hotels, jet lag etc. and nerves and stage fright (which the best performers aways have). So yes, a couple of errors can creep in here and there even in the very best performers. But it's a human performance not a machine one after all. From Bream you always still get a great rendition of any piece though.

[albenizski]

yeah that's really right.. even barrueco make mistakes in his concerts.. but those mistakes are really seldom.. maybe 5 percent

[craigalake]

First time? He's a great artist, great musician, but he missed plenty of notes. He was never noted for technical perfection but rather beautiful expression.

[craigalake]

Of course not. Please don't misunderstand me. Bream is a great artist. His ability to make the guitar sing is rare indeed. I'm just commenting on your statement that you had never seen Bream make a mistake prior to this video. He makes plenty of mistakes but what comes between the mistakes is sublime musicianship.

[albenizski]

i got ur point.. i admit you are really good.. you should post more videos.. like barrios or villa lobos etudes hehe

[Aerobarby08]

un video increible!!!!Pablo

[smnaing]

At 0:54 Did he actually played muted note or did he missed it?

[DjangoMeetsColtrane]

missed it indeed. being a long time bream fan, i had to go back to that spot (and a couple more), in disbelief. well, we are all just human, i guess.