Andres Segovia

[maurieer]

BRAVO!!! To one of the best classical guitar players of all time.

[blackhawkwxfan]

Where can I get a copy of this video?

[08freewilly80]

Cheers guv

[birtwellp]

Love it, should check out Mark Switzer as well. He is great and has an excellent guitar instructional video.

[mysticjaz]

I saw Segovia when I was 18. This was in 1979. At the end of the concert, I was in tears. It is one of the high points of my life that I was in the presence of a colossus such as him.

[poiuytre26894]

Oou Father of Guitar . . .

[gh103]

Only a total prick would criticize Segovia because he couldn't play fluently at the age of 92. The man had been there, done it and got the T-shirt long, long before this video.

[FrankGrigonis]

The posters criticizing Segovia here are probably sports fans and believe politicians are there to serve their people. Even at the END of his career, there was something magical and uniquely expressive about Segovia's playing; if you can't hear it, you're a dullard.

[paulomtm100]

is god!

[Mercurio2688]

Segovia was a master, ther's no doubt about that. I'll never be as good as he is but I have to say that he sould know when to retire and stop playing.

PD: Segovia was jelous of Barrios virtuosity and skills so that's why he didn't liked him and never played any Barrios piece,(also becaouse of the "La Catedral" score affair look for it on the internet).When Barrios played La Catedral in fron of Segovia -with Segovia's guitar lol- Segovia inmediatly knew that he wasn't the best payer in the world

[SingHouse]

my least favourite of the preludes.... i never really understood it.

[logonazo]

maybe Robert fripp is the Segovia of nowadays

[Milondrin]

cuanta gente no sabe quien es, es una pena

[kbaronshaffer]

wonderful...love segovia!

[handymikeforever]

beauty

[anajohnson10]

Julian Bream's performances of this piece are the only performances of his that I like more than any of Segovia's; I don't know why Segovia is not up to par on this piece.

[davidofpiano423]

@anajohnson10 He was nearly 90 years old in this concert... even the greatest in his craft is going to loose a little facility at that age

[WestChesterMike]

@anajohnson10 HE'S 92 YEARS OLD!

[failsallaround]

I bet he was playing unplugged, too.

[anajohnson10]

@failsallaround Andres Segovia was scared of electricity from being electrocuted thats why he has white hair and always played unplugged... Geniuses and the quirks, huh?

[zeppiafy]

THE GREAT MASTER- MY GUITAR IDOL!

[ikbenpablo]

que grande wau llegar a esa edad y seguir tocando con ese gusto y encima en un gran teatro con mucho publico ,DIOS LO TENGA EN SU GLORIA

[jondunnproject]

LEGEND.

-JD

[murdelabop]

For all of his detractors, one thing you must say about El Maestro, he had staying power. He gave his last concert just 3 weeks before his death, at 93 years of age. Love him or hate him, you cannot dismiss his influence on the guitar.

[jazz1bro]

Beautiful feeling and tone! I hear him telling a story as only greats can do!

[iluvgtr45]

I attended a Segovia concert in 1985.

Unforgettable - he played this piece.

[artistikidea]

Grande Grande Grande. A 92 anni le persone giustamente non hanno la forza di alzarsi dalla poltrona e lui fa concerti!! La maggior parte di musicisti anche di alto livello fanno la loro carriera ma dai 60 in poi spesso smettono. Avete idea di che significa a 92 anni fare un concerto? Io che ne ho 19 dopo che ne faccio uno mi sento stanco morto e spendo un sacco di energie, figuariamoci a 92!!! ancora GRANDE!!!

[tereroli1]

Sad that it ended before real end of the piece...

[kinginsano]

One of the greatest guitarist of all time. You cannot find the passion, the feeling that he put into his music anymore. And for someone to say he was bad.. is outrageous. He was 92, like they said, its amazing for him to live that long, AND still play guitar, and have the vast understanding that he had of it.

[13dolphins13]

I'd like to know who was better. Too bad People are Ignorant to point out mistakes about a 92 year old Guitar Master the only one who walked Planet Earth. Sad. See those People Out play him at 92 let alone his prime. I've never heard a guitarist electric or acoustic come even close to the Master Andres. Take Care Brother. Happy & Safe Holidays.

[joshd963]

no, it really doesnt, you freak.

[torontomannn]

He was good!

[giusair]

That he was 92 must have motor skills more difficult making it more impressive. You can tell the energy in his fingers was fading, however with the smoothness it is not neede for this piece. Anyway i only noticed one mistake at the beginning.

[sololinter]

SIGNORI

SEMPLICEMENTE IL PIU' GRANDE

[ecmorandomnumbers]

What a Maestro.

He ranked up with Itzhak Perlman in his craft.

[sheltonus]

Close, I believe it would be more precisely said that Perlman ranks with Segovia (but then I may be biased to the guitar). Anyway, who came first? 8)

[huevomaestro]

it was in 1982, when he was 92. He was the best, but no one can play forever. He die when he was 94.

Try to watch another vids, when he was young. He was amazing. (Sorry for my english)

[juztinos]

Same goes for Les Paul :O

[Sadlightguitar]

he was so old... man....... he kickz many young guitarists ass with that perform....

[fatstratmaster]

wow you are so ignorant...mommy should have dropped you harder when you were young.

[mdizzler]

if you can't hear his mistakes, maybe you were dropped on your head

[thejugglenaut91]

and if you care enough to point out mistakes, maybe you were dropped on your head

[savemyplaylist]

@mdizzler

agreed, it's a train wreck. He should have retired decades before this point.

[Snarerider]

Are you kidding me?

[Lorenzobertolla]

questo video è magnifico

come lui (Andres Segovia)

[villevalo103]

magnifico

[rodrigocgak]

yauu!!!! ese señor sin duda alguna es uno de los mejores guitarristas que han existido

[SEGOVIALOPEZRAMOS]

ES EL MEJOR DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS

[churchula]

Los Beatles dijeron: ''En el S.XX sólo han nacido dos grandes músicos: ANDRÉS SEGOVIA Y PABLO CASALS, ambos españoles''.

[6672rock]

I like how expressive he is in this piece, especially with those cascading pedal tone licks.

[bakinek]

how old he was here?

[AgusCadiz]

90 or more...

[ericmhanks]

except his contemporary celedonio romero

[hermx0]

Great concert!

Thank you for posting it - I am a great Segovia admirer.

To play as subtle as this at that age - hats off!

To peopüle who critisize he was past his prime I have only to say: Show me your achievements at the same age and we talk again! I for one shall be happy to be half as agile then!

[az1zcolumbi]

you cannot say he is not good without considering his age.

i think he is a god, and noone will be able to play in this way at his age.

[Claire1Rogers]

WOW

Amazing, where did u get this from......

Thank you

[guitarclasic4693]

ambos genios y timones de la guitarra

estuvieron aqui en ese escenario

una cosa de locos

vean a yepes es igual su escenario

[UFCBroadcast]

These Segovia videos are amazing, the best..Keep 'em coming! Bring 'em On!

[assist1992]

great!

[Mod74]

Wow, I've never seen this video before! Can you get the full version anywhere?

[pragueguy]

Wow, so interesting, this was Segovia near the end of his life, definitely in the 1980s, when I saw him so many times. It doesn't matter that he was so far past his prime, very interesting to see him still performing as human being..