Leyenda by Albeniz in HD - Andres Segovia [Best of Guitar-Tube.com]

[propyro85]

I remember the first time I heard this song. I had been listening to nothing but classic rock and metal at the time. I had tried to figure out how many guitars were playing and thought this was actually a duet.

To this day I still regard Segovia as my favorite guitarist of all time and thank him eternally for inspiring me to take up classical guitar.

[Rai06for]

G R E A T !!!!!!!

[duplosrce]

They asked him how long does he playing the guitar. He said: "seven months." They were surprised. After that Master added: "I was tuning up guitar about 70 years, and playing just 7 months."

A great man of his kind.

[tachuman]

Segovia was well over 80 years of age when he recorded this! Pretty amazing playing!

[propyro85]

This one piece has, over the years I've known about it, influenced me to put down my electric and try to learn how to play classical guitar. That said, crap is it hard for me to get the technique down.

[carpeguitarra]

Thanks for posting the performance, I always enjoy a chance to see a performance by him.

Tim

[MrHedaye]

i prefer paco de lucia's version.

[MrHedaye]

is it me or he doesn't plays triolets?

[saintcris1]

GEnio, digitacion volumen, todo es un genio! Perdon, fue un genio!

[392ih]

go somewhere else with your immature comments.

[evilclown99]

I didn't know Colonial Sanders played guitar. I thought he just made tasty fried chicken dinners. Ok lighten up you bunch of tight asses, I am just having some fun here.

[towert7]

Very nice piece of music Segovia plays here. I like it.

[333Arber]

I have the same guitar as segovia

[Gheorgyi]

@333Arber Well, that's interesting... WHAT can YOU do with it?

[rjsanchez0512]

I guess the 10 people who dislike it are Dancing With The Stars or American Idol Ding Bats

[virustrs]

amazing amazing guitarist ...... i just wanna know whats wrong with the 10 people who disliked this ??????????

[max77dhor]

@virustrs probably they don't like music

[gregzaby]

@virustrs they didnt like the chapel he's playing at....or something about the frame around him :P

[Gheorgyi]

@gregzaby THAT surely has a lot to do with his quality as a guitarist... Don't mind them. Just nincompoops. He's been SUPREME.

[max77dhor]

Semplicemente divino!!!

Segovia's music has got something i cannot describe... it's something from inside

[HimynameisAntrax]

sometimes I think i'm a sort of musician. then I listen to Segovia, and I realize I'll never be a guitar player.

[MegaLiam84]

Carry me Caravan take me away

Take me to Portugal, take me to Spain

Andalusia with fields full of grain

I have to see you again and again

Take me, Spanish Caravan

Yes, I know you can...

Excellent.

[Fichtezxc]

I'm amazed how much fret buzz is on this recording...The feeling is incredible but the cleanliness just...isn't there. I wonder if age was beginning to affect his hands by this time.

[brogless]

Sounds a tad out of tune...Eh???

[ravenslaves]

The guitar was considered to be a 2nd rate instrument to most of the world, and in many places, it wasn't seen or known.

...Until Segovia.

His contribution to music can never be overstated, or over appreciated.

[guitartubebest]

@ravenslaves Good summary! Thanks.

[solariis888]

@ravenslaves Maybe to ignorant slaves like you. Hijo de tu madre.

[ravenslaves]

@solariis888 Ha ha. Si, I am truely, my mother's son, in so many ways ;P

But sadly, what I said is true. The Spanish, 6 string, classical guitar as we know it, was almost lost. It could have gone the way of the harp-guitar, or the five course guitar. Or simply remaind a regional instrument like the Portuguese guitar. Segovia brought the 6 string guitar out of the shadow of the Mandolin and Banjo with his world tour.

[solariis888]

@ravenslaves The sad and true thing is you have no life, end it, and go to hell.

[ravenslaves]

@solariis888 Been there. It's called Europe.

[ravenslaves]

@ravenslaves Actually that's not fair. There are places in the American South West, that are far worse.

[solariis888]

@ravenslaves lol... no, Spain is beautiful... you will find you soon Odin's whore.

[ravenslaves]

@solariis888 Ha ha. All joking aside, I've always wanted to go to Spain. My only fear is that I wouldn't want to come back.....and for the record...I prefer "Odin's snuggle-buddy"

[Aoishisky]

For those asking, the place where he is playing is La Alhambra in Granada, Spain. A moorish palace and citadel built almost 1000 years ago (yes)

[kmml1972]

he was the BBking of classical music for sure..amazing talent..

[Gheorgyi]

@kmml1972 "BB" stands for "Big Burger"?

[EndureFocusEngageDie]

You think that is good? wha...John Williams does alot better job imo

[kssork]

@EndureFocusEngageDie well. he was an old man then. im sure he played a lot better when he was a young man.

[suscalleis]

@EndureFocusEngageDie John Williams plays this technically perfect. But the feeling that gives Segovia is unmatched.

Segovia, was also a revolutionary in the guitar world.

[Gheorgyi]

@EndureFocusEngageDie I can't understand this juvenile mania for comparisons. Segovia is the one who brought classical guitar up to the dignity of a concert soloist instrument; John Williams STUDIED under Segovia's teaching and LEARNT from him, for Pete's sake. He, Julian Bream and Paco Pena all took after Segovia. It cannot be understood how there can be such stupid jingoistic feelings, maybe they are from jingoistic national pride or immaturity of age. Both insulse and despicable.

[EndureFocusEngageDie]

@Gheorgyi And the master was surpassed by the student...

[Gheorgyi]

@EndureFocusEngageDie It's what often happens in art, mister, a natural phenomenon. See, e.g. Masaccio and Giotto, Raffaello and Perugino - if you have any idea of who they were. It doesn't detract anything from the merits of the master, if anything it increases them for having TAUGHT the student and given rise to him. Also, maybe you know that arthrosis tends to develop in older age. Can you admit that may be a hindrance for a guitar player? I still think these comparisons are stupid.

[EndureFocusEngageDie]

@Gheorgyi You are correct, i had no real reason or serious intention with my first comment to begin with, i just know a guy that has played classical-G for 11 years and i fell in love with this song, and some time later learned to play guitar and now will learn this song and go on.

Anyway just had a good laugh at this guy when my friend showed him, he was pretty amazed because his fingers are huge sausage but he plays so well, about the arthritis, not the way you think. anyways be well

[Gheorgyi]

@EndureFocusEngageDie Everything OK, but please - DON'T call this piece a "song".

[salmig99]

@Gheorgyi Hmm.. Leyenda happens to be a transcription of Isaac Albeniz' "Chants d'Espagne" .. or in other words .. "Songs of/from Spain. More to the point, contrary to many "virtuoso" guitarists who are only concerned about playing at breakneck speed without missing any notes, Andrés Segovia makes his guitar *sing*.. and that's the real challenge.

[shimenga1]

he must have got laid loads

[Gheorgyi]

@shimenga1 And THAT surely is of the utmost importance...

[shimenga1]

i see why 10 different universities awarded this guy a phd

[Cerpth]

I got shocked right now. I came back from Spain few days ago, and I just recognized this building, I was walking beside that water.

[kmml1972]

@Cerpth where is this place located?

[Cerpth]

@kmml1972 It's in Granada, about 140 km from Malaga.

[Deku66]

Funny how the music business nowadays only supports stage presence, what a friggin joke...

The day this play on MTV would be marvelous, real music not fake music with money for substance

[StratsRgreat]

If u place a guitar on his grave....it plays itself beautifully...

[692ALBANNACH]

saw him in 1982 Toronto, still brilliant.

[RainMan900]

Amazing

[darzil007]

7 people or are selfish and think of themself bigshit,or simply don,t know jack

[TheJaydoc702]

7 people are deaf from the ears and the very core of their soul.

[smellsgood9]

The way I see Music is when a great musician passes away, God takes back the gift he gave to the musician and give it to someone new who is born and destined to play. This new Musician makes it his own style and improves it, to make the world even more beautiful.

[TheDragster09]

I wanna play this next time ;)

[raulyrebel]

Beautiful just like Granada and its surrounding villages and mountains, most romantic place in the world and la Alhambra just magical!! Ole mi Grana!!

[DerExperimentator]

Great VSTi, where can i buy it?

[harry811]

I saw Andres Segovia perform 3 times in NYC in the 60s. one in Miami,and that in S.F. Ca. I loved everyone of them.

[rafaelgagocaceres]

Un hueco en el corazón, esta pieza hace recordar algo que no he vivido nunca.

[escarpin]

Esto es lo maximo, pieza, artista y sitio, inmejorable, sublime, para disfrutar cada segundo de los 7:01....

Una maravilla.

[juanblinker]

Leyend.. two times ! xD

[carosupersonic]

Is that the Alhambra Palace?.... :0

[kdiver58]

Love this .. Solo .. Andres Segovia .. This is the only way I want to hear him .. Who did the video across the pool ??? It's perfect .. A man alone with his music ..

[beonemusicnl]

@kdiver58 You should go to Granada, Andalucia, Spain. The area where the roots are for flamenco and great guitarits. The "pool" is in the great "Alhambra"-palaces in Granada. One of the most beautiful spots on the planet.

[GanadaSarang]

He's a MASTER

[gedesecor]

@YasminBrat4711 Dude, Thats not flamenco.

In the sheet music says that the tempo is : Allrgro ma non tropo

So thats the right tempo

Segovia is GOD

P.D; Sorry for my bad english

[jclevien]

The sound that he has... so deep... I dismiss some dirty notes, nothing compares to his soul put in his sound... the middle part is simply from another planet. His bring tears to my eyes, and that's the magic of music: you simply forget the details if the music touches you.

[chrispo1111]

I had the honor of seeing Segovia twice in concert. Truly I will never forget it this privilege, it was awe inspiring to see this master virtuoso.

[mk0879vg]

I don't know what it is but the way he plays that middle section just brings tears to my eyes. He stirs emotions and that's so much of what it is about. What an honor to see such a legend playing in this setting.

[arcangelo591]

Segovia e´ il massimo esponente della chitarra classica e di certo non lesina affatto nell´esprimersi, faccendo sfoggio nelle sue esibizioni, le variazioni cromatiche musicali. Egli e` e restera` un mito. arcangelo591

[beiprocel]

@YasminBrat4711 what an imbecile you are,keep watching jersey shore and let the real music alone.

[starsegovia]

The Greatest of them all"

[refinedfriend]

is he tuned down half a step? that would explain why i can't play this, i can't find any sheet music that sounds like this!!! so immensely frustrating

[Miniarteseros]

@YasminBrat4711 You just another bastard that has seen the John Williams version, and thinks all the other versions player by masters, are wrong.

Poor noob, xD

[iTzDommxx]

@YasminBrat4711 are you retarded? he is the one who made this transcription! all the versions you've heard have come from this and have been modified. so technically he's playing this right and they're playing it wrong as its HIS transcription.

[Versul1]

yasminBrat4711 is a troll and just wants to get you angry for his sick little fun best to ignore.

[Versul1]

@YasminBrat4711 Go away little Troll

[GuillermoNiebla]

@yasminBrat4711 You should study a little more of classic guitar music and you will find how different Spanish classic guitar music is from flamenco. Also, you have to be really arrogant and haughty.... or really ignorant to declare that Don Andrés Segovia is playing wrong.

@guitartubebest Thanks for the tube. If I am not wrong, in Spain we know the full piece as Asturias, and the leyenda are just the first and third parts.

greetings from Madrid

[justanotherdude22]

Incredible upload, thanks a million Guitartubebest!

[justanotherdude22]

@YasminBrat4711 Just because you watched and heard this from John Williams first doesn't mean the piece has to be played fast and strummed fast and hard... John Williams learned from this wonderful musician! both versions are beautiful on its own rights. Keep on listening fine music like this and your ears shall thank you.

[nnekie]

I really, really love this video, the man, the music, the guitar, the environment: it's all beautiful. This makes MY life happier. Thank you 'guitartubebest' !

[kontrapunkti]

@YasminBrat4711

I really don`t know on what planet do you live,

but in this planet,

Were we live,

Segovia happens to be one of the greatest Masters in the entire history of Guitar Playing.

A Legend!

But hey,

If you have better Guitarist there

in your Planet, how Plays it "All right"

I would really like to visit sometime

[lucas07700]

which year is this?

[goatman069]

@YasminBrat4711 You must be quite the expert if you're going to judge Segovia's performance.

Show us that you are a better player, and I'll listen to your opinions.

[guitartubebest]

@YasminBrat4711 - What a bullshit you write of flamenco? This is Albeniz my dear and Leyenda is a part of Suite española Op. 47 transcribed for guitar. Check in Wikipedia who's Isaac Albeniz.

My dear Albeniz did not wrote pieces for Sims, ipod, i[hone or mobiles as you may think, and what looks to be your music preference. You completely do not understand real music - so maybe better stay away from it and have fun with your Sims music or whatever it is.

[Versul1]

@guitartubebest This guy is a troll and gets off on getting people angry. Do not nurture his dysfunction by responding to him and he will get bored and leave just say, "Go away little Troll"

[UKBMBG]

@guitartubebest You are right, that albeniz was a classical composer etc, however he was very strongly influenced by flamenco music and rhythm. The middle section of this piece (for lack of a better term) may have been for a flamenco singer. no disrespect intended. Great vid though

[Unidente02]

One can actually see the vibrations of the strings and the guitar on the surface of the water on the pool.

[PoetryMan11]

The setting with the reflecting pool and all those Moorish arches was such a masterful stroke--I have no doubt that Segovia could have played as good a performance in an acoustically sealed studio but the visual impact of the setting just added to the impact of Meastro Segovia's playing.

[xXxLovEMasTerxXx911]

Maestro! 

[SpartanFromSpain]

cristo mio, como anhelo visitar el Alhambra y toda la península Ibérica

[mk0879vg]

I've listened to quite a few Leyenda versions here on youtube. I like the way Segovia plays the middle section - awesome tone. It's straightforward and stripped down, but he gets a lot out of the notes. Gosh what was he mid 80's when he recorded this? I've got a vinyl record of his 'favorite encores'. I like his musicality, a lot. I know who he was and what he did. Nothing but mad respect for the man.

[mk0879vg]

Andres Segovia - "widely considered to be one of the best known and most influential classical guitar personalities of the 20th century". "He can be credited to have dignified the classical guitar as a legitimate concert instrument before the discerning music public, which had hitherto viewed the guitar merely as a limited, if sonorous, parlor instrument."

And see the video where he played at the White House in 1979 ... he was 85 years old at that time.

[j3d1m4st3r1]

i love how all the classical guitar videos are in some secluded room

[vic1976youtubization]

A pesar de su edad todavía conservaba intacto su talento

[Aledroid94]

The best... I study classical music and classical guitar... and Segovia is my favorite classical guitarist absolutely! I love his sound... it's fantastic, personal and sweet at the same time... I don't have any other word to describe him... HE'S THE CLASSICAL GUITAR MUSIC! ;-)

[treysmithorama]

Coolest grandpa ever.

[SimplyStraight999]

Respect to Andres Segovia for his contribution to the world of classical guitar. But there are clearly more exciting performances of this piece.

[Haplotype0]

unreal and touched by god. Youtube needs to add a button for that.  SO clearly the greatest master of all time.

[Haplotype0]

3 retarded people watched this video so far.

[rabeloestrada]

lendario segovian com certesa sera eternamente lembrado

com certesa que tudo é possivel e no seu grande legado nos deixa sempre uma grande lição que a busca e sempre primeiro passo do grande sucesso

pois não fazem mais genios como antes lembrando que grandes surgirão

mas no topo segovia e sempre eternamente o garnde conceito violonisto para nos e que gigantes ana vidovic angela muner paco berta roja john wiliams julian bream narciso yepes familia romeros

[arfurlife]

what a treat this video is. So great to see the old fella. I remember watching this on TV years ago. fabulous to see it again in HD. It actually inspired me to learn it..check out arfurlife playing it!! It took me ages. Thankyou very much for this uploader.

[50GreenDodge]

@arfurlife I was going to say it looks like the Alhambra to me. Whatever, it's Moorish. That beautiful soul could play at a bus stop and it would still be great.

[Terrance2786]

I LOVE this song and I love Andres Segovia...but you have to admit...he looks like Col. Sanders in this video.

[lilugon]

Segóvia é um icone no violão classico, bravo mestre Segóvia!!!

[sheracad]

sorry justin b, , blackeyed what?

you have NOTHING on musical TALENT!

[madmax18840]

100th like!

[IGOTCREAM]

el maestro

[meisonillo]

Awesome

[eddieisfiction]

1 guy thought that classical meant neo-classical virgin rock

[libofsharaku]

the best adjectives in the english language, or any other language invented by mere mortals, do not do this dude justice, that's some badass jammin right there

[The1Macedonian]

Does he play in a church becose of the sound in it or is it something special religion thing?!?=/

anyway..respect of this man:]

[saavedrandres]

@The1Macedonian He plays in the Alcazaba ( Granada) it isn't a church. :)

[guitarMclassical]

He's playing at the Alhambra!

[NocturnalTryst]

Who's that piece of shit who disliked this????

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@NocturnalTryst

.

they're mad cause segovia can do with 2 hands what they can't do with 6.

[sinphonyh]

Una BESTIA!!!

[ZombieHouseFresnoCA]

Anyone else notice they zoom out on the easier parts of the song?

Know how I knew? I was trained by Rubeer!

[kevingambrell]

This talent had to be a special gift!

[moose11vt]

@kevingambrell I agree. Segovia is so inspiring to watch and listen to.

[keefer2111]

He gave us the Method..and any person who plays the Guitar should learn this.

John Lennen called him the PaPa of the Guitar.

[quantumXkyle]

Fantastic! Look where this guy is playing at! I bet the acoustics in there are amazing. =]

[lpzcaba]

¿Pero quién ha mandado un voto negativo? Se ha equivocado, ¿no?

[guitartubebest]

@lpzcaba, don't uderstand Spanish but understood you enough.  You see nowadays we have so many idiots around and they simply have fun to make something idiotic.

[Sanotaru92]

@guitartubebest wow, this is my favorite version, i dont like Williams, and other masters versions... Why? because it didnt come to my soul, because in that versions i dont feel the poetry, im not saying that they dont have talent, I'm just saying that didnt like me... About your comment: Why people simply cannot say "i dont like", is it an obligation to like the performance?

[Timurv1234]

@guitartubebest i think we can all agree that they are not JUST idiots.......................t­hose are morons,fools, and above all idiots...

[videomakkers]

grandioso

[1WORLDDADDY]

The eternal Maestro of the instrument

[poiuytre26894]

best feeling...( by Peris Sofian )

[TheFarier]

Segovia is Forever!!!

[resfalgio]

te quedaste pequeno, el arte es arte, lo siento,

luan vidad

[72gibson]

I want to give this 5 stars. Put em back YT.

[123jeferson123]

Quem foi melhor na sua opinião Andres Segovia, ou Paulinho Nogueira