Andres Segovia guitar plays Capricho Arabe

[engineercaseyjones]

I learned to love Segovia's masterful playing as a child and was learning his style of classical guitar, but when I saw him in his old age in Chicago, I knew that there would never be another Andres Segovia. I can only hear on my many recordings the brilliance of his playing as a youth, the mellow interpretations that enter his playing as he matured, and the quiet respect for both music and guitar that was there to the end of his career.

I never met him while he lived, save for his music.

[OLIVIASEVILLE555]

I wonder what it would have been like to be able to sit in his presence and listen to him play in person. Truly amazing this man is. You can really feel his heart and soul in everything he play.

[ceb2633]

@OLIVIASEVILLE555

I can tell you how it felt, having been there; like you were in the presence of an unworldly power. Stunning!

C.

[hyperislamist]

Segovia is great but what about Tarrega ?

[rups334]

Segovia - One of the greatest jewel in the world of classical guitarists.

[EhScumbags]

Segovia is the person who separated classical music and classical guitar from the garbage music and garbage guitar.

As a guitarist his technique is irrefutable,and his tone remains unique to this day.

As a musician he is one of the best interpreters at any level in all music history.

As a teacher he was majestically influential to good guitarists and only some students he did not particularly favored criticized him.

People who criticize Segovia are poor losers who know nothing about music.

[ceb2633]

@EhScumbags

I touched the man...what more can I say? (besides having the opportunity to grab the chair he was to sit on as he played his heavenly music.)

[onstagerecords]

segovia is the best guitar player ever with his soul.

[etanzior97]

I met him in Houston 1972, Jones Hall, when I was eight. He patted me on the head and said, "keep playing, you're gonna be a great guitar player" (in Spanish) I believed him. I should start playing classical again! haha

[lirica2011]

Una meravigliosa interpretazione di grande sensibilita'. Grazie

[ceb2633]

@A18B15C7D5E18

It is amazing how long he played! I saw him in 1952 or 53, I think it was. He played wonderful Bach as well as The Capricho and other Spanish selections. One experience I will never forget. He was a wonder to watch play. He sort of became the guitar, just the two of them, as he sat on a folding chair. I was working back stage and managed to touch him. Haven't washed that hand since then. (well, I actually have, sigh.)

C.

[ceb2633]

@A18B15C7D5E18

This is a Decca recording. Masters of the Guitar.

[ALFONSOJON]

very nice piece you idiots yea you right idiots wander in circles

[jzama85]

gotta love that Black disc crackeling! segovia was theeeeee Master.

[newislandguitar]

Nice playing .

[ceb2633]

You are very welcome. Thank you for stopping by.

C.

[Perytupi]

Many thanks for posting.

[Themaricafe]

Great song!!!!!

[papalla65]

lovely

[EllJayAitch]

Set yourself down on a Tuesday afternoon and listen to this at leisure. Realize nothing other than the performance, and how it made you feel. What else matters?

[Curatica]

To Segovia fans: this was recorded before the second world war.

[ceb2633]

@Curatica

I am not very sure about that as it was bought, new, in the late fifties. There may be another recording made earlier but not this one.

C.

[Curatica]

You may certainly be right and I am sorry for making an imprecise statement. This is actually a good rendition of this piece, recorded before his performing ability started to degrade significantly, which happened probably in late fifties. The man continued to perform and to make recordings but those sound pathetic. He would have been much better off had he dedicated himself to teaching, and he would have brought a much more significant contribution to music in that manner.

[ceb2633]

@Curatica

Thank you for your reply. When I saw him and was backstage with him in the late fifties, he showed no signs of degredation and was not a young man, then. However, I must be fortunate that I never heard him deteriorate. I appreciate your comment. C.

[ziggy8392]

@ceb2633 I don't think that he really ever deteriorated that much. He was still great even into his 80's in my opinion.

[ceb2633]

@ziggy8392

I agree heartily with you.

[5stringofFernandoSor]

@Curatica I would rather hear a deteriorating Segovia then someone who really doesn't understand the aesthetic side of music bloviating.

[csawfish]

this is masterpiece!!

amazing performance by the greatest master in classic guitar!

I love it...

Makes me want to fall in love again and again...

[spadalino]

I've been chipping away at this piece myself, and I've listened to a lot of different players perform it, but I've got to say this might be my favorite. That's saying something too because (blasphemy alert) I don't normally care for Segovia's style; it's a little to "snobby" to me. This performance, however, is wonderfully sedate and romantic.

[donchisciotte06]

@IWMYB61

I have to tell you that mentally retarded can love and enjoy beauty like other people...this is not mental retardation but lack of sensibility..total different thing, for me

[donchisciotte06]

Che bellezza! Grazie.

[Nosorprises]

graet interpreter, sorry you never saw barrios at his time. you will play for ever, barrios will be beig music for more time.

[raymondjamesrivera]

There are other classical guitarists that I prefer to hear for certain pieces, but DAMN, this is the best version I've heard of this song...

[ALFONSOJON]

Tanta gracia. Tanta belleza. Trajo lagrimas a mis ojos!

[TheZstudios]

Such beauty. Such grace. Nearly brought a tear to my eye.

[noelgall1liveforever]

it is AMAZING! R.I.P. Andre, you are there to inspire me....

[GreekGuitaristKanel]

R.I.P. Segovia , master of the classical guitar!

[MrBogdanChe]

Slash, Mustaine and Hammet just got served.

[harry811]

It's a joy to hear this great man play.

[sneakypanther123]

I'm in love I'm in love and I don't care who knows it

[norbertoguarinello]

Thank you. A superb interpretation. And the vinyl sounds delicious.

[irwin3036able]

Dave Mustaine disliked this. lol :D

[porridge1980]

A lovely interpretation. I like Breams version and I like Segovia. The only thing I dont like is deciding which version to play first.

[Ugallardo]

Maybe she/he did not like que quality of the sound

A mi lo que no me gusto es el sonido, tengo yo un mp3 que esta mejorado con exactamente la misma interpretacion, supongo que con adobe audition o algo asi. . Solia tocar esta cancion todos los dias hasta que me canse, ahora solo la toco mas o menos una vez por semana :D, asi no hay indigestion :).

[Meleasdaddy]

I do NOT mind the click of a treasured vinyl. Thank the good Lord we have these. Frankly i prefer them to the "enhanced" computerized stuff that are being passed off as "original." I spent my teenage years memorizing EVERY sound that the Beatles had from "Rubber Soul" to "Abbey Road." Now when I hear some computer magnified verbage I start thinking these are making John and George turn in their graves. Anyway.. thanks for all the work to offer this Valentine to us all.. Meleasdaddy

[carnagegerman]

@Meleasdaddy yup.....I recently bought an awesome timelife vinyl collection of Three centuries of spanish music.....ancient sephardic songs....romances and religious chants.....albeniz and manuel de falla...and a nice touch was non-spanish composers doing spanish pieces...debussy...tchaikovsky­..I wish I had a way to upload it

[usima1]

Браво!

[dlevita]

mama mia! the heavens open up when the maestro plays!!!

[freeman2545]

dude ..thanks for putting this high quality stuff up.....thank god for people like you....

portamento.... a smooth gliding from one tone to another...differing from the legato...in its more deliberate execution, and in the actual (though very rapid and slurring) sounding of the intermediate tones/from ..a pronouncing pocket_manual of musical terms,together with the elements of notation and condensed biographies of noteworthy muscians,edited by dr. th. baker...published in 1905.by g. schirmer

[ceb2633]

@freeman2545

And thank you for the interesting comment. I only upload things I love and am happy when others love them, too.

C.

[freeman2545]

@ceb2633 ...yea...i am happy with em...how can you not be and be a normal human....? i mean...segovia? one of the masters.....i had to study him onetime in the hazy past...

[andrea95325]

@freeman2545 hasta la persona mas ignorante en materia musical ,soñaria con esta musica tocada por un humano, cree que el Universo sabe de esto?

[darrylseligman]

@freeman2545 Can you tell me some classical guitarists I could listen to?

[freeman2545]

@darrylseligman ...well...you can probably google "classical guitarist" and pull up a bunch of names....fernando sor is one i used to study....

[freeman2545]

dude ..thanks for putting this high quality stuff up.....thank god for people like you....

portamento.... a smooth gliding from one tone to another...differing from the legato...in its more deliberate execution, and in the actual (though very rapid and slurring) sounding of the intermediate tone/from ..a pronouncing pocket_manual of musical terms,together with the elements of notation and condensed biographies of noteworthy muscians,edited by dr. th. baker...published in 1905.by g. schirmer

[freeman2545]

dude ..thanks for putting this high quality stuff up.....thank god for people like you....

[GUITARandGREYSlover]

amazing. 

[digitronia]

"1" dislike! ONE DISLIKE!! a proof of existence of idiots!

[ceb2633]

@digitronia

Or proof that one is entitled to his/her own opinion.

[jabbermule]

@ceb2633 No matter how ignorant or stupid...clearly, that's the age we live in.

[jambazman]

@ceb2633 said the numbskull who probably is the only dislike. ;-)

[LochnessLakeMonster]

@jambazman said the guy that uploaded the video... ya numbskull

[jambazman]

@LochnessLakeMonster HA! That was retarded of me wasn't it. :-)

[jambazman]

@LochnessLakeMonster HA! That was rather retarded of me, wasn't it. :-)

[eliasjabbour31337]

@ceb2633 or proof that opinions can still be stupid :)



[coilofthesun]

@ceb2633 opinion or ignorance?or just stupidity and egoism and loss of the ability to realy listen?

[Diogenes1360]

@coilofthesun Freedom of Choice . . . Good, bad or indifferent. A basic Right of any Free-Society . . . And each individual's choice is to be Respected!

[Daveparts]

@digitronia 3 dislikes, proof positive that idiots wander in circles

[donrobertoni]

My favorite quote from Segovia was " i saved the guitar from the hands of the gypsies ".

Mi Frase favorita es cuando Segovia Dijo " salve la guitarra de las manos de los gitanos! "

[newislandguitar]

I love playing this peice...learned it in '99...still a favorite!

[leinhart1]

muy buena cancion

[Geonode]

Segovia played that beatiful theme composed by Francisco Tarrega, the feeling... the armony... that breeze of peace, melancholy and a bigger feeling about the past, and around the world... Unique theme

[ZeitOner]

All that sexy crackling. I love it.

[JusticierodelYuTube]

andres Segovia a Revolutionar Musician

[LSfan17]

beautiful. thanks for uploading.

[USoeyadi]

Segovia was simply the best.

[aftc270873]

EL GRAN MAESTRO ANDRÉS SEGOVIA.

[goorance]

ooo what a faste begining ...

[ceb2633]

Lol, stars, I remember back in my day the average boys used Sinatra...the keepers used Segovia.

[tachiniger]

@ceb2633 ojalá todos los que opinan pudiesen tocqar la mitad de lo que tocaba él

[JBnotthescotch]

@tachiniger desgraciadamente , creo que nadie mas la hace sonar asi

[starstarstar42]

Off-topic, but a quick bit of advice for the guys out there:

Find a really hot girl you like, tell her you'll cook for her. When she arrives, play Segovia doing Capricho Arabe, and let it sink in for a minute while you spoon some pasta on her plate. Dim the lights, light a candle & tell her she is VERY very beautiful.

You will get some.  I promise. El Maestro Segovia guarantees it.

[6StringMatty]

@starstarstar42 Or how about playing Capricho Arabe yourself!? Keep that guitar case open and in plain sight Gigity goo!!!! Ohh!

[greencircleclassy]

@starstarstar42

hahahahahaha

thats the best thing ive ever heard !

[cwxzeng]

@starstarstar42 lol wth.... y not carry a rose in your mouth too LOL, she will think ur trying to be an el macho?

[MBledzephed]

@starstarstar42 Hahahaha or how bout just playing yourself it instead!? =)

[InDarknessLight]

@starstarstar42 LMAO thank u Maestro!

[JoshIsNumber3]

@starstarstar42 Find a really hot derp you like, tell her you'll derp for her. When derp arrives, derp derp doing derp derp and derp derp derp derp derp while derp derp derp derp. Derp derp derp, derp a derp derp derp DERP derp.

Derp derpity derp buh derp

[5stringofFernandoSor]

@starstarstar42 This may be off topic, but what a stupid, fucking thing to say, you moron. Have a nice day.

[starstarstar42]

@5stringofFernandoSor This may be off-topic, but what a stupid fucking idiot you are, you cretin. Have a pleasant and restful day, asswipe. :D

[oknarbtal]

wow. bream's version has been my favorite.. until now

[Lukecash12]

@oknarbtal Personally, I'm not very big on Bream. Excellent tone, technique, relatively poised tempos, and nice intonation, but less than satisfactory interpretations.

[wholikebeethoven]

no,i found someone play begin-piece better than a litle,but all.....segovia always is the best

[hoahoc1056]

Best interpreter ever !

[analphabet118]

damn it how come i havent subscribed yet?? hehe.. i loved your channel since "recuerdos de alhambra" and now this.. thank you so much

[analphabet118]

@analphabet118 the truth is i have already subscribed :$

<3

[ceb2633]

Thank you, analphabet. I appreciate your stopping by.  C.

[handymikeforever]

the pineal tumor in my brain says i know sergovia.......i relish the scatter tunes that ring in the heart song of our plaanet.....go figure....my bad

[iplop]

It's amazing how every rendition of this song sounds so different.

This is by far my favorite. :)

[lumbajack707]

could someone message me and explain the definition of portamenti? is it sliding? not exactly clear. thanks! amazing recording.. stellar

[ceb2633]

My understanding of "portamenti" is that it is a continuous gliding from one note to another, a sort of glide. Thanks for stopping by. C.

[baritono123]

@lumbajack707 it's an italian word that means sort of bringing, carrying..that is you "carry" a note to another..it's udsed in singing as well. it's also called "glissato" from the french verb glisser: to slide. so in the end it is sliding :-) !

[gundog72]

@lumbajack707

Exactly right, remember its a PORTamenti hehe that should tell you something of its nature. Usually its finger 1, sometimes 4 (but can be 2 or 3) that's used in a portamenti, it is a gliding motion from one note to another (not to be mistaken for a glisendo) when the finger rests on the note, the string is not to be struck it should be as loud as the previous note. This peice is loaded with them, you can hear them, they're very noticeable.

[handymikeforever]

home to me......

[jorgebenbrasil]

Tarrega was every bit the genius that Segovia was. Amazing composition.

[telperionflower]

According to my tuner (and ears), his guitar's tuned sharper than standard A 440... My tuner says 450. Just an interesting tidbit..

[ceb2633]

Interesting. Thank you for the comment.

[ropewalkingelephant]

may also be the playback speed of the recording

[madaboutvoice]

Thank you so much for posting this treasure!

[stephenyatesacoustic]

Probably the most significant aspect of Segovia's interpretation of this piece is the absence of the portamenti that so pepper the main melodies. Almost everyone since has copied this amendment either first or second hand.

[Rexicano]

That's because it's too corny with the portamenti.

[thejugglenaut91]

i disagree, they copied in so much as segovia had realm over the guitarists of his day, but when the guitar became among other musical instruments, instead of something of fancy that segovia wished it would be, we came to realize that these things are very typical musical expressions. Portamento is a very typical 19th century guitar ornaments so it is only natural to put it in.

Anyways, segovia was a dick about everything.

[maxeexam]

just listen don t think

[torkrench]

Fucking hippy freak. Musicians who can and must discuss the music do so because we DO listen. We just have the knowledge of the science which eludes you and thus probably feel the music much deeper than the average "listener".

We hear things your puny ears cannot even fathom. Fucking hippy.

[telperionflower]

This is my favorite recording of this song. Anyone know a better one? ( I realize 'better' and 'worse' are quite subjective )

[zxcvb249]

the great poet of the guitar....I had the great pleasure of meeting him and shaking his hand...unforgettable...

[juanm429]

Thank you very much for posting this video. Unfortunately, many people have never even heard of him, and as a result, he (in my opinion) does not get the credit he deserves from most people.

[peplicus]

Wow ! Excelent recording (what´s the date? - not familiar with this one only the earlier one he did on gut strings) and a priceless gem. This captures Segovia in his prime; a phenomenal range of colors, the liquid tone, the milking of the notes...Younger generations tend to berate Segovia (his scholarship, his romantic approach, his technique, etc), but he must have been a magical player.

[ceb2633]

The date of the recording has disappeared, if it was ever there. It is from an old Decca lp from the late 50's, I believe, Masters of the Guitar. Very precious. Thank you for the comment; he was magical.

[Shabannie]

I like this song too.

-----Ellen

[kociobialas]

Bigger master ( on technique point of view) is John Williams but Segovia is subtle, he plays with soul.

5* for you, that you shared with us this piece. Thanks!

[ceb2633]

Thank you, kociabialas for your comments. I love John Williams, too,, but to me, Segovia is the master of classical Spanish guitar. But that is my humble opinion. Bless all great guitarists. C.

[rick5653]

...also in my humble opinion you are right ceb2633

[Rexicano]

Please tell me what piece Williams could play that Segovia could not!

That baloney. Segovia was a Master of Classical guitar.

Williams was never able to surpass Segovia in any way at all...and in terms of the standard repertoire..neither could anyone else.

[kociobialas]

Please compare Asturias (Albenitz) played by Segovia and Wiliams.Wiliams plays better techically but Segovia is close to my heart and I added both interpretations to my play list

[Rexicano]

Um, I think you're about 20 years late telling me about that.

Williams could never match Segovia in ANY Romantic piece. Fuck technical comparisons as well...that's bullshit....no piece in the repertoire was beyond Segovia.

Listen to the Rodrigo FANDANGO...no piece is as difficult to play well...and Segovia just nails it.

[DsilverF]

thank you for posting. i am a big fan of segvia. One of many thousands.

[ceb2633]

Not really, John...but when a woman who was ignorant enough to bring her crying baby to a guitar concert, he did stop in the middle of a Bach fugue, search the audience and stare her down until she left. The whole audience, including the backstage burst into applause. Fond memories from Claudia

[Blinkymyt]

Can you tell me if Andres really does look like Cecil Kellaway (which I always thought he did) up close, Claudia? This is a classically beautiful song...if only we could have gotten Senor Segovia to sing the lyrics (or make some up on the fly) along with the guitar...always like patting one's head and tickling the stomach at the same time. Respectfully, John

[paulostroff99]

Sensational! Segovia rules on the Spanish guitar classics.There never was anyone better!

Bravo maestro.!

[ceb2633]

I totally agree, paulo; he absolutely enchants.  He is the master.