John Williams - Concierto de Aranjuez (Parte 1)

[cardboarddalek]

Is there a CD recording of this?

[tbjzmusic]

@cardboarddalek There is only this videotape. You could extract the audio with a multimedia tool.

[cheradinine8]

Williams is the Higgs Boson of the guitar... Almost mystical and untouchable...

[EnTheosUsmus]

Sven Goran Eriksson is way much better guitar player than football trainer.

[lia01reg]

@EnTheosUsmus lol

[darkalleyheroes]

I've viewed multiple performances of this on YouTube, and so far this is my favorite.

Both organic and precise!

[toolman30044]

This is a "safe" and technically correct performance. I have heard Mr. Williams do this before.and this isn't one his his better efforts.



[ape09090]

@PietPassword maybe later

[ape09090]

someone should've spiked the entire orchestra with lsd,wonder how it'd sound then

[paultreselli]

Wow! When was this recorded? He's getting old but his chops aren't. In fact he's improved! Astounding...

[toomuchrose]

John Williams is the best interpreter of Rodrigo in my opinion, his technique is extraordinarily accurate and his fluency is absolutely incredible. Watch his arpeggios, especially at 2:44. His 1966 recording with Ormandy is still the best I've ever heard. You may disagree if you wish. He never loses control of the piece like some players I've seen, who tend to thrash the guitar instead of caressing it like Williams does. Brilliant and beautiful.

[iwattguitar]

@toomuchrose I am with you on the Ormandy recording. Astounding guitar playing on that recording.

[virtuosisimo]

que sala es esa? se ve espectacular

[ilovevicecity]

@virtuosisimo Royal Albert Hall

[Bernardodias1]

@virtuosisimo , seguramente esa sala es el Royal Albert Hall donde se pasa siempre el Proms inglés.

Saludos de Brasil

[modestmex]

2:22 

[karras23]

Narciso Yepes was the best guitar player the Concierto de Aranjuez.

[makis5998]

maybe the most accurate interpretation about this work ,,,

[masoiaXL]

wauw, can you imagine playing for such a huge audience? I really like his way of playing too, respect for John Williams.

[UnaDrinaNeretva]

a TRUE MASTERPIECE IS THIS!!! I enjoy so much of listening to it !!!

[fabiolaganivet]

No tengo palabras... su estetica en la interpretacion es inigualable...! es un crack

[vhernandezo]

Una de las mejores interpretaciones de esta magna obra para Guitarra...

[salvot1000]

bellissimo.... senza parole...!!!!

[fredquin68]

Luis....no hace falta ser musico para apreciar el arte verdadero ...hay mucha gente que no tiene idea de lo que es un do o un re ,pero si puede colmarse de lagrimas al escuchar una determinada pieza....creo que ahora me cierra mas tu comentario ..y te pido que me perdones si sin siquiera conocerte mi comenterio tomo forma de ofensa ....te mando un abrazo !

[robbienance]

The development section of this piece is brutal

[soullessSiIence]

Why can't people just listen without saying 99% crap and 1% actually about the subject?

[MyWilliams1995]

I don't really care who wrote what for who, it is an apsolutly beautiful piece of music, which is played apsolutly brilliantly by John Williams. A handful of guitarists can play this piece to the standards that it was originally played in and John Williams is one of the few people that has the skill in his craft.

[YadQurbany]

Williams playing is almost perfect in technique and highly inspirational and emotional. Most people tend to think of him as all technique. As for me he is the greatest guitarist alive. He's always been a great source of inspiration and motivation for me. Long live The amazing John Williams !

[NatRmrz]

wich is the orchestra?

[fredquin68]

por que no te callas la boca luis masironi....".as a teacher" ...I can only imagine what kind of teacher you are ....the nerve......Mr Williams is a great performer and a gentleman as well .....why don't you post one of your videos playing and then we will see ......good luck .....

[luismasironi]

@fredquin68 Amigo, no soy músico, soy amante de la música y para mi la música debe transmitir, caso contrario podría ser el sonido de una máquina. Una cosa es decir do re mi fa.... y otra cantar y sentir do re mi...

[noelwilde]

In reality, Segovia's playing does not stand up today. It is, in fact, appalling.

[TheArdvaark]

@noelwilde. What planet are you living on? Williams studied under Segovia for several years and that helped to hone his technique. His guitar playing might not be as good today as it was in his peak but I'm willing to bet it can still kick the crap out of anything you can play! Prove me wrong and let's see a vid of YOU playing this piece, or any piece! Williams is STILL the best in the world at what he does - name a better one of the same genre. Perhaps you're just tone deaf!!!

[noelwilde]

@TheArdvaark I live on Earth. Where do you come from? I have always regarded Williams as the greatest classical guitarist ever. What are your comments about? I made a remark about Segovia not Williams.

[TheArdvaark]

@noelwilde. Let me explain: I said Williams studied under Segovia and he taught Williams to hone his technique. At that time Segovia was probably the best in the world. If you look back at his performances he is still the best for that genre so your comments are just utter crap! You obviously know nothing about playing the guitar - I do play but I wish I could play 1% as good! My other comments were pointing out Williams is not as good as he was at his peak but he still has few competitors!

[noelwilde]

@TheArdvaark @TheArdvaark Segovia never taught Williams. In fact it is emerging now that Segovia's methods of teaching were quite ruthless and insular. He was not the best player of that 'genre' by a long way and Barrios who was a contemporary was dismissed by Segovia and thankfully because of Williams we have Barrios music in the repetoire. Segovia didn't play Aranjuez simply because it wasn't written for him. I know enough about guitar and music in general to make an educated comment.

[XianXiuHong]

@TheArdvaark Williams did learn under Segovia for a little while but otherwise, William's technique came from his father. If you compare Segovia and William's technique, they're VERY different. Segovia has a very old way of playing and the way he uses his left and right hand are worlds apart from William's left and right hand.

Segovia's not as great as people make him out to be, he was a freakin pioneer but as a guitar player, he isn't as brilliant as many of the players on today's stage.

[ipoodaily]

@XianXiuHong hes pice of shite. 

[XianXiuHong]

@ipoodaily I agree

[jllobet]

@XianXiuHong I totally agree with you. Segovia brought back the guitar to the concert stage but he wasn't so great as a player. Had he been born today he'd be just another average guitarist, Williams technique, sound and interpretation are far better than Segovia's

[jllobet]

@XianXiuHong I totally agree with you. Segovia brought back the guitar to the concert stage but he wasn't so great as a player. Had he been born today he'd be just another average guitarist, Williams' technique, sound and interpretation are far better than Segovia's

[arqui4all]

ESPLENDIDA

[NucaAlex]

2:53 the cello is under pitch...

[zxgrek]

perdonan la ignorancia ... pero que marca es la guitarra o de que luthier. muchas gracias

[Orange1117]

@zxgrek es del luthier australiano Greg Smallman :) y descuida, no es ninguna ignorancia, cada dia se aprenden cosas nuevas y es bueno estar abierto a todo nuevo conocimiento, y reconocer que hay cosas que no sabemos, pues nadie mas que Dios es absoluto en el saber ;)

[causeproductionz]

@jonboy1611 bravo,,

[causeproductionz]

i think you should be called ignorance instead of goorance,, what planet are you on.

[goorance]

Concierto de Aranjuez need some flamenco tehnic beside classical.. i like paco de lucia the most..

But this new videos has proffesional sound recorder, which is also great

[Pipixcan1]

Nice one.......... manny1917

[DjAntomattei]

Pretty good stuff here. I still actually prefer the Gil Evans/Miles Davis arrangement over this however.

[luismasironi]

As teacher at the movie Tous les matins du Monde said, Williams has a very good technic, he doesn´t have any mistake, but it is no music. I am sorry. You have to listen Alirio Diaz or Andres Segovia, for example. That is music.

[Pipixcan1]

@luismasironi ....that is such a rubbish comment. I am fed up with people slating John Williams jusst because they have heard some big-wig doing the same. Have you ever tried playing this piece??? I can tell you that it is extremely difficult and John Williams has mastered it to near perfection. He may not have the feel of a Bream or Dinnigan but you cannot say that it isn't music. It shows to me that YOU have no music

[luismasironi]

@Pipixcan1 I didn´t said that Segovia plays Concierto de Aranjuez, I tried to saythat Segovia and Alirio Díaz played guitar as music with feeling and not as computer as Williams do. Williams plays Aranjuez, Bach or Lauro as the same.

[Hektor88]

@luismasironi I would like to say that I agree with you. Williams seems to have built his career off of being contrary to Segovia just cause he could be, and a lot of people seem to think its cool to dismiss Segovia as some old bore. They have no idea how much they owe to him, he essentially invented the 20tth century guitar repertoire and technique. None of these people would be around without him, and his music is better than almost everyone else.

[hovadopekelne]

@luismasironi ... i know what you are saying, but i would not say Williams is playing as a computer. For example I can see big difference between Paco's Aranjuez and Williams's Aranjuez performance. Both are playing in their ways but i prefer DeLucia. He put more feelings in it than Williams even he has no proper musical education. But when it comes to Bach i would certainly prefer Williams :-) ...

[Bernardodias1]

@hovadopekelne , why do you think he has got no proper education?It really doesnt make sense to me...

[hovadopekelne]

@Bernardodias1 ... to my knowledge Paco has never studied music in higher level. He is a free Gipsy spirit with that flamenco style that in many ways forbids him to play as written ...

[Bernardodias1]

@hovadopekelne , so you think that a proper education is a privilege of traditional schools?Villa Lobos had never studied music formaly and He got to compose great pieces of brazilian music.I respect your opinion, but I think art is something that does not belong to books ; it can be felled many ways, lad

[hovadopekelne]

@Bernardodias1 ... you are certainly right. But proper education is the way to enhance talent. Try to imagine poet with poor grammar ...

[Bernardodias1]

@hovadopekelne , in terms of erudite culture, I do believe the formal Knowledge is essential.The point is that we should not say that Paco is better or worse than John Williams; they have got different styles and thats all.In my country, there are many attempts to promote a dialogue between erudite and traditional popular culture; the results are interesting.Why not bring that into music?Maybe Paco could offer something useful to erudite music.We should just give those people a chance...

[hovadopekelne]

@Bernardodias1 Paco is flamenco school, that is style on itself. In classical music the ability is to play the composition exactly as written to the last breath as a form of respect for the composer... while Rodrigo was alive this concert was only allowed by himself to be played in public by a selected number of guitarist which he regarded as worthy of the honour since the music represent the killing of thousand on innocent people during the Spanish revolution in particular the city of Aranuejz

[Bernardodias1]

@hovadopekelne That's such a nice story.I respect Rodrigo and his toughts, but he is not alive and his legacy belongs to mankind now.I don't beleive its unmoral adapt it to new tendecies, this is, for new uses.

Best regards

[hovadopekelne]

@Bernardodias1 ... i did not say unmoral. Just pointing to the facts and you see behind it what you want to see ...

[manny1917]

@luismasironi

I think you should listen Segovia's words, when he states that John Williams is his clear heir, and that God lives in his fingers.

[LutenistDeMari]

@luismasironi Segovia never played this piece - he didn't have the technique. Williams might not feel every note the way Bream did but the results can still be wonderful. You have much to learn about music.

[jhuex]

@LutenistDeMari I think that segovia neve played because he asked to rodrigo to compose a piece for him to played besades aranjuez and the maestro rodrigo composed concerto for gentil hombre, segovia was the god and you said he didn,t have the technique

[LutenistDeMari]

@jhuex I can't quite understand what you're saying, but segovia was not a god, just a man, and his technique was far from flawless.

[TheArdvaark]

@LutenistDeMari. Please get your facts right - Segovia never played this because when Rodrigo composed it Segovia didn't really like it as a piece of music! Of course he could have played it if he had wanted to, he could play any classical piece for the guitar. That's why Rodrigo composed "Fantasia" for him instead.

[LutenistDeMari]

@TheArdvaark Segovia SAID he didn't like it as a piece of music, but the fact is, NOTHING in Segovia's repertoire compares to the Aranjuez in terms of difficulty. The closest piece in terms of difficulty in Segovia's repertoire was probably the Bach chaconne. We're talking about a guitarist who cut the allegro from BWV 998 because he didn't think it was playable on guitar. To be fair, he was forging a path into new territory, but in my opinion segovia would have mangled the Aranjuez.

[masoiaXL]

@luismasironi

John Williams was taught classical guitar by Andres Segovia.

[GyveTurckee]

Stupid nylon strings, always going out....

[CallejonParaGuitarra]

beautiful, thankyou

[TheVogliame]

molta tecnica e impeccabilità nell'esecuzione ma poco spirito in generale

[joescarafone]

5:20 First note I've ever heard John Williams buzz........

He stills the King.

[ipoodaily]

@joescarafone  i didnt hear no buzz

[allsafe1]

@joescarafone His timing is so good i have heard so many people get ahead of the orchestra good people. He knows this and you can see him adjusting as he plays Great.

[ludowicovan]

Tutto quello che è indicato sullo spartito lui lo fa, e sembra poco. Veramente un'esecuzione eccellente.

[LUCICAGNOLO]

una tecnica magistrale e pulizia di esecuzione,questo concerto lo suona da Dio!

[TheVogliame]

@LUCICAGNOLO ma sei sicuro?

[LUCICAGNOLO]

@TheVogliame io credo di si,cmq come sempre ci sono opinioni diverse.io adoro questa esecuzione

[ashedy1234]

well played , john william is a great guitar player , he knows exactly what he is doing, I agree that paco de lucia plays it well too but this is not the issue , it is all about not to over do it , john williams has great technique skills and he could have added to it a few things here and there because he is capable of doing it but he did not , that is the point , it is well interpreted as it should be .

[alfbey]

muy bueno

[JLTrumpet]

this is a great performace.. but now i understand Paco de Lucía when he says classical guitar players when they play this concerto trying to play safe and not sacrifacing a note, sacrifice the whole rhythmic sense of the piece which is characteristic of sapnish music. and is also funny how the 2nd movement where they should be more free with tempo is where they are more square. This thing needs more fuego y pasión (fire and passion) more Oleeeee

[boronx]

@JLTrumpet I get what you're saying but this seems like a determinedly non-Spanish interpretation and works surprisingly well.

[aivogesvn]

Smallman & son guitar :)

[RobertoRojasAvila]

facinante. siempre me ha gustado. desde niño. Mi madre nos hacia dormir escuchando este concierto.

[SoullessOpeth]

When and where was this? Exijo más información sobre dónde y cuándo fue esto.

[bigmuso123]

amazing , calm as a cucumber, beautiful stuff.