Pepe Romero playing Asturias, Leyenda, (Hauser guitar)

[Anauco]

¡Mi querido Maestro! ¡Maravilloso como siempre! ¡Cuanto disfruté escucharte al lado mío en tu legendaria Hauser en tu casa, en la de Celín y en la Uni! ¡Esas experiencias inolvidables eran el Pan Nuestro...! ¡Por cierto, nunca te dí las gracias por dejarme tocar esa fantástica guitarra, única en su equilibrio y en su bello y uniforme tono!

Te quiere muchísimo,

Alguien que aprendió mucho de tí y que conoces muy bien ¡un abrazo!

[MucusFelidae]

Such a Hauser guitar costs 15000 euros today.

Note that it has a zero fret before the nut.

There is a reason for that and it's worth the effort.

Modern luthiers forgot how to make good guitars.

[azaas]

wow i get finger cramps just by looking at him ... i mean i can never imagine being able to play like that ....

[19knorkator95]

@azaas its not that hard as u think the point is just the endurance

[19knorkator95]

@azaas its not that hard as u think the real difficulty is just the endurance

[guitarMclassical]

@19knorkator95

+1

[TheFarier]

It is Nice, exelent, Wonderfull!!!

[oldstrings09]

oops! 1955Anthony

sorry!

[oldstrings09]

i agree with 1995 anthony.other than that his a monster

[1955anthony]

He gets the worst sound with his thumb, it sounds like a tin can draged behind a car!

[martinjp1958]

Fantastic, but only John Williams seems to 'fly' through this piece.

[soulfullyanointed]

@martinjp1958 both are great...btw I heard batman can beat up superman, too. good grief...

[bavlara]

Check out Virginia Luques version to see how two excellent guitarists interpret the piece in very different ways. It's interesting to hear and compare their subtleties. I learned something from both of them

[adi11199]

nice indeed - playing it with the same finger is easier at the beginning - two days and it can be played with two fingers. Se my version !

[Maxshard]

He's a lot better than me, but watch John Williams playing this piece which is more commonly known as Asturias and the difference is tremendous. The chord changes with williams are so fast and smooth they are almost unbelievabe.

[peplicus]

Pepe is a master, but his playing of Spanish music, like this, just doesn´t compare to someone, say, like John Williams: in terms of tone, phrasing and sound. Compare video with J. Williams on Youtube, you´ll see the difference.

[AlexM1979]

COME ON...John Williams and Spanish music!?? He is technical but hardly an emotional performer. And his tone on the Smallman is plain horrible.

[peplicus]

His Spanish album (including the valses poéticos) is something to listen to. I disagree (his sound is as perfect as can be...one or another may not like it...but its much better, at least, than this). I think Pepe´s sound here (perhaps the audio) is not representative.

[acere58]

@AlexM1979 : Did you have an aneurysm? Do you realize how incredibly stupid you make yourself sound? Even the great Juan Mercadal considered Williams to be a fantastic performer. Please load your brain before shooting your mouth.

[AlexM1979]

@acere58 Please excuse me. I will try to enjoy JW better in the future.

[Nthotep7734]

Wow!!

I'm a Rocker & feel mighty humbled.

[YorkeKin]

ZOMFG A HAUSER!!!!!!!

i wonder why it is so hard to find a violonist/guitarist playing a hauser II or III

[jorfel49]

This is the earltroach video, it was in the related pieces window, much better recording technically (of course) so the guitar sounding better may be partly due to that...

watch?v=59Vuu4KBXtY

[funkyrimpler]

my only negative comment is that i found his tempo faltering throughout the piece. i love this piece, but sadly didnt feel moved by this performance or interpretation.

[esl63]

Gee what boring is this: hearing PR play asturias once again. Does he play anything else?

[paraivan]

LOL Exactly my thought when I saw this video.

[jamesguitarguy]

Pepe has recorded 40 albums with different music. Rodrigo wrote his last guitar concerto for Pepe to raise the bar.

He is playing this piece on the guitar (in 1996) at the request of the host (james Hunley)

[philomelodia]

I question the year of that hauser. In 1927, Hauser's guitars would've sounded less Spanish than this. Is it 1972? That would make more sense. Hermann Hauser I didn't see Segovia's Ramirez guitar and Llobet's Torres guitar till like 1928 or something. Till then, he made a munich and a Vienna model and they had a dryer sound with a smaller tone pallet. A guitar made by him in 1927 would've sounded more like this one:

watch?v=KEu-Fg0_Pm0

[carlox90]

at the cd it sounds better pepe...jjj

[billyguns2]

To hear Mr. Romero play this at his best, check out earltroach's uploaded version; it' a live performance, and one of the most stunningly beautiful things I've ever heard. The guitar in that performance is also a superior instrument to he one used here.

[sclogse1]

Send me to the page you're talking about. earltroach isn't enough info to get there...thanks..

[mars7272]

Thumb is too rigid in Pepe's Playing, but he is a great player.

[jamesguitarguy]

Your kidding right?

Its the greatest thumb motion ever seen.

[mikestoneiscool]

this isnt pepe at his best

[RUSTYBUBBLEJUICE]

Check out the Jon williams Version of this WAAAAAAAAAAAAY better. This sounds choppy and unrefined

[Emmadamoudi]

nice...

[adilzahrani]

pepe is the best

adil

[Musiclover22222]

One of my favorite guitar pieces and beautifully played...

[peplicus]

The sound is tinty, but could be the sound of the videos. Pepe sounds much better on his Rodriguez guitars.

[Y2H]

Rodríguez? He only made very rare uses of Rodríguez´ guitars, mostly he plays Edmund BLÖCHINGER and now he´s son´s guitars only.

[supermike3]

"La Wonderful", one of the so called Rodriguez Church Door guitars was recorded on extensively in the 70's and 80's. A friend of mine who was close to the family said it was damaged when a metal back brace fell on the top of it. I don't know if that is true. His son's guitars are very similar and VERY expensive.

[philomelodia]

Friend of mine is a local luthier and got one of Pepe's son's guitars in for a set-up job. I drooled. I envied. I cried. I want. I lust. Must have. He who owns it earned my bad will. They are magnificent instruments. He let me play it and, let me tell you, I felt that thing vibrate my spinal chord and the floorboards under my feet also vibrated with it. It was amazing! Think it was like 14 grand.

[jargenlink]

well what was his opinion of the hauser guitar.

[musicloveranthony]

Thank you so much for posting this!!!