Bill Kanengiser

[Michajeru]

This is truly well played. What an excellent performer!

[wdashwor]

Probably the best performance of this piece I've ever seen. With other guitarists, I've noticed that the Grand Solo can sound disjointed, but Kanengiser's performance flows beautifully, and the transition between the sections is so natural. He is a master interpreter.

[CGamat]

You have re-difined this piece and set the bar so high that only a handful of top players will ever reach your level of music interpretation! Stunning! all the best to you sir!

[abetmusic]

Very Nice!

[tozzty1]

voy a ir a competir con esos cuates con una guitarra de 500 varos y tocar unos corridos haber si gano el primer lugar jajajaja °!!!!!!!!!!

[dizzyvonclutch]

10 hours a day is too much.I have tried it and it doesn't work for me.

[clash44]

@dizzyvonclutch that's a good way to ruin your hand. I used to top out around 5. with breaks and of course a variety of exercises to loosen and strengthen and relax. It's very methodical. you have to be careful when doing any form of exercise so as to get the maximum benefit and avoid causing damage.

[TRMPmusic]

Bravo! I believe Sor had the opportunity of hearing Mozart perform. Anyway, fantastic!

[obyone2096]

great performance !

[garotobossanova]

Great Fernando Sor!

The classical guitar's father...

[ham101ma]

He is an artist ! hyper- interpretation very unique qnd relaxed..!

[allmdiym]

Not better than the best but damn good. The smile and enjoyment even better A+

[giancarlodipierro]

Il pianista delle sei corde. Un'orchestra in un solo strumento. Sei il mio guru.

Grande Bill!

G

[fogo55]

Hi Bill,

Dear Bill

Every time I listen to your interpretation it seems to become more and more evident to my ears: you have taken this piece to a new height, quite beyond Julian Bream and also J. Williams previous interpretations. Great!!! Wonderful!!! Thank you!!!

[alago85]

Sin palabras, una perfecta ejecución!!!

Felicitaciones!

[elmonovillarreal]

exelentes arreglos q buena obra att: jose villarreal

[ceili]

Guys check out barrueco's recording of this, he rips through it, its awesome

[jarvoramas]

what a mind . such talent

[ShowtimeD]

come on Fisk is nowhere near Kanengiser...Fisk is sloppy as hell

[dizzyvonclutch]

@ShowtimeD Fisk just practices too much!

[Orange1117]

@dizzyvonclutch what do you mean by "too much"? =/

[Blueeyes57]

Very great performance!

[guitarclasic4693]

***** excelente

[Phoenix0221]

He torn this piece a new one !!!. Wow I love his interpretation . I would sure take him over Eliot Fisk anytime !!!

[allmdiym]

fisk has be be more fun live hes a mad man lol

[BWPGuy]

yes both are amazing BUT ...Fisk has the 24 Caprices under his belt...ALLL 24...anyone else wants to step up and pull it off their welcome..I'd love to see it. Love Kanengiser's intrepretations of Leo Brouwer wow! check em out

[guitarclasic4693]

muy bueno

y matizado

[cast390]

World Class Pro Im sure, but Boring as hell!

[sleazebee]

those are really ralph machio's hands playing the sor

[doublealufwaffe]

I saw him live at the University of PR. He played this piece and his interpretation- although some consider tastless and out of period syle- just kicked ass. His playing is full of color and not boring at all.

[FrankieSarlanga]

very nice, Henry kissinger

[maxazi]

BRAAAAAAAVOOOOOOO!!!!!

[funyata]

I love this second best "gran solo" .

The best is Edward Fernandes's '1976 concule in Paris.

[bradleyt1]

Beautiful!

[ThirdEyeOpen123]

but can he play smmoke on the water? didnt think so.

[AzO8]

I think he can play anything you imagine...

[alexinnitro2]

You're kidding, right?

[ThirdEyeOpen123]

yes.

[fellcole]

dude shove the guitar up your third eye!!!!!! He could probably play it just by looking at the guitar!!!!

[ThirdEyeOpen123]

yeah dude.. i was joking.. even says so right there.. if you had taken the time to read you ignorant piece of shit.

[Gilg1894]

The guitar is Thomas Humphrey Millennium model..

[wakojako49]

how did you know??? i can't see the design of the circle thing which determine the guitar!...

[CelticDragon026]

It's true - that's his Humphrey :3

[ayepuramusica]

la mejor interpretacion q escuche hasta ahora

[nimordo]

es mejor la version ke el hace de ronda all turca en Am....

[druss56]

anyone know the name of this peace

[compaspaco]

the name of this "piece"? yes its the grand solo by fernando sor. try reading the video description.

[Aleksandrasa]

this is Wiliam Kanengiser !! Fantastic :D

[jakobbangsoe]

Bill and William is the samme. "Bill" is short for William.

[backlunden]

he`s a fantastic guitarist and musician!

[jakobbangsoe]

His guitar sounds amazing. Anybody knows the name of the luthier?

[sabbatron5]

Oh my F-ing god this man is a guiatr shredding savant to the 10th degree of insanity

[abella33]

Gracias a Youtube tengo el hono de conocer a este excelente guitarrista, felicitaciones y gracias.-

[spodfi]

Nice sneaky tuning at 33s - right in the middle of playing the pedal A string, zooop, and we're back - not a waver :-)

[insanewizard10]

when i talk to him he prefers bill

[joseaglz]

he is william

[slipsen92]

bill kanengiser ??? isent it william????? that plays

[beni767]

just what I was going to ask ain't it William?

[ayepuramusica]

Genioooooooooooo

Realmente increible la naturalidad para tocar tan compleja pieza... bien por el

[marjoriejohansen]

If I closed my eyes I would have thought I was listening to Julian Bream!

That's the best compliment I can give a guitarist!

[mcbaldan]

His name is William, not Bill.

[Uther100]

:D:D:D:D:D William = Bill

[theDragonaut]

my names william, but everyone calls me will and no one calls me bill.

[ch3llbabi]

actually everyone calls him bill.. dont talk unless you've met him and asked him your self!

[parvaz82003]

Very Beautiful and clean performance.

this music is very fresh and alive for me.

thanks

[fruscia123]

a really outstanding performance, but it doesn't reach interpretations of bream and co

[AnhKiaa]

so nimble fingered

[5stringofFernandoSor]

Fernando Sor's music is so fucking underrated. You cannot match his combination of melodius tone and brooding sorrow. He was exiled from Spain after being forced to serve in Napoleon's army. I think his music really evokes the family that he missed and probably never had a chance to see again in Spain.

[SteveFeces]

sor owns

[jeremy8302]

Thats a pretty thought-provoking comment. I've known a little about his life history aside from music but never put the 2 together. I don't really think his music is underrated though? I mean as a classical guitarist I've always heard ppl mention him as the greatest guitar composer; and definitely the most popular. I know he strived for success in his operas more so than his guitar compositions.

[margoulin81]

you're flying on those strings!

[mexicanguitarist]

i just saw this guy perform yesterday. fuckin crazy

[ferreremil]

Another superb performance of playing the guitar by Bill Kanengiser. He's really good!

[SteveFeces]

Also, this(the music) fuckin owns.

[SteveFeces]

he kind of looks like tom hanks. tom hanks gets laid all the fuckin time, so therefore bill gets laid all the fucking time. Calling him "the bibbest queer" only means you are jealous of his sexy appearance and dress style.

[bilstew]

interesting to note one comment where bill is described as looking like the bibbest queer on the planet! close your eyes friend listen to the music enjoy it eat your heart out and never repeat never judge the book by its cover.Bills style and appearance second to none and by the way, if you do happen to open your eyes youll see a man who listens to his guitar, is at one with it, and the most wondermul music wonderful music it emanates.Billstew

[NoloNikolaidis]

yeah he kinda plays some stuff in a manic, frantic sort of way, but he does look like the neurotic bork-spring of Screech and Tom Hanks and that alone makes me wanna throw stuff at him.. sorry, I realize he must have worked very hard for all of that :( glad you like him though

[VegSXEBassist]

This guy is so amazing. He looks a lot like Dustin Diamond (Screech) too, haha.

[kamenpankov]

nice im playing this (im learning it) :D he is very good nice version

[bernhardusa]

YOU ROCK - yeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh......

[loadermen]

de lo mejor en limpieza y técnica pero me gusta mas el feeling de bream!

[pelusante]

wow! el no es humano!!! es la mejor interpretación que he visto y escuchado.

[variationsonathemeof]

I like the Bills version a lot but my ears craves always Julian Bream's interpetation when the issue is the Gran solo of Fernando Sor.

[Meursault86]

Kinda makes me hate life. It must be really difficult to get to that level without being a professional musician... and playing since you were like 5... and spending half your life in a musical conservatory.

[Honken]

Not really. It takes hours of practice every day for 5-6 years.

[Meursault86]

I suppose if you focused just on classical guitar the whole time, maybe. That music seems pretty difficult to read and play that accurately though.

[NoloNikolaidis]

Well, hating life is probably a good start ;) You just have to want it above everything else. Giving up is ok for someone who started at age 5, but not for you! Natural talent is always unappreciated and earned talent is always unrewarded, you decide what's important to you.

[Nocturno1985]

HATRED!!!!!! why is this guy so damn good? he is great. I'm so happy, that I am a metal-guitar player. I just have to be loud ;-)

[EricPinson]

As always, you have a tremendous command of the instrument which seems effortless. The Humphrey guitar is a nice treat as well. Bravo Maestro William!!

E.P.

[wagnerdfguitar]

Bravo!!!

Excelente interpretação.

[fruscia123]

Beeindruckend!!

[jeuneguitaristesuiss]

encore une fois bravo

[RFeynman]

Perfection!

[thebloodhound]

What guitar does Bill play?

Its not a Damaann is it?

[classicalguitar83]

I believe that's his Thomas Humphrey guitar. His been playing that guitar for years.

[cbradac]

fantastic! superb, perfection

[jeuneguitaristesuiss]

Bravo, très bon guitariste.

[watch156]

Segovia recorded this, an old Decca recording. Anyone else heard it? No one else comes close.

[gandolf99]

Teenagekicks, stop giving your dog cookies after you suck its dick!

[ssguitaro69]

This is a classy performer who I have had the pleasure to play for- and you retards are a disgrace - maybe stop sniffing glue and do something usefull

[teenagekicks121]

Youve played for him? How did you mamange that?

I actualy quite enjoy his music....'retards' careful you dont lower yourself to our petty standards of name calling you excellence!

[ssguitaro69]

I played in a master class for him at as a guitar major in music school - sorry about the name calling - I was just suprised and annoyed with the comments I saw

[RogerTiger]

you saw what he said? hmm.. that's weird

[gandolf99]

Brilliant performance!!

[teenagekicks121]

*takes a bow* Id like to thank my mum, shes always been there for me, and my cat! Fuckin love my cat.

[Sarcofilisatanicus]

teenagekick, You obviously know nothing about music, Especially guitars, Thats the classic guitar sound and is probably worth more than what your molesting father paid for you.

[teenagekicks121]

LMAO! I love when my friend does this, he post over the top messages around, and pathetic morons like yourself lap it up. As soon as you behind a computer jesus do your balls grow!

[thebloodhound]

its all good banter ya fucken zero!

[teenagekicks121]

Good boy!

Have a cookie.

*gives cookie*

[teenagekicks121]

what a shittycunt. Thinks hes so good, it sounds like my dog taking a dumped after fried chicken day, piece of shit. His guitar is gay and old too and must have cost him like $5 from a garage sale. Fucking homo.

[gandolf99]

people like you are ruining youtube

[teenagekicks121]

And then people like yourselves think of all decide to just into an argument to make yourselves feel big with a mob.

[thebloodhound]

I reckon he'd have you in a fight ya fucken half wit!

[teenagekicks121]

You have no idea who i am or what im capalbe of, same as you have no idea who anyone on youtube is.

Great imput there *claps*

[smithsherman]

To believe this performance,one would have to discount

all the Haydn,Bellini,Donizetti,and Rossini that one

had ever heard.But maybe he is not ot blame,...as he

lives in a muscial culture that assures him that,

intelligible rhetorical gestures can be made without

Accelerandi,tenuti,and retardandi.Sounds just like

all the rest,as I slumber peacefully...

[sithstellar]

@smithsherman - agreed.

[ElRoedor]

Yes! that's classical guitar... not that crappy Mozart thing I've seen from this guitarrist... This is the real classical music for guitar. Who wants to kill Mozart playing his music with a guitar, having an excellent composer as Sor was? Brilliant, Bill Kanengiser. Now I'm glad I met you today!

[dndong]

I truly wish I had heard this before the one by Ms. Wang Yameng. But after hearing Yameng's first, this one becomes unbearable. Hers is much more beautiful.

[safaslah]

Nice i just finished learning this this piece

[all1musicstyle]

I did not know that Sor can be played like this. Sounds like Mozart's opera.

[danielmagli]

Grande interpretazione ! Bravo

[DOS32]

Yeah, if he take some guitar effect together with a drum and bass. Yngwie must have to fell something.

[jopakr]

Pure music. I'm a jazz player, (and supposedly Bill was at one time as well), but this is absolutely awesome. I have to wonder how long he focuses on each 4 bar passage, just to get the right timbre, right warmth, dynamics, and phrasing...

[Betelgeuzus]

Sor´s sonata in D is one of his most demanding pieces. I would call this an impressive performance, a pleasure to hear and not the least watch!

To Mod74 I would say Sor made two version, and there is another one in the name of Aguado.

[Mod74]

I was surprised when I looked through my sheet music collection that I have a transcription of this version also. I can't decide to learn this or the Aguado version, perhaps I'll put some elements of both into my performance.

[Betelgeuzus]

You should certainly choose an original Sor version.

Aguado, not much played today, has made lots of excellent concert pieces. Right now I´m working on his Rondo I Adagio from Opus 2, editions Chanterelle S.A Monaco.

I have got an old Bream LP which is a great inspiration...

[Mod74]

The Aguado version is simpler, however still charming but has almost no fingerings. The version played here is based on some other document discovered or something like that, so I'd say it's an original version as well. IIRC Aguado and Sor were friends.

[what567]

The Aguado version simpler? I'm not sure what manuscript you're looking at, it's much more difficult.

[Mod74]

More difficult then this version here? In what way? The Aguado version has many less notes and emblishments.

[what567]

The Aguado version I have is much more virtuosic and difficult. Have you heard any recordings of it? Try to find Manuel Barrueco's.

[Mod74]

Yeah Barrueco's is the one I'm comparing this to. I should go back and listen to it again, because I thought this one was more involved. I have three editions of this piece: 1) Editions Musicales Trans, arrg: Aguado, rev: Herrero 2) Kalmus K04233 (Aguado) 3) Ricordi rev: Paolo Paolini (I believe this is the version we are seeing here)

[Mod74]

Also, I'm a big fan of Manuel so there's no bias for me saying any of this.

[what567]

You should listen again. There's quite a bit more to the Aguado version.

[Mod74]

I've listened to both tonight, side by side, pausing and switching between the two. After doing that I have to say that they are both equally challenging. However, I do prefer the Aguado version to this one.

[snowflakebeach]

It was my good fortune to see William perform this January 27th at Hamline University Sundin Music Hall, one of the more bitter nights to be out. Watching this I feel as if I am there again. What a treat!

[nlimnj]

Great work. With this piece one can get to enjoy playing it too much since some of the catchy lines are fairly easy, then slack off concentration - which Bill did around 07:15. Oh well, bravo!

[fernando5821]

Great playing. Too bad Bill looks like the biggest queer on the planet.

[Allegro1900]

Bill is one of the best players in the world and also a very nice guy.

[RFeynman]

This is pure bliss. Bravo!

[Mod74]

Which version is this? It's a bit different then the one I have.

[nmclay]

Not without mistakes but played like that, who cares? In my mind, Bill is the man to take the chair for Maestro Julian Bream.

[Rhuarc]

Amazing Performance!!

Apperciate the post.

[jamesgram123]

Wow. Very impressive playing; He perfectly captures the orchestral sound of the piece through dynamics and tone color variations. Cool video!

[MarkAntony]

Bill transmits his love of this piece very well. Thank you for putting these videos up!

[Guitarwizard]

Now THAT is great playing and great tone. Very alive and musical. Doesnt get much better. Bravo

[drewtown]

This is a great piece of work.

[AzO8]

This is my favorite piece! Finally it is on youtube :)

Great playing!