Rare Guitar Video: Christopher Parkening Profile on CBS

Christopher Parkening Profile on CBS "Sunday Morning".

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[gabeuop79]

Hey may not be the most technical player out there, but I think his interpretive skills are second to none. His dynamic and tonal control are superb. He plays with beautiful expression, and has for several decades now. Undeniably one of the best classical guitarists of the 20th century, and he's still going.

[flazo68]

I seen many Classical guitar players from the Best to the amauter and Christopher Parkening is THE BEST SO FAR.

Thank you maestro for all the Joy!

[StephenAnthonyMusic]

@gabeuop79

I would put CP's technical skills right up there with David Russell, Scott Tennant, John Williams, or anyone else. The difference is that Parkening sounds alive when he plays, not dead. Just because he doesn't sound dead doesn't mean he's not as technically proficient. Parkening is the best guitarist of all time in my opinion.

[bradmercymusic]

Thank you for posting this.

[414rainbow]

He is featured in todays devotional OUR DAILY BREAD by DAY OF DISCOVERY< THANK YOU CHRISTOPHER FOR YOUR TESTIMONY GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!!! GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE!!!!

[vkissas]

@Noahsyc yeah noob stfu know any one better than segovia?

[Noahsyc]

The greatest guitarist that ever lived? Really?

[simonshusse]

@gabeuop79 Parkening not being technical? I agree with the rest that you write but I think that Parkenings technique is something that most accomplished guitarist would give their right foot for if not their right hand. Check out him performing Mozart - K 339 Solemn Vespers Laudate Dominum here at YT to see my point. But hes interpretative skill is his real strength as you write.

[caramelizeme]

what is all this about his not being technically masterful? all that IS technique. the hand is perpendicular to the strings, neck of the guitar at his neck, all that is how it should be.

[warrkrymez]

@porpoisefathom What that guy means is that his approach to the guitar is not technical like Williams or in a sense the Romeros. I think with Williams first is the technical aspect of a piece, then comes interpretation. With the Segovia school, the technique is secondary: for example fingerings are chosen to make the music speak, rather than what's most ergonomic.