Were it not for this man, we would not have Ana Vidovic, Denis azabagic and a plethora of fantastic players that we have now, the technique and the equipment may have improved dramatically (thank god) but to be a true innovator makes you special, you go down in history - forever. i used to listen to this man on a sunday night in the bath (me not him) on a radio show (can't remember the name of the show) and my love of the classical guitar stems from this. This man was a legend. Is, Is a legend.
Segovia's playing here in this video is perfect. It is my favourite of all of his videos posted on youtube. Segovia plays each note with so much love. Each has its own sound, carefully assigned by the master, whether it be a vibrato, sull ponticello, a portamento, a glissando, an staccato, a pizzicato,.... placing the right hand in the three different places (near the bridge, beside the sound hole or beside the end of the fingerboard), varying the timbre. I don't hear or see such extreme care of note-playing in any other guitarist of any time. Certainly there are a plenty of guitarists with much more dexterity, such as Williams, for example, but none, none, none gives that attention to each note as Segovia did. He is unique. He has no pair. Barrios was a brilliant composer and performer, but I don't hear the quality of sound that Segovia had. Any one can compare that by listening to the early recordings of both musicians. Barrios plays pretty fast his own compositions. That doesn't convince me. I will always be sorrow that Segovia didn't play Barrios music. It would have been a superb contribution to music of all times, just as he did with Ponce's music. Eventhough he didn't play Barrios music, in my mind, in my imagination, I can hear the master playing it with the lovely care he played every piece on the guitar.
El sonido de Segovia no lo tiene ni lo ha tenido nunca nadie.Por más que algunos detractores digan lo contrario.Tenía un temperamento fuerte que no era distinto de otras celebridades musicales pero no por eso vamos a restarle mérito a su grandeza.Y nunca he visto un guitarrista más relajado para tocar que él.He visto muchas veces a Carlevaro que según muchos de sus alumnos revolucionó la técnica de la guitarra aún siendo alumno de Segovia y por más que lo escucho no me dice nada su interpretación.Segovia será siempre grande.Y si tienen alguna duda vean el video donde Narciso Yepes da un concierto en homenaje a él y antes de tocar pronuncia unas emotivas palabras hacia el maestro.Saludos de un guitarrista chileno...
Son escuelas y épocas distintas la de Carlevaro y Segovia, no se compara. Uno va mas por perfeccionar la técnica, el otro por lo estilístico. Segovia recurre a la guitarra romántica, la tradicional Española, Carlevaro tiene un enfoque mas contemporáneo.
This takes me back to when I saw Segovia at Chicago Music Hall around 1970. Then, I knew nothing about the classical guitar but I knew I was witnessing a great artist of the guitar. Listen to how he goes beyond technique and makes the guitar sing! Segovia achieved such artistry that it is truly difficult to separate the man from the instrument...They are one! His technique and artistry here is unmatched...State of The Art! Wonderful!
Come on. Every high level professional guitarist makes the guitar “sing” snd goes beyond the technique. I know Andrea Segovia was super good but he was an arrogant guy. Bashed all guitar players and composers before him, and his contemporaries.
Maestro de maestros, no solo virtuosismo, también talento y pasión. De eso se trata la música, no sólo de tocar una guitarra, si no de trasmitir lo que esa música quiere decirnos.
Y aqui ya tiene una edad algo avanzada. Falleció con 94 años en el sofá de su casa y aquel año todavía daba conciertos. No es nada fácil llegar a los 94 años y con esa edad ser capaz de subirse a un escenario con una guitarra en la mano.
¡ Qué lastima que el sonido de la grabación no tenga la calidad que el Maestro Segovia merece!. Ha sido el más grande artista que la guitarra ha tenido .Hay (hoy en dia) multitud de guitarristas tocando con una técnica perfecta pero nada más que oimos a Segovia sabemos que es él. Tiene una personalidad artística y una capacidad de comunicarse con el oyente a través de su sonido y su fraseo que es sencillamente única.
... incrivelmente, única! Estudei violão clássico no Conservatório Brasileiro de música no RJ até o sexto ano. Dei alguns recitais, na época, violão Do Souto. Ouvi e vi muitos violonistas, mas p/ mim, até hoje, Segóvia é o mestre dos mestres ! Um ser e um artista perfeito na sua identidade cm o instrumento, algo, realmente, q está e continua ainda bem acima dos humanos! Um intérprete das notas e acordes da pauta do universo q esteve entre nós! ❤
I love to listen to classic guitar. The way Segovia interpretes, valorizes and put sentiment in the phrases is a thing that I have not seen in any other player, Bream included.
Remembering all that is just way beyond utterly amazing! Playing was 100% perfect. The audio was a little bit distorted, but it was filmed a long time ago, so what can you except.
El Maestro.. Brilliant. I saw that it's 43 minutes so I planned to watch the first few minutes, but I just couldn't stop watching.. watched it all!! thank you for uploading this
Ha tenido varias lagunas(no recordar como seguía ) durante éste concierto y ha corregido sin problemas es un fenómeno el mejor de todos Segovia por siempre.
Wow, I want to reafirm my quotation after listening Bach @ 23``. There are many robot-like interpreters that are very proud for themselves about "playing by the rule" they have not reach the level, of "Playing by the soul!"
I saw him play in Chicago in one of his last concerts just a few months before his death. His playing had a strange, "failing" kind of quality, like a kind of senility. He played all the notes, but they were strangely elongated, as if he were playing under water. But in the middle of each set, he played pieces by Haydn I have never heard him play anywhere else. Unlike the rest of the program, the Haydn pieces were played with complete mastery. Deft, perfect and profound.
....hermoso. Primero la conoci de Emerson, Lake & Palmer, posteriormente de su autor Mussorgsky....que excelente interpretación, Perú tiene que estar orgulloso.
At 1:57 the theme is an early 17thC Irish march. It was the tune for the anti-Jacobite satirical song 'Lillibullero' - Purcell included it in a compilation published in 1689, the year after the Williamite Glorious Revolution of 1688. The tune is also well-known as the children's lullaby 'Rock a bye baby' and as the signature tune of the BBC World Service.
I love the way he expresses the music... it seems to me that he tries to emphasize every note so that you get a certain emotion. I also noticed that he prefers to play right below the sound hole which changes the dynamics of his playing, making the pieces seem sharper than if he were to play over or right above the sound hole.
Starlight slumber Thats called rhythmical playing. We tend to see the guitar as an absolutely lyrical instrument. But we forget that the guitat like any other instrument needs percussive touch, which is where the "note enphatizer" comes.
Estava morreu em 1987 rs, maior violonista do século passado, viveu 94 anos... Mudou a história, a maneira como tocar o violão bem... por causa dele madeiras de violão foram melhoradas; triplas foram substituídas por nylon etc...
It is a huge shame that the BBC gentleman who directed this failed to grasp the essential need to witness a full left hand performance in a guitar concert.
Magnificent and inspiring! Makes me wish I had the time and patients to sit down and learn the guitar rather than it sitting in a box in the garage. *sigh*
Guitar maestro . Father of classic guitar . High guitar technique. compares to low technique in blue and metal guitar music. Slave and peasant music / guitar technique compare to royal music
A great player of the past! Personally I preferred the playing of Bream and Diaz and Gonzalez (two of whom were students of Segovia) but there's no denying he was fine musician.
I agree that these are wonderful recordings in spite of the shortcomings of the old technology used to record Segovia. However JW has certain critiques about Segovia's teaching methods. I think we should read the book before we react to a journalist's taking certain statements out of context. Anyway, I would to defer comment until I had a chance to read the whole book. Thank you for uploading this to YT.
Segovia sabía bien lo que hacía cuando elegia siempre las mismas piezas a la hora de tocar en videos en los que se presenta la guitarra al público. La primera impresión que las personas necesitan debe ser intensa, lo cual se consigue tocando piezas fáciles de oir con una primera y rápida escucha. Es el ejemplo de la gavotta de Bach o el primer movimiento de la sonatina de Torroba, la cual fue probablemente la pieza que más interpretó.
Fabuloso Carlos Edu!!! Un millón de gracias por compartir este documento invalorable de el verdadero "Rey" de España. La música agradecida también por ser interpretada con tanta belleza! Alguna idea de la fecha de este show en la BBC? Un abrazo desde Argentina.
This sound of the guitar is so weird, but i'm enjoying this music like this actually. There were really big problems to fully record the sound of the guitar, so i really think he altered the sound derivelately with some sound effects from that time. I don't think the recorders were so "bad" as to record the sound of the guitar this way. Segovia had the intention of putting this sound for the guitar, which is a success, as i'm really enjoying this music this way, with this sound. With another sound i would probably enjoy this in a different way or not at all. Anyway, as i always say the guitar is an instrument to be close to you at the moment is being played. Very appropiate to play it for the girl you love. Actually this can also be done imaginarily, which is a big consolation.
Le maître incontesté de la guitare classique...La différence avec les autres n'est pas dans la technique mais dans la qualité, la densité des notes qui sortent de ses doigts. Cet enregistrement n'en rend pas vraiment compte. Ecoutez plutôt un de ses disques vous comprendrez aisément...Le seul classique qui m'ait scotché à part lui est Roberto Aussel, des notes incroyables sortent de sa guitare, en toute simplicité.
After listening to Segovia play it's a nonsense to try to play another instrument. I will play this instrument no matter i play it as it should be played or not. This depends on my intelligence and capacities, which does not depend on my own will. I don't mind, i will play this instrument in the name of Andres Segovia trying to make my own name.
Both great players but neither is a 'scratch' on Julian Bream who knocked back offers to study under Segovia and develop his own style; all credit to Bream!
This needs to be run through a filter and take out that low hum....they have some great audio tools these days, if you have a decent source, this would clean up VERY well. nice vid regardless of all that...
I see a lot of comments about his "sharp tone." I think it is being over looked that the quality of this recording "sharpens" his tone. Modern players benefit from excellent mics, knowledge of proper mic placement(which was learned from decades of pioneers artists lending themselves to experimentation: note the mic placement of Segovia's "the Song of the Guitar" video and realize many modern artists have copied that and that Segovia did not benefit from it until he was 84 years old) not to mention modern pre-amps, all of which work together to create a recording that is a closer representation of the "original," actual, sound quality. And, Segovia was still using gut strings at this time, which also have a different sound quality when pushed than the nylons of today. He was past his peak in the "The Song of the Guitar" video but that video provides the closest representation of his actual tone; ignore his playing(which is still better than most at 84!) and listen to his amazing tone there. Otherwise, find a crappy mic and a 40s soundboard and cut a recording of Manuel Barrueco or Ana Vidovic with that equipment and see if they fare any better. And I don't care about who has better technique (and all three names are probably better than anyone who takes time to comment here anyway so that is a mute point to discuss) I am only referring to the tone quality produced on the recording itself.
I agree 100%. I'm also aware of the sound that he produced in "The Song of the Guitar", which is absolutely beautiful. But you should know that he is playing his Ramirez in that video, which had a warmer tone. Segovia's tone was mutant, there are so many recordings of his playing and you never listen the same sound quality, tone twice. He had three guitars after all...but i dont think it has everything to do with his guitars, but also with his touch. Microphone placement is VERY important if you are going to record the guitar, as well as the place and the acoustics of that place. Most of the problems come when you put the microphone too close to your guitar because as a result the machine will only catch the pluck sound of the strings and not so much all the overtones which are being produced and are involved in the final result of the real tone.
He is also playing his Ramirez in this video. It's not all that clear in this video but you can see it pretty well around 10:20 when the guitar head is more or less visible.
According to the classical guitars history, segovia was Aware of Barrios exixtance and he even Met him. any composer and player with love for guitar can not deny the genious virtuosity of composer of La Catedral, el ultimo tremolos, las abejas and tens of other compositions. but Segovia denied this and even though he new that THE GREATEST COMPOSER OF ALL TIMES FOR GUITAR was living at the same time as himself And was poor and unnown to the world, he not only didnt do any thing to promot him but also punished anyone who even talked about Barrios infront of him! John Williams told me this ( when i was in a Master class with him). Aldrig Diaz and many other students of Segovia Said this too. When i was in El salvador interviewing Dr Roberto Bracamonte ( student of Barrios and withness to his death), he told me long stroies about Segoviasegovia jalouxy twards Barrios.this is not how you act, when you are so called : lover of classical guitar and a person who spent his life promoting guitar!But i love the hidden Justice that rulles the world of genious people, because its a question of time, when they are discovered and recognized . And this happend to Agustin Barrios too. Every day that passes his Fame grows more and more. and Historys revenge to Segovia is that : TODAY ALL OF HIS STUDENTS ARE WORSHIPPERS OF AGUSTIN BARRIOS MANGORE!I dont deny what Segovia did for classical guitar and that he love and spent his life on it. But he loved his own Fame more than the classical guitar. 200 years from now ( if there still is life on earth!) people only remember Barrios Mangore NOT SEGOVIA!
+Romano Lombardi Indeed Segovia had some nasty character traits and you're right in your comment except for the last sentence: in terms of importance for the guitar there's no denying Segovia's importance in making the guitar universally accepted. It might even be so that Segovia's advocacy for the guitar has helped spread the music of Barrios.
Romano Lombardi If you are going to talk about Barrios get out to another video. This is only for those who understand Segovia and his real purpose for the classical guitar.
One was a composer the other a performer. They didnt see eye to eye. That's all. Segovia is entitled to his opinion. As much as I love Barrios, your last statement is incorrect in my opinion. Segovia's interpretation and musicality are unsurpassed.
I think Segovia had high standards. Yes he was tough. But think of all the years he worked so hard to get the guitar to be taken seriously as a concert instrument. Segovia didn't want to see all of his hard work be for naught, and fought hard to keep standards high. He paved the way for many great guitarists to follow. John Williams is entitled to his opinion. It seems like "sour grapes" to me from Williams. As it is with all great artists, one will have critics no matter how great one is.
Were it not for this man, we would not have Ana Vidovic, Denis azabagic and a plethora of fantastic players that we have now, the technique and the equipment may have improved dramatically (thank god) but to be a true innovator makes you special, you go down in history - forever.
i used to listen to this man on a sunday night in the bath (me not him) on a radio show (can't remember the name of the show) and my love of the classical guitar stems from this.
This man was a legend.
Is, Is a legend.
+ IndiaRubber Man
Segovia's playing here in this video is perfect. It is my favourite of all of his videos posted on youtube. Segovia plays each note with so much love. Each has its own sound, carefully assigned by the master, whether it be a vibrato, sull ponticello, a portamento, a glissando, an staccato, a pizzicato,.... placing the right hand in the three different places (near the bridge, beside the sound hole or beside the end of the fingerboard), varying the timbre. I don't hear or see such extreme care of note-playing in any other guitarist of any time. Certainly there are a plenty of guitarists with much more dexterity, such as Williams, for example, but none, none, none gives that attention to each note as Segovia did. He is unique. He has no pair.
Barrios was a brilliant composer and performer, but I don't hear the quality of sound that Segovia had. Any one can compare that by listening to the early recordings of both musicians. Barrios plays pretty fast his own compositions. That doesn't convince me. I will always be sorrow that Segovia didn't play Barrios music. It would have been a superb contribution to music of all times, just as he did with Ponce's music. Eventhough he didn't play Barrios music, in my mind, in my imagination, I can hear the master playing it with the lovely care he played every piece on the guitar.
the legend, his name is Segovia. No one plays the sweet tone.
That makes me happy!
Segovia tone will be still forever.
セゴビアの音色は凄すぎ❗️
El sonido de Segovia no lo tiene ni lo ha tenido nunca nadie.Por más que algunos detractores digan lo contrario.Tenía un temperamento fuerte que no era distinto de otras celebridades musicales pero no por eso vamos a restarle mérito a su grandeza.Y nunca he visto un guitarrista más relajado para tocar que él.He visto muchas veces a Carlevaro que según muchos de sus alumnos revolucionó la técnica de la guitarra aún siendo alumno de Segovia y por más que lo escucho no me dice nada su interpretación.Segovia será siempre grande.Y si tienen alguna duda vean el video donde Narciso Yepes da un concierto en homenaje a él y antes de tocar pronuncia unas emotivas palabras hacia el maestro.Saludos de un guitarrista chileno...
Son escuelas y épocas distintas la de Carlevaro y Segovia, no se compara. Uno va mas por perfeccionar la técnica, el otro por lo estilístico. Segovia recurre a la guitarra romántica, la tradicional Española, Carlevaro tiene un enfoque mas contemporáneo.
This takes me back to when I saw Segovia at Chicago Music Hall around 1970. Then, I knew nothing about the classical guitar but I knew I was witnessing a great artist of the guitar. Listen to how he goes beyond technique and makes the guitar sing! Segovia achieved such artistry that it is truly difficult to separate the man from the instrument...They are one! His technique and artistry here is unmatched...State of The Art! Wonderful!
Come on. Every high level professional guitarist makes the guitar “sing” snd goes beyond the technique. I know Andrea Segovia was super good but he was an arrogant guy. Bashed all guitar players and composers before him, and his contemporaries.
can't give this enough likes, forty-five minutes of flawless guitar
Maestro de maestros, no solo virtuosismo, también talento y pasión. De eso se trata la música, no sólo de tocar una guitarra, si no de trasmitir lo que esa música quiere decirnos.
Y aqui ya tiene una edad algo avanzada. Falleció con 94 años en el sofá de su casa y aquel año todavía daba conciertos. No es nada fácil llegar a los 94 años y con esa edad ser capaz de subirse a un escenario con una guitarra en la mano.
When I listen Andres I never get bored.. he always manages to touch my soul
Simply the best of all times
¡ Qué lastima que el sonido de la grabación no tenga la calidad que el Maestro Segovia merece!. Ha sido el más grande artista que la guitarra ha tenido .Hay (hoy en dia) multitud de guitarristas tocando con una técnica perfecta pero nada más que oimos a Segovia sabemos que es él. Tiene una personalidad artística y una capacidad de comunicarse con el oyente a través de su sonido y su fraseo que es sencillamente única.
... incrivelmente, única! Estudei violão clássico no Conservatório Brasileiro de música no RJ até o sexto ano. Dei alguns recitais, na época, violão Do Souto. Ouvi e vi muitos violonistas, mas p/ mim, até hoje, Segóvia é o mestre dos mestres ! Um ser e um artista perfeito na sua identidade cm o instrumento, algo, realmente, q está e continua ainda bem acima dos humanos! Um intérprete das notas e acordes da pauta do universo q esteve entre nós! ❤
I love to listen to classic guitar. The way Segovia interpretes, valorizes and put sentiment in the phrases is a thing that I have not seen in any other player, Bream included.
segovia knows how to play the guitar
This great great man set the standard for All guitarist simply the Master
A stupendously magnificent performance - inspirational tonal quality!
His right hand is just amazing.
Thanks for sharing!
el mejor guitarrista clásico,su sonido y potencia no tiene igual
Un documento excepcional para los que amamos la guitarra.......
Gracias por compartirlo Carlos.
un verdadero documento histórico.
No one plays gavotte as beautifully as el maestro.
I have loved the music of Segovia ever since I first heard him play on a recording in the early 60's.
Remembering all that is just way beyond utterly amazing!
Playing was 100% perfect. The audio was a little bit distorted, but it was filmed a long time ago, so what can you except.
El Maestro.. Brilliant. I saw that it's 43 minutes so I planned to watch the first few minutes, but I just couldn't stop watching.. watched it all!! thank you for uploading this
He was and still is The Best !!
Ha tenido varias lagunas(no recordar como seguía ) durante éste concierto y ha corregido sin problemas es un fenómeno el mejor de todos Segovia por siempre.
Utterly beautiful.
Even with old technology..his genius still shines through! I am humbled.
Wow, I want to reafirm my quotation after listening Bach @ 23``. There are many robot-like interpreters that are very proud for themselves about "playing by the rule" they have not reach the level, of "Playing by the soul!"
fantástico!
Segovia playing Purcell - marvellous.
this is more relevant now, than ever before
GRANDISSIMO!!!!!!!!
I saw him play in Chicago in one of his last concerts just a few months before his death. His playing had a strange, "failing" kind of quality, like a kind of senility. He played all the notes, but they were strangely elongated, as if he were playing under water. But in the middle of each set, he played pieces by Haydn I have never heard him play anywhere else. Unlike the rest of the program, the Haydn pieces were played with complete mastery. Deft, perfect and profound.
Truly at the height of his playing here, both technically and musically...extraordinary!! Thank you for the post.
Gracias pir compartir estos valiosisimos documentos de la historia de la guitarra.
私は同意、セゴビアは素晴らしかった！Gracias por esta estupenda grabación en vivo del maestro Segovia!!
季節を奏でているかのような
暖かさがある。
ほんと素晴らしいよな。
Grandiiiiiiiiiisimo genio. Es un amor escucharlo
Wow again... Villa Lobos, esse dá orgulho de ser brasileiro! This one make us proud of being brazilian!
....hermoso. Primero la conoci de Emerson, Lake & Palmer, posteriormente de su autor Mussorgsky....que excelente interpretación, Perú tiene que estar orgulloso.
Perú???
Maestro total Andrés Segovia ...
Magic! As always!
Saludos :) En Cuba mi pais Hermoso ,,,, Desde que entras a un Conservatorio Las Primeras Lecciones Son de este extraodinario Maestro. Un Abraso ;)
Великолепно! Bravo!
Muito bom,grande Mestre da guitarra Espanhola,como Paredes em Portugal.Bravo !
At 1:57 the theme is an early 17thC Irish march. It was the tune for the anti-Jacobite satirical song 'Lillibullero' - Purcell included it in a compilation published in 1689, the year after the Williamite Glorious Revolution of 1688. The tune is also well-known as the children's lullaby 'Rock a bye baby' and as the signature tune of the BBC World Service.
I love the way he expresses the music... it seems to me that he tries to emphasize every note so that you get a certain emotion. I also noticed that he prefers to play right below the sound hole which changes the dynamics of his playing, making the pieces seem sharper than if he were to play over or right above the sound hole.
Starlight slumber Thats called rhythmical playing. We tend to see the guitar as an absolutely lyrical instrument. But we forget that the guitat like any other instrument needs percussive touch, which is where the "note enphatizer" comes.
Just simply awesome, m really speechless ,,, thnx sir
Superb
Estava morreu em 1987 rs, maior violonista do século passado, viveu 94 anos... Mudou a história, a maneira como tocar o violão bem... por causa dele madeiras de violão foram melhoradas; triplas foram substituídas por nylon etc...
Máximo respeito, mas pra mim o maior violonista da história foi Dilermando Reis, depois Segóvia e em terceiro Paco de Lucia.
I'm hip, I know he doesn't swear or smash up the equipment but I respect that in this player.
ありがたい資料ですこんな贅沢な至福の時です。
beautiful, thanks xx!
Magnífico
Un grande de la guitarra clasica.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this.
gracias por compartir esto
magnifico
古い映像 哀愁感 あります
sense of sorrow
ありがとうございます 貴重な
precious Thank you.
It is a huge shame that the BBC gentleman who directed this failed to grasp the essential need to witness a full left hand performance in a guitar concert.
録音は悪くても、左手の運指が良い勉強になる！！右手も音色を変えるのに工夫していることが、ビデオを見ているとよく解る！！偉大だ！！
Master!
|Nossa sem palavras
Magnificent and inspiring! Makes me wish I had the time and patients to sit down and learn the guitar rather than it sitting in a box in the garage. *sigh*
Guitar maestro . Father of classic guitar . High guitar technique. compares to low technique in blue and metal guitar music. Slave and peasant music / guitar technique compare to royal music
Único!
A great player of the past! Personally I preferred the playing of Bream and Diaz and Gonzalez (two of whom were students of Segovia) but there's no denying he was fine musician.
Wonderful! Has a slight flanger effect, probably because of the old recording. Really nice touch.
Not for what, disclose Segovia is an honor beyond measure.
Gracias por subirlo
El mejorSegovia
セゴビアは本当に素晴らしい、素晴らしいです！
素晴らしい～!!
Sarabande: Fourth movement from Robert de Visée guitar suite in D minor. Regards!
O que dizer das interpretações desses monstros da música clássica, erudita e popular?!
Só que gostaria de tocar como eles!
I agree that these are wonderful recordings in spite of the shortcomings of the old technology used to record Segovia. However JW has certain critiques about Segovia's teaching methods. I think we should read the book before we react to a journalist's taking certain statements out of context. Anyway, I would to defer comment until I had a chance to read the whole book. Thank you for uploading this to YT.
it's prelude no 3 by Villa-Lobos
Abs Luis!
Segovia sabía bien lo que hacía cuando elegia siempre las mismas piezas a la hora de tocar en videos en los que se presenta la guitarra al público. La primera impresión que las personas necesitan debe ser intensa, lo cual se consigue tocando piezas fáciles de oir con una primera y rápida escucha. Es el ejemplo de la gavotta de Bach o el primer movimiento de la sonatina de Torroba, la cual fue probablemente la pieza que más interpretó.
Fabuloso Carlos Edu!!! Un millón de gracias por compartir este documento invalorable de el verdadero "Rey" de España. La música agradecida también por ser interpretada con tanta belleza! Alguna idea de la fecha de este show en la BBC?
Un abrazo desde Argentina.
Gracias por mejorar la calidad del video. Se ve genial ahora.
This sound of the guitar is so weird, but i'm enjoying this music like this actually. There were really big problems to fully record the sound of the guitar, so i really think he altered the sound derivelately with some sound effects from that time. I don't think the recorders were so "bad" as to record the sound of the guitar this way.
Segovia had the intention of putting this sound for the guitar, which is a success, as i'm really enjoying this music this way, with this sound. With another sound i would probably enjoy this in a different way or not at all.
Anyway, as i always say the guitar is an instrument to be close to you at the moment is being played. Very appropiate to play it for the girl you love. Actually this can also be done imaginarily, which is a big consolation.
Master Segovia.
What performance is this? What is the date and place? And can someone give a list of the pieces?
Le maître incontesté de la guitare classique...La différence avec les autres n'est pas dans la technique mais dans la qualité, la densité des notes qui sortent de ses doigts. Cet enregistrement n'en rend pas vraiment compte. Ecoutez plutôt un de ses disques vous comprendrez aisément...Le seul classique qui m'ait scotché à part lui est Roberto Aussel, des notes incroyables sortent de sa guitare, en toute simplicité.
After listening to Segovia play it's a nonsense to try to play another instrument. I will play this instrument no matter i play it as it should be played or not. This depends on my intelligence and capacities, which does not depend on my own will. I don't mind, i will play this instrument in the name of Andres Segovia trying to make my own name.
so how are you doing on your project?
Both great players but neither is a 'scratch' on Julian Bream who knocked back offers to study under Segovia and develop his own style; all credit to Bream!
weed at work and segovia in earphones thanks
Disponha Josep, grato por comentar, abs!
In what year did Segovia play this beautiful presentation?
It sounds like a flamenco guitar.
This needs to be run through a filter and take out that low hum....they have some great audio tools these days, if you have a decent source, this would clean up VERY well. nice vid regardless of all that...
I see a lot of comments about his "sharp tone." I think it is being over looked that the quality of this recording "sharpens" his tone. Modern players benefit from excellent mics, knowledge of proper mic placement(which was learned from decades of pioneers artists lending themselves to experimentation: note the mic placement of Segovia's "the Song of the Guitar" video and realize many modern artists have copied that and that Segovia did not benefit from it until he was 84 years old) not to mention modern pre-amps, all of which work together to create a recording that is a closer representation of the "original," actual, sound quality. And, Segovia was still using gut strings at this time, which also have a different sound quality when pushed than the nylons of today. He was past his peak in the "The Song of the Guitar" video but that video provides the closest representation of his actual tone; ignore his playing(which is still better than most at 84!) and listen to his amazing tone there. Otherwise, find a crappy mic and a 40s soundboard and cut a recording of Manuel Barrueco or Ana Vidovic with that equipment and see if they fare any better. And I don't care about who has better technique (and all three names are probably better than anyone who takes time to comment here anyway so that is a mute point to discuss) I am only referring to the tone quality produced on the recording itself.
when you're playing a big hall, you gotta play brighter than if you're in your bedroom
I agree 100%. I'm also aware of the sound that he produced in "The Song of the Guitar", which is absolutely beautiful. But you should know that he is playing his Ramirez in that video, which had a warmer tone. Segovia's tone was mutant, there are so many recordings of his playing and you never listen the same sound quality, tone twice. He had three guitars after all...but i dont think it has everything to do with his guitars, but also with his touch.
Microphone placement is VERY important if you are going to record the guitar, as well as the place and the acoustics of that place. Most of the problems come when you put the microphone too close to your guitar because as a result the machine will only catch the pluck sound of the strings and not so much all the overtones which are being produced and are involved in the final result of the real tone.
He is also playing his Ramirez in this video. It's not all that clear in this video but you can see it pretty well around 10:20 when the guitar head is more or less visible.
@@thanagan5192 just look at the Rosette.
@@steveb9325 yes but black and white picture makes it harder to see ;). Pretty clear Ramirez style though
According to the classical guitars history, segovia was Aware of Barrios exixtance and he even Met him. any composer and player with love for guitar can not deny the genious virtuosity of composer of La Catedral, el ultimo tremolos, las abejas and tens of other compositions. but Segovia denied this and even though he new that THE GREATEST COMPOSER OF ALL TIMES FOR GUITAR was living at the same time as himself And was poor and unnown to the world, he not only didnt do any thing to promot him but also punished anyone who even talked about Barrios infront of him! John Williams told me this ( when i was in a Master class with him). Aldrig Diaz and many other students of Segovia Said this too. When i was in El salvador interviewing Dr Roberto Bracamonte ( student of Barrios and withness to his death), he told me long stroies about Segoviasegovia jalouxy twards Barrios.this is not how you act, when you are so called : lover of classical guitar and a person who spent his life promoting guitar!But i love the hidden Justice that rulles the world of genious people, because its a question of time, when they are discovered and recognized . And this happend to Agustin Barrios too. Every day that passes his Fame grows more and more. and Historys revenge to Segovia is that : TODAY ALL OF HIS STUDENTS ARE WORSHIPPERS OF AGUSTIN BARRIOS MANGORE!I dont deny what Segovia did for classical guitar and that he love and spent his life on it. But he loved his own Fame more than the classical guitar. 200 years from now ( if there still is life on earth!) people only remember Barrios Mangore NOT SEGOVIA!
+Romano Lombardi Indeed Segovia had some nasty character traits and you're right in your comment except for the last sentence: in terms of importance for the guitar there's no denying Segovia's importance in making the guitar universally accepted. It might even be so that Segovia's advocacy for the guitar has helped spread the music of Barrios.
Segovia didn't like Barrios music, i understand why he didn't like his music, that's why Segovia never payed attention to Barrios
Romano Lombardi If you are going to talk about Barrios get out to another video. This is only for those who understand Segovia and his real purpose for the classical guitar.
One was a composer the other a performer. They didnt see eye to eye. That's all. Segovia is entitled to his opinion. As much as I love Barrios, your last statement is incorrect in my opinion. Segovia's interpretation and musicality are unsurpassed.
Moonrise Kingdom at 4:05!!
Anybody?
Has any one worked out what year this was?
Quise decir * Desde que comienzas a Estudiar En Escuelas de Musica ;)
08:16 anybody know the name of that piece please ?
does not need to!
Please tell me name of the song at 31:00
I think Segovia had high standards. Yes he was tough. But think of all the years he worked so hard to get the guitar to be taken seriously as a concert instrument. Segovia didn't want to see all of his hard work be for naught, and fought hard to keep standards high. He paved the way for many great guitarists to follow. John Williams is entitled to his opinion. It seems like "sour grapes" to me from Williams. As it is with all great artists, one will have critics no matter how great one is.
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