Que orgullo, que placer se siente escuchar musica de nuestro querido Mangore, Grande Fuiste, Grande Eres y Grande Seras a travez de este hermoso legado tuyo.
Homage to you, David Russel! You are a great classical guitarist whose gifted Hispanic cand Latin American is huge! I love often hear you, David, and I am grateful to have produced such fine CDs as eg "Leyenda", "Air on a G String" and many more !.... Odette
JW and DR are both fine musicians. No one is better than the other. It depends on the listener. I happen to enjoy tremendously JW's and DR's renditions of this lovely piece.
Hello Mr. Russell. You play this wonderfull tremolo so nicewith fire but at the same time so very quiet.When I began listening I was in a hurry, but I listened the full 6 minutes and 42 sec. and after that I wrote these words to show you my estimation. Now I am putting on my coat for I must be somewhere else to play on my guitar. Byebye .... I am gone. Jan van der Wall.
Sin duda alguna el Maestro Mangoré es de afuera de este mundo, Nitsuga es sin duda el mas grande interprete y compositor de la guitarra clasica del siglo XX
Why wouldn't Bream enjoy this? I always got the impression that he really liked good music. I can't imagine why else he would have been the greatest guitar player in recorded history.
@PreludePresto I agree with you on that one. People always argue the better player, the truth is there isnt one. They both happen to be masters at guitar, and play in their own way. If you listen to the way the greats play like Bream, Russell, Willams, you notice that they almost play like the way they would act.
Glad I found this rendition. I was afraid I was the only one playing the opening chords closer to the nut like this. I don't know why so many people insist on playing it further up the neck and doing those ridiculously long stretches for no reason. All it does is make for muffled notes and a flawed performance. I'm pretty sure this is the way Barrios played it too. It just seems so much more natural on the guitar, and the notes are so much fuller sounding.
Fantastic! No one plays Barrios like Russell!! There's definitely some kind of addition on the end of the fretboard to give him the 20th fret for the high C. It looks like it's made out of different material than the fretwire, which is why it's harder to see. Supposedly when Williams first recorded the piece, he glued a piece of matchstick to the end of his fingerboard to make the "fret." It's probably something like that...
Both John Williams and David Russel play this piece perfectly. There are some points at which Russel is better, and some at which Williams is better. Most people cannot compare to either of them, but it's a pleasure to enjoy listening to Barrios, whoever plays his music.
A few drunken hollers would really fill the silence nicely...Like the ones you hear at them real rowdy concert. Lovely piece btw, and played lovealy. Gotta learn me some good Barrios--any suggestions for most beautiful/interesting barrios pieces ever?
You're right, there are only 19 full frets. However, there is a smaller 20th "fret" under only the high E string and maybe the B. As I said, it's made of a darker colored material than the rest of the frets, so it's harder to see, but there are several spots in the video where you can see it clearly.
A dodgy RH thumb (it flexes and bends a lot )and index finger but such an awe inspiring sound and rendition. Regardless of technique it just seems you either can tremelo or you cant. This fine young man CAN. DR is a deeply thoughtful and talented interpreter of music. A major bravo to indeed a superior version...not that its a competition.....but he sure would be a contender.
Perhaps. Too low video quality for unmistakable conclusions. But look carefully from 5:07 to around 5:19 for a strange 'linear reflection' right where a 20th fret should be, seemingly at the inside of the fretboard's arc. I doubt it would look like a line if it was just some sort of reflection. Plus it stays parallel to the other frets as the camera shifts. Plus the note doesn't sound muffed at all as it ought if played without a fret. So I think he did install a small 'fix' there.
Well said - a note perfect player but he lacks expression (Williams). A guitarist I've been watching lately on here and I have to find out if he has any DVD's is Aniello Desiderio - an absolute monster player, note perfect but with incredible character, fire and grace in his playing.
@Daim0th Right, that's totally because i've been playing electric guitar for like 8 years. i love electric guitar, but when someone calls david russell a "pussy" then i have no other option to assume that the person is only capable of power chords.
@Pikangu and IMO, Russell's version has more power, more clarity, a much stronger tone, better sound overall, I can't even compare it to John William's. Even he would say the same.
I don't know about that. WIlliams is undoubtedly one of the greatest. But I'd say its unfair to clam he's the greatest and blows everyone out of the water
TREM NAIL CLICKIN COULD BE MUCH MORE ,MIND YOU THERE AINT A LOT OF REAL HARD CORR MASTERS OOT THERE .BUT TO BE FAIR A LOT O HARD WORK ,bUT STILL NOT THERE .DEAREST BARRIOS WOULD BE PROUD xNICE WORK YOUNG DAVID. CHEERS STORM X
HAHA I just watched the john williams video first and saw all the crazy comments then clicked on this one and they continue. Barrios is turning in his grave with crazies like you.
@gamergeek3000 Start with Vals op 8 no 3 If your tremelo is good learn - una limosna por el amor de dios and my favorite.. La Catedral... however... the third movement allegro solemne is a bitch!
I think David is a cleaner player. Romero is faster and has a more flamenco style to his playing classical guitar. I love them both. I can't answer that question to be honest! Once you reach the level of playing of those two men it is no longer a contest. Why do us guitar players have to be so competitive anyways?
From your writing I suppose that English is your second language and that as a result you misunderstood my comment as hostile to Bream. I love Bream, you quixotic little troll. I've listened to his records since childhood. Go find a book to read.
John Williams is perfect example of commercial product. He is good, but unfortunately metronome player. David Rusell, is outstanding guitarist. He posses such a poetic way!!!
Define musicality, perhaps? Just because some one doesn't go out of his way to be expressive doesn't mean that they have no musicality. Often I think the intention of the composer is lost when a performer decides to get too "expressive" a la Bream or Segovia. Of course, these are certainly great performers, and I have enjoyed their playing, but I personally prefer the musicians with a more subtle touch like Russel or Pepe Romero. Barrios' music drips with emotion and doesn't need that much more
That's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. His dynamics and phrasing are so perfect. Truly a Master.
Que orgullo, que placer se siente escuchar musica de nuestro querido Mangore, Grande Fuiste, Grande Eres y Grande Seras a travez de este hermoso legado tuyo.
Toda una poesia hecha musica...combinada conla pureza y el amor hacen una obra maestra!
Fantástica apresentação da grande obra de Barrios, parabéns grande mestre David, te saúdo do Brasil.
Great video. Outstanding interpretation, not forced or overplayed.. the music breathes. Great sounding on the Dammann too.
I was telling my wife that the music is breathing. His phrasing is so spot on.
Barrios grande compositore e musicista...e David Russel suona Barrios così bene per me. Grazie David.
This by far the best "Sueno" that I've heard. I'm a big fan of John Williams but damn... this the best!
Homage to you, David Russel! You are a great classical guitarist whose gifted Hispanic cand Latin American is huge! I love often hear you, David, and I am grateful to have produced such fine CDs as eg "Leyenda", "Air on a G String" and many more !....
Odette
oh my god! the dynamics of this interpretation are just amazing, a true interpreter
JW and DR are both fine musicians. No one is better than the other. It depends on the listener. I happen to enjoy tremendously JW's and DR's renditions of this lovely piece.
Como siempre: un gran maestro de la guitarra.
His tremelo is amazingly accurate at this speed!
Exellent performance,you get transported to a different time and place..Go David!
His got the best sense of timing....so graceful...!!
wow- what a great performance - David is so great 💪🏻
One of my all time favorite pieces played very very very well indeed. Bravo!
this has to be the best version
Extraordinaire! Marvelous!sublime !
To play the genial Barrios require a genial guitarist,like David Russel!
Songs and performances like this are why I listen to classical guitar!
Hello Mr. Russell. You play this wonderfull tremolo so nicewith fire but at the same time so very quiet.When I began listening I was in a hurry, but I listened the full 6 minutes and 42 sec. and after that I wrote these words to show you my estimation.
Now I am putting on my coat for I must be somewhere else to play on my guitar. Byebye .... I am gone. Jan van der Wall.
tienen razon es la mejor interpretacion que he escuchado, Russell es un Maestro y Barrios un extraterrestre!!
David Russell is a fantastic guitarist and also an amazing guy!!!! Hope your having a great summer David and hope to see you again =D
i wish to have that sound of him... just speechless
Beautiful playing. I really love this performance.
Bravo!!!
this defines every type of love that ever cosmically existed
My gosh the best tremolo's I have ever seen.
BRAVO MAESTRO,ES TODO UN PLACER PODERTE ESCUHAR
incredible!!!!! barrios would have loved this!!!!!!
absolutely stunning
é incrivel como essas musicas relaxam...
(outra saudação do brasil!)
Sin duda alguna el Maestro Mangoré es de afuera de este mundo, Nitsuga es sin duda el mas grande interprete y compositor de la guitarra clasica del siglo XX
tears. stunning.
SI ESTO NO LE LLEGA EL ALMA A UN AMANTE DE LA MUSICA.... NO SE QUE LO VA A HACER!!!!
So spot on !
Why wouldn't Bream enjoy this? I always got the impression that he really liked good music. I can't imagine why else he would have been the greatest guitar player in recorded history.
Superb. Barrios at it's best!
one man orchestra...wow..!! I wish Barrios could hear this.
@PreludePresto I agree with you on that one. People always argue the better player, the truth is there isnt one. They both happen to be masters at guitar, and play in their own way. If you listen to the way the greats play like Bream, Russell, Willams, you notice that they almost play like the way they would act.
Glad I found this rendition. I was afraid I was the only one playing the opening chords closer to the nut like this. I don't know why so many people insist on playing it further up the neck and doing those ridiculously long stretches for no reason. All it does is make for muffled notes and a flawed performance. I'm pretty sure this is the way Barrios played it too. It just seems so much more natural on the guitar, and the notes are so much fuller sounding.
What I like about David Russel is his sense of dynamics.....
textbook interpretation! Barrios would be proud if he knows there's a David Russel
extraordinario, superlativo y maravilloso
simply the best
Fantastic! No one plays Barrios like Russell!!
There's definitely some kind of addition on the end of the fretboard to give him the 20th fret for the high C. It looks like it's made out of different material than the fretwire, which is why it's harder to see.
Supposedly when Williams first recorded the piece, he glued a piece of matchstick to the end of his fingerboard to make the "fret." It's probably something like that...
Gracias David Russell...
Pure magic!
Extremadamente hermoso
Both John Williams and David Russel play this piece perfectly. There are some points at which Russel is better, and some at which Williams is better. Most people cannot compare to either of them, but it's a pleasure to enjoy listening to Barrios, whoever plays his music.
Excellent song!
Insuperable interpretación, sin duda!
tambien encuentro que es la mejor version.. el disco de russell tocando barrios es maravilloso
Superlativo como siempre!!
A few drunken hollers would really fill the silence nicely...Like the ones you hear at them real rowdy concert.
Lovely piece btw, and played lovealy. Gotta learn me some good Barrios--any suggestions for most beautiful/interesting barrios pieces ever?
brillantez y sensibilidad.
bravo Monsieur , peu de guitaristes atteignent votre niveau merci pour cette interprétation
Brilliant.makes me feel like throwing my guitar in a bonfire.
I burst into laughter at your comment...you are beautiful ~ Keep playing, Sir :D
You're right, there are only 19 full frets. However, there is a smaller 20th "fret" under only the high E string and maybe the B. As I said, it's made of a darker colored material than the rest of the frets, so it's harder to see, but there are several spots in the video where you can see it clearly.
great playing great sound not even one mistake
Wonderful music
@TempterMan . He was a gift.
I love this tune! Barrios and Tarrega are the greatest, and Sor for something not so upbeat.
A dodgy RH thumb (it flexes and bends a lot )and index finger but such an awe inspiring sound and rendition. Regardless of technique it just seems you either can tremelo or you cant. This fine young man CAN. DR is a deeply thoughtful and talented interpreter of music. A major bravo to indeed a superior version...not that its a competition.....but he sure would be a contender.
exquisite
@seinfeldsandwhich tell your grandpa that he's awesome and i feel bad that he indirectly brought you into this world.
Like a BOSS!
Perhaps. Too low video quality for unmistakable conclusions. But look carefully from 5:07 to around 5:19 for a strange 'linear reflection' right where a 20th fret should be, seemingly at the inside of the fretboard's arc. I doubt it would look like a line if it was just some sort of reflection. Plus it stays parallel to the other frets as the camera shifts. Plus the note doesn't sound muffed at all as it ought if played without a fret. So I think he did install a small 'fix' there.
esta padrisima la interpretacion
This is why I have taken up the guitar.knowing full well I can only listen to this level of playing.
Some of the melodies near the end of the peice remind me of La Traviatta,
It flows like a white fairy in the darkness....
Though I prefer The Romeros and Andrés Segovia, Russell´s really DOES has a cleaner sound! Probably cleaner than anyone in history to be honest.
Well said - a note perfect player but he lacks expression (Williams).
A guitarist I've been watching lately on here and I have to find out if he has any DVD's is Aniello Desiderio - an absolute monster player, note perfect but with incredible character, fire and grace in his playing.
This piece is very hard.You must tune the E to D and the A to G. Barrios was a great composer and guitarest.John Williams is a Master.
brilliant
cant agree anymore
I think its very fair and justified. >_>
does anyone know what guitar hes playing??
@alienwareufo Yes. Double-Top with Nomex
@Daim0th Right, that's totally because i've been playing electric guitar for like 8 years. i love electric guitar, but when someone calls david russell a "pussy" then i have no other option to assume that the person is only capable of power chords.
Is his guitar a Double-Top?
@Pikangu and IMO, Russell's version has more power, more clarity, a much stronger tone, better sound overall, I can't even compare it to John William's. Even he would say the same.
I think that Emmanuel Rossfelder has the best version.
I don't know about that. WIlliams is undoubtedly one of the greatest. But I'd say its unfair to clam he's the greatest and blows everyone out of the water
Check Kyuhee Park version
TREM NAIL CLICKIN COULD BE MUCH MORE ,MIND YOU THERE AINT A LOT OF REAL HARD CORR MASTERS OOT THERE .BUT TO BE FAIR A LOT O HARD WORK ,bUT STILL NOT THERE .DEAREST BARRIOS WOULD BE PROUD xNICE WORK YOUNG DAVID. CHEERS STORM X
@Estonianwoodsman awesome joke.
ma il mandolino lo fa lui con la chitarra???
HAHA I just watched the john williams video first and saw all the crazy comments then clicked on this one and they continue. Barrios is turning in his grave with crazies like you.
@gamergeek3000 Start with Vals op 8 no 3
If your tremelo is good learn - una limosna por el amor de dios
and my favorite.. La Catedral... however... the third movement allegro solemne is a bitch!
I think David is a cleaner player. Romero is faster and has a more flamenco style to his playing classical guitar. I love them both. I can't answer that question to be honest! Once you reach the level of playing of those two men it is no longer a contest. Why do us guitar players have to be so competitive anyways?
From your writing I suppose that English is your second language and that as a result you misunderstood my comment as hostile to Bream. I love Bream, you quixotic little troll. I've listened to his records since childhood. Go find a book to read.
Why so angry stress can kill you, Bream is a master on guitar.
Do you guysthink David Russell is better than Pepe Romero??
John Williams is perfect example of commercial product. He is good, but unfortunately metronome player.
David Rusell, is outstanding guitarist. He posses such a poetic way!!!
Кто от пукича?
Define musicality, perhaps?
Just because some one doesn't go out of his way to be expressive doesn't mean that they have no musicality. Often I think the intention of the composer is lost when a performer decides to get too "expressive" a la Bream or Segovia. Of course, these are certainly great performers, and I have enjoyed their playing, but I personally prefer the musicians with a more subtle touch like Russel or Pepe Romero. Barrios' music drips with emotion and doesn't need that much more
its funny that you say that... but nothing in relation to why you feel that way.
julian bream must have created 7 youtube accounts to dislike this.
@Estonianwoodsman
Way to demonstrate a stunning lack of understanding of electric guitar playing.
well, mainly i cant stand williams tremolo
A little bit slow and frequent pause makes no semaless play. John Williams the best.
Además de espíritu, le falta humildad.