I still remember being blown away by his recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition" - as for this performance - I love these pieces when they are played as serious pieces of music with all the emotion required of Romantic music
Perhaps some of the finest guitar playing I have ever seen . Such variety of tone colours , range of dynamics with exquisite phrasing. Mesmerising performance . A gift from this great master to aspiring guitarists by demonstrating what can actually be achieved with a relatively simple guitar study.
He’s been recognized as a maestro for decades. I found him in a local record store about thirty years ago and he was already an highly accomplished musician. Good for you finally catching him up!
As a fingerpicking Folk guitarist, I can't play any of these classical pieces. But, I listen, I enjoy, and I respect, the sheer mind blowing ability of guitarists such as Aynur.
Long time no seeing him (and this is 2020)... There should be much more videos of the Maestro playing! Love Yamashita, arguably one the greatest guitarrist ever.
@@glennjames7107 Of any and every genre would be unfair and innacurate, but I share the sentiment of awe and admiration. In jazz you have titans like Lenny Breau and Django Reinhardt, and my favourite, Ted Greene. In country/blues you have David Lindley and now David Levi. And in flamenco you have of course Paco, Vicente Amigo and many others.
One of the best and most musically inspired performances I have seen in a long time. Touching and heartbreakingly beautiful. This is why I think the great spanish guitar tradition of Tarrega Segovia Williams Bream, that Yamashita maintains and continues, still holds up after all these many years. Bravo maestro.
I saw Andres Segovia a couple of years before he passed, and he literally stopped playing 3 times from the audience coughs. (Of course, it was the late 70s and half the world was still smoking.)
woah. I noticed he has tape on his 5 and 7 frets. I do the same thing, always thought it would look silly to other people, but a literal master is doing it, I feel better now x)
It's a Rinaldo Vacca, italian luthier. I tried two lattice guitars who were really good instruments (around 7-8000euros). Usually I recognize (and hate) immediately lattice guitars with their "fake" voice, but not these ones. Kazuhito Yamashita is an incredible guitarist, so moving
He’s like the Tommy Emmanuel of classical guitar! When he moves the guitar in and away from the center, gravity of his body, he’s actually using the airspace between the back of the guitar and his stomach to change, ever so subtly, the EQ of the music. He’s not playing the guitar with his hands, he’s playing his guitar with his entire body
Much better than the likes of Segovia! What a musical style, full of emotion, musicality, suspense and drama! Truly he is able to take these details and weave an ongoing story - and not just throw you with a bunch of nonsensical large blot of ink as many guitar purist from the outdated Spanish Romantic school tends to do!
With the age he downsided his virtuosity, became really transcendental. Wonderful rubato, colorful register and wide range of dynamic. I don't like the sound of his guitar so much, more a neutral tool. I miss the wooden element in the tone. He is also fighting with the intonation, a lot of shrill(?) tones, nervous tuning.
@@Rykvp I find the antic is somewhat distracting. It contributes nothing to the music. It is different with rock concert where the dancing is part of the show.
@@johnlay3040 I would agree if there was someone else that could transmit the same kind of energy and emotions I feel when listening to his rendition of Pictures at an Exhibition, without the antics. Haven't found it. For example, Jorge Caballero's rendition felt a bit dim in comparison. For me, it's similar to Keith Jarret on the piano. He looks like a maniac, but I don't think he could do what he does without the movements.
He sometimes makes unintended musical artifacts from hitting other strings because of his incessant moving of the guitar around. Not a fan of his excentric style at all.
Liberace of the Guitar World. Have you noticed that in nearly every single video of him playing he does a 'show' [unnecessary] mid playing tuning. It looks like a party piece. Impressive for the uninitiated. But it's either not a tuning being done or if it is necessary to do then it just means he didn't tune properly first. I'm trying to see what everyone likes about him but from the party tricks (fake tunings and moving around) to the often dud notes I really find it difficult to enjoy his playing. Sometimes I watch because I find it funny and i'm slightly amused how some people worship him.
Sorry, but in my opinion his playing style is not particularly convincing. It comes across as forced and contrived, and the extremely slow pace is unnecessary and irritating. Just my opinion!
Grotesque. If the fish is fresh you only need good quality soy sauce (not easy to find) but not ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pepper, chilli ... my personal opinion.
Besides incredibly annoying physical mannerisms/eccentricities, he is playing a song that beginning guitarists play. Maestro? Try listening to Manuel Barrueco and John Williams.
I still remember being blown away by his recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition" - as for this performance - I love these pieces when they are played as serious pieces of music with all the emotion required of Romantic music
Thank the lord for masters that do everything teachers tell you not to.
Yes!!😂
Your teacher maybe??
@@nombre624maybe no
@@stephenrobshaw4931 😂
Danou-se. Yamashita é tão bom por ter sido ótimo aluno e teve disciplina pra desenvolver as técnicas dos mestres
I've always loved that piece but never heard it played like that before. That was unbelievable, such a great artist.
Perhaps some of the finest guitar playing I have ever seen . Such variety of tone colours , range of dynamics with exquisite phrasing.
Mesmerising performance . A gift from this great master to aspiring guitarists by demonstrating what can actually be achieved with a relatively simple guitar study.
PAL, this is THE BEST guitarist that was EVER born on this Planet! So, re-phrase your comment...
@@danl9407PAL..YAAAWN
@@danl9407 Heard better!
@@ClassicalGuitaristWannabe yawn
@@isaacbeen2087 So i'm entitled to an opinion? I have!
Why isn't he more famous? He's unbelievably good, he can actually make classical music sound vibrant, exciting, alive!
He is famous, but in a westerncentric view perhaps not
He’s been recognized as a maestro for decades. I found him in a local record store about thirty years ago and he was already an highly accomplished musician. Good for you finally catching him up!
What do you mean he can make classical music sound vibrant, exciting and alive. Never knew it wasn't.
As a fingerpicking Folk guitarist, I can't play any of these classical pieces. But, I listen, I enjoy, and I respect, the sheer mind blowing ability of guitarists such as Aynur.
Long time no seeing him (and this is 2020)... There should be much more videos of the Maestro playing! Love Yamashita, arguably one the greatest guitarrist ever.
No argument is valid; he IS one of the greatest guitarists ever. Itchy bon.
Without a doubt the greatest guitarist of any genre to walk this planet. There is no argument that could be valid.
@@glennjames7107 Of any and every genre would be unfair and innacurate, but I share the sentiment of awe and admiration. In jazz you have titans like Lenny Breau and Django Reinhardt, and my favourite, Ted Greene. In country/blues you have David Lindley and now David Levi. And in flamenco you have of course Paco, Vicente Amigo and many others.
I was sobbing and weeping at the end. Wow. that's never happened before.
The most extraordinary playing I have heard in decades. I, too, was awash in joyous tears.
One of the best and most musically inspired performances I have seen in a long time. Touching and heartbreakingly beautiful.
This is why I think the great spanish guitar tradition of Tarrega Segovia Williams Bream, that Yamashita maintains and continues, still holds up after all these many years.
Bravo maestro.
Bom mesmo Deus abençoe sempre sua vida yamaxyta
+ 8 minutes of classical music and nobody coughs... I think they all held their breath not to disturb this amazing performance.
I saw Andres Segovia a couple of years before he passed, and he literally stopped playing 3 times from the audience coughs. (Of course, it was the late 70s and half the world was still smoking.)
Haha nope, there's a real chesty cough at 4:09
@@d_grin Indeed, did not hear it on my normal sound level.
Even as an older gentleman, he remains a master.
What means an “older gentleman” ?
That's really very stupid..
Like guitars, masters get better with age.
Admiration, respect, Bravo ! I was so touched by your deep way of playing this beautiful study of the great F. Sor.
The most overlooked classic guitarist ever? This performance is just exceptional ❤
No es que sea ignorado, lo restringen mucho y no sabemos si es cuestión de él o de su manager.
He plays it like a lullaby. You don’t need speed to impress
Yaaaaawn
Funny to say, since Yamashita can play some mean shred guitar (top speed) lol.
こういう曲で聴かせる演奏ができるということが、山下和仁さんの魅力の一つですね。
本当にそう思います！
Absolutly fenominale, He is gracefully Moving whit the Music. I have NEVER SEEN A Performance like this, I AM ABSOLUTLY Flabbergasted
That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve heard.
Amazing!! I want to watch more performance that day
Astonishingly beautiful. So dynamic and colorful
This is so great!
The real MAESTRO
woah. I noticed he has tape on his 5 and 7 frets. I do the same thing, always thought it would look silly to other people, but a literal master is doing it, I feel better now x)
my teacher told me: A "dot has never played(made) a wrong note" when he suggested I mark my 5th fret with tape.
Me too. Greetings from Lagos, Nigeria
Verdade
Wait, I didnt get it. Whats the tape for? Anything besides the dots function?
@@paekou its just to visually mark where the frets are, high end classical guitars usually don't have any fret indicators
Sublime! thanks for sharing
The nuances he is giving to the guitar is amazing
Pure poetry
So much finesse and emotion in this prestation. Love it! Thank you Mr Yamashita.
Beyond masterful.
Pure technique combined with pure emotion, very beautiful. Thank you Maestro.
Lo que es ser un artista: una obra "menor" convertida en una catedral.
Is the ultimate love affair
Each note is a diamond, shines and love
I could listen al day long😊
Incredible!!
I've never even thought you could play this so very slowly, haha
Got bless you❤
The best I've heard since Segovia. A master of equal or greater rank.
Magnificent and soulful late night music.
Agradeço ao canal por não esquecer do mestre dos nossos mestres
Romancing the guitar!
Pure poetry thank you for sharing beauty
Amazing
A unique artist and he has the best technique.
Japan. record this man! record him! perfection!
Maestro Yamashita is way ahead of even the best .
Sublime .
One of the leading classical guitarist
Assim é bem mais bonito... Música de verdade, com melodia, harmonia e ritmo.
bravo!!!
Muito bom.
Why has it taken so long for me to hear about this guy?! Unbelievable! Classical guitar normally has a pretty limited dynamic range. Not for this guy!
Taking the guitar off your body like that causes basses to ring further, hes great for knowing how vibrations work
I see a lot of people who gets astonished by this fact.
I, too, was asleep. I now see the truth now.
He should probably be in a rock band...
Very artful playing---encouraging to see a big hall filled for a classical guitar recital----dose not happen very often in the United States.
どうやったら曲の波動を100%伝えれるか､曲芸師のごとく弾くがきちんとしたコンセプトがあるので素人は安易に真似しないように。オ―ソドックな解釈ですがスタッカ―ト､テヌ―ト、ディミナ―ク､見事に表現。
Magnificent. I wonder what type of guitar that is and what type of strings. Simply marvelous!
It is not the old ramirez 1a he was known to play . Nor is it a Kohno he said he had.
It's a Rinaldo Vacca, italian luthier. I tried two lattice guitars who were really good instruments (around 7-8000euros). Usually I recognize (and hate) immediately lattice guitars with their "fake" voice, but not these ones.
Kazuhito Yamashita is an incredible guitarist, so moving
Why so rarefied? Anyway, astonishing amount of colours
Чотко грає
❤
Glenn Gould of guitar?
Is this the Pictures at an Exhibition guy?
I studied classical guitar. This is amazing.
Yeah that’s him.
山下和仁さんの弾くソルエチュードが聴けて、否観られて幸せだワン💕🐶
CDでは毎日聴いてるけど、演奏する姿は想像するだけだったので嬉しいワン(´ω`)\
He’s like the Tommy Emmanuel of classical guitar! When he moves the guitar in and away from the center, gravity of his body, he’s actually using the airspace between the back of the guitar and his stomach to change, ever so subtly, the EQ of the music. He’s not playing the guitar with his hands, he’s playing his guitar with his entire body
Much better than the likes of Segovia! What a musical style, full of emotion, musicality, suspense and drama! Truly he is able to take these details and weave an ongoing story - and not just throw you with a bunch of nonsensical large blot of ink as many guitar purist from the outdated Spanish Romantic school tends to do!
With the age he downsided his virtuosity, became really transcendental. Wonderful rubato, colorful register and wide range of dynamic. I don't like the sound of his guitar so much, more a neutral tool. I miss the wooden element in the tone.
He is also fighting with the intonation, a lot of shrill(?) tones, nervous tuning.
誰に媚びることのない生の音楽
I'm just wondering what kind of movement he'll have for fast-moving pieces. Will he jump up and down like rock singers?
Of course! He shreds like no other.
Watch his rendition of pictures. It’s unbelievable (and sometimes unbelievably fast)
@@Rykvp I find the antic is somewhat distracting. It contributes nothing to the music. It is different with rock concert where the dancing is part of the show.
@@johnlay3040 I would agree if there was someone else that could transmit the same kind of energy and emotions I feel when listening to his rendition of Pictures at an Exhibition, without the antics.
Haven't found it. For example, Jorge Caballero's rendition felt a bit dim in comparison.
For me, it's similar to Keith Jarret on the piano. He looks like a maniac, but I don't think he could do what he does without the movements.
Slow down big boy!
No, Mr Yamashita. This study is not you cup of tea
Ждал, что он за головой играть начнет, как настоящий рокер) Но видимо гармония не подходящая для таких изысканных обертонов.
He sometimes makes unintended musical artifacts from hitting other strings because of his incessant moving of the guitar around. Not a fan of his excentric style at all.
he gave me the impression he wants to test my nervous .i like to listen clear sounds no need to play quick but correct
A perfect example when the interpretation is superior to the composition ... !
Well said!
The music stand nicely blocking the view of the people on the first row and he’s not even looking at the music
He must be comfortable with it for some reason. It'd be hard to imagine him doing something without purpose.
Что скажешь очень крас иво и профессионально. Браво!!! Вот таких побольше исполнителей надо нам во всем мире это божественная музыка. Браво!!!
Grow up
@@stephenrobshaw4931 wdym. I’m a guitarist performer myself. I know what I’m talking about. You definitely don’t.
Beautiful playing but all the exaggerated moving is OTT!
Quite unorthodox postures, a bit too theatrical for my taste. Music should speak for itself.
He's an entertainer more than a performer. The liberace of the guitar world.
Liberace of the Guitar World.
Have you noticed that in nearly every single video of him playing he does a 'show' [unnecessary] mid playing tuning. It looks like a party piece. Impressive for the uninitiated. But it's either not a tuning being done or if it is necessary to do then it just means he didn't tune properly first. I'm trying to see what everyone likes about him but from the party tricks (fake tunings and moving around) to the often dud notes I really find it difficult to enjoy his playing. Sometimes I watch because I find it funny and i'm slightly amused how some people worship him.
Nasty buzz at 1:31 and 1:33, ruined it 😂
With those unorthodox postures it is no wonder. It's guitar playing not ballet.
Yeah because he move around like it's necessary.
Me ha resultado bastante patético, quizá porque ya está mayor en este vídeo.
He's rushing it.
Sorry, but in my opinion his playing style is not particularly convincing. It comes across as forced and contrived, and the extremely slow pace is unnecessary and irritating.
Just my opinion!
Your opinion is shit.
I have never seen any guitarist swaying like that while playing. It would be hilarious if he fell off the chair. 😂😂
Your cheap
Yeah and broke his back lol.
@@stephenrobshaw4931 You're the cheapest.
Grotesque. If the fish is fresh you only need good quality soy sauce (not easy to find) but not ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pepper, chilli ... my personal opinion.
Your personal opinion is Pathetic.
.
@@stephenrobshaw4931 My favorite soy sauce is "noble expressiveness"
His playing is not that great. Far better players out there who don't need to resort to fanciful showmanship. He is the Liberace of the guitar world.
Besides incredibly annoying physical mannerisms/eccentricities, he is playing a song that beginning guitarists play. Maestro? Try listening to Manuel Barrueco and John Williams.
Come on, the older he becomes, the more bizarre he gets!
Plays great but the moving around is strange
It's because he's not a robot.
@@mitreswell I thought he was
I must say I don’t care much about his playing.., there’s a reason why his concert in Boston was cancelled years ago.
What a useless comment.
What reason?
And why are you then here watching him playing? I guess you are a guitar prodigy!
No reason
Bet your really good
Not music. Guitar study. Not worth my time.
You opinions are not worth my farts.
He can play your music. can you play his music? no.
He win. end of story.