🖤 J.S. BACH, Chaconne (Violin Partita in D minor No. 2 BWV 1004) - Andrés SEGOVIA, 1959 🖤 ~ RARITY!
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Andrés SEGOVIA, Marquis of Salobreia, was born near Jaen, Granada, Spain. He became a guitarist against the double opposition of his parents. First, they opposed his learning the guitar and got him cello and piano teachers instead. When he persisted in teaching himself guitar, they opposed his becoming a musician. He sought a guitar teacher at the Granada Institute of Music when he studied there, but found none, so continued learning the instrument on his own. He made his debut at the Centro Artística in Granada at the age of 15. He played so skillfully that he was urged to become a professional soloist. He played in Madrid in 1912, at the Paris Conservatory in 1915, and in Barcelona in 1916, and made a wildly successful tour of South America in 1919. He made his formal debut in Paris on April 7, 1924, in a program which included a new work written for him by Albert Roussel, named Segovia. It was the first of many works which were written for him by distinguished composers, enriching the instrument's repertory as Segovia had elevated its artistic potential.
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His U.S. debut was at Town Hall, New York, on January 8, 1928.
Being self-taught, his technique was unique. It was, in fact, superior to that which was being taught at the time, and extended the flexibility and expressive possibilities of the instrument. The main difference was in the method of using the right hand for strumming and picking the strings: Segovia's method paid much attention to the means of attack: whether hard parts of the fingers, fleshy parts, or the nails were used; other subtleties that affected the dynamics of the instrument; and an economy of motion that allowed longer and more sustained playing.
There were classical guitarists before him, and distinguished ones even when he appeared, but it was not an instrument that was regarded as a serious vehicle for classical music. Segovia personally changed that, and not by accident. No doubt affected by his parents' attitude toward his chosen career, he had a driving desire to make it so. He wrote numerous transcriptions of older music for lute and for the Spanish vihuela.
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He transcribed music of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Chopin, Handel, and others. He commissioned works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco (notably the great suite Platero and I), Falla, Turina, Tansman, Villa-Lobos, Torroba, Ponce, and Rodrigo, whose Fantasia para un gentilhombre was written for him. His reinstatement of the guitar as a solo instrument was sealed by his becoming one of the great teachers of music history. He established guitar schools or courses at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, Santiago de Compostela, and the University of California in Berkeley. His students included Alirio Diaz, Oscar Ghilia, and John Williams.
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Segovia become one of the great names in classical music, whose mere name was enough to sell out houses worldwide. He received numerous awards and honors during his lifetime, including the Grand Cross of Isabela and Alfonso, the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society of London, and many honorary degrees. The house where he was born had a commemorative plaque attached to it in 1969 proclaiming him the "leading son of the city." King Juan Carlos of Spain ennobled him as the Marquis of Salobreia in 1981, and in the same year a Segovia International Guitar Competition was established in his honor. He continued to give recitals and concerts until an advanced age, and had the rare opportunity, in 1984, of playing at a gala concert honoring the 75th anniversary of professional debut.
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Very good classical...
Hi! Great piece you share here! Thanks for that!
But allow me to tell you, you make it sound like Jaen is part of Granada and it's a completely separate and "independent" city; unless that you were trying to say that he was born somewhere between Jaen and Granada, but still seems confusing...
But hey, thanks again for sharing this masterpiece!
Оченьздорово!
Надомненоты. Чаконы!
Ноты .чаконы .мненадо
After my wife passed away in 1989, I was only able to survive my depression by listening to Segovia's cassette recording. To this day my thoughts bring me to those precious years we shared. Rest peacefully Susan.
@Keylanos Lokj I don't believe that love ever changes; it truly is like a diamond.
I hope your depression has lifted, Marvin, not that I think you should "move on." It's so hard to lose a loved one, especially one to whom we've been close for a long time. This song is special to me, too, so complex and mysterious.
Isn't it amazing what music can do? Peace to you, Marvin!
Marvin, my condolences for your loss. The chaconne, in particular, might bring "thoughts of those precious years" [as you so eloquently write]: Bach's wife was at the end of her life as he wrote this piece--she died during the composing process. Hilary Hahn does the best job of conveying Bach's grieving--and she is such a young artist, and still "gets it." Her rendition can be found at UA-cam. I am glad Segovia's rendition brought you comfort, and that these past decades have been kind to you.
Hope you are doing well. Music helps me as well.
I posted the comment below 5 years ago, now many years since my dearly beloved Susan has passed. Segovia was my childhood idol listening to his recordings on 78 rpm. As my years dwindle to a precious few and only echos of the past remain, there is this recording that still touches the deepest part of my being.
Thank you Marvin. Bach composed this song after his wife died and I don't believe there is a fine expression of human life than the Chacconne. It is so perfect. This recording especially is dear to me
Thanks for sharing Marvin. And sorry for your loss.
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Truly a beautiful feeling. May you be spirited away to your beloved.
If I had but three pieces of music to listen to for the rest of my life it would be Miles Davis “Kind of Blue”, Glenn Gould Bach’s “Goldberg Variations”, and Segovia playing Bach’s “Chaconne”.
Two Genius: Bach (composer) and André Segóvia (guitarist). Two gifts from God to the human being
"The beauty of the guitar resides in it's soft, persuasive voice and it's poetry cannot be expressed by any other instrument." - Segovia
Segovia's magic is that he makes the humble Spanish guitar sound as large as if it were a church organ..
In the mid-1970s Segovia was on tour in England and I went to see him play in Nottingham. I recall this old man coming on stage and thinking that this was going to be awful; he looked so frail. Yet when he sat and put his foot on his stool he was transformed and the years just melted away. He was in his early 80s but this was one of the greatest musical moments of my life and the chaconne was just magical. Today I have at least half a dozen versions of the original violin partita but return constantly to the depth and technical brilliance of Segovia's guitar. A truly wonderful interpretation.
Suggest to listen Piano (Busoni) ua-cam.com/video/sw9DlMNnpPM/v-deo.html
I had the same experience in Chicago, Illinois. It was my first classical guitar concert and I was mesmerized by the beauty exuding from Segovia and his instrument. A musical feast that will never be forgotten. Thank you for sharing.
Me too - as a child I was taken to see Segovia play in the Festival Hall in Croydon - exactly the same experience. I can visualise it to this day. Extraordinary stuff. His last child was born a few days later - he is quoted as saying something along the lines of "all this without any intermediaries"! A character too!
I wish I had the chance to see him perform. You are all so lucky. ^-^
Paul Andrews me too. I've listened to Segovia's performance without exaggeration at least 100 times and keep returning to it.
Segovia is the final boss of Classical Guitar
Alpha and Omega!
96to98wasthedaddy Segovia was not the master of speed, even skill he was the master of Touch and none of his students actually looked at his fingers and how he touched the strings ( hard vs soft based on location near sound hole for brass and soft tone notes). I have been playing for years and the first thing was to nail down Segovia's touch method. After 20 years I have his touch but not his expert skills as I play mostly by ear. However no one sounds like me even if they use my classical guitar, Segovia was a true genius with his touch skills on every note.
"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche
If only Bach had been able to hear Segovia play this piece. That would have been wonderful.
he is like Rome: all roads lead to Segovia
very nicely spoken
I was fortunate to hear Segovia play in Livorna, Italy in the late 60's. When driving home, I was heading to Rome insterad of Tirrenia by taking the wrong route. It was well worth going to that evening concert to hear this Master.
la prima ciaccona per chitarra resta ancor oggi insuperata
Dee Tucker
Lucky one you are, my dear! When I started studying the guitar and I was first introduced to Segovia, his playing completely blew me away. I'd listen to it and dream of beautiful things.
Dee Tucker how was it? Tell us more.
Let's applaud Segovia who transcribed this piece and in so doing, changed the history of performance guitar and its integration into music departments everywhere, and without whom the guitar would never have reached its current stature. This is an example of guitar transcription for other instruments comes close to full perfection.
For almost one year after my wife passed away, I listened only to this recording. It helped put my mind at some sort of peace. I once attended a Segovia concert at Lincoln Center sitting in the first row directly below the master. The entire audience was copletely still in deep reverence. A unforgetable honor.
I still remember reading a review of Segovia's debut performance of this transcription. The violinists thought, "oh no," as if it would not be good, "the Chaconne on guitar?" To quote directly, the immediate reaction was "oh the horror!" The audience was astounded by the performance, without exaggeration, becoming true believers. His fingerings on his published transcription were also perfect and drafted so that others could play the piece with similar proficiency if they so desired. RIP Maestro
His last recording of it was superior than the first one. If people, who listened him for the first time, they would be astonished by this last performance. The best of all time.
Segovia's work goes far beyond that of any other interpreter
My first time hearing this recording @ 2am unable to sleep...If every person in the world heard this, there would be no violence!, no war!...How could there be?...I found myself modulating my heartbeat and very breath to absorb every note!...(playing it twice, saving it for later)...Marvin, my heart goes out to you!...Bless you and your dearly departed wife Susan!...I pray one day you will be joyfully reunited! ❤️...At age 71 I am fully aware we are all guests on earth!...We must act accordingly!..."One Human Family!"...❤❤❤❤❤
not only was he the greatest Classical Guitarist. He transcribed and arranged this violin piece especially for the Guitar. This is profound. When Bach composed he was actually praying to God.
Just for anyone wondering, this was performed on a Classical Guitar; no amplifier, no reverb or effects. Just a nylon string Classical guitar and a total genius playing it.
Good acoustics though
That's the way it should be.
Lol. You say there's no reverb? Of course there is. Plenty of it. Still great.
Mark Knopfler, who is himself a genius, said the best thing that happened to him while he was learning to play was being too poor to afford an amplifier. This made him become intimate with the acoustic guitar, and learn to really play
Nylon or gut? :))
セゴビアの演奏最高！このレコード聴いて、楽譜を買って一生懸命練習しました。緩いパートだけですがね50年くらい前のおもいでです。
I think Bach would have approved of this.
He is about the only on, who lets the music BREATHE! That´s why his interpretation of this Chaconne is so sincere and moving.
I've never heard a guitar sound so rich and alive. Such a masterful control over dynamics and tone. /bows in respect
Same over here. Never heard something like that by any other guitarist. Pure magic.
Bach, en palabras de Beethoven, fue el "inmortal dios de la armonía".
Segovia es el inmortal dios de la guitarra clásica. Si juntas a Bach y Segovia, el resultado es esto.
Sublime.
It's incredible to hear all the different tone qualities Segovia was able to draw out of the guitar. It's almost as if he was playing an organ with different stops. And there are the dynamics and variations of vibrato, along with the phrasing. Segovia was truly one of a kind.
positions on the neck and positions upon which you pick can have a notable difference feel free to experiment with those : )
I first heard this in 1964. And still have the vinyl. I still get the shivers listening to it today!
Segovia's version is the most complete. He also plays it beautifully.
Correct
テクニック的に上手い演奏は幾らでもあるけど、こういう深いのは聞いたことが無い。まさに神秘。
これぞ、芸術作品で ！
It is as is he were praying deeply with the medium of his guitar. Cannot get closer musically to God than through Herr Bach. Deeply moving
Musicality is the key of virtuosity. RIP Segovia
This demonstrates the beauty and joy that there's in pain
Elliott Gardner explains it all in the 2013 movie "Bach A Passionate Life".
Breathtaking performance of a 66 years old man.
Three brilliant minds together: Bach, Segovia and the luthier Hauser.
Very inspiring!
His stated goal was to "save the guitar." One man. And yet he did. From one maestro to another, Bravo.
marvelous Andrés, the best guitarist of all times.
Impossible to do better than Andres Segovia. The sheer power, the richness of all these colors, the passion. It's the ULTIMATE interpretation of the greatest piece for solo instrument ever written.
This sends shivers down by spine; bravo Segovia and above all Bach for creating a magical piece that has stood the test of time!
Mankind's highest achievement
How lucky was I to get to discover Segovia in high school!? I don’t know how I came across his recordings, but at 15 years old hearing his version of Chaccone brought tears to my eyes. So much emotion in how he plays. Every note is a song.
Yes, beautiful.
My first classical guitar album was " My favorite Spanish encores" by Segovia and the voices he accentuated on the guitar were fascinating. I saw him twice in Philly.
Still the best rendition of Chaconne in classic guitar.
One can only imagine how good he was at his prime. I wish I was old enough to be able to watch him live. Take me back to 1959!
Segovia is my favorite _classical_ guitarist. And it's very uncommon for me to say I have a _favorite_ instrumentalist in any of the many genres I enjoy. His touch and feel are mesmerizing for me. Sure there are some others who are more rigid in their playing, and this can be thought of as a greater _technical_ achievement perhaps, but it is impossible to tell a great story with technical achievements. Andres Segovia was not just a masterful instrumentalist, he was a masterful story teller.
Hmm. Well, as well as technically (who can produce all these colors that Segovia extracts from the instrument? Nobody else), as to the so-called story-telling, I don't see anybody that comes even close to him.
At age 9 my father brought home "Andrés Segovia joue Bach", a French recording. This "record" had Chaconne and other Bach transcriptions. This kept me spellbound. I developed a lifelong love for classical guitar and playing it. Thank you Segovia!
Segovia is a master of clarity and emotion in guitar playing.Thanks God I listened to it.Bach for ever young and popular
Why was Segovia so famous? This recording tells us why. He was above all other guitarists. By far.
+Wing Low Indeed Only perhaps Narcisso Yepes comes in his neighbourhood. This recording also tells us why Bach was by far the greatest composer that ever lived.
+Jan Snauwaert I agree on Bach. His music has the greatest depth.
It astounds me how Bach's compositions can work for an instrument he never heard, that we all associate with the flamenco tradition. Bach was from north Germany and his personal instrument was the church organ. Yet his music transposed to an instrument of the gipsies of southern Spain. This is part of his universal genius.
Amazing. I'm lost for words as I know how truly difficult this piece of music is to pull off. This is the deepest piece of music ever written, and Segovia does it justice here on his guitar. Bravo
The Chaconne is as deep as Samuel Barbers "Adagio for strings"!! Both penetrate the core of our souls..
Parts of this are just so skillful....
Every note is played so precisely and meticulously. I doubt that there is absolutely anybody who could ever play this this way, except for Segovia
+Jared Lucus I came to like John Williams in the same level as Segovia this is an absolutely wonderful version ...
JW the human manifestation of Pro-Tools -
I prefer jw playing bach as he didnt take as many liberties with vibrato, tempo and rubato. I saw segovia in the early 80s near the end of his career and although he had a couple of memory lapses, the tone and sounds he produced were still amazing even with the easier repertoire he played. the crowd was in awe. I also saw jw a few times and he was perfection. I saw bream also who was my favourite in terms of tone production.
My heart jumps now and then listening to this wonderful piece. Bravo!!👏👏👏👏👏
Pure genius guitare player. As another commentator said: this can't be improved, just like Bach's composition can't be improved. The color pallet he uses is incredible.
the greatest guitar player of all the times.
The Jimi Hendrix of classic guitar. 8-)
we don't have recordings of Tarrega or many others playing
@@HiltonFernandes depends if you are comparing any guitar players based on skill without a doubt classical and flamenco players would destroy and electric or steel string player. Segovia is far more skilled than any of these famous electric guitar players ive heard.
Undoubtedly the supreme interpretation of this masterpiece. If I had to choose a second it would be Christopher Parkening’s. He was the modern heir to Segovia and the latter’s favorite guitarist. His recording is extraordinary, all the more so for his having been 19 when he made it.
It's a shame that Parkening quit playing at age 30 and devoted his life to...believe it or not...fly fishing, until his conversion to Christianity. Now 75 he heads the guitar department at Pepperdine, but never performs or tours. What a loss!!
I can listen to this all night! One of the best transcripts of Bach's divine work.
The greatest guitar-rendition of this piece EVER!
+mette holm Indeed, it is.
Agree, resonates deeply with me like no other performance
This piece is the property of Segovia - I have heard every other available version and the closest anyone comes is Alirio Diaz who achieves an honourable second place - but the ultimate truth is that this is the most comprehensive interpretation of a momental piece of architectonic profundity that runs the full gamut of technical virtuosity - but here Segovia even eclipses physical ability with his complete fulfilment of Bach's expression by removing it from the distractions of this world thus delivering a religious experience - this is truly the greatest ever rendition of this sublime creation - there can be no doubt whatsoever about this - it is both magnificent and majestic !
@@BernieHollandMusic agree that Diaz is very close but Diaz doesn't have the passion in using vibrato as Segovia...Nicola Hall version ranks second to Segovia and Diaz...
Agreed. I've heard many renditions... just stumbled on this. I'm utterly speechless.
The best of best!
I just love this. It's how The Chaconne would be sung if it could be. While Segovia's romantic heart has been considered passe for decades (not rhythmic,not music,self indulgent blah, blah..) I believe Bach would have loved him. BRAVO Maestro! You will live forever.
И-С. Бах Гордился бы этим исполнением!!!
Fine performance. This is not an easy piece. For the critics let them do the same.
Only a man with insight and passion can interpret this extraordinary piece in this manner. There are parts that just take my breathe away.Like most gifted people so sadly they are not understood. They simply live on a higher plain, if you will.
I love this too. When I studied classical guitar back in the 1980ies Segovia was considered way too romantic, John Williams was the guy everyone listened to. We were taught to play Bach with a metronome and stick to that. Recently I rediscovered Bream and Segovia and I'm glad I did! Beautiful performance of this piece and thanks to Bach (who in my opinon didn't write for an instrument in particular) this also sounds wonderful on guitar!
uncjim I agree he will surely live on
When i was a child, my father used to play some old classical music to make me sleep, including that Masterpiece. I can still remember these melodies...
Gorgeous !!!
J.S.BACH's composition was great and also A.SEGOVIA 's transcription for guitar is so great .!..!...!........
OMG ! and I thought the Jascha Heifetz version was something wonderful to watch and listen to, and then the Helen Grimbaud Busoni piano version ! and now THIS ! Thank You UA-cam !
I heard that Helen Grimbaud version on NPR! Highly inspiring to hear a piano transcription! :D
OMG...4:47 TO 5:57 give me shivers, although the whole piece is a masterpiece in every sense of the term, someone said poetry
+Monique Ledermann The whole piece gives constantly shivers. Although I agree that the transition at 4:47 is particularly magical.
Why is this the first time I've heard this version of Bach's Chaconne? Simply amazing and mesmerizing. And amazing performance too. I'm at a loss for words. I hope that Bach and classical music in general will never be lost. There's just so much depth and beauty that is absent in a lot of the contemporary music that comes from playing and listening to classical music.
i hope that bach and classical music i general will neva be lost /...... are you insane!!!!?........ this music will out live humanity.
Escuché a Segovia por primera vez cuando tenía 16 años; desde entonces, la guitarra me acompaña en el camino de la vida. Pasaron cinco décadas y me sigue emocionando. Esta interpretación de la Chacona de Bach, sin duda la mejor. Gracias maestros.
Nessuno come lui. E' stato e sarà sempre il chitarrista che meglio di tutti seppe interpretare Bach. Le sonorità che seppe trarre dal suo strumento sono inimitabili.
Classical guitar playing does not get better than this.
Absolute Referenz!! Ich hätte ihn gerne mal live erlebt.
he is just... unique. This is the most famous interpretetion of the chaconne
The best guitar player ever in the world. It took him 5 years to transcribe this violin peace to guitar. Words fail me about the brilliance of this man and JS Bach.
If it took him 5 years to transcribe this piece then he was incompetent.
To be honest I think Segovia is highly overrated, his interpretation of early music is especially poor and ignorant.
Opteryx Industries why?
Opteryx Industries Your ears are not suitable for listen music
Giampaolo Ceravola
Your grammar is not suitable for writing English.
Opteryx Industries Obviously you know more the other great guitarists of our time that said he was the best of all time.You really need to post some videos of your playing so the world can see your "great abilities."
Half a century gone by but yet nothing matches.. a musical tour de force, JS Bach would have jumped in joy! This perfection in music composition, musicianship, technical and artistic achievement is beyond reproach. How fortunate we are to be able to revere it in eternity!
流れるような流暢な演奏と異なり、心に浸みこむこの演奏はどうだ。感動で目頭が熱くなる！！！
Он - душа гитары, она - душа его !!!
Величайший Маэстро!
Непревзойденное исполнение!
Благодаря Ему мы услышали Чакону в гитарном исполнении!
Он был первый!
Он был и остается лучшим исполнителем этого гениального произведения!))))
I heard this in the 90's when the Segovia "Time Life" records were laying around my house. This particular recording was on that record and when i wish to hear the Chaconne I return to this recording
Julian Bream is my favourite guitarist, he has an incredible talent to play music, but Segovia has a very special sound to play Bach.. this piece is wonderful
I gotta check out more pieces played by him, wasn't too happy with BWV 1007 tbh... the extra embellishments kinda robbed attention from the original piece instead of adding to it IMO [mostly in the first sections of the piece... later on he played the embellishments with a lot less emphasis and sounded more natural haha]
gotta say so far I like this one a lot
What a genius he was. My only regret in life was that I never saw him playing live. He came to South Africa and gave a concert and I was young and never went. No one plays like him , such feeling
Brilliant execution. Unique. First time that humanity hears such guitar interpretation of the famous Bach's Chaconne. It is historic. Toscanini heard it in a Segovia concert and said he liked it better on the guitar than on the original for violin, and I agree with him. The reason is that the piece is very harmonic which adapts much better on the guitar than on the violin, which is much more melodic in character. Thanks Segovia forever.
I think both versions have their merits. On guitar the harmonies are better but on violin I feel you can express the anguish and pain in a more intense and visceral manner because of the sustained notes and the greater possibilities of sound production that a bowed string instrument offers. For me, it depends on the mood which version I prefer. My favorite for violin is the live recording of Henryk Szeryng, you can find it on UA-cam (the 14 minute version).
@@hansmahr8627 I agree heartily with both of you!
This made me feel like crying 😭
When listening to this I have a book on Dinu Lipatti, my great favourite pianist, in front of me. He attended Segovias concert in 1948 and wrote in a letter. "Segovia playing the guitar gave me one of the greatest emotions of my life. Extraordinary musician and virtuoso."
George Enescu, the great Rumanian violinist/pianist/composer, said Segovia was the greatest musician of his age. Others - Claudio Arrau, Shura Cherkassky, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pierre Fournier, Wilhelm Kempff, Yehudi Menuhin, Gerald Moore, Janos Starker, Isaac Stern, Paul Tortelier, Rosalyn Tureck, Pinchas Zukerman, Joaquin Rodrigo et all, all testified in print to his genius.
Cuando dos personas sabias colaboran al máximo rendimiento solo puede surgir una obra de arte sublime y colosal. Rebosa sabiduría. Ahora y en 1000 años.
realmente maravillosa versión de Segovia...10 PUNTOS
Absolutely sublime. The master of all classical guitar masters. And the ghost player on the double stops is amazing, too.
Человек, который сказал что гитара это гений. Спасибо тебе Андрес.
His legacy cannot be underestimated. He almost singlehandedly, brought the classic guitar to the concert stage.
He was the master of creating texture and color in music.
素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます🙏💐🌹
Escuché esta versión sin prejuicios. Creo que es una obra muy difícil de tocar. Debo decir que está al estilo de Segovia: muy bien en todo sentido. Según mi modesta opinión, pone la energía cuando corresponde y la suavidad cuando es preciso. Felicitaciones por el maestro Segovia.
Замечательное исполнение Сеговии!!! Красивая мелодия, чистый и красивый звук!!! Замечательная чакона Баха!!!
I used to have this on vinyl. This version has been known to make me cry.
I think Brahms made a transcription of this piece for piano, left hand, and later said that if he had composed this partita he would have gone insane. It’s unbelievable that Bach was able to get so many variations based on a rather simple chord progression.
Such tonality! Such phrasing! Is there anyone who can compare with Segovia's masterful interpretations of classical masterpieces such as Bach's Chaconne? There is no one who has not even come close to Segovia intonations of chords, notes, and phrasing of music. And yet, with all his great masterful recordings he made not one has reached the virtuosity level and mastery of playing the guitar, as Segovia has done to the art of the classical guitar. He is in a level of playing the classical guitar that all virtuosic guitarist dream of some day playing. There is no other guitarist like Andres Segovia!
There have been many classical guitarist since his departure; but not even they have been able to match his recordings and style of playing. He is unmatched, unsurpassed, and unrivaled. No one has come close to his level of technique, his great understanding of transcribing other composers works to the guitar, nor his level of awareness of sound he produces on the guitar. He belongs in the category of the great virtuoso performers such as Liszt, who apart from being a composer was a transcriber of music. Segovia, like Liszt not only helped to make their instruments popular, but also helped to showcase other works from composers. Segovia has certainly done this. He has not only made the classical guitar more popular, but has also helped to make known the beautiful works of other composers. How? By transcribing them to the guitar, and performing them with such Mastery. Bravo Segovia! Bravo!
HI Daniel,
I agree with all that you have said and As a youngster growing up in Brooklyn I was very aware of AS. His devotion and craftsmanship is un challenged in what he achieved and the standard he set, except(emotional pause) for Django Reinhardt. although the can't be compared the commonality between them comes in the form of craftsmanship, spirit and the beauty they created and the standard of excellence the created in their separate endeavors
The story goes that AS hear DR at a concert. After the concert AS asks DR for the music of the song DR just played. DR "No music, I just wrote it". I can't vouch for this story, but I hope it is true.
i'm sorry but you are flat out wrong (and maybe closed minded?) Segovia was great and he paved the way for all classical guitarists but that does not mean he has not been surpassed or equaled. I'll give you to examples of the top of my head of contemporary guitarist playing bach like there was no tommorrow, denis azabagic ( watch?v=xWXrCxcf408 ), and also Johannes Monno spielt ( watch?v=cD86gLp_Nwg ) hope you enjoy!!
Segovia is the best, I agree. But mathematics tells us that as we progress in time we get more and more guitarists, so eventually we will find someone better (or already have) than Segovia. Its inevitable. The only problem with this is people tend to use Segovia as the standard for comparison, so can we really ever find someone who sounds more like Segovia than Segovia?
But I would say Segovia did more with the classical guitar than anyone else could hope to accomplish. He basically made it a respected instrument.
I love segovia, but then you have YEPES. Someone who was just a little better overall than Segovia. Attitude, playing, composing. Check him out.
cawabunga360 You need to read a little.The greatest guitarists in the world today still recognize Segovia as the greatest ever.But what do they know compared to a virtuoso like you?
Excelente el maestro Segovia.
He induces in me a love of humanity!
This piece of music - originally written for solo violin - is, for me, like being in a whirlpool! It leaves me emotionally exhausted! Segovia's rendition is incredibly powerful. A live performance I heard years ago on violin by Isaac Stern was similar. Wonderful! Thank you for posting!
Played with heart and soul.
Guitarra clasica española. Calida, profunda, intima, luminosa en las manos de Segovia.
Best version on guitar.
I have no word ... Just listening to the beautiful wisdom of the Master.
A perfect performance can't be improved. Though it also is a matter of taste! I agree with the standing opinion that Segovia's interpretations are unique. It's a pitty there's no footage of this performance.
+Hans Flikkema actually i think not having video is an advantage as the listener is enabled to focus exclusively on the music itself. IMHO
Pienso que frente a esta obra maestra en guitarra por el mas grande interprete....el único que podria evaluar la interpretacion se llama J S BACH con su mente siempre abierta a lo nuevo.....
Pai da guitarra clássica, interpretação inigualável MESTRE dos MESTRES.
Never surpassed! Segovias rendition of this deep work had made its mark in the musical life. I remember how even the wonderful guitarist, Julian Bream, seemed to shiver before having to perform the Chaconne - and "lock down" a bit. No one can surpass this!!!!
No other version of this piece of music comes close to the Passion,Beauty & Expressiveness of this performance. I have absolutely no problem with any "Liberties" that Andres may have taken with his "Guitar Transcription" of this music ! Segovia was only being true to what his instrument (an Orchestra within itself, unlike any other instrument) was capable of !
Wielkie i Wspaniałe Chaccone!
É assim que se deve tocar essa música. Com espírito, sem pressa, sentindo cada nota na alma... Obrigado, mestre Segovia por essa linda interpretação!