Adam del Monte plays Cordoba by Isaac Albeniz. 

RU-vid, the gift that keeps on giving even 10 years after this awesome performance. This great on all levels. So very much appreciated.

Dear Friends and guitar lovers. I have been holding off on commenting on the many dislikes because the reason for them is quite surreal. I investigated how could this be, that in 24 hours, at some point last year, I got tons of thumbs down. It turns out that there was some kind of unexplainable glitch; It seems that 94% of the thumbs down came from………. you ready for this……. BANGLADESH….. I know, strange…..:) what have I ever done to them, I thought. So, as to be expected, Some people gave me a sincere thumbs down, that's fine, but not this massive amount from one country that is not knows for being a classical guitar metropolis. I have said nothing, because It always seemed undignified to respond to criticism in a public way. I figured I would "break" that rule since we do live a world of ever closer communication. Thank you all for your support and comments. Cheers.

I must have heard this piece a thousand times, so it is quite refreshing to hear this interpretation. Given Adam's background, he is tailor-made to breathe new life into these warhorses, to bring some fire back into the Spanish repertoire. As a teacher, Adam is one of the best in the business. Well done, Adam, you are an inspiration.

This is completely insanely good performance. It tears my soul apart, and now I have to spend some time to go and pick up the pieces....

Toutes vos interprétations des compositions d'albeniz, sont des références. Le son, le phrasé, le respect de l'esprit des œuvres, tout y est sans emphase ou envolées de mauvais goût. Bravo et merci !

how could anyone put no like to that piece , played beautifully and with passion

Remarkable not just for the wonderful playing, but superb videography.

Still the best guitarist I've ever heard after 70 years.

Adam, don't mind the dislikes. You are one of the best guitarists ever, and definitely the best guitar teacher I ever had. Every lesson with you is a thrill.

The more I listen, the more beautiful it is… Thank you!

Emotional,clear,very nice sound...a real guitar master.It would be very interesting to listen those people's guitar playing who disliked this video.Ole Adam!

Absolutely beautiful rendition-the best I've heard! Thank you.

This is my all-time favourite interpretation of Cordoba. Thank you Adam del Monte

Da questa bellissima esecuzione si può veramente capire quanto straordinarie siano le possibilità espressive della chitarra. Bravo!

Beautiful performance of an even more beautiful song by Albeñiz , thanks for sharing it.

Almost 1 out of 2 people disliked this? WTH? This is wonderful, Adam!

One of my favorite pieces by Albeniz and played so well. Muchas gracias.

A true master of the guitar, beautifully played.

Beautiful performance!

What a wonderful performance of Cordoba, my favorite Albeniz piece. Love the rasqueados at 4:07!!!!

I know this piece from the Together album with Williams and Bream...struggled with the separate parts for years and never quite got there and here's Mr del Monte playing it as a solo...wow!!! Thanks, brilliant performance.

Absolutely breathtaking! Great performance.

Spectacular playing! This might be my favorite recorded performance of this piece.

This is excellent.

Wonderfully played.

Beautiful !

Beautiful performance.

Fantastic. One could be fooled into thinking Albeniz wrote his music with you in mind. Your rendition of Sevilla reminds me of Alicia de Larocha’s live performance at Royal Albert Hall. The same subdued urgency.

Wonderful!!

Unbelievably good.

Awesome and Amazing !!!!!

tremendous version of Cordoba!!! Really captures the spirit of the piece....

Thanks you for share this with us! I will play this piece in October, your performance and others are my guides. Hugs from Argentina!

wow! just incredible. Love LOVE your tone. Very beautiful. Pure magic on the guitar. Your touch makes every piece lively and romantic full of emotions with beautiful interpretation and effortless performance. Thank you so so much for sharing your art Adam.

Excellent!

Maravilloso!!!!!

gorgeous interpretation

Dear Teacher, you don't know it but you have been teaching me the last three years, along with a few other select teachers on the internet. I started out with Oscar Herrero's first 2 dvds and then various other online teachers, but after 2 years hooked up with you, for several reasons the most important of which is "soulful" .

Magnifique ❤

Such a hard piece, made it look so easy and sound so good, bravo.

Brilliant.Very smooth and artistic.

I love classical guitar. The song that you performed execellent

Une interprétation magique, un esprit flamenco flotte dans l'air rempli d'une musique sortie d'ailleurs. C'est magnifique.

Adam incredible technique awesome dynamics, I love the way you perform the great Spanish Classcial compositions,truly some of the best versions I have heard ,not to mention your flawless Flamenco playing !!Maestro You are truly one of the best most underrated modern Guitarist out there!! Thanks for the wonderful music! ! Truly the people who disliked your performance are clueless to true art and real Guitar playing, Ole Maestro!!!

Magnificent!

Fantastic!!!!!

Linda interpretação , parabéns, som maravilhoso.

one citizen spanish and cordobes from Santiago de Chile .... tanks for your notes .. ole ole y ole muchas gracias

... como siempre... un gusto enorme escucharte!!

YEP...again..thankyou Adam

Really good performance. Perfect

Beautiful clarity. Love it almost as much as the Bream

all the dislikes are obviously some kind of silly joke. This is utterly beautiful classy inspirational guitar playing at its finest. What a player and master you are Adam. Don't be put off by the jealous trolls on here..you have a talent and a life..they need to get one

great! amazing!

Beautiful

Grandioso!!!

Very Well played.

Beautiful.

Magnifica interpretación!!! Adam es increible. Bravo

Beautiful play, Adam!

During this quarantine I'm nailing and polyshing this excellent piece of that romantic epoch... I've listened versions of Julian Bream , John Williams, Timo Korhonen, Rafael Aguirre and dozens of other guirarists (some of their versions sound like child estudios despite their talent)... Julian Bream and John Williams are legends and they sound well, also Rafael Aguirre plays very spicy but in your interpretation I could feel the spirit of that era. Thank you for soulful performance. Great work!

this is my first time leaving a comment on RU-vid video. seriously, you're the best i've seen on youtube. keep going man. you're brilliant

Excelent! Thank you!

Interesante arreglo y sensible interpretación. Bravo!

Wonderful playing.

Thanks Moishele. This is a guitar by Francisco Manuel Diaz from Granada.

Amazing interpretation. Learned a lot from just watching you.

beautiful

This is just amazing... why does it have so many thumbs down?

Bravo! Superb performance! And if I ever drive through Bangladesh, I'll blast it full volume with my windows down! :-)

Sometimes the world seems insane with ignorance. This performance take music to a new level. Period.

maestro, esta es la mejor interpretación de Cordoba que he escuchado le felicito. No sabia que hablaba Espanol.

Adam - you are one of the most inspired and inspiring Guitarist on my list - i study Flamenco Guitar and your playing is filled with feeling, beyond technique [ although you are an amazing technician ] i know of very few Guitarist who can get so much out of playing even ONE chord ! Classical or Flamenco - OLE' Maestro !

Mucha suerte y gracias!

Because most classical guitarists hate it when somebody plays a piece and actually respects the rhythmic intentions of the composer. It makes them look like they have no rhythm. Which most of them don't. Hit the dislike button all you want, but Adam is a genius player, that is an indisputable fact. His Albeniz interpretations are the best of all time imho.

Wow! a master

Bless you for sharing your talents and hard work with the world. I love-I mean LOVE the Williams recording of this. I always share it with pianists and their usual remark is, "I need to learn guitar". This has now replaced it and is also one of my favorite recordings. Right up there with Hendrix "I Don't Live Today". (I think the dislikes might be traced to a "J. Williams" upon hearing your arpeggio version of what is normally rasqueados).

sublime

Me gustó mucho su interpretación . Saludos

Preciosa interpretación de esta brillante partitura de Isaac Albéniz.

grande entre los mas grandes i love you musica is very good oleeee!!!

has encontrado ese punto intermedio entre el sonido potente y brillante flamenco, y el sonido elegante y sutil clásico, perfecto para obras de esta índole, genial Adam !! eres motivación !!

Dear Adam: what a great performance! High musicallity, beautiful tone, very lyrical. I'm sorry to the low number of views on your videos. Even worse, there seem to be many dislikes on every video of you. I just can't see a reason why .....

Querido Adam excelente, no ver esos dislikes, ver los comentarios de guitarristas serios. Un saludo y gracias.

this is excellent, just learning this piece at the moment - its harder than it sounds!

Muy bueno!

Прекрасно!

Essa é uma das músicas mais bonitas que eu já ouvi...

Beautiful playing.ive taught for three decades this rocks. What guitar Tocar amigo*

... perfecto

esta superior tu version Adam, gracias por subir estos videos en esta calidad, son un placer pa todos!! :D

Hi Kara, thanks for your comments. I actually did experiment with the positions of the mic , and unfortunately the room wasn't much help, so I decided to get the mic closer so as to get more of the guitar sound. But good point.

bravissimo ancor!!!!!

Thanks Dan. I actually recorded Cordoba on my classical Album "Ezordio" for the label GSP. I'm sure you can get it from them. It's Guitar Solo Publications in San Francisco.

Señor del Monte, I heard your execution 5 times in a row and it seemed excellent, extraordinary ... you should not worry because a group of idiots who do not know about music, and who have not heard "Cordoba" with other performers, do not give a like ... his work is very well done ... as Don Quiote de la Mancha said "let the dogs bark"; I congratulate you.

Phenomenal! I love the arpeggios in lieu of the standard rasgueados everyone does. Don't sweat the dislikes-just a bunch of trolls, bots, and mouth-breathers.

Why would someone dislike this video? I'd like to see their version of this piece.

Wonderful playing. I wish I could play 1% as well.

Adam I started following you after your excellent Andalusian Cadence video. You're a marvelous player and teacher. What is the basic difference between classic and flamenco guitar? Thanks in advance. Be blessed

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