We feel very proud and honored in El Salvador since Master Mangoré taught and lived his last years here. I studied plastic arts (paint)at CENAR (National Art Center of E.S.)back in 1990 and many of my classmates had to learn some of Mangore's master pieces so they could graduate from the classical guitar specialty. That means that we have a few skillful guitarrists around here but as unfortunately usual they have no opportunity since there's no support coming from any way.
Barrios era un paraguayo y artista universal vivia viajando y dando conciertos por varios paises de el mundo no solo en el salvador y ya estando enfermo y para descansar acepta la invitacion del Pte. del salvador para descansar en ese pais lugar en donde la muerte le sorprendio en 1944
David has been on top of his profession for a good fifteen years or more. I saw him for the first time in about 1989/1990 and even then, I couldn't think of a finer musician on the guitar.
Thanks for uploading this beautiful piece. Gracias es emotivo regalo escuchar, recuerdo esto interpretado por mi maestro, que fue alumno de Mangore. Gracias. L.
well a raised fingerboard has it slightly elevated. Making the higher octave register a lot easier because it has more ground for your thumb to anchor upon. It helps with the high notes, 3 octave scaling, etc.
David Russell and all those guys who have longer nails have notorious metallic sound. I am not saying he's bad guitar player. He is one of my favorite guitarists!
Barrios, died in misery...enriching our lives with such beutiful guitar pieces! Can some of the connoisseurs give his/her opinion on NiKita Boldyrev interpretation of this piece? it is a studio recording, but I'm still interested on hearing from you.
@chairlift0 Agustin Pio Barrios Mangore was born in my small town ..his family did not have money to bring him back to Paraguay so he was burried there... soon he will be resting .in the country he loved so much
@falafel1100 That is true, but wouldn't Barrios have played it differently if the piece was meant to be played differently? He was a great guitarist and he probably had the technical skills to do so. After all, if there's a "correct" way to play a piece (I don't think there is one), it's probably its composer the one who knows how, isn't it? (I am not saying that David Russel's version is bad - it's actually one of my favourite interpretations of this piece!)
Actually the fingerboard hasn't been raised so much as the top has been lowered, exposing more of the next and fingerboard. It's kind of misleading that they call it a "raised fingerboard" but oh well.
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSS...SIIIIIII...SIIIIIIIIIMMMMM Y en cualquier idioma... maybe I prefer Williams but I cannot say Russell is not as good as Williams both make me feel in the air when i listen to them.
Great performance, nothing to say about it. Please check out the underrated version of a truly great, but apparently underrated guitarist: Alvaro Pierri (based on the numbers of views he gets on youtube).
Dear Friend who likes good music and melody of a high level. Excuse me for sending you messages Without your consent to, But my intention is very good. Having They Noticed I like this piece of music and real Being the author Agustin Pio Barrios''Mangore Nitsuga''''''and I Like His fellow countryman proud of it. I invite you to see Another musical of a very good level, But With A harp, a Paraguayan identity unknown author of the 19th century and in this version is sung by the master
Muy buena versión de este vals N° 3 por parte de Russell. Como todas las obras de Barrios, para interpretarlas se debe ser un guitarrista consumado, de lo contrario no es posible dar con lo que el autor Barrios concibió.
@falafel1100 I deeply admire Barrios playing style ( /watch?v=le0shPMLffY ). Although it's very unconventional and simple,it carries a lot of emotion. I think that with his performances he was able to deliver the emotions he wanted.His version and the one by David Russel are my favourite. Besides,have you ever heard of Berta Rojas? Her way of playing Barrios is absolutely brilliant ( /watch?v=jt4-Mvbc3NI ). And yes,I study guitar at the music university, although I haven't played this piece yet.
I don't know how you guys can judge his tone from the awful sound quality in this recording. That being said, I am a big fan of Julian Bream due to his excellent tone control. Russell, Parkening and John Williams are all brilliant players, but when it comes to tone Bream is king.
I would just like to say that mull99 has no idea as to what he's talking about. Also I have sat in on a master class with Russell and seen him live, and I have no idea what you mean when you say he has a 'metallic' tone.
Children,,, please. I have a metalic tone... ... ... sometimes... ... ... & sometimes cello like wooden tone. When I am at the Top Of "MY" Game... I control it, other times I don't have a clue where whatever tone comes from. We all have different tastes, excepting those that have exactly the same DNA... There are many "RIGHT" ways to play this piece. David Russel,,, on planet earth,,, on the classical guitar???Yes I have heard him play Live in concert and sat 2 meters from Him Giving masterclasses, including Chinawat Temkunkwun ... Mull99???? Critisizing David Russels Tone ????? AAAAAhhh Whom is Mull??? and Who Cares??? I don't see his ((99.999% probably fake) name on any upcoming concerts I would fly internationally to attend. I have 4 Classical guitars to restring 3 with Savarez 1 with hannabachs. And a couple Ramirez with bad intonation replace nut and saddles
cocodrilito, Agustin Barrios nacio en una epoca en que el Paraguay fue victima de la guerra mas imfame y genocida que haya existido en Amerca del sur hechas por la argentina y el brasil, el paraguay quedo destruido pobre y desolado en paraguay AMAMOS a barrios y estamos ORGULLOSOS de el, tienes que informarte mas antes de emitir opiniones sin fundamento
Jitpring, please don't lecture me about the art of the classical guitar, I play that instrument for 28 years on a row. Russell's sound is notoriously metallic and that is due to his long nails. It is harder to play guitar with shorter nails, a combination between a nail and finger flesh.
i also play with long nails, as does my teacher, and my teach always goes on about how warm my tone is :) so muli99 no offense but i think u have to rethink ur 28 years knowledge of tone production
Padrino879 i dont know how the hell can u say John Williams plays with no soul. And Russel is DEFINITELY not better than Williams! Both of them have unique style so u can say which YOU like most but that doesnt make him "best"!!!
Russel is a outstanding player, however, I personally don't enjoy that much the sound of guitar produced by long nails. Unfortunately, Russel has long nails. Shorter nails leaving some room for flesh too, would give warm and mellow sound, especially for this Barrios Vals #3 tune.
