"My life has been an ascending line, slowly, but ascending line. It came, everything came, but I was not to be distracted, not to answer another call. In that consists the miracle of my will, in persisting in the road I had taken. The rest was in the mysterious stars of my firmament. - Andres Segovia
As a teenager, I saw Segovia play in 1975 at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Even though I have no musical talent myself, I was deeply, deeply moved - stunned even. I can remember every detail of that concert to this day, even how he walked slowly to take his encore. He must have been in his early 80s - still full of life - fathered his last child when he was 77...
I had the privilege of seeing Segovia in concert in Chicago in the 80's as a young boy. He was mesmerizing and I will never forget it. He played the guitar like it was a dream, their are few masters of anything but he certainly was a master.
Segovia will be always a legend. We see him here very old, playing one of the most incredible pieces of the whole history of the guitar music. The speed of his execution is lower of many other who play this piece as they would have been got by a hysteric syndrome, but the colors that come out from his guitar are so mystic, and full of the tints of the Asturias land, that we can only stay mute and listen. Get the pauses, get the vibratos. Pure soul mastery.
The speed is perfect my friend. I am glad that you can see the fact that most conteporary classic guitar players sacrifice quality for speed. Some songs are not ment to be played fast... As Segovia said himself its not about speed its about harmony and synthesis.
Periklis Salasidis I meant it. THe speed is right. Many other players of nowadays tend to play hysterically. I'd like that those players would take example from the legend.
IMHO because he's the transcriber of the piece for guitar, I think he's just playing at the right speed. On the other hand I agree with you, he's so used to "master" the guitar that sometimes he doesn't realize he's "too" master... However such a technique is simply unbelievable for a so old man.
Periklis Salasidis Sound quality is much more important than speed of execution,especially if it sacrifices quality to maintain speed. Classical music like this should be savored like a fine meal not like a fast food diet,
Un hombre increíblemente culto que entendía el contexto, la motivación y el significado de lo que tocaba, y tenía la modestia suficiente para transmitirlo de una manera franca y hermosa. Qué maestro.
Todo se puede copiar. Hay japoneses bailando flamenco con su arte y su gracia. Pero el sentimiento no se puede copiar de ninguna manera. Esta canción es un billete de viaje a lo mas profundo de uno mismo.
What an amazing performer! It was such a privilege to be able to hear him live😊 What an honor and privilege to have seen this excellent musician in person!
I heard this played in Rota Spain when I was stationed there back in (well back in the day ) Great guitars.. Visited the Alhambra in Grenada. Best 3 years of my life till my 2 boys were born. Still listen to this great guitarist.
it´s a magic song... andres segovia thank you for more than 90 years of mystic and magic musik on guitar! i hope people will think for you in 100 years!
I've heard that...but my father (an American) was friends w/ him from the 1950's up till his death. Whenever he was in town performing, he would come over to my parent's house, afterwards. My father was founder & president of the local classical guitar society waay back when and simply approached him after a performance and they simply became friends. Somehow, my father did the same w/ several other famous old school classical & flamenco guitarists of that era - a couple of them are still alive.
Listening to this is theraputic; if that makes any sense at all. As he plays my body feels better. As I concentrate on each chord, each note struck I feel calmer and more satisfied with the world around me. The beauty this man creates is truly an international treasure, that we are all so lucky to have recorded.
Reluctantly, I will admit that the first time I heard this song (now my favorite) I thought I was listening to 2 people because I was 'certain' there was a backup guitarist playing one part and a soloist playing another. People I have exposed this song to now love it! Segovia, we will miss you BIG TIME!
Genius. Thank you for your music. Asturias played by Segovia is mind-blowing and his talent is awesome - in the true sense of the word. Such talent - RIP.
Natural reverb. This is my favorite rendition of "Asturias." The depth of tone brings life to the composition. And the fingers of the master produce notes and chords that speak. Timeless.
Me llaman José, Nací en la Ciudad de México 1962 mí Padre Antonio Orozco lo admiraba profundamente de cia qué a Andrés Segovia le llamaban el Padre de la Guitarra, Saludos a todos un fraternal abrazo gracias .
I grew up listening 2 every type of music there is, & I have always LOVED the masters of classical guitar playing, the true Maestros: Andrés Segovia, Narciso Yepes, & the spectacular compositions of Joaquín Rodrigo. As a teenager I only managed to conquer Romance (anónimo). Sadly I gave up the guitar right when I was getting somewhat good at it. One of these days I will pick it up again and try my hand at this piece, although NO ONE will EVER play it like Andrés Segovia. & 212 ppl are deaf!!
It has been 9 more years. Did you eventually get back to it? My own break at bar 17 was more than 20 years ago. Attempting basic tremolo for two months now, picked up Asturias last week again, finding bars 17-32 tougher than 1-16 but still doable. A long journey for a hobby player. This old master is an inspiration. Success to both of us! 🤘
First song I learnt in class..a more basic version obviously..still play it today..The had showed us EXACTLY this clip..I've looking for it since I was 18 years old ! Just found it..Props to this guy.
There a many wonderful and very talented maestros of the Classical Guitar .......... but for me, none reach the mastery and sensitivity of Maestro Segovia.... who always moves my heart and soothes my soul and thrills my intellect.
The master. Young players must realize what makes masters masters. Masters time never fades. Sounds change and music evolves but what it takes to be a master is eternal.
When I was a kid back in the '60s, the name "Segovia" was like this mysterious ultimate God of guitar that all the great famous players looked up to. Chet Atkins, etc.----- you name it, no matter what genre they played in, all the hip guitarists of the day were in awe of Segovia's talent. All these years later, though he is no longer as well known, Segovia is still the role model of classical perfection in technique and tone. Look at that massive, powerful left hand develeped over a lifetime of dedicated practice.
Señor Andres Segovia was born in Linares, Jaén, Spain. He was sent at a very young age to live with his uncle Eduardo and his wife María. Eduardo arranged for Segovia's first music lessons with a violin teacher after recognizing that Segovia had an aptitude for music. This proved to be an unhappy introduction to music for the young Segovia because of the teacher's strict methods, and Eduardo stopped the lessons. His uncle decided to move to Granada to allow Segovia to obtain a better education; after arriving in Granada, Segovia recommenced his musical studies. Segovia was aware of flamenco during his formative years as a musician but stated that he "did not have a taste" for the form and chose instead the works of Sor, Tárrega and other classical composers. Tárrega agreed to give the self-taught Segovia some lessons but died before they could meet and Segovia states that his early musical education involved the "double function of professor and pupil in the same body". Segovia's contribution to the music is the classic Spanish guitar which he proved to be a classical music instrument. His influence now reaches the modern guitarists that includes, among others, John Williams, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia and John McLaughlin.
Doesn't it? This "Sweet Baby"James? With hardly a vocal, if any. Purely instrumental, my dear fellow Watson. No criticisms of the Great Masters of The Genres (such as our Astorian friend), just flow with it... "It'll take you places that you've neva eva been." One can scarcely imagine the dedication and purposefulness required by which his works now bestow Segovia's blessing upon us. A stellar father figure, to say the least. best, Scott McAdams
Segovia gets to play in the Alhambra... completely shut down just for him... it was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, and I had to wait in line for 3 hours in the cold just to get in. What a G!
Saw him live once - spellbinding. The whole audience held it's breath as he held us in his heart. Technology is amazing - it has brought us all together in astrounding ways - but the experience is horizontal - much breadth & width - but it can still never convey the depth when you sit in the presence of and experience the consciousness of a true genius. Segovia - always and forever.
Ο Andres Segovia (Αντρές Σεγόβια Τόρρες 1893 - 1987) ήταν Ισπανός κιθαριστής, βιρτουόζος στην κλασσική κιθάρα.Πλέον, θεωρείται ως ένας από τους σπουδαιότερους κιθαριστές όλων των εποχών. Πολλοί σημερινοί επαγγελματίες κιθαριστές υπήρξαν μαθητές του ή μαθητές των μαθητών του.
Yes! Exclamation points say it all with regard to ANDRES SEGOVIA, The Master Guitar Player! Exclamation points denote emotion. Andres definitely played with emotion!
",,I hate to make comparisons, that's why i cant decide who is best, BB King or Segovia, they are both KINGS, music is either true or false " -Jimi Hendrix on being asked who the " best " Guitarist is/was.
Among Segovia's last students were Eliot Fisk & Michael Daily. Michael, whose first national tour was at age 14, also studied with Pepe Ramero. My son is fortunate to have spent the last 4 years and continues to be under Daily's tutelage. Now a junior as a college music major, he performs far above his years and competes with the doctorial students. Andres' legacy lives on. As for this performance, though admittedly not Segovia's best, still demonstrates his mastery of phrasing and cadence.
What he said before this performance is this: "My life has been an ascending line, slowly, but ascending line. It came, everything came, but I was not to be distracted, not to answer another call. In that consists the miracle of my will, in persisting in the road I had taken. The rest was in the mysterious stars of my firmament."
@@WOLVERINE842 You are very welcome. I found it years ago on longer version of this video. And also read somewhere but can't remember exactly. But I remember I thought it was truely inspirational
I have watched other versions of this on RU-vid, and they may be more "technically proficient", but none can approach the feeling and experience of a 75+ master of the guitar. 'nuff said.
@@ragnarkisten i find it actually interesting how i cant listen to whole piece from other "far better versions" but i can listen to Mr. "full of himself" Segovia's rendition all day long.
This was one of the very first videos that I watched after becoming a RU-vid member some 9 years ago. Such a beautiful video. Nowadays on RU-vid, we have videos about current war & destruction, live online suicides, live kidnapping and beating of mentally challenged individuals, people doing violent/ignorant stunts just for attention sake, etc., etc. I miss those more innocent days of RU-vid. By the way ... I failed to mention what a genius Segovia was. Andrés Segovia was a superb genius. And there you have it ...
I first heard this in the early 80s and did not belive that there was was just one man playing. It fascinated me so much,that I began to look deeper into Andreas Segovia..everything I learned,made me Respect this man more,he must be the greatest Spanish Classical Guitarist...His fingers speak out to me...
@@a.s.v4261 It’s objective. He’s old and he plays it very badly. I’m not denying his influence over the genre and the way he advanced classical guitar, and I have massive respect for him for that, but this is not good. It’s kinda sad to see him play like this.
My ear hears technical precision and my heart hears the passion he emotes in such detail. My overall pressing is both power and subtlety placed exactly where he wants it.
Can we both have heard the same performance? This is Segovia past his very best, I find his timing and the number of times the strings buzz jarring- he still does it better than I could ever manage so I'm not being snooty.Segovia is still the greatest ever.
What I love more in this executions are the slower parts of the score, because is from these parts that the magic of the Master comes out.... Too many players concentrate too much on the faster part of the score, IMHO without understanding that these parts are the preparation, while the real core of this masterpiece is the slower central part, where the dense vapors of the early spring mornings of the Asturias land come up from the ground, waiting for the pitiless sun of the noon and gifting the visitor some true magic moments...
It's important to know that Segovia created the technique for classical guitar as well as the music repertoire for it. He transcribed many of Bach's and other composers works for guitar and he had many works written for him by composers. If you talk to any guitarist, whether classical, rock, or jazz who started as a classical guitarist (and there are some famous ones), they will tell you that Segovia was the Maestro.
Esto es bueno, ya que hace la gente. No son sólo las notas .... escuchar. Te hace sentir que está jugando para usted y sólo usted. Murió antes de que realmente sabía quién era él y sin embargo es tan personal. Es como si supiera de mí toda mi vida. No se puede rematar.
They're echoing off the walls and floors, water does not provide a significant echo. It absorbs sound. This is why when rockets start their engines during launch thousands of liters of water are sprayed against the engines, it absorbs a lot of sound, that could echo off the launch platform and destroy the rocket as well as taking up a lot heat to keep the pad from melting.
This man is my inspiration to become a great guitarist. He truly is a master of his craft, possibly the greatest guitarist of all time. The grace is brilliant.
After reading comments, and listening to other variations of this on RU-vid, I don't think any of them have a damn thing on this version. What it lacks in fire and technique, it more than makes up for in emotion and probably about 80 years of feeling and experience. Absolutely beautiful.
