He comes accross as such a sweet and kind person. My all time favourite player by a country mile. If you haven't bought his Grandeur Of The Baroque album, you really must. It's amazing.
I had the good fortune to see David Russell in concert several years ago. He was the most incredible guitarist I’ve ever heard. Just amazingly wonderful.
David is still magic over the years on his performance and sound. It looks simple and he is always telling a story with his poetic sound. I know him since Alicate beach Spain on masterclasses with Jose Tomas with only a tent and a guitar. A true ambassador of the classical guitar around the world. Bye for now
So glad to hear you say that! We definitely pride ourselves in having pro audio recordings. RU-vid is great for so many things, but sadly live music audio quality is often pretty sub par.
WOW. congratulations to the technical sound guys. They really captured the depth of tone that David achieves. I might even stick my neck out and say its better than on the CD?. Thanks for uploading really made my day.
I think my heart just sheded a few tears. Songs of pure genuine soul and perfection. Music such as this, Is the reason I get out of bed in the morning. Helps me smile through the toughest situations in life. *Clapping from a far*
You guys... this is just so perfect. Keep it up WGBH! Next time I'm in boston I'm definitely going to stop in to at least give one of your staff a hug of sorts. So perfect.
Check out the Bridge at :37 you can see that the insert in the bridge has been reduced to allow easy contact on the fretboard very clever. While not compromising the sound from the base strings. CGSNI.
My goodness, what beautiful resonance. Hard to say- is that the sound engineer, that Damon guitar, Maestro Russel, or some ethereal combination of these things ?
Sometimes I return to listen again this interpretation. Good shooting video and audio! Russell has a way of offering phrases and use dynamics of this melody that is absolutely touching, each time more.
+Yuliboe Vatser Sorry if this is too late, but Sheetmusicplus carries his arrangments, Message of the Sea: Celtic pieces for Classical Guitar Vol. 1, its fantastic.
David Russell plying " My Gentle Harp"by Sir Thomas Moore,the vocals I used to do this" mixed emotion",lyrics,my avant garde harp guitar and alto fiddle and mandolin @ Barbara Salisbury 155vids RU-vid.com.Would be a nice Harp guitar piece also!Chris Young
To my ear, this guitar is loud and clear in the mid and bass range. Yes, this piece is mostly played in that range. But I hear the first and second string "less volume" as compared to the mid range and bass strings. I would prefer to hear the 1st and 2nd strings equally as loud as the bass strings, but I didn't hear that in this Dammann guitar. Just my opinion.
+robertbdesmond Yes, it sounded to me like the 1st and 2nd strings were weak, lacking resonance. But I couldn't be sure that that wasn't just the way he wanted them to sound on that song.
Could play a guitar with that sound all day. But wait, you have to change the strings every two weeks and file your nails x number of times so I won't bother with the hassle and will continue with the piano instead. :-(
Actually, Tarquin, the guitar is low maintenance as an instrument. Change the strings whenever it suits you - I keep mine for many months - and smoothing nails takes seconds when you have got the hang of it. On the other hand my harpsichord professor tunes her harpsichord every day - by ear - with three courses of string across five octaves - now that's time consuming. Of course the organic expressiveness of these two instruments is preferable to the industrialised over-resonant piano and the subtleties available on the guitar are simply not available to pianists. I guess the piano offers a great deal in terms of dynamics and it's resources to manage a complex score - "Gaspard de la Nuit" for instance - but when it comes to warmth, humanity, expressiveness and the sheer beauty of sound I think the classical guitar takes some beating.
