John Williams Plays A.Barrios Mangore

I think you're wrong, maartenhonderd, 'cause every musical piece has, almost, two dificulties. One of them is, obviously, the technique. The other, and the most 'untouchable' is the interpretation of the piece, to reach the musicality.

A tremolo is a sound effect that conduces to the musicality, but it's only a tool, not the top of the hill. A tool that suppose a great effort for the guitar player 'til the point that seems easy to play it and the music can flow from the guitar.

does anybody know the make of this guitar. it's brilliant. could it be Irish made?

i doubt it, tech death is rather demanding music - but he's still the man

Bullshit, each tremolopiece is in it's essention meant as a study, and therefore artisticaly not to be considered seriously.

Flauwekul, elk tremelostuk is bedoeld als etude, en als zodanig artistiek oninteressant

boring

Really good comment.

viva Paraguay

Yeah! but can he play "entrails ripped from a virgins C**t " by cannibal corpse?

I like Azabagic's version better as well, but I think you have to consider the setting. The guitar loses something when it is played in a large concert hall because the player has to give up some sensitivity in order to project.
Just my thoughts.

thank you for saying that sonanteros because its all truth.

Recuerdos de la Alhambra just seems childish next to Barrios piece.

Yes, probably " Recuerdos de l'Alahmbra" is the best!!

Recuerdos is nice but this piece is more melodic and very moving when played well. Azabagic's rendition is worth checking out.

I have to agree that Azabagic does a nicer rendition of this. This may just have been an off day for JW. It's always harder in front of a crowd. People do tend to speed up when under pressure.

Sorry man, but the best is "Recuerdos de la Alhambra", by Francisco Tàrrega. This is good, anyway.

tremolo

Sorry but this is just played mechanically. For a true emotion see Azabagic playing the same piece.

The most beautiful tremolo piece

EPIC!!

yes he is

The guy in the background at 2:00 seems to be enjoying it, hehe.

because he never wanted to be a professional classical guitarist. he was the original guitarist for the bonham project but the drug dealing messed him up and he came back to england.

Perfect tremello.

Yes, it's true. Barrios was very much better than Segovia.