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  1. 06-24-2016, 10:07 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    While talking guitars we have to include Andre Segovia.
    I've hesitated commenting on this great selection because Ben thinks I get too "high brow," and sometimes I recognize I let my passions get the best of me. But, as it relates to Segovia and Asturias (Leyenda), passion does not describe my feelings.

    The video above was performed late in Segovia's life when he was advanced in age. It is part of a documentary on his life, which I first bought as Laser Disc. I also have it in DVD. In this performance he plays the song in a slow tempo, perhaps because of his age, although I never read an explanation. It is amazing those hammy hands could be the author of such subtlety. Segovia transcribed Isaac Albéniz' piano piece in the early 1920's and first recorded it in 1951. It was that recording that I bought in 1959, which convinced me I should become a classical guitarist, and when it became apparent that I would never be able to play the piece decently, should give up the quest for lack of talent. In that early recording, he plays Asturias briskly but with wonderful feeling using modulation/dynamics and dwelling on certain notes to great effect. His tremolos (the rapid repetitive single note) is like a machine — so hard to do perfectly. I have heard many stunning guitarists play this piece (it is a standard of all classical guitarists, usually Segovia's transcription), and none come close to this recording. I consider this recording to be my personal choice as the most perfect musical recording ever made, if there can be such a thing, and be aware it was made without any splicing & dicing at that time. One complete take. For all intents and purposes, Andres Segovia invented the genre of classical guitar performer, and it is doubtful anyone will reach his level again.

    The YouTube sample of that 1951 recording below is obviously from someone's old worn vinyl, but there have been digitized versions released complete with the background tape or wire noise indicative of the era.

    The 1951 version —

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Agl1qZRTcOM

    Thank you, YouTube.

    The piano original —

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDTf6QnL24
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    For those who think they do not like classical music —
    Nobuyuki Tsujii - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KgPXOW5bpZk
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    For those who think they do not like classical music —
    Nobuyuki Tsujii - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18
    Excellent piece, Joe, I can feel the passion Mr. Tsujii put into his performance...Believe it or not, my stack of symphony CD's was another prized possession purloined by my unfaithful ex-wife...Oddly enough, she left my cassette tapes and reel-to-reel tapes, including the following Mozart selection which was always a favorite...Mozart's Concerto for piano and orchestra # 22, K482 Sviatoslav Richter on the piano and Riccardo Muti conducting the London Philharmonia Orchestra......Ben

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    I am a lover of classical music---there is a reason it is still with us

    Changing it up a bit here is a young lady that left us far too soon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    I've hesitated commenting on this great selection because Ben thinks I get too "high brow,"
    I had no idea I had that kind of influence over you, counselor...Actually, after listening to the clip from Senor Segovia, I looked him up on Wikipedia,and was amazed at what he had accomplished in his long life,,,He was an extremely talented and influential artist...

    Now back to Johnny Horton......Ben

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    Joe, until just now I missed your comments about Andre Segovia

    I have been a devotee since my late teens and still have some of those vinyl records. Like you he moved me to try playing the guitar--it didn't work out

    Thank you very much for posting that and the links
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    Staying with classical; allow me to introduce you to Valentina Lisitsa playing Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op. 23 #5 HQ
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    Out of respect for Ben's interests and priorities I'll offer this gentle interlude: : Hilary Hahn performing Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E Minor OP.64
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    Hilary Hahn performing Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E Minor OP.64
    I'll make this one exception just this once for a Hilary appearance (maybe more for encores)......Ben
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    I officially and publicly withdraw my recent comment about your being shallow----obviously you have your priorities in place
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    ----obviously you have your priorities in place
    Yeah, she is a babe, ain't she?......Ben
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    Staying with classical; allow me to introduce you to Valentina Lisitsa playing Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op. 23 #5 HQ
    Thanks, Dave, Lisita is wonderful and I was not familiar with her before.

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    Something for a change of pace —

    Dylan LeBlanc - "If The Creek Don't Rise"

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=RDv...&v=v5ZKmEjNnTw
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    As I read this she is on my player playing a selection from Chopin
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    I checked her out some and her "Moonlight Sonata," which is stunningly fine. I tried to find her version of Rachmaninov's Prelude in C-sharp Minor, which is my favorite, but could not find one on YouTube. She did have an entry there that explained her great affinity for Rach songs, but how she hated having to play Rach for her Russian teachers in competitions.
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    I am listening to her album Valentina Lisitsa Live @ the Royal Albert Hall and while it contains a number of Rachmaninov's works that is not among them.
    You may well be able to find it on Amazon and purchase just that piece.
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