Best melody trémolo ever written , Francisco Tarrega's RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA, too pleasant and beautiful to the ears, and we add the magnificent JIHN WILLIAMS, well you've got the perfect combination!
I'm 72, and have played guitar most of my adult life. But when I see this, I realize that I missed someting really important along the way, and that I really just plunk on the instrument. This man is amazing.
Complete and total ownership of a musical instrument is, for me, the most awe-inspiring thing in all the world. My day has been immeasurably brightened watching this.
Andres Segovia was the best classical guitar virtusso in 20th century but this man is the best now. All notes are complitely clear and his technic is perfect!!
Segovia was supreme and just a wonder to listen to....he had hands like a farm worker but his spirit soared like a angel....and somehow his great banana fingers plucked the strings with authority and utter majesty....his touch was perfection.
Came here after watching Memories of the Alhambra. I am amazed how beautiful this is and it is wonderful that a person from far away Korea decided to make a TV series based on Alhambra and this piece of music. How beautifully inspiring!
This is the best reference in yt if you want to know how this masterpiece is suposed to sound. The one above all performances out there in the internet.
The man plays like a machine. Which is what some people say as a critique, but I as a compliment. He's unreal. And so relaxed, he looks like he's just scratching a kitten's belly.
Well said. The older I get the more I notice it, but I still admire it. As an amature guitarist I always tried to achieve mechanical perfection but fell way short of it. Maybe that's why I admire it so.
Master of Classical Guitar player. John Williams is one of the top Classical Guitar players in the world. Thank you for sharing your performance. It's so beautiful and spectacular.
Just brilliant... I've heard this played by quite a few classic guitarists, but John Williams stands head and shoulders above the rest... Seamless, a joy to listen to. Perfection.
Yeah Bream is better in my opinion. Not to say Williams isn’t incredible, but I feel like Bream plays with more colour and emotion. To get a good idea of the difference, listen to their respective versions of “Sevilla”. Williams is fantastic, but then you listen to Bream’s and it’s like you’re listening to a whole orchestra play. It’s insane.
+hol4ko It took me two weeks of 10 minutes metronoming to get the 3 figures rolling. Learnt it in block chords then triplets then quads to get it nailed. Still working on getting it as smooth as this though!
@@moncefkarimaitbelkacem1918 Narciso Yepes is an extraordinary player and he uses a 10 string guitar - you should hear his version of the Bach "Chaconne"
We owe it to ourselves to listen and watch John Williams more while he is with us. I caught up with Julian Bream for a short time before he passed. And although his music keeps him alive, I could have honored him with much more audience antemortem. They are extremely rare individuals that we would not have forever.
The criminal part of this footage is the break in the sound as the tape uncrinkles. Such a magnificent performance truly deserves a far superior filming and media transfer.
A well tuned machine with the hands of a Saint in charge of a universal baptism in the sounds and praises of music offered in the ancient instrument of the Guitar. Bravo, John.
Very challenging piece and, in my opinion, John Williams is one of the best in playing it. The tremolos timing is evenly spaced with steady volume. Another great tremolo piece favorite of mine is Oración by Manolo Sanlúcar.
Maribel Jiménez: ¿Quién dijo que la música española no estaba bien valorada?... Según mi gusto y mi entender, la música española está muy bien valorada en todo el mundo. Muchas gracias.
John Williams plays the very best version you could hear on guitar, I can listen to it all day also to Nana Mouskouri's singing version too which is unbeatable
It's a matter of opinion really have you listened to Celidonio Romero or Julian Breem even Pepe Romero? Each and every one of them are masters,of the guitar.
He must have played the guitar from the womb to be able to play like that, I can’t play a note but he can play five at the same time , a true guitar genius
Esta pieza se estudiaba,hace muchos años,en el último grado de guitarra clásica en conservatorio en España.Tocar a la perfección Recuerdos de la Alhambra,requiere un nivel avanzado y muchas horas de ensayo.Cuando lo consigues...la satisfacción es enorme.
Played like a wind-up music box. No romance, no feeling, no phrasing, no rubato, no change in volume. It's hard to imagine a duller rendition of this superb composition.
John Williams makes it look like he is doing nothing at all. Sublime playing. He doesn't break sweat! It sounds like his technique is a gift from the Gods, but it is just a result of years of devoted practise. He studied at Segovia's Summer School from the age of 11. Encouraged and taught from early years by his guitar-playing Dad and then tutored by the best. After that it was just down to about 25 hours-a-day practise.
@@nillarizzi9611 Io sono Australiano e anche per me le battute sono po troppo veloce per me. La prima battuta e quando John Williams dice "Lo faremo in E" (nella chiave di E (Mi)) a quale risponde Les Dawson "No ... lo faremo qui".
excellence personified its amazing to watch and very difficult to do but practice makes perfect and I got there in the end. greeting form Wigan England
I know virtually nothing about playing the guitar, other than playing notes by ear. The first time I heard this song, I had to pick up my daughter's 25 cent garage sale guitar and teach myself how to play. It is one of my favorite guitar pieces and John Williams have become my favorite guitarists. I still play my old John Williams 33 LP. Thank you for posting this video. Now I can not only listen to the beauty of his sound, but I can now see the beauty.
Common bro, several others on TH-cam are just as good if not better. Each are top of their game. Not sure if Mark knoffler type of music but I bet he can nail it just as good.
Une main droite d'une stabilité remarquable pour ce trémolo de F. Tarrega, une pièce remarquablement écrite et parfaitement bien jouée par un des plus grands maitres de l'instrument. Superbe.
Simply amazing performance. The challenge of this piece is to get the tremolo effect to sing the melody and John does that better than most any guitarist on the planet. Fabulous.
Mi tema del alma. Escuché este tema desde antes de nacer. Fue mi canción de cuna En brazos de mi Abuelito guitarrista Clásico. Todos los temas de Tarrega, Rodrigo, etc. Gran por traerla. Aunque la escucho aun todas las noches para dormirme. No muy buena la interpretación, es como tocar por tocar. Le faltó ALMA, la interpreto muy rápida. Igualmente gracias.
Estoy de acuerdo contigo. Empezó bien, pero luego se aceleró. Es un tema para tocar más lento y con más sentimiento. No entiendo de música, pero tengo este tema en varias versiones. Las tengo mejores.
The first guitar vinyl I ever purchased was classical guitar music, recorded by John Williams. Astoundingly beautiful. We’re going back over 5 decades. 🙀
Hermosa pieza musical de Tárrega, me trae recuerdos de mis años en SPM., y mis sobrinos Roberto y luego Rafael Scarfullery, interpretandola a la guitarra. "Recuerdos de la Alhambra".
Hi ! J william ! Congrate you doing much better this time endeed ! Approx three time better than 4 years ago when i first time watched you perform on tv somwhere .
Thanks for your input. i have heard numerous Smallmans live: I was in the 8th row at a John Williams concert in Atlanta a few years ago. I have been a few feet away from Ben Verdery and Nicholas Goluses on numerous occasions while they played their Smallman guitar-shaped-objects. I have listened to them from as close as 3 feet, and as far away as the back of several excellent concert halls. I cannot stand them. To each his own.
Wow! you have to hand it to him dont you. That is something else. So effortless and so controlled. I would die of shame if he ever heard my attempt. I wish I could know what it feels like to play it like Mr Williams. You d have to shoot me to stop me repeating it over and over if i was that good.Brilliant and bravo
The chords in the beginning are from stanley myers cavatina, kjetil said. The other song (memories of the alhambra, or recuerdos de la alhambra) was composed by the spanish composer Francisco Tárrega
Best melody trémolo ever written , Francisco Tarrega's RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA, too pleasant and beautiful to the ears, and we add the magnificent JIHN WILLIAMS, well you've got the perfect combination!
My father spent years trying to perfect that piece. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes when played by an expert.
John Williams brings music out of a guitar that no one else can. He is masterly.
This is the Master. He inspired me to play classical guitar. His tremolo is flawless! He always plays with such feeling
And I think he has six fingers on each hand lol. In a word, BEAUTIFUL.
@@miketravis6149 AI Hands.
As a spaniard, i give my respects to this man. His musical abilities are beyond imagination.
And ad hoc...after a blasting from the fat oaf! Shivers down the spine.. @piero4706 Agree.
Breaks my heart to see how this was music I heard on national TV during my childhood, to what my daughter now has to hear in her childhood.
John Williams is an extraordinary talent with a great sense of humor! What a pleasure to listen to this wonderful artist.
Talento y conocimiento expresado en los sonidos más puros de España para el mundo...
Les Dawson was a Classically trained pianist, love this clip,thank you TH-cam ❤😂🎉
I'm 72, and have played guitar most of my adult life. But when I see this, I realize that I missed someting really important along the way, and that I really just plunk on the instrument. This man is amazing.
An absolutely beautiful piece, played by the eponymous John Williams.
Complete and total ownership of a musical instrument is, for me, the most awe-inspiring thing in all the world. My day has been immeasurably brightened watching this.
Brilliant.... in another world.... so beautiful..... thank you
Andres Segovia was the best classical guitar virtusso in 20th century but this man is the best now. All notes are complitely clear and his technic is perfect!!
John studied under sr Segovia?
@@paidda yes 👍
Segovia was supreme and just a wonder to listen to....he had hands like a farm worker but his spirit soared like a angel....and somehow his great banana fingers plucked the strings with authority and utter majesty....his touch was perfection.
Incredible concentration.
@@bigd1345 he is thinking where he put the keys of the car
Came here after watching Memories of the Alhambra. I am amazed how beautiful this is and it is wonderful that a person from far away Korea decided to make a TV series based on Alhambra and this piece of music. How beautifully inspiring!
Pls this drama traumatized me-
yes ik I'm 1 year late heheh
This is the best reference in yt if you want to know how this masterpiece is suposed to sound. The one above all performances out there in the internet.
The man plays like a machine. Which is what some people say as a critique, but I as a compliment. He's unreal. And so relaxed, he looks like he's just scratching a kitten's belly.
I agree, absolutely flawless!
Mmmmmm, real magical fingers!!!
I've been playing my kitten for years but I can only play one note: prrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Well said. The older I get the more I notice it, but I still admire it. As an amature guitarist I always tried to achieve mechanical perfection but fell way short of it. Maybe that's why I admire it so.
miguelitoven easy on the caps lock buddy, someone might think you have a point worth sharing..
Master of Classical Guitar player. John Williams is one of the top Classical Guitar players in the world. Thank you for sharing your performance. It's so beautiful and spectacular.
J.W. - I've been listening to him since 1967 ... he's still the king of classical guitar.
Got to love all the experts telling John Williams how to play guitar.
I think Brandon Acker is worth a listen though
Francisco Tárrega, imortal autor de Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Que no muera su recuerdo
😮je croyais que c'était NACISO YEPEZ..???🎉❤
Just brilliant... I've heard this played by quite a few classic guitarists, but John Williams stands head and shoulders above the rest... Seamless, a joy to listen to. Perfection.
If you want your kid to grow up to be a musical genius then just name him John Williams. It's been working so far
leftyfourguns 😂😂😂😂
Bahahaha
I may give it a go then, not having much luck! Deed poll beckons 🤔
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
This song thats a Spanish guitars Francisco Tárrega
I classici servono a questo...ogni volta che lo ascolti e poi eseguito cosi ti ricordi che la vita è eterna!
Hermosa interpretación. Me quito el sombrero. Gracias.
Stunning. Beautiful. I went to Alhambra last year - such good memories.
he makes it sound like there are 2 guitars, in my opinion the greatest living guitarist.
Add Julian Bream!
Yeah Bream is better in my opinion. Not to say Williams isn’t incredible, but I feel like Bream plays with more colour and emotion.
To get a good idea of the difference, listen to their respective versions of “Sevilla”. Williams is fantastic, but then you listen to Bream’s and it’s like you’re listening to a whole orchestra play. It’s insane.
nick260682 true both are incredible players but bream is literally is something else... master bream is my idol
He is the greatest living guitarist, bar none.
Watch Paco de Lucia
Mike oldfield.... etude.
#edit# 7 years later watching this again.... Beautiful rendition, the strumming is flawless.
I really don't believe I've ever heard anything more beautiful.
sledge1960 Alexandre Lagoya is better !
We have to stop comparing different masters
Try with "La Catedral" of Agustin Barrios...
Una Limosna por el amor de dios
His tremolo makes you cry.
I don't know whether to cry because it's so beautiful, or because I doubt that my tremolo will ever be that good 😭😭😭 haha
+Daniel Tonga Lmfao currently working on this piece, and yeah I know the struggle
+hol4ko It took me two weeks of 10 minutes metronoming to get the 3 figures rolling. Learnt it in block chords then triplets then quads to get it nailed. Still working on getting it as smooth as this though!
+Arthur Cunningtogn
Use your big knuckles!
A master musician at the peak of his powers. John Williams isn't bad either.
Not bad, but watch Narciso Yepes playing it
@@javisafaBM agreed,narciso's interpretation is outstanding:);)
@@moncefkarimaitbelkacem1918 Narciso Yepes is an extraordinary player and he uses a 10 string guitar - you should hear his version of the Bach "Chaconne"
javisafaBM fffff
The mother of all tremolos. Frightening.
We owe it to ourselves to listen and watch John Williams more while he is with us. I caught up with Julian Bream for a short time before he passed. And although his music keeps him alive, I could have honored him with much more audience antemortem. They are extremely rare individuals that we would not have forever.
The criminal part of this footage is the break in the sound as the tape uncrinkles. Such a magnificent performance truly deserves a far superior filming and media transfer.
A great musician, with the prog rock band "SKY" excited us so much...fabulous, thanks so much !!!
John is so gentle with his guitar as if it were is only beloved child.WONDERFUL!!!!!!
715musicman nicely put
einmalig schön und bewundernswert, das Stück ----und der Künstler und grössten Respekt vor dem Komponisten.
Les Dawson is totally underrated as a pianist - it takes great skill to play wrong notes in a controlled fashion as he did.
Ha ha ha ha You are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo right . . I loved watching him "Bum Note" but play perfectly . . . .
A well tuned machine with the hands of a Saint in charge of a universal baptism in the sounds and praises of music offered in the ancient instrument of the Guitar. Bravo, John.
Very challenging piece and, in my opinion, John Williams is one of the best in playing it.
The tremolos timing is evenly spaced with steady volume. Another great tremolo piece favorite of mine is Oración by Manolo Sanlúcar.
Sharif Al Humaid aprendeatoto
Thanks for the recommendation Sharif, I will check that out!
Un grande Maestro come Williams che con gioia e semplicità scherza così....beh....non ha prezzo!!!
Such crisp, well-pronounced tremolos. He is simply amazing
It's by listening to great guitarists playing wonderful pieces that inspires the rest of us mere mortals to take it up.
La migliore interpretazione in assoluto tra tutti i grandi chitarristi classici del meraviglioso pezzo di tarrega
Grande la música española!!, y qué lástima que no esté tan valorada como se merece.
Maribel Jiménez: ¿Quién dijo que la música española no estaba bien valorada?... Según mi gusto y mi entender, la música española está muy bien valorada en todo el mundo. Muchas gracias.
It's stupid. but I cry now. with tears. Dammit. Time after time, I will still cry. Thanks John. Thanks for bringing this piece to life.
One of life`s truly talented people. I love this.
Praise God for the joy John Williams has shared! He's amazingly gifted.
John Williams plays the very best version you could hear on guitar, I can listen to it all day also to Nana Mouskouri's singing version too which is unbeatable
Pieknie gra :)
Yes it is isn't it :) here is the link to Nana Mouskouri's singing version ;) www.last.fm/music/Nana+Mouskouri/_/Recuerdos+De+La+Alhambra
It's a matter of opinion really have you listened to Celidonio Romero or Julian Breem even Pepe Romero? Each and every one of them are masters,of the guitar.
Thanks a lot, I found it coincidentally last night watching a movie for John Williams musical life. Wonderful piece of art!
You are truly a virtuoso classical guitarist John, thanks for this video.
This is so fantastic - a piece of heaven. You need to be totally on top of your game to produce something, approaching, anywhere near to this.
He must have played it twenty million times to be this fluid
NO..HE PLAYS WITH HIS HEART
According to my calculations, twenty million and two times. The one before that still had some major issues.
.marce ungheresi
He had ThE hang of It ThE First day he tried....that,S a genius
Talent/artistry does not need the mindless rote of no talent drudgery!! 20,000,000?? REALLY.??? WTF?????
Beautifully performed Sir.
Beautiful, I would give my right arm to be able to play guitar as good as this. Even piano as good as Les Dawson.....
mike travis You wouldn't be able to play like this without your right arm. :)
Oh yeah. Oooops lol
Sorry but if you give your right arm you would not be able to play this with only one arm!
If you gave your right arm you probably would play like les Dawson!
bravo! this music is our background when we are performing a live drama on radio
He must have played the guitar from the womb to be able to play like that, I can’t play a note but he can play five at the same time , a true guitar genius
I can play 6 notes at the same time, it's called a chord.
@@tonchette7993 I thing he is not familiar with the idea of tremolo
@@Chris-rr9ud It's called a joke.
@@tonchette7993 no shit
Esta pieza se estudiaba,hace muchos años,en el último grado de guitarra clásica en conservatorio en España.Tocar a la perfección Recuerdos de la Alhambra,requiere un nivel avanzado y muchas horas de ensayo.Cuando lo consigues...la satisfacción es enorme.
Listening to this man play......especially this piece......makes my brain cells melt!! So beautiful, so relaxed, such talent. I love this. And him.❤❤❤
Played like a wind-up music box. No romance, no feeling, no phrasing, no rubato, no change in volume. It's hard to imagine a duller rendition of this superb composition.
Absolutely beautiful, I would give anything if I play a piece of music like this just one time.
His tremolo is absolutely perfect !!
It certainly does what it is supposed to. Imprint the beautiful memories of the palace of Alhambra in the mind.
Beautifully done!
Què magnìfica interpretaciòn!! Quedè impactada!!!
John Williams makes it look like he is doing nothing at all. Sublime playing. He doesn't break sweat! It sounds like his technique is a gift from the Gods, but it is just a result of years of devoted practise. He studied at Segovia's Summer School from the age of 11. Encouraged and taught from early years by his guitar-playing Dad and then tutored by the best. After that it was just down to about 25 hours-a-day practise.
Williams is the virtuoso on the guitar
But Les Dawson was the virtuoso of comedy
Both giants in their field.
+SuperBking1340 Les was also a very good pianist, which he obviously messed about when he was doing comedy.
Really. I don’t understand what they say each other, I am Italian.
Can you write the words of this comedy? Thanks. 🙏🏼🌸🌹
@@nillarizzi9611 Io sono Australiano e anche per me le battute sono po troppo veloce per me. La prima battuta e quando John Williams dice "Lo faremo in E" (nella chiave di E (Mi)) a quale risponde Les Dawson "No ... lo faremo qui".
@@petershadbolt2268 If Nila Rizzi doesn't appreciate your effort, I do.
excellence personified its amazing to watch and very difficult to do but practice makes perfect and I got there in the end. greeting form Wigan England
amazing piece, amazing player
I know virtually nothing about playing the guitar, other than playing notes by ear. The first time I heard this song, I had to pick up my daughter's 25 cent garage sale guitar and teach myself how to play. It is one of my favorite guitar pieces and John Williams have become my favorite guitarists. I still play my old John Williams 33 LP. Thank you for posting this video. Now I can not only listen to the beauty of his sound, but I can now see the beauty.
By far, the best, most even and most musical tremolo technique in the history of the guitar so far.
try Paola Hermosin
Hello SIR JHON WILLIAMS, CONGRATULATIONS, WONDERFUL MUSIC, TO LISTEN TO AND ENJOY
THANK YOU, YOUR OSCAR FAN.
Preciosa musica y gran interpretacion..
Simply the greatest rendition of this piece. Nobody else played it better than John Williams.
Excepto Narciso Yepes.
Common bro, several others on TH-cam are just as good if not better. Each are top of their game. Not sure if Mark knoffler type of music but I bet he can nail it just as good.
This is what making love to the guitar is.
You speak of truth
It's not what that hole is for bruh!
You big boy, you!!
Anogoya Dagaati
Une main droite d'une stabilité remarquable pour ce trémolo de F. Tarrega, une pièce remarquablement écrite et parfaitement bien jouée par un des plus grands maitres de l'instrument. Superbe.
Simply amazing performance. The challenge of this piece is to get the tremolo effect to sing the melody and John does that better than most any guitarist on the planet. Fabulous.
Listen to Narciso Yepes and you just might change your mind. . . . .
One of the most beautiful melody with classic guitar by one of greatest guitarist.
Mi tema del alma.
Escuché este tema desde antes de nacer.
Fue mi canción de cuna
En brazos de mi Abuelito guitarrista Clásico.
Todos los temas de Tarrega, Rodrigo, etc.
Gran por traerla.
Aunque la escucho aun todas las noches para dormirme.
No muy buena la interpretación, es como tocar por tocar.
Le faltó ALMA, la interpreto muy rápida. Igualmente gracias.
Estoy de acuerdo contigo. Empezó bien, pero luego se aceleró. Es un tema para tocar más lento y con más sentimiento. No entiendo de música, pero tengo este tema en varias versiones. Las tengo mejores.
John, tremenda facilidad y fantástico trémolo. He pasado un ratito agradable, David Verdú.
Absolutely beautiful!
Amazing when playing with such perfection is a problem for some critics of John Williams.
It makes me remember her, her smile, her clear and almost green eyes...
One of my faves. thank you.
The best interpretation I've ever found in TH-cam!
That's the way I like this piece to be played!
Fantastico Gracias por inmortalizar una gran pieza española
Truly wonderful rendition here! And so great that u kept the les Dawson part on at the start too, god bless his jolly soul! :0)
Marvellous stuff!
Les Dawson Rocked and musically gifted in the dark art of jazz. Awesome.
One can only be humble in the face of perfection.
He brings the guitar to life. Brilliant.
John Williams is the maestro-period.
The first guitar vinyl I ever purchased was classical guitar music, recorded by John Williams. Astoundingly beautiful. We’re going back over 5 decades. 🙀
Sure he's great, but it doesn't hurt that he has 8 fingers on each hand.
LOL
Actually, six on each hand. Also, he killed my father.
round1fight
Something something Montoya, knew him. He;s dead now. Won't be missed...
@@miketravis6149 shit, you had me counting them lol
Mathieu van Leeuwen
👌🤣
Hermosa pieza musical de Tárrega, me trae recuerdos de mis años en SPM., y mis sobrinos Roberto y luego Rafael Scarfullery, interpretandola a la guitarra. "Recuerdos de la Alhambra".
Grande maestro John Willians, belíssima apresentação.
Hi ! J william ! Congrate you doing much better this time endeed ! Approx three time better than 4 years ago when i first time watched you perform on tv somwhere .
les dawson was actually an accomplished pianist as well as a comedian
Phenomenal tremolo - BRAVO Maestro ...!
Memories of Alhambra... korean drama bring me here
yes that fantasic drama ar game
Emma should be playing with her red outfit
Nur Hadhy me to
Me too
Emma and Mr. Cha haunt the TH-cam channels and the halls of Alhambra High School...
Thanks for your input. i have heard numerous Smallmans live: I was in the 8th row at a John Williams concert in Atlanta a few years ago. I have been a few feet away from Ben Verdery and Nicholas Goluses on numerous occasions while they played their Smallman guitar-shaped-objects. I have listened to them from as close as 3 feet, and as far away as the back of several excellent concert halls. I cannot stand them. To each his own.
Greetings..
Excellent performance, little difficulty for large capacity master guitar. But very technical.
With best wishes.
Wow! you have to hand it to him dont you. That is something else. So effortless and so controlled. I would die of shame if he ever heard my attempt. I wish I could know what it feels like to play it like Mr Williams. You d have to shoot me to stop me repeating it over and over if i was that good.Brilliant and bravo
The chords in the beginning are from stanley myers cavatina, kjetil said. The other song (memories of the alhambra, or recuerdos de la alhambra) was composed by the spanish composer Francisco Tárrega
Always more beautiful each time I hear it!