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!
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.
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.
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.
+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!
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.
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.
@@moncefkarimaitbelkacem1918 Narciso Yepes is an extraordinary player and he uses a 10 string guitar - you should hear his version of the Bach "Chaconne"
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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".
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
And dont forget this is a just TV show!; if you listen to his record "Spanish Guitar Favourites" (the best classical guitar record ever made) you'll have no doubt that John is the best guitar player of all times.
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.
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.
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
John Williams brings music out of a guitar that no one else can. He is masterly.
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
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.
Got to love all the experts telling John Williams how to play guitar.
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.
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..
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.
An absolutely beautiful piece, played by the eponymous John Williams.
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!
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.
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...
Francisco Tárrega, imortal autor de Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Que no muera su recuerdo
😮je croyais que c'était NACISO YEPEZ..???🎉❤
Brilliant.... in another world.... so beautiful..... thank you
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?????
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.
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.
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 . . . .
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
amazing john william the greatest master guitar my favorite at all time o
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.
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
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
I classici servono a questo...ogni volta che lo ascolti e poi eseguito cosi ti ricordi che la vita è eterna!
Mike oldfield.... etude.
#edit# 7 years later watching this again.... Beautiful rendition, the strumming is flawless.
It makes me remember her, her smile, her clear and almost green eyes...
Such crisp, well-pronounced tremolos. He is simply amazing
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.
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.
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
His tremolo is absolutely perfect !!
John Williams + Francisco Tárrega = LOVE❤️❤️❤️
Hello SIR JHON WILLIAMS, CONGRATULATIONS, WONDERFUL MUSIC, TO LISTEN TO AND ENJOY
THANK YOU, YOUR OSCAR FAN.
J.W. - I've been listening to him since 1967 ... he's still the king of classical guitar.
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.
The classical guitar is the most beautiful instrument that G-d has ever given mankind.
Questa e' la piu' bella .... poesia ..... di ogni tempo, di ogni luogo, di ogni sogno !!!
John is so gentle with his guitar as if it were is only beloved child.WONDERFUL!!!!!!
715musicman nicely put
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.
Un grande Maestro come Williams che con gioia e semplicità scherza così....beh....non ha prezzo!!!
It's by listening to great guitarists playing wonderful pieces that inspires the rest of us mere mortals to take it up.
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.
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.
Amazing when playing with such perfection is a problem for some critics of John Williams.
Les you were a one off ..god I miss you .
John Williams the master .
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.
One can only be humble in the face of perfection.
To this day, this song still manages to me teary...
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.
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
les was good but by heavens John was heavenly. How did he keep that tremolo going so fast for so long? Superb.
the ultimate duo man-guitar and composer
Just beautiful ❤
Hermosa interpretación. Me quito el sombrero. Gracias.
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.
He brings the guitar to life. Brilliant.
MASTER OF CLASSICAL GUITAR . !!!!!
sounds like multiple guitars playing through a dream
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
amazing piece, amazing player
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.
Les Dawson Rocked and musically gifted in the dark art of jazz. Awesome.
Absolutely beautiful!
John Williams is the maestro-period.
The master of the Tremolo ,The Great John Williams .
Semplicemente il più grande Simply the greatest Simplemente el más grande
Tout simplement le plus grand
Lembrei do meu pai. Um beijo pai. Esteja aonde estiver.
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.
einmalig schön und bewundernswert, das Stück ----und der Künstler und grössten Respekt vor dem Komponisten.
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.
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!
les dawson was actually an accomplished pianist as well as a comedian
JOHN WILLIAMS THE GRANDMASTER OF GUITAR.
Un tout grand monsieur de la guitare.
By far, the best, most even and most musical tremolo technique in the history of the guitar so far.
try Paola Hermosin
I heard 5 others play this piece. John Williams is the best.
And dont forget this is a just TV show!; if you listen to his record "Spanish Guitar Favourites" (the best classical guitar record ever made) you'll have no doubt that John is the best guitar player of all times.
try johannes moller version from 2005 performance
Try Raphael Rabello in heineken event, you''ll like it
One of my faves. thank you.
God Damn! That's 4 the soul...Shiver me timbers!
Què magnìfica interpretaciòn!! Quedè impactada!!!
One of life`s truly talented people. I love this.
sounds beautiful
Applaus before the last chord, means a lot....brilliant 🙋🏻♂️🎸
It could just mean they don’t know the piece.
You are truly a virtuoso classical guitarist John, thanks for this video.
Preciosa musica y gran interpretacion..
My pretty and beautiful Alhambra. Viva Granada y a España!
Always more beautiful each time I hear it!
Grande maestro John Willians, belíssima apresentação.
How on Earth can 91 people not like this music?
Haha, they either clicked dislike by accident or are tone deaf! Lol
maybe they don't like the intro with that comedian in the piano. For instance I didn't.
i heard a better version of that same tune
"Tune"? You're a real sophisticate, aren't you? Who played it? George Formby?
91 subnormals
Stunning. Beautiful. I went to Alhambra last year - such good memories.
bravo! this music is our background when we are performing a live drama on radio
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!
He is not a boss, he is a master.... It is my dream to move to London and study under him
Me too bro😭😭😭
Magistral interpretación.! Gracias maestro.
A great musician, with the prog rock band "SKY" excited us so much...fabulous, thanks so much !!!
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...
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!
Great piece of music and playing :-)
Thanks a lot, I found it coincidentally last night watching a movie for John Williams musical life. Wonderful piece of art!