This is by far the most musical version of the VL Etudes that I have ever heard. There are so many recordings and videos here - most people play the etudes very mechanically and as quickly as possible - so much is lost in the process. The fascinating thing is that although they are practice pieces in form, they contain a wealth of wonderful music, full of tension, but also so rich and tender. Andrzej expresses exactly that 100%. I listen spellbound and fascinated from the first to the last note, feeling the music in so many facets, it is a pleasure. Especially the tenderness with which he plays the relevant passages is simply magical. On the other hand, he also manages to build up such enormous and large-scale dynamics , often followed by a subtle resolution/relaxation, as I have rarely experienced
I agree with the comment below. Villa-Lobos' 12 Etudes were never intended to be a speed contest. Unfortunately some classical guitarists believe the faster they play a piece (at the expense of phrasing), the better they are at the guitar. Wrong! Congratulations to Andrzej Wilkus for his brilliant rendition of Villa-Lobos' 12 Etudes! I was delighted to hear him play my personal favourites - Etudes 1, 5, 7 and 11.
musicality, unfortunately, has been a casualty of the education/performance pipeline. A lot of people aren't interested in seeing music, they want to see an exciting performance. Which generally means faster and louder playing. It has happened across all classical music.
Very good performance! These twelve Etudies are the nightmare to all of us, not only about to play them, but to understand and decrypt the Scores as well!!! Bravo!!!
Meu Deus do céu...... Pensei em comentar alguma coisa aqui, mas a cada segundo que passei ouvindo essa obra maravilhosa as poucas palavras que ainda me restavam foram se esvaindo. Obrigado Jesus me permitir ouvir.
The first guitarist who completely achieves my ideal both technically and musically and has a really convincing, beautiful touch. Understands the big picture, the structure of the pieces and is able to interpret large-scale dynamics in a completely convincing way. THAT is a guitarist
I love this rendition so much. I listen to it at least once every two weeks. Very deep interpretation, extra astonishing for someone far away from Brazilian music culture.
What???? This nr 10??? Can anybody explain? This is absolutely amazing!!! What does Wilkus know that I don't? And now nr 11. Same thing, though not that revolutionary.
Sans discussion la meilleure version et de loin ! enfin une version musicale et non pas les 24h du manche !! bravo!!! la première un peu lente mais musicale et bien réalisée, excellent guitariste et musicien ! de plus très bon enregistrement !!
Villa-Lobos para além da música (extraordinária) é uma fonte que todos os grandes músicos dedicam a vida para conseguirem decifrar à sua maneira e dom/capacidade. É um percurso inesgotável, imensurável: todo gênio deixa este presente para o humanidade. Obrigado ao carioca/brasileiro Villa-Lobos por tamanho mergulho consciente neste instrumento tão lindo e fascinante: o violão. Em relação à interpretação de Andrzej Wilkus , é uma das melhores que já vi/ouvi: sem dúvida belíssima e maravilhosa!!!. Na questão da perfeição (na interpretação) que muitos entendedores cobram, na minha opinião, esta só cabe ao compositor - que a conhece na sua essência e profundidade primeira e maior, pois foi quem plantou sua alma na tinta e no papel da pauta, através das buscas e soluções que se materializaram. Villa, suas obras seguem crescendo junto com o próprio enigma da sua existência e legado - e continuam nos alimentando com a sua criação e interpretação da beleza e da vida...
Very honest rendition of this famous tour de force, I appreciate the overall musicianship nuances and dynamics, where others, many, play just tons of notes. My favourite was n.5 and 9, and also the rediscovered original n.10, really interesting. Wonder why Segovia cut away half of it or more! Without doubt a new point of reference for the VL Studies. Congratulations Maestro
Good performance, finally a player who doesn't turn this into a speed contest. A point of critique though: why are the repetitions of the bars in studies no. 1 and 2 omitted? They are essential in these compositions IMHO. I read about some additions in study no.11 that Villa-Lobos later omitted, I have to say (FWIW of course) I like the 'regular' version better...
It’s the original manuscript version that he was playing, I believe etude no 1 sounds better without the repetitions. David Leisner does it that way as well. You can find a download of the manuscript online.
Quoted from Abel Carlevaro about Study No. 1, introduction to his book "The guitar works of Heitor Villa-Lobos-12 Studies (1929)": "The composer himself insisted that the execution of this study should never be unruly, affirming that its beauty lies in the clarity of each note and in the different sonorities presented in each bar with its repetition. In his opinion each arpeggio should be played forte the first time through (becoming piano on the fourth beat of the bar) and with an echo effect on the arpeggio's repetition."
I agree. Villa has constructed these studies to allow the development of some technical issues... the repetition is "oberhaupt" important in this case. Very good observation. About the nº 11, well, prevails what Max Eschig has published... and also in this case I prefer the regular... with all respect with the player and, "obenand", the Composer... By the way, the 11 is my favorite, just because Villa dedicated it (also) to the brazilian Indians, like the Prelude 4... both are very nice to hear and play.
@@gildasiooliveira7921 I must say but not for 'purist' reasons, that I prefer etude no 1 to listen to when done well in original form. The alternative version (with repeats in nearly every bar) although sounding impressive when being played well with intensity, doesn't sound as musical as the original imo. I especially like David Leisner's take on it and this one as well. The repeats tend to strain on the left hands as well especially if you can't play it fast, for that reason I go the the original more for practice. Have only really looked at etude 1 though in manuscript form, can't speak for the rest.
I absolutely agree -- the Eliot Fisk version here on TH-cam is WAY too fast! I've been working on No 1 for years and find it sounds much better at a slower pace.
Por que que a gente (Brasil) tem um compositor tão incrível assim e quem faz vídeo sobre ele é de fora do país? Que desperdício cultural, onde a gente se perdeu?
geralmente instrumentos como violão,clarinete e viola não recebem tanta visibilidade na comunidade de musica clássica como os mais conhecidos como piano e violino,ainda mais no Brasil que musica clássica não é tão mainstream
When your in your sixties, and you've been getting really good at something for 45 + years, this is what it looks like and sounds like....as for the music itself, it seems more like a mathematical exercise than an attempt to create beauty..... I could take it or leave it....
Shouldn't the first one have each measure doubled, and like twice the speed? :o I first heard this piece in Martin Myslivecek's performance on some old vinyl, and it was a totally different, brave, harsh thing!
Fantastic performance, Andrzej, plenty of finesse and virtuosity. I hope it is not too intrusive to say the whole story of the publication of the Etudes is a bit more complex than just identifying an "original manuscript". The so-called 1928 Max Eschig manuscript has been circulating at least since 1997 and can be legally obtained from the Villa-Lobos Museum. The problem is that the "original" 1928 manuscript is not exactly what the composer decided to publish. We cannot assume that, when there are discrepancies between various sources, the publisher is always wrong. For more sensible information on this subject, please refer to the (not so) new Max Eschig critical edition, revised by Frédéric Zigante, who traces the whole process in his extensive annotations. Andrzej apparently is playing from the 1928 Max Eschig manuscript, which is a legitimate source for an interpretation and full of expression marks not present in the official 1953 edition. And it doesn't carry repetitions in the first two etudes.
i think the original manuscript doesn't sound natural. Villa-Lobos just wasn't bothered to put repeat dots after every each measure and told Eschig (Max) to publish them with repeat dots.. but ofc, who knows.
Here's another performance of the 12 Etudes: th-cam.com/video/tBjcIBfGIsA/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
I prefer Andrzej's version by far. Completely different level. A different universe
finally someone that plays N.1 with the right dynamics
Finally, someone plays no 1. at a tempo he accurately can.
This is one of the best classical guitar performances I've ever watched.
This is by far the most musical version of the VL Etudes that I have ever heard.
There are so many recordings and videos here - most people play the etudes very mechanically and as quickly as possible - so much is lost in the process.
The fascinating thing is that although they are practice pieces in form, they contain a wealth of wonderful music, full of tension, but also so rich and tender.
Andrzej expresses exactly that 100%.
I listen spellbound and fascinated from the first to the last note, feeling the music in so many facets, it is a pleasure.
Especially the tenderness with which he plays the relevant passages is simply magical.
On the other hand, he also manages to build up such enormous and large-scale dynamics , often followed by a subtle resolution/relaxation, as I have rarely experienced
Heitor Villa-Lobos is a genius of classical music! 🇧🇷
Finalmente Musica da questi studi resi spesso sterili da grandi tecnici...qui c’è tutto un mondo di bellezza ,dinamiche e timbri finalmente svelato!
I agree with the comment below. Villa-Lobos' 12 Etudes were never intended to be a speed contest. Unfortunately some classical guitarists believe the faster they play a piece (at the expense of phrasing), the better they are at the guitar. Wrong!
Congratulations to Andrzej Wilkus for his brilliant rendition of Villa-Lobos' 12 Etudes! I was delighted to hear him play my personal favourites - Etudes 1, 5, 7 and 11.
You sound great thank you
musicality, unfortunately, has been a casualty of the education/performance pipeline. A lot of people aren't interested in seeing music, they want to see an exciting performance. Which generally means faster and louder playing. It has happened across all classical music.
Superb. Powerful, but still sensitive. My favourite interpreter of the Villa-Lobos studies.
Very good performance! These twelve Etudies are the nightmare to all of us, not only about to play them, but to understand and decrypt the Scores as well!!!
Bravo!!!
Meu Deus do céu...... Pensei em comentar alguma coisa aqui, mas a cada segundo que passei ouvindo essa obra maravilhosa as poucas palavras que ainda me restavam foram se esvaindo. Obrigado Jesus me permitir ouvir.
The first guitarist who completely achieves my ideal both technically and musically and has a really convincing, beautiful touch.
Understands the big picture, the structure of the pieces and is able to interpret large-scale dynamics in a completely convincing way.
THAT is a guitarist
I love this rendition so much. I listen to it at least once every two weeks. Very deep interpretation, extra astonishing for someone far away from Brazilian music culture.
Along with a couple of bong hits and you're on your way to Nirvana...
Excellent, la ligne mélodique si souvent occultée dans la numéro 1 se détache, et met en exergue le génie de Villa-Lobos
Beautiful playing in a perfect acoustic for the guitar.
It's absolutely gorgeous. Perfect Regards from Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷
What an inspiration!!! You may not have played a villa lobos etude before, but you cannot miss the mastery of the composer and the player here.
Study number 5 is the most beautiful and most difficult to execute. It should be called a "homage to Debussy". Very handsome!
Peças de beleza ímpar e execução impecável! Parabéns ao violonista! 🎶🎶
Thank you. Spectacular performance!
I rarely leave a comment, but your performance made me speechless. Bravo, maestro👏
This is a masterpiece study played by a real maestro ......
Brawo Andrzejku! Marzenie spełnione...
Étude nº 02 é a coisa mais linda já produzida para violão, na minha opinião. Heitor Villa-Lobos foi um gênio em criá-la.
There's great players and then there's masterful players.
I love the way he plays the N°5
Wonderful, new, innovative rhythms! Your approach opens the melodies to entirely new meanings.
Excellence to both you and VL.
Awesome performance. One of the best I’ve seen in a while. Great execution and dynamic range. Beautiful interpretation!
Thực sự có ít Guitarist thực hiện được tốt hết 12 Etudes của V.Lobos!... Chúc mừng thành công! 👏
Bravo, Maître!
Fifty five years of watching Classical Guitar and I have found one of the greatest guitarists of the modern era. WOW.
What???? This nr 10??? Can anybody explain? This is absolutely amazing!!! What does Wilkus know that I don't? And now nr 11. Same thing, though not that revolutionary.
What a major accomplishment!
Isso, é o próprio universo das possibilidades musicais... e mais infinito ainda; é o nosso modo de ouvir, interpretar e sentir.
Superb interpretations of these wonderful competitions, bravo!
Great work, congratulations Mr. Wilkus
La mejor interpretacion del mundo
Einfach Genial. Technisch perfekt, aber die Ausdruck und Expresivität sind Prima geschafft worden!!!
Sans discussion la meilleure version et de loin ! enfin une version musicale et non pas les 24h du manche !! bravo!!! la première un peu lente mais musicale et bien réalisée, excellent guitariste et musicien ! de plus très bon enregistrement !!
Villa-Lobos para além da música (extraordinária) é uma fonte que todos os grandes músicos dedicam a vida para conseguirem decifrar à sua maneira e dom/capacidade. É um percurso inesgotável, imensurável: todo gênio deixa este presente para o humanidade. Obrigado ao carioca/brasileiro Villa-Lobos por tamanho mergulho consciente neste instrumento tão lindo e fascinante: o violão. Em relação à interpretação de Andrzej Wilkus , é uma das melhores que já vi/ouvi: sem dúvida belíssima e maravilhosa!!!. Na questão da perfeição (na interpretação) que muitos entendedores cobram, na minha opinião, esta só cabe ao compositor - que a conhece na sua essência e profundidade primeira e maior, pois foi quem plantou sua alma na tinta e no papel da pauta, através das buscas e soluções que se materializaram.
Villa, suas obras seguem crescendo junto com o próprio enigma da sua existência e legado - e continuam nos alimentando com a sua criação e interpretação da beleza e da vida...
Fantastic
Gorgeous!
BRAVO. BOMPLIMENTI
EXCELENTE EJECUCIÓN !!! FELICIDAD AL MAESTRO ANDRZEJ WILKUS! VILLA LOBOS MÚSICA PARA EL ALMA! GRACIAS
maybe one of the best interpretations of etude 7 in the net.
Very honest rendition of this famous tour de force, I appreciate the overall musicianship nuances and dynamics, where others, many, play just tons of notes. My favourite was n.5 and 9, and also the rediscovered original n.10, really interesting. Wonder why Segovia cut away half of it or more!
Without doubt a new point of reference for the VL Studies. Congratulations Maestro
Good performance, finally a player who doesn't turn this into a speed contest. A point of critique though: why are the repetitions of the bars in studies no. 1 and 2 omitted? They are essential in these compositions IMHO. I read about some additions in study no.11 that Villa-Lobos later omitted, I have to say (FWIW of course) I like the 'regular' version better...
I think he followed the manuscript.
It’s the original manuscript version that he was playing, I believe etude no 1 sounds better without the repetitions. David Leisner does it that way as well. You can find a download of the manuscript online.
Quoted from Abel Carlevaro about Study No. 1, introduction to his book "The guitar works of Heitor Villa-Lobos-12 Studies (1929)":
"The composer himself insisted that the execution of this study should never be unruly, affirming that its beauty lies in the clarity of each note and in the different sonorities presented in each bar with its repetition. In his opinion each arpeggio should be played forte the first time through (becoming piano on the fourth beat of the bar) and with an echo effect on the arpeggio's repetition."
I agree. Villa has constructed these studies to allow the development of some technical issues... the repetition is "oberhaupt" important in this case.
Very good observation.
About the nº 11, well, prevails what Max Eschig has published... and also in this case I prefer the regular... with all respect with the player and, "obenand", the Composer...
By the way, the 11 is my favorite, just because Villa dedicated it (also) to the brazilian Indians, like the Prelude 4... both are very nice to hear and play.
@@gildasiooliveira7921
I must say but not for 'purist' reasons, that I prefer etude no 1 to listen to when done well in original form.
The alternative version (with repeats in nearly every bar) although sounding impressive when being played well with intensity, doesn't sound as musical as the original imo.
I especially like David Leisner's take on it and this one as well.
The repeats tend to strain on the left hands as well especially if you can't play it fast, for that reason I go the the original more for practice.
Have only really looked at etude 1 though in manuscript form, can't speak for the rest.
Благородное исполнение
Que buena interpretación del estudio 10!!!!!! 👌👌👌
Love this. Masterfully-played. Subscribed!
❤ WONDERFUL!❤
Amei, sensacional.
Fantastic!!
Amazing performance!
i love how you can hear all the notes in the first one. i think it sounds so much better this way and find it a shame when it’s at a breakneck speed.
I absolutely agree -- the Eliot Fisk version here on TH-cam is WAY too fast! I've been working on No 1 for years and find it sounds much better at a slower pace.
absolutely brilliant
Brawo, wspaniale!
Amazing! Simply perfect!
Incroyable
soooooooooo beautiful Bravo👍👍
I love No. 5
woowww most musical ive ever heard these
Wonderful....
Excellent work!
Fantastique bravissimo
But, there is music, that is more important than speed
ufff que buena interpretacion, felicidades
Amazing
Great!
Inspiring
Magnific 👏👏
Perfecto mukemmollo
Amazing. There are so many great guitarists we really need to hear them play often. The guitar sounds and looks so good. Who is the luthier?
Fantastic!
BRAVO!
This is nice! Thank you.
Estupendo!!!
Грандіозна праця!браво!А для розумників в коментах-візьми інструмент,покажи що можеш ти!
ハーモニクス綺麗すぎ
Por que que a gente (Brasil) tem um compositor tão incrível assim e quem faz vídeo sobre ele é de fora do país? Que desperdício cultural, onde a gente se perdeu?
No one is a prophet in his own country
Existem vários violonistas brasileiros que gravaram os estudos do Vila... Fabio Zanon,Paulo Porto Alegre, Maria Lívia São Marcos e muitos outros..
geralmente instrumentos como violão,clarinete e viola não recebem tanta visibilidade na comunidade de musica clássica como os mais conhecidos como piano e violino,ainda mais no Brasil que musica clássica não é tão mainstream
Nos perdemos no momento que os politicos adotaram o critério de ter uma população idiota e vulnerável onde tudo se perdeu incluindo a cultura.
Estão mais interessados em Anitta, Wesley Safadão e Sertanojo... rsrsrs
When your in your sixties, and you've been getting really good at something for 45 + years, this is what it looks like and sounds like....as for the music itself, it seems more like a mathematical exercise than an attempt to create beauty..... I could take it or leave it....
Well they are Etudes
Beleza cara!
빌라 로보스의 Etude 12개는
J.S Bach의 무반주첼로 모음곡과 비견되는
masterpiece...
It's brilliant and equisite
performance
Villa lobos really appreciated Bach. It is also he composed the *bach*ianas(bachianas) brasileiras. You should hear that!
Thank you for precious opinion.
Have a nice day..
W O W
In the Étude 1 he omitted every single repetition. Anyways, nice playing. 🙌🏼
Shouldn't the first one have each measure doubled, and like twice the speed? :o I first heard this piece in Martin Myslivecek's performance on some old vinyl, and it was a totally different, brave, harsh thing!
Fantastic performance, Andrzej, plenty of finesse and virtuosity. I hope it is not too intrusive to say the whole story of the publication of the Etudes is a bit more complex than just identifying an "original manuscript". The so-called 1928 Max Eschig manuscript has been circulating at least since 1997 and can be legally obtained from the Villa-Lobos Museum. The problem is that the "original" 1928 manuscript is not exactly what the composer decided to publish. We cannot assume that, when there are discrepancies between various sources, the publisher is always wrong. For more sensible information on this subject, please refer to the (not so) new Max Eschig critical edition, revised by Frédéric Zigante, who traces the whole process in his extensive annotations. Andrzej apparently is playing from the 1928 Max Eschig manuscript, which is a legitimate source for an interpretation and full of expression marks not present in the official 1953 edition. And it doesn't carry repetitions in the first two etudes.
Very enjoyable. No. 1 is very nice. What kind of guitar is that? Very nice.
A giant guitarist.....!
Nyt on.
👍😃
27:58 god
i think the original manuscript doesn't sound natural. Villa-Lobos just wasn't bothered to put repeat dots after every each measure and told Eschig (Max) to publish them with repeat dots.. but ofc, who knows.
As always, all I can say when I watch someone play Villa Lobos is, F**kin’ A.
Sir, may we know what guitar you are playing for this recital. Thank You
W pierwszej etiudzie brak repetycji...ja,niestety wymiękłem już na nauce pierwszej...Eksta wykonanie dźwięku i technika bezbłędna. Pozdro.
St. Michael's Church, Turku? What country is this in, please? I don't know 'Turku'.
He looks like son of Segovia
Anyone know who made his guitar?
I should have waited till the end ;(
No. 11 must be from Villa Lobos’ original manuscript. I didn’t know he had revised the work later.
Listen to nr 10.