I still remember being blown away by his recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition" - as for this performance - I love these pieces when they are played as serious pieces of music with all the emotion required of Romantic music
He is our greatest living master. I’ve heard this piece a ton. And I’ve taught this piece a ton. NO ONE is as intentionally expressive TO THE INTENTION OF THE MUSIC ITSELF, than this guy. Throughout his whole career he takes pieces others are famous for and says “THIS is this pieces’ meaning.”
Perhaps some of the finest guitar playing I have ever seen . Such variety of tone colours , range of dynamics with exquisite phrasing. Mesmerising performance . A gift from this great master to aspiring guitarists by demonstrating what can actually be achieved with a relatively simple guitar study.
@@ClassicalGuitaristWannabe You are, but we all know you are trolling. Only a deaf dumb person would fail to acknowledge Yamashita as one of the best ever.
Es una gran oportunidad escuchar a este maestro de la guitarra, interpretarla , porque parece que fluye la música como una conversación, a ratos y los matices se hacen sinceros creíbles, justos y amables. El alma los agradece y uno se siente partícipe de ese diálogo. Hermosa la pieza de Fernando Sor
One of the best and most musically inspired performances I have seen in a long time. Touching and heartbreakingly beautiful. This is why I think the great spanish guitar tradition of Tarrega Segovia Williams Bream, that Yamashita maintains and continues, still holds up after all these many years. Bravo maestro.
He’s been recognized as a maestro for decades. I found him in a local record store about thirty years ago and he was already an highly accomplished musician. Good for you finally catching him up!
Long time no seeing him (and this is 2020)... There should be much more videos of the Maestro playing! Love Yamashita, arguably one the greatest guitarrist ever.
@@glennjames7107 Of any and every genre would be unfair and innacurate, but I share the sentiment of awe and admiration. In jazz you have titans like Lenny Breau and Django Reinhardt, and my favourite, Ted Greene. In country/blues you have David Lindley and now David Levi. And in flamenco you have of course Paco, Vicente Amigo and many others.
Che meraviglia!! Il mio studio preferito di Sor,che bello vederlo suonare da questo gigante della chitarra,con amore,trasporto e godimento.Mi ha aperto uno squarcio mnemonico non indifferente.Grazie per questo video!
A stunningly beautiful and nuanced performance. For Yamashita, playing is a whole-body experience. His movement mirrors the dynamic range and spirit with which he executes the music. It boggles my mind that some have a hard time with that, and want to find fault in it. I think they must be so daunted by his confident and consistent artistry that they can't help but find something to degrade in it. He's a great artist and we are so lucky to have him. Thanks for sharing this video here, Aynur. Warm wishes from Michigan!
woah. I noticed he has tape on his 5 and 7 frets. I do the same thing, always thought it would look silly to other people, but a literal master is doing it, I feel better now x)
I saw Andres Segovia a couple of years before he passed, and he literally stopped playing 3 times from the audience coughs. (Of course, it was the late 70s and half the world was still smoking.)
La guitarra es como un miembro más de su cuerpo y la mueve con naturalidad, por otra parte, no había escuchado este estudio a ese tempo, lo que me indica que Sor puede ser muy romántico según se interprete. Grande el Maestro Yamashita.
As a fingerpicking Folk guitarist, I can't play any of these classical pieces. But, I listen, I enjoy, and I respect, the sheer mind blowing ability of guitarists such as Aynur.
He’s like the Tommy Emmanuel of classical guitar! When he moves the guitar in and away from the center, gravity of his body, he’s actually using the airspace between the back of the guitar and his stomach to change, ever so subtly, the EQ of the music. He’s not playing the guitar with his hands, he’s playing his guitar with his entire body
um, maybe I'm missing the joke, but he has 83 solo CDs and 96 recordings in total, roughly, there are more. Spanning the last 40 years, he's the most recorded classical guitarist in history. Short of recording him going to the toilet, I'm not sure what more Japan can do.
He was criticised when he first arrived on the scene. They hadn't seen him play and thought he was taking his arrangements and playing in studios. Probably the greatest classical guitarist to live but dismissed and ridiculed for years. Enjoy
It's a Rinaldo Vacca, italian luthier. I tried two lattice guitars who were really good instruments (around 7-8000euros). Usually I recognize (and hate) immediately lattice guitars with their "fake" voice, but not these ones. Kazuhito Yamashita is an incredible guitarist, so moving
Much better than the likes of Segovia! What a musical style, full of emotion, musicality, suspense and drama! Truly he is able to take these details and weave an ongoing story - and not just throw you with a bunch of nonsensical large blot of ink as many guitar purist from the outdated Spanish Romantic school tends to do!
With the age he downsided his virtuosity, became really transcendental. Wonderful rubato, colorful register and wide range of dynamic. I don't like the sound of his guitar so much, more a neutral tool. I miss the wooden element in the tone. He is also fighting with the intonation, a lot of shrill(?) tones, nervous tuning.
@@Rykvp I find the antic is somewhat distracting. It contributes nothing to the music. It is different with rock concert where the dancing is part of the show.
@@johnlay3040 I would agree if there was someone else that could transmit the same kind of energy and emotions I feel when listening to his rendition of Pictures at an Exhibition, without the antics. Haven't found it. For example, Jorge Caballero's rendition felt a bit dim in comparison. For me, it's similar to Keith Jarret on the piano. He looks like a maniac, but I don't think he could do what he does without the movements.
He sometimes makes unintended musical artifacts from hitting other strings because of his incessant moving of the guitar around. Not a fan of his excentric style at all.
He’s been criticized for swaying and dancing with his guitar? Innovators and artists who defy the status quo will always be the butt end of so-called purist’s dogma.
He is a fine player unfortunately all it's body movements make the music wavering and unbalanced ..taste yourself with close eyes and you will understand what I meant ...people will enjoy but I am sure Segovia or Bream would focus more in the continuity of sonority .and therefore rounded expression ..
I just came back to say this. What's unbalanced is the god's distribution of hearing skills while creating you and the master Yamashita. One could propose this phenomenon as an argument for why god must not exist.
Sorry, but in my opinion his playing style is not particularly convincing. It comes across as forced and contrived, and the extremely slow pace is unnecessary and irritating. Just my opinion!
Grotesque. If the fish is fresh you only need good quality soy sauce (not easy to find) but not ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pepper, chilli ... my personal opinion.
Thank the lord for masters that do everything teachers tell you not to.
Yes!!😂
Your teacher maybe??
@@nombre624maybe no
@@stephenrobshaw4931 😂
Danou-se. Yamashita é tão bom por ter sido ótimo aluno e teve disciplina pra desenvolver as técnicas dos mestres
I still remember being blown away by his recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition" - as for this performance - I love these pieces when they are played as serious pieces of music with all the emotion required of Romantic music
He is our greatest living master. I’ve heard this piece a ton. And I’ve taught this piece a ton. NO ONE is as intentionally expressive TO THE INTENTION OF THE MUSIC ITSELF, than this guy. Throughout his whole career he takes pieces others are famous for and says “THIS is this pieces’ meaning.”
I've always loved that piece but never heard it played like that before. That was unbelievable, such a great artist.
Perhaps some of the finest guitar playing I have ever seen . Such variety of tone colours , range of dynamics with exquisite phrasing.
Mesmerising performance . A gift from this great master to aspiring guitarists by demonstrating what can actually be achieved with a relatively simple guitar study.
PAL, this is THE BEST guitarist that was EVER born on this Planet! So, re-phrase your comment...
@@danl9407PAL..YAAAWN
@@ClassicalGuitaristWannabe You are, but we all know you are trolling. Only a deaf dumb person would fail to acknowledge Yamashita as one of the best ever.
Es una gran oportunidad escuchar a este maestro de la guitarra, interpretarla , porque parece que fluye la música como una conversación, a ratos y los matices se hacen sinceros creíbles, justos y amables. El alma los agradece y uno se siente partícipe de ese diálogo. Hermosa la pieza de Fernando Sor
I was sobbing and weeping at the end. Wow. that's never happened before.
The most extraordinary playing I have heard in decades. I, too, was awash in joyous tears.
One of the best and most musically inspired performances I have seen in a long time. Touching and heartbreakingly beautiful.
This is why I think the great spanish guitar tradition of Tarrega Segovia Williams Bream, that Yamashita maintains and continues, still holds up after all these many years.
Bravo maestro.
Bom mesmo Deus abençoe sempre sua vida yamaxyta
The nuances he is giving to the guitar is amazing
Pure poetry
Why isn't he more famous? He's unbelievably good, he can actually make classical music sound vibrant, exciting, alive!
He is famous, but in a westerncentric view perhaps not
He’s been recognized as a maestro for decades. I found him in a local record store about thirty years ago and he was already an highly accomplished musician. Good for you finally catching him up!
Well pretty much because classical music/classical guitar is no longer mainstream in western countries.
Long time no seeing him (and this is 2020)... There should be much more videos of the Maestro playing! Love Yamashita, arguably one the greatest guitarrist ever.
Without a doubt the greatest guitarist of any genre to walk this planet. There is no argument that could be valid.
@@glennjames7107 Of any and every genre would be unfair and innacurate, but I share the sentiment of awe and admiration. In jazz you have titans like Lenny Breau and Django Reinhardt, and my favourite, Ted Greene. In country/blues you have David Lindley and now David Levi. And in flamenco you have of course Paco, Vicente Amigo and many others.
Che meraviglia!! Il mio studio preferito di Sor,che bello vederlo suonare da questo gigante della chitarra,con amore,trasporto e godimento.Mi ha aperto uno squarcio mnemonico
non indifferente.Grazie per questo video!
Admiration, respect, Bravo ! I was so touched by your deep way of playing this beautiful study of the great F. Sor.
A stunningly beautiful and nuanced performance. For Yamashita, playing is a whole-body experience. His movement mirrors the dynamic range and spirit with which he executes the music. It boggles my mind that some have a hard time with that, and want to find fault in it. I think they must be so daunted by his confident and consistent artistry that they can't help but find something to degrade in it. He's a great artist and we are so lucky to have him. Thanks for sharing this video here, Aynur. Warm wishes from Michigan!
He plays it like a lullaby. You don’t need speed to impress
Yaaaaawn
Funny to say, since Yamashita can play some mean shred guitar (top speed) lol.
Amazing!! I want to watch more performance that day
Astonishingly beautiful. So dynamic and colorful
Sublime! thanks for sharing
This is so great!
The real MAESTRO
Beyond masterful.
Even as an older gentleman, he remains a master.
What means an “older gentleman” ?
That's really very stupid..
Like guitars, masters get better with age.
woah. I noticed he has tape on his 5 and 7 frets. I do the same thing, always thought it would look silly to other people, but a literal master is doing it, I feel better now x)
my teacher told me: A "dot has never played(made) a wrong note" when he suggested I mark my 5th fret with tape.
Me too. Greetings from Lagos, Nigeria
Verdade
Wait, I didnt get it. Whats the tape for? Anything besides the dots function?
@@paekou its just to visually mark where the frets are, high end classical guitars usually don't have any fret indicators
+ 8 minutes of classical music and nobody coughs... I think they all held their breath not to disturb this amazing performance.
I saw Andres Segovia a couple of years before he passed, and he literally stopped playing 3 times from the audience coughs. (Of course, it was the late 70s and half the world was still smoking.)
Haha nope, there's a real chesty cough at 4:09
@@d_grin Indeed, did not hear it on my normal sound level.
Absolutly fenominale, He is gracefully Moving whit the Music. I have NEVER SEEN A Performance like this, I AM ABSOLUTLY Flabbergasted
こういう曲で聴かせる演奏ができるということが、山下和仁さんの魅力の一つですね。
本当にそう思います！
The most overlooked classic guitarist ever? This performance is just exceptional ❤
No es que sea ignorado, lo restringen mucho y no sabemos si es cuestión de él o de su manager.
Incredible!!
That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve heard.
Got bless you❤
Pure technique combined with pure emotion, very beautiful. Thank you Maestro.
The best I've heard since Segovia. A master of equal or greater rank.
Pure poetry thank you for sharing beauty
I could listen al day long😊
Magnificent and soulful late night music.
His style and expression on the guitar is awesome to hear and watch. I love the way he moves when playing. The guitar becomes a part of himself.
Is the ultimate love affair
Each note is a diamond, shines and love
Lo que es ser un artista: una obra "menor" convertida en una catedral.
La op. 6 de Fernando Sor son sus Estudios de nivel superior, de "menor" tienen poco.
So much finesse and emotion in this prestation. Love it! Thank you Mr Yamashita.
La guitarra es como un miembro más de su cuerpo y la mueve con naturalidad, por otra parte, no había escuchado este estudio a ese tempo, lo que me indica que Sor puede ser muy romántico según se interprete. Grande el Maestro Yamashita.
Love the,way he moves around you can tell he really enjoys playing!
Amazing
I've never even thought you could play this so very slowly, haha
Maestro Yamashita is way ahead of even the best .
As a fingerpicking Folk guitarist, I can't play any of these classical pieces. But, I listen, I enjoy, and I respect, the sheer mind blowing ability of guitarists such as Aynur.
A unique artist and he has the best technique.
Impresionante!
Mastering The True Beauty of Sound! Beautiful Mind!
One of the leading classical guitarist
Sublime .
bravo!!!
phenomenal..per usual
*¡¡MAESTRO!!*
Assim é bem mais bonito... Música de verdade, com melodia, harmonia e ritmo.
Agradeço ao canal por não esquecer do mestre dos nossos mestres
Beautiful
Very artful playing---encouraging to see a big hall filled for a classical guitar recital----dose not happen very often in the United States.
Muito bom.
La Joya🤗
Romancing the guitar!
He’s like the Tommy Emmanuel of classical guitar! When he moves the guitar in and away from the center, gravity of his body, he’s actually using the airspace between the back of the guitar and his stomach to change, ever so subtly, the EQ of the music. He’s not playing the guitar with his hands, he’s playing his guitar with his entire body
Japan. record this man! record him! perfection!
um, maybe I'm missing the joke, but he has 83 solo CDs and 96 recordings in total, roughly, there are more. Spanning the last 40 years, he's the most recorded classical guitarist in history. Short of recording him going to the toilet, I'm not sure what more Japan can do.
Why has it taken so long for me to hear about this guy?! Unbelievable! Classical guitar normally has a pretty limited dynamic range. Not for this guy!
Taking the guitar off your body like that causes basses to ring further, hes great for knowing how vibrations work
I see a lot of people who gets astonished by this fact.
I, too, was asleep. I now see the truth now.
He was criticised when he first arrived on the scene. They hadn't seen him play and thought he was taking his arrangements and playing in studios. Probably the greatest classical guitarist to live but dismissed and ridiculed for years. Enjoy
Ditto..
It's subjective of course... but he might be the greatest guitarist of all.
Magnificent. I wonder what type of guitar that is and what type of strings. Simply marvelous!
It is not the old ramirez 1a he was known to play . Nor is it a Kohno he said he had.
It's a Rinaldo Vacca, italian luthier. I tried two lattice guitars who were really good instruments (around 7-8000euros). Usually I recognize (and hate) immediately lattice guitars with their "fake" voice, but not these ones.
Kazuhito Yamashita is an incredible guitarist, so moving
He feels it at 4:31. Look at how he lets out the note.
どうやったら曲の波動を100%伝えれるか､曲芸師のごとく弾くがきちんとしたコンセプトがあるので素人は安易に真似しないように。オ―ソドックな解釈ですがスタッカ―ト､テヌ―ト、ディミナ―ク､見事に表現。
Glenn Gould of guitar?
Anyone knows what’s the guitar? Thank you
山下和仁さんの弾くソルエチュードが聴けて、否観られて幸せだワン💕🐶
CDでは毎日聴いてるけど、演奏する姿は想像するだけだったので嬉しいワン(´ω`)\
Much better than the likes of Segovia! What a musical style, full of emotion, musicality, suspense and drama! Truly he is able to take these details and weave an ongoing story - and not just throw you with a bunch of nonsensical large blot of ink as many guitar purist from the outdated Spanish Romantic school tends to do!
Чотко грає
(*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます✨。
Is this the Pictures at an Exhibition guy?
I studied classical guitar. This is amazing.
Yeah that’s him.
Why so rarefied? Anyway, astonishing amount of colours
He should probably be in a rock band...
❤
With the age he downsided his virtuosity, became really transcendental. Wonderful rubato, colorful register and wide range of dynamic. I don't like the sound of his guitar so much, more a neutral tool. I miss the wooden element in the tone.
He is also fighting with the intonation, a lot of shrill(?) tones, nervous tuning.
Too much knitpicking, just enjoy!
I'm just wondering what kind of movement he'll have for fast-moving pieces. Will he jump up and down like rock singers?
Of course! He shreds like no other.
Watch his rendition of pictures. It’s unbelievable (and sometimes unbelievably fast)
@@Rykvp I find the antic is somewhat distracting. It contributes nothing to the music. It is different with rock concert where the dancing is part of the show.
@@johnlay3040 I would agree if there was someone else that could transmit the same kind of energy and emotions I feel when listening to his rendition of Pictures at an Exhibition, without the antics.
Haven't found it. For example, Jorge Caballero's rendition felt a bit dim in comparison.
For me, it's similar to Keith Jarret on the piano. He looks like a maniac, but I don't think he could do what he does without the movements.
@@johnlay3040 Then just close your eyes, baby.
I play classical but with jimi hendrix moves
He plays as though his life depended on every single note.
He sometimes makes unintended musical artifacts from hitting other strings because of his incessant moving of the guitar around. Not a fan of his excentric style at all.
He’s been criticized for swaying and dancing with his guitar? Innovators and artists who defy the status quo will always be the butt end of so-called purist’s dogma.
誰に媚びることのない生の音楽
but can he play Stairway To Heaven.
Ждал, что он за головой играть начнет, как настоящий рокер) Но видимо гармония не подходящая для таких изысканных обертонов.
遊びすぎ😊
Beautiful playing but all the exaggerated moving is OTT!
Quite unorthodox postures, a bit too theatrical for my taste. Music should speak for itself.
A perfect example when the interpretation is superior to the composition ... !
The music stand nicely blocking the view of the people on the first row and he’s not even looking at the music
He must be comfortable with it for some reason. It'd be hard to imagine him doing something without purpose.
Что скажешь очень крас иво и профессионально. Браво!!! Вот таких побольше исполнителей надо нам во всем мире это божественная музыка. Браво!!!
Grow up
@@stephenrobshaw4931 wdym. I’m a guitarist performer myself. I know what I’m talking about. You definitely don’t.
低音もくそもない
Slow down big boy!
Me ha resultado bastante patético, quizá porque ya está mayor en este vídeo.
He is a fine player unfortunately all it's body movements make the music wavering and unbalanced ..taste yourself with close eyes and you will understand what I meant ...people will enjoy but I am sure Segovia or Bream would focus more in the continuity of sonority .and therefore rounded expression ..
🥴
I just came back to say this. What's unbalanced is the god's distribution of hearing skills while creating you and the master Yamashita. One could propose this phenomenon as an argument for why god must not exist.
Nasty buzz at 1:31 and 1:33, ruined it 😂
With those unorthodox postures it is no wonder. It's guitar playing not ballet.
Yeah because he move around like it's necessary.
No, Mr Yamashita. This study is not you cup of tea
Sorry, but in my opinion his playing style is not particularly convincing. It comes across as forced and contrived, and the extremely slow pace is unnecessary and irritating.
Just my opinion!
Your opinion is shit.
I have never seen any guitarist swaying like that while playing. It would be hilarious if he fell off the chair. 😂😂
Your cheap
Yeah and broke his back lol.
@@stephenrobshaw4931 You're the cheapest.
Grotesque. If the fish is fresh you only need good quality soy sauce (not easy to find) but not ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, pepper, chilli ... my personal opinion.
Your personal opinion is Pathetic.
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@@stephenrobshaw4931 My favorite soy sauce is "noble expressiveness"
@@ClassicalGuitaristWannabe hahaha bitter loser
Come on, the older he becomes, the more bizarre he gets!
nice try, the overwhelming majority of comments disagree with you. mayube clean your ears next time?
He's rushing it.