Around 20 years ago … Around 20 years ago Parkening became a born again Christian, he was previusly not religious at all. It is interesting that after his convertion he has become one of the most avid Bach enthusiasts, because he now feels that not only can he appreciate Bach’s genius from the strictly musical sense, but can now in fact relate to the motivating force in Bach’s own life:”…The glory of God”.
David Russell is … David Russell is surely one of the, perhaps few, who will keep the guitar at that standard required for acceptance as a truly concert instrument.
David Russell for … David Russell for my money is one of the best Classical guitarist that exists today. He is great at interpreting the soul of the music and adding his own flare. Parkening is at the top as well. His religious conversion only deepened the soul of his music.
Listen to Parkening … Listen to Parkening´s version on YOUTUBE. The young Parkening was something beyond belief (even compared to today´s best players) in terms of tone, technique and interpretation. Something went wrong in his career…a religious conversion took place and he never played the same again. However, he certainly has his place alongside Russell and the other fine players cited herein.
It’s not important … It’s not important at all who is the best.
There are a lot of excelent guitar players, just like David Russell. I like him a lot, but also Eduardo Baranzano, Alvaro Pierri…
And thats about classical music.
They certainly can’t play some popular music as the original people, and im not talking just flamenco style, that its different in technics, but also south american folkore (folclore) or tango.
For that see Juan Falu, Juanjo Dominguez, Cacho Tirao…
Paco is deffinetly … Paco is deffinetly a great flamenco-guitarist, he can switch from a difficult chord to another without one single dead note. But for classical he is, still great, but not the best. This David Russel was superb, but my vote goes to the young Andrés Segovia. And the big guitar-composers, Francessco Tárrega and Fernando Sor, is said to have been incredible. To bad there isn´t any recordings fron that time (around the
18:th century.)
The hardest pieces are the slow ones, where lines must be connected and made musical. I’m sure this one ranks right up there as one of the most difficult and what we see in Russell’s performance is just the tip of the iceberg – many many hours surely were dedicated at home!
Ive always noticed … Ive always noticed how he plays with the middle joint of his thumb… The “rules” say you should not do that…. But what matters is the music so in the end who cares!! But it is interesting to watch his right hand compared to other players
Wow. Hope everyone … Wow. Hope everyone can appreciate how difficult this arrangement is…he connects melodic lines so smoothly over a of accompaniment. wow/
AKA Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
i know exactly what …
i know exactly what you mean, it kind of made him brain dead when it comes to interpretation
Around 20 years ago …
Around 20 years ago Parkening became a born again Christian, he was previusly not religious at all. It is interesting that after his convertion he has become one of the most avid Bach enthusiasts, because he now feels that not only can he appreciate Bach’s genius from the strictly musical sense, but can now in fact relate to the motivating force in Bach’s own life:”…The glory of God”.
May I ask what his …
May I ask what his conversion was to and what he was previous to the conversion?
Yes indeed, but …
Yes indeed, but this is drop D. I have the sheet music for the arrangement and it’s a drop D.
David Russell is …
David Russell is surely one of the, perhaps few, who will keep the guitar at that standard required for acceptance as a truly concert instrument.
David Russell for …
David Russell for my money is one of the best Classical guitarist that exists today. He is great at interpreting the soul of the music and adding his own flare. Parkening is at the top as well. His religious conversion only deepened the soul of his music.
This gives me …
This gives me feelings of absolute joy and bliss.
Genius performance of a genius composition!
Thank you, Mr. Russell!!
scordatura ( …
scordatura (literally Italian for “mistuning”, doesnt necessary indicate whether its truly drop D. There could be many tunings used.
it’s called …
it’s called scordatura (see Wikipedia)
Listen to Parkening …
Listen to Parkening´s version on YOUTUBE. The young Parkening was something beyond belief (even compared to today´s best players) in terms of tone, technique and interpretation. Something went wrong in his career…a religious conversion took place and he never played the same again. However, he certainly has his place alongside Russell and the other fine players cited herein.
yes
yes
Is this drop D …
Is this drop D tuning?
barrios mangore, …
barrios mangore, best player and best composer there ever was
how come this …
how come this arrangement is in g and rick fosters is in c, i will need to learn both now , bum
It’s not important …
It’s not important at all who is the best.
There are a lot of excelent guitar players, just like David Russell. I like him a lot, but also Eduardo Baranzano, Alvaro Pierri…
And thats about classical music.
They certainly can’t play some popular music as the original people, and im not talking just flamenco style, that its different in technics, but also south american folkore (folclore) or tango.
For that see Juan Falu, Juanjo Dominguez, Cacho Tirao…
Paco is deffinetly …
Paco is deffinetly a great flamenco-guitarist, he can switch from a difficult chord to another without one single dead note. But for classical he is, still great, but not the best. This David Russel was superb, but my vote goes to the young Andrés Segovia. And the big guitar-composers, Francessco Tárrega and Fernando Sor, is said to have been incredible. To bad there isn´t any recordings fron that time (around the
18:th century.)
man, paco is a good …
man, paco is a good player , but we are talking about diferent kind of music!!!!!!
Right!
The hardest …
Right!
The hardest pieces are the slow ones, where lines must be connected and made musical. I’m sure this one ranks right up there as one of the most difficult and what we see in Russell’s performance is just the tip of the iceberg – many many hours surely were dedicated at home!
Ive always noticed …
Ive always noticed how he plays with the middle joint of his thumb… The “rules” say you should not do that…. But what matters is the music so in the end who cares!! But it is interesting to watch his right hand compared to other players
ya, exactly, alot …
ya, exactly, alot harder than ripping scales
I’ve never noticed …
I’ve never noticed before, but Russell has a really long pinky finger.
Wow. Hope everyone …
Wow. Hope everyone can appreciate how difficult this arrangement is…he connects melodic lines so smoothly over a of accompaniment. wow/
in your opinion
in your opinion
anyone going to …
anyone going to kings place this thursday to see him?