I'm sorry, but I don't think you're a musician ! The different tempos refer to Rodrigo's own indications and if the composer prescribes ‘espresivo’, the speed can also be reduced. You probably like better the interpretation by Yepes (to whom it is dedicated), because he plays En los trigales strictly ‘a tempo’ and depicts the evenly swaying movement of the wheat in the wind. This is convincing in its own way, but I find Ponce's quasi-intrinsic interpretation equally impressive.

Pourquoi ?

Ponce played with nails

@@StevenWatsonMusic ooooh. i thought that this was emilio pujol. My mistake. I suppose Pujol was never recorded

@@sebastiansullivan4770 there are a few recordings of Pujol around. The best are two duets he did with wife (who also played without nails) in the 1930s: search for "Emilio Pujol Matilde Cuervas" and they should come up. Both are arrangements of Falla: one is Danza de la Vida Breve and the other is The Miller's Dance from The Three-Cornered Hat. There is also a recording of Pujol playing 3 pavans by Luis Milan, presumably on vihuela. Most other Pujol recordings should be avoided. They are later recordings, from the 1950s, by which time he not only had bad hand tremors, but was also becoming deaf.

@@StevenWatsonMusic well thank you very much. I will be sure to search them up.

@@sebastiansullivan4770 pleasure. I ought to mention, in case you weren't aware, that Alberto Ponce was a student of Pujol's

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@@albertoponce2330 Le titre était plutôt ''la guitare dans tous ses états''. Merci du conseil.

amazing to have had him as teacher, I have his LPs "Sourire de la guitare", etc. among my absolute favorites and I have many... "tried" to teach me.... :o))