Albeniz 'Asturias' (Leyenda) PIANO SOLO - P. Barton FEURICH HP piano

[@abstractbybrian]

Bravo! I'm almost 53 years old and I'll be starting to learn piano this coming Monday. I hope someday I can learn to play that piece. The good news is I have around 6-8 hours a day that I can practice!

[@MarsLos10]

Wow, congrats sir! It is super rare for older people to pick up an instrument but it's never too late! How is it going?

[@wissamalghazy3657]

You are awesome man How is it going nowwww

[@젠틀하고건강한58년생]

ago 1year.. can you play piano?

[@ashimo5214]

Thisis eazyy

[@eshasharma2683]

@@ashimo5214 No it isn't! I am a beginner pianist and my brother is super good. It took 8-9 years of piano lessons to play this! Whenever I think of my brother, it is this piece that I see in my head!

[@paulf6768]

I just listened to John Williams playing this at Ronnie Scott's in 1971 when he mentioned it was originally written for the piano. I had always assumed this was a classic guitar composition. Sounds amazing on both!

[@mariasoledadbravotrivelli6331]

Paul Barton lleva el arte en sus venas, lo plasma en la música, la pintura y lo vive con su familia. Felicidades!

[@TavisAllen]

The older I become, the more it takes for me to get goosebumps. This did the trick! The harmonic pedal is indeed an excellent match for this piece. As always, thanks Paul!

[@sultanalamos170]

Bravisimo, Maestro Barton. El acento y discurso español, exactos. Le escribo desde Chile. Mario Dueñas B.

[@kalulu1675]

Beautiful!!!!!!!! I love this kind of music so much that I actually became a Spanish major later in life. Now I've picked up the piano again after 50 + years and it's starting to come back very, very fast. I taught myself Spanish first, then found out about the Spanish composers, and now I'm teaching myself piano again. I can and I WILL! (Music is just another language.)

[@garysandiego]

I just listened to a performance of this piece played in concert (already forgot the performer’s name) but he played it at break-neck speed. Like a machine. It was very impressive and exciting. Then turned to this feller and listened to his substantially slower performance. Now it’s music! It’s not exciting, it’s beautiful. I like this so much more.

[@user-mz8dx4ms2m]

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[@ST52655]

💯

[@buteforce]

I've heard dozens of guitar renditions (transcriptions) of Albeniz compositions before the days of Internet and now I have access to piano performances on youtube that I can hear the original score. Lovely balance of virtuosity and musicality in this rendition.

[@Skittles1622]

fantastic, I love how you seperate the lower harmony and the top chords during the first section. There are a lot of performers who just frantically try and smash it all together and I actually find it really halts the flow of the passage. Well done!

[@VincentSPICER]

+Skittles1622 Exactly. Paul has such poise here - he is not trying to over-play it or be over-impressive. Almost understated, he pulls off such an amazing and passionate performance here - as good or better than any other performance that I've heard.

[@6040nick]

And the other difficult part is the timing of the foot on the pedal..

[@syncloveka]

Very well played. I think the flow and constant tempo in this piece are more important than the speed of it. Asturias is based on a folk dance. You can dance slower, but you can't dance to an inconstant accompaniment.

[@tychobrahe9239]

So true ... Very few professionnal performers care about "flow and constant tempo". I found some rare musicians that consider constant pulse as a value, and most of them have a double background, classical and folk, jazz or world music. Check Chris Thile (blue grass mandolin virtuoso) in J.S. Bach. Check Gilles Apap (classical and 360° violonist), also in Bach. Check Scarlatti by Antoine Boyer (Gypsy jazz guitarist). My personal feeling is that a most of classical musicians are not sensitive to rythm pulse. Same thing for audiences and reviewers. Anyway, greetings from France. Tycho.

[@pghagen]

Alicia de Larrocha did! She was the best.

[@rufinosanchez2703]

Volví a este vídeo después de un año y ratifico ahora lo dicho entonces. Excelente versión e interpretación. Congratulaciones a este maestro del piano.

[@phrababushkath2350]

Better playing than this one cannot find - MAGNIFICENT IN EVERY WAY! Listening to you play Albeniz actually brings Spain into my home here in Bangkok! THANK YOU FOR POSTING - a TRUE TREASURE!

[@AlistairCookie602]

people forget the leyenda was composed on piano

[@xalau5270]

The title is Asturias, leyenda is the subtitle

[@caseysheehan8437]

I think a lot of people don't know.

[@sshariati488]

Sounds better on Piano too.

[@maxverstappennonofficial]

but , for me , it sound s better on guitar

[@janzabocki9381]

But Composer in person of himself said that he preffered guitar version more...

[@kwilliams5260]

You are a grand musician Paul. To think albeniz produced this in its entirety. Some people are truly gifted, as are you for replicating this piece. Keep up the great work

[@llacinkilic]

I admire your videos sir Barton! Thank you for all your beautiful music and interpretations.

[@giuseppecannavo6152]

Sinceri complimenti: interpretazione da brividi!!!

[@DanielFitzgeraldPiano]

That was an absolutely fantasic performance in every way - thank you for sharing!

[@freetime2006]

a performance sensitive to the nuances of the music: thank you.

[@christiansalerno]

Legend.

[@theghostofsmokeyjoe8792]

Giorno

[@sandraatzeni7281]

Bella Christian!!

[@curlymyhero]

I played classical guitar for yrs. and never nu that Albeniz composed this for piano for a decade! That's how much it was overshadowed.

[@amandaweaver]

Amazing! Love this song and this performance!

[@pianissimo6386]

Bravo Paul, belle performance, toute l'ambiance espagnole ressort au travers de votre interprétation.

[@davisinful]

So much talent ... A magical pianist.... I've Heard fantasy in d minor and others and I love your tecnique

[@777.jemco.6]

Magnifica pieza de Isaac Albéniz, una obra musical cargada de influencias moriscas y sonidos musicales de la Europa de esa época....

[@Amoreena51]

Impressive performance, as ALWAYS! Thanks you for sharing your gift with us Paul....

[@priscilamalanski7405]

amazing! Albeniz perfect!!

[@jacquesbellemer9124]

Priscila Malanski bbb

[@umitocal8412]

Bravo! Paul Barton ist the best pianist for me on the World

[@bosendorf2]

Bravissimo, come negli altri video. Grande esecutore.

[@ericlanglet1471]

Interprétation tout à fait magnifique! J'ai encore cette pièce dans mon banc de piano que j'ai apprise en 77/78 avec le même piano. Disons que j'en arracherais drôlement pour rejouer ceci. Sacré défi d'aller plaquer ces accords en sauts d'octave!

[@ms.annthrope415]

Another excellent piano performance 👏

[@joanilari]

I'm 64 years old and I started learning piano one year ago. Slowly progressing, but someday I will play this piece✌

[@Gl1tch422]

THIS SONG IS CLEARLY AMAZING

[@YanosArtman]

Great and so well play that G key, transition so sweet and the sustain is so equilibrate! Thx a million.

[@davidmarcum9845]

That has to be how Albeniz conceived this piece in his head! That 4th pedal sounds so perfect on this piece!

[@carlosmp2043]

This is so very hypnotic

[@umitocal2699]

Bravo, Paul you are for me the best Piano player on the World.

[@damienfradet85]

très beau ! excellente technique !! Bravo !

[@זכריה.אוסטרי]

The way he places the base chords slightly off beat has such an amazing effect

[@fredericdermer4896]

Actually makes the piece 10x easier to play. That's not how it's written though, sounds like a lazy hack....maybe he had a simplifidied score without knowing it.

[@amateursoundz6262]

@@fredericdermer4896there are two versions, one of which has them offbeat. let’s stop with this nonsense please

[@gevik.Alahverdi]

Great......brilliant technic.absolute sonority.unique instrument and a humble pianist thank you Paul ....

[@juanmullor3136]

UNA MGÍFICA INTRPRETCÍÓN Y UN PIANO CON UN EXCELEGTE SONIDO.FELICIDADES. JUAN ANTONIO.

[@bren264]

As a classical guitarist, very interesting to hear the composition in it's original form. Beautifully played. Bravo.

[@leyniaLip]

Such a brilliant musician.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Dulces recuerdos 😍 de las áudiciones. Una amiga española. que rádica acá donde vivo las interpretába muy bien. 🇲🇽🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@ingridfylling9572]

Very well played! It impresses me how well he really puts emotion in to this, and get the dynamics just right in my eyes. He should really perform playing at this level.

[@denisg.peteiro5665]

I think it's the better version I've ever heared, thank you and I hope to be able to play it as nice as you!

[@eugeneobrien9064]

A brilliant performance! I am self-learning Asturias on classical guitar and will adapt my version based on this superb piano rendition. Thank you.

[@johnferguson3801]

BRAVO! A brilliant rendering of this fabulous piece.

[@Justin-ou6gq]

John Ferguson its originally written for piano

[@eneidaschaefer2599]

Bravo ! Excelente a tua interpretação, parabéns Paul, um abraço do Brasil

[@marcussfebruary9104]

I heard this piece on harpsichord a long time ago and I didn't know who composed it or what it's name was until now.

[@aurorapalencia6093]

Maravillosa música, que llega hasta lo más intimo del SER! BRAVO 👏 👏 👏 😊❤🎉

[@waltergiz]

Thank you Mr. Barton! Brilliant, informative and very helpful lesson and performance.

[@VincentSPICER]

Paul, I love your Prelude (1st mmt). Wonderful inflection with your quick crescendos! You have an outstanding technique that avoids that annoying gap of split second silence that so many pianists have as they make those wide outward leaps. Your hands here in some moves look a bit like Alicia De Larrocha. Brilliant performance (as always). So many wonderful things here - full of the Spanish character. I haven't play this piece in >20 years. Now I have to copy some of these finer expressive elements that you have here (thanks!).

[@Candy-yh2qq]

Vincent SPICER do you know what grade this is?

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

charlie cowan that's probably about right

[@blable993]

Yes! That's what I came here to say, only not with the words to put it. That small delay between left and right hand is very musical and does wonders to avoid the awkward stutter that other pianists can't avoid.

[@nyxyms]

One thing I learned (with much disdain haha) is that sometimes playing as fast as you can ruins a piece. I always thought If the song was faster, the “harder” and more “technical” it was” this is absolutely false, as (this piece is fast for sure, but yes yes things can always be played as fast as possible) as I can see here just how steady the bass must be in order to accentuate it’s staccato., which brings out the overall legato of the right hand...amazing!!

[@adamcolbertmusic]

Loved it!! And especially being able to see the hands as always.

[@gonzaloperez5232]

awesome! muy buena interpretación (good interpretation )

[@ms.annthrope415]

Excellent and astounding as usual.

[@raghav3106]

If your son starts practicing this then be careful, you might fall out of a window!

[@akashdeepsingh5548]

🤣 good one!

[@happylittlemonk]

I love this piece. Tried to play it on guitar and piano. Excellent interpretation and play. Well done. Since I play both guitar and piano version, I like to suggest Paul Barton and others to try this next time you play: With guitar the low note is sustain naturally on guitar through out the bar, which makes the guitar version a lot more legato and mellow and well as staccato. Here using the sustain pedal will not work. So I tries something new. I never played any piece that used or needed the middle sostenuto pedal. But using it to sustain only the very lowest note worked brilliantly. Try it. It takes some practice to get it right.

[@erwinschrodinger2546]

Mr. Barton is a superb pianist. To me he's up there with people like Evgeny Kissin, Yuja Wang, and Marc Hamlin. I am not quite sure, in fact I have no idea, how the "harmonic pedal" contributed to the performance. Would he have otherwise needed to use a combination of the other three pedals to get the same effect? Or did the harmonic pedal give him something unique that could not have been achieved with the other three pedals. But, however he did it, it sounded great.

[@ianboard544]

Thanks for playing this. I'm more familiar with it on the guitar (John Williams owns it) but it's a cool piece on the piano. I really like it.

[@oldgoat381]

+Ian Board It was originally a piano piece, but even Albeniz himself preferred it as a guitar piece. Personally I like the piano arrangement better

[@AlistairCookie602]

Segovia was the first I think to popularize Leyenda as a guitar piece, it was composed to mimic the guitar

[@1995tolis]

it is far better in my opinion.richer in tone and tensity.a piano is superior to a guitar by default.this superiority also translates to the piece that is played.

[@Bobbyjeo2]

1995tolis lol I very much disagree with you about guitar vs piano Maybe that’s because I’m a guitar player tho I think guitar is more versatile, but piano is just way more popular so you don’t see as much guitar in classical music. But yeah you can do so much more as a single player on a guitar than on piano. And good guitars sound better than pianos imo

[@kratospchbus7625]

@@Bobbyjeo2 Piano>guitar

[@PepeSEAT]

Very nicely rendered!

[@annekellenzinha]

One day I wish to play like this man, I can't wait for :(

[@sshariati488]

He is a very unique talent. He could be Chopin of this era. Much respect.

[@ircensko7324]

Masood Shariati Sure Chopin of this era in playing. Composing is a different story altogether. Don't get me wrong, I love Paul's playing and his tutorials.

[@1995tolis]

true that !

[@sshariati488]

@@ircensko7324 Couldn't agree more, as Paul explains in his "Winter Wind" tutorial Chopin's work is a distillation of his thoughts and Chopin's true mentality. Imagine if Chopin wanted to bring those thoughts into musical scores/notation. Needless to say Chopin was dealing with rivals of his own Era, He had to moderate his work to be able to market them. I wonder if that man has lived longer. RIP. But I am happy I can listen to his beautiful music and other great classical musicians by the golden Hands of such scholars like Paul Barton. I am extremely novice and basic level in Classical music, But with paul's Inspiration I have been able to play Leyenda, and to some degree Chopin's revolutionary work. Paul is a great free teacher here I cannot appreciate him Enough.

[@jaydabliu9112]

Obrigada, Dr. Paul !

[@EdwinRywalt]

Thank you, Paul. Wonderful as usual...

[@FastAkira]

greetings from Spain. Olé!

[@loranlegoff8727]

Superbe version !!! Merci !

[@susanwong6471]

So beautiful 😻

[@crystaleos]

You inspire me. This is beautiful. Sincerely, A fellow pianist.

[@christaschulz2897]

You are a fantastic amazing player

[@Artin.Drakhshani]

That was perfect 🥹😭🔥

[@rufinosanchez2703]

Muy bien, bastante fluida, excelente. Congratulaciones.

[@valentinmarechal8558]

This is simply amazing !

[@dmswan3172]

Absolutely love this!🎹

[@frepi]

And this guy says "I'm not a concert pianist"....

[@sshariati488]

Honestly I think he is above and beyond. He just does not care I'd say.

[@rayaqin]

@@sshariati488 or maybe he is just not a concert pianist

[@sshariati488]

@@rayaqin I agree, its a tough job and stressful life to have, He plays for fun and this good? I'll take and listen to that.

[@eckpolmick5080]

Never mind the shirt, be aware of the music

[@everyday734]

@@sshariati488 no , he works on Feurich piano Company ". He is GENIUS! Why? He plays without any mistakes, or very good dynamic!!! May be he the best tehnicaly pianist of all time

[@polynom1al]

Amazing! Thanks for putting in the time and effort I'm sure this took to make it sound so great.

[@masterxyr]

I prefer this rendition pretty much to anything else that I have heard, including de Larocha's one. For me it's almost all in the transitions to the grand chords that most do. It doesn't flow if there's a pause.

[@reallynotpc]

I also really like Luis Fernando Pérez playing this, but all good performances are different.

[@bluenetmarketing]

This tune reminds me of a snake attacking its prey, fighting it, devouring it, resting, then repeating it all over again with its next victim.

[@Aylin79]

I like your performance for this composion Paul. Good luck!

[@jeaneloi4624]

Well played..

[@chezbe]

Yeah, Kassia's performance nothing compared with this!

[@TaylorWinfrey]

So steady and clear!

[@stelladavis1798]

I'm a guitarist but I'm trying to learn the piece in Bb because I think when you switch keys, it totally changes the feeling of the song. (For anyone who doesn't know, the common way for guitarists to play it is in the key of G, which is very convenient because it allows the pedal note to be an open string. Playing in Bb means that the pedal note has to be fretted, which makes it significantly harder, unless you either have huge hands that can stretch like 7 frets and a pinky that can jump strings instantly, or don't use a separate string for the pedal note (I'm just gonna say "d") and jump back to that note on the same string between the melodic notes. I don't have ginormous hands, so I'm going to attempt the 2nd way. I think it will sound more like the original because I would have to hit the same note on the same string multiple times, just like the piano has only one key per note.

[@hazzi6160]

how can you be so precise on hitting the keys during the high octave jumps? and the playing is soo clean too!

[@christopherd6399]

Start really really slow and only speed up gradually when you master that.

[@ayameyxii8887]

BRAVO!!👏 👏

[@786Muzik]

Body language says it all , Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@martinlutherbling424]

Wonderful.

[@ballapeti]

My god, this sounds INCOMPARABLY better on guitar!

[@manuelangelguerrero8914]

Thanks Paul! Un saludo desde España

[@dasanch84]

Thank you!

[@dasanch84]

Truly. There is one piano version which is perfect, which I am pretty sure you've heard.

[@jytpianist]

Great interpretation! Bravo!

[@jumanyas]

Que maravilla

[@hzarka11]

Greeting from Syria.....

[@elvergalarga13131]

wonderful !!!

[@reallynotpc]

VERY well done!

[@marco63vespa]

bella trascrizione ed interpretazione

[@McCainnn]

marco63vespa no transcription. It is a piece written for the piano.

[@AuCafeDeLaMarmotte]

Bravo ! Very nice and it feels very easy (while it is quite an acrobatic piece at times).

[@dcunited710]

It is so easy to play and sounds great 😊

[@JulioEUnzuetaHoffmann]

Facil?! Quisiera escuchar tu interpretación.

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

Julio E. Unzueta Hoffmann pues no es difícil cuando tengas mucha experiencia.. he estado tocando el piano por ocho años y me parece que no está demasiado difícil

[@Geschichtsbananen]

I agree with you Eddie

[@muhibbuddinmuhammad7102]

A great music

[@hugoluisledesma5021]

para mi gusto el mejor intérprete de esta obra.

[@doctorsherrington]

Wow... Can i use this arrangement for ATCL? REST OF THE PIECES I VE CHOSEN ARE FROM THE REPERTOIRE LIST...

[@hartmute.stoesslein7485]

super; excelente