Barrios Mangoré: La Catedral - Manuel Matarrita, piano

"La Catedral" de Agustín Barrios "Mangoré", versión para piano de Carlos Payés. Manuel Matarrita, piano. Feb, 2011.

[@ryanscissorhands]

I am a guitarist, and I was awake in the middle of the night thinking about how this piece would be great on piano. This proves that I was right! Fantastic performance, with just enough additions to make it properly pianistic. Bravo!

[@frankg3rd1]

The piano playing the masterpiece written for the guitar is the highest tribute one can pay to the brilliant composer Augustine Barrios ! Brilliant performance !

[@MrBlindmans]

People don't realise how difficult this piece is to play. It us reasonably easy to read. Barrios was a legend.

[@dagatti1200]

MrBlindmans Absolutely

[@ConsumeristScroffa]

I don't know about piano, but it is extremely hard to play on the guitar.

[@normantong3475]

Niko Mycaasinishere I whole heartily agreed with you this master piece is much easy for piano not on the classical guitar .

[@normantong3475]

MrBlindmans Augustine Barrios is a great legend in fact all his compositions is so challenging and difficult to play but they are all beautiful

[@DonostiGros]

MrBlindmans It is a beautiful piece. Relatively difficult though, grade 6, there are much harder pieces.

[@edsonlopesguitar]

Sou um violonista apaixonado pelas obras de Agustin Barrios. La Catedral é uma das mais importantes obras desse compositor fantástico. Essa transcrição ficou maravilhosa ao piano. Sua execução está perfeita, parabéns.

[@marcusviniciusoliveira8129]

Prefiro você tocando ela

[@edsonlopesguitar]

@@marcusviniciusoliveira8129 😊

[@one-above-all7187]

A música é muito bonita acho q ficaria bonita d qualquer jeito

[@user-zc2uk5mz8o]

This piece is gentle and warming on guitar, elegant on violin, grave and passionate on piano. Which is a really, really great thing.

[@ViolinGuitarAndPiano_Gang]

Also in the ethereal paraguayan harp (harp) like La Catedral is played by a paraguayan guitarist this classical music can also be composed with any instrument.

[@melbacampz1120]

Cual es destacado, es que Manuel Matarrita, es un talento costarricense y nuestro pais ha cultivado grandes intérpretes como él, así que apreciamos mucho lo que vale el talento musical !

[@alejandrobritostorres5242]

Gracias por tocar de manera esplendida esta maravillosa pieza inmortal del Mozart de la Guitarra Clásica mi compatriota Agustín Barrios, desde La Unión -Murcia. Responder

[@VesmarTejttinen]

This is so important music for every guitarist, for me, too. Your interpretation is so good! We guitarists listen your playing very critically, but you passed the test - with applauds, thank you.

[@willydebaskerville]

Bellísima versión de esta increíble obra. Nunca la había escuchado en el piano. A mi entender confirma una vez más la grandeza del Gran maestro Agustín Barrios como compositor y no solo como guitarrista. Una obra a la altura de los grandes como Chopin, Schumman, Schubert o Rachmaninov. Gracias maestro Matarrita por esta cuidada y magistralmente interpretada versión!

[@BarriosGroupie]

I think even Barrios would applaud this magnificent interpretation

[@ericphotoart]

It would be great to hear other Barrios piano transcriptions. This one is incredible!

[@user-jd7vj4ib3c]

Браво!!! Обрыдалась.... Всю ночь снилась эта музыка. С ума от нее сойдешь. Великий барриус!!!

[@lourdesfernandez6555]

Mangore♥️🇵🇾Gran Compositor Paraguayo y Latinoamerica!!!

[@FelipeEspinola1]

Que lindo, que lindo! Eu como brasiguaio me sinto envergonhado por ter demorado tanto tempo para descobrir sua música.

[@lourdesnunez6474]

The greatest paraguayan Agustin Barrios! Amazing, stunning piece of art! Love it!

[@Sorguitar91]

Barrios is Bach born in Paraguay and Ponce Bach born in Mexico.

[@fernandoa.5089]

sorguitar91 Ponce is more like Chopin

[@johannsebastianmarc6006]

@@fernandoa.5089 Es correcto, Ponce it is like Chopin, and Agustín Barrios it is like Bach.

[@TaiganTundra]

@@fernandoa.5089 Weiss*

[@michaeltroke7239]

Fabulous. Beautiful rendition. Thankyou so much M. Matarrita! This is one of the rare pieces written for the guitar that sound good on the piano (usually, it's the other way round), which shows the quality of Barrios' composition. Hearing this enables guitarists to play the piece better, hearing the structure of the music beyond guitaristic gestures and moving fingers quickly. Others might also like to hear the Villa-Lobos préludes in piano transcription (can be found on youtube).

[@ViolinGuitarAndPiano_Gang]

As Paraguayan La Catedral is really a paraguayan classical music mixed paraguayan polk (guarania) played on acoustic guitar but it is incredible that it is played on piano, I also heard it played on the Paraguayan harp, but it's incredible that it turns out well on the piano. I can't believe La Catedral can be played on any instruments 😮🤩

[@javiermgtaoism5702]

Most piano pieces are hard to play on the Classical guitar with the exception of Albeniz who composed with the guitar in mind. I never expected to hear Barrios on the piano sound so good. Respect!!!

[@camiloospinavaron7940]

Hasta donde yo sé, albeniz componía para piano solo, nunca compuso nada para guitarra.....el hecho de que algunas obras de la suite española sonasen bien en guitarra es algo anecdótico, en las transcripciones de guitarra se pierden muchas notas como es obvio, albeniz es incómodo de tocar siempre, en definitiva, su música ni está pensada ni está hecha para guitarra, sino nunca hubiese hecho algo de mas de tres voces, de mas de 4 octavas, acordes de mas de 6 notas, sin olvidarnos que lo que se toca en guitarra española de albeniz son piezas cortas, la suite iberia por ejemplo es infranqueable en clasica. Saludos!

[@stevedgolfer]

If you think Albeniz pieces are not difficult on guitar your .....

[@hello-rq8kf]

albeniz never wrote once for guitar.

[@ViolinGuitarAndPiano_Gang]

Also harp especially the Paraguayan harp and acoustic guitar are played by these pieces, harp is hard to learn, acoustic guitar is easy for someone to play, piano is hard especially playing with two hands if this is a grand piano the keys would be heavy to glide

[@filipe2343]

Maravilhoso!!! É a primeira vez que vejo um pianista interpretando uma obra escrita originalmente para violão erudito... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@darwinkguillen8590]

Si compartieran las partituras de esta transcripción hecha por el Dr Carlos R. payes estaría eternamente agradecido , viva mangore en nuestras emociones y su música así como la gente que disfruta interpretando su legado de tantas maneras , pero esta transcripción la mas bella sin duda alguna , los arreglos son precisos armoniosos y bellos .

[@garyolman63]

Gracias Manuel por esta versión pianística de La Catedral, obra compuesta por Barrios en Uruguay, inspirada en la Catedral de Montevideo

[@Marta-hk4vn]

Gustavo: está absolutamente seguro de que esta obra de don Agustín fue compuesta en Uruguay? Una uruguaya.

[@observant6953]

Movement I & II sound as if originally composed for piano. I heard that La Catedral was inspired by Bach. I can imagine Movement II sounds great played on organ. :-)

[@remyrobinot1502]

Wow ! Piano brings a different power than the guitar, i never thought it would sound this great.

[@MarkInLA]

Rémy Robinot Well geee ! Imagine that !! The gigantic piano has more power than the little 6 string guitar....Who'd have ever guessed ! Such brilliant insight Remy ...Do you give private lessons ? Because, you be da man ! !

[@remyrobinot1502]

i didn't say "more power" i said "different". And here is your (English) lesson ;)

[@punkaholicmember]

As a guitar builder from education (Royal Conservatory) and a piano tuner (my work) i totally agree with you. The musical timbre of a piano is totally different than that of a guitar. I like La Catedral on both instruments, but they just bring their own feelings. You can't change the musical timbre of an instrument. I personally feel the piano version as 'softer and warmer' than the piano renditions, whereas i feel the guitar versions more 'to the point' and 'brighter'. Definately has to do with the way of agitating the strings: plucked against hammered. Listen to the version on harpsichord (here on KZbin) and you will hear it's more 'direct' and 'sharp'!

[@jeffreystayman375]

@@MarkInLA He said power, you heard volume. He said different, you heard more. I hope your English has improved over the last 4 years. It's hard for such sarcasm to be effective when you make a fool out of yourself in the process.

[@43grone]

Agustin BArrios, Nitsuga Mangore, this piano version make me cry. From Paraguay to the World

[@malenamartinez2355]

It doesn´t matter if piano or guitar. The beauty of this piece touchs everyone. I think that "Danza paraguaya" and "La catedral" are the best of Mangoré

[@DrLuu1972]

María Ligia Mantero da Costa very true idea....It is like the Bach Chaconne written for solo violin; but it has been played on the guitar and piano as well and sounds equally good !!!

[@malenamartinez2355]

Violin Luu I agree.The talent of the great musicians doesn´t depend on the instruments.

[@MysterioFan02]

Violin Luu guitar version sounds bad for the chaconne. Nothing compares to what it sounds like on the violin, honestly.

[@MarkInLA]

Erik fp What does the Bach opus have to do with this piece ?? !! OH, and it sounds better on violin !! You need to go seek help Erik or luu or whatever you are !!.

[@MysterioFan02]

Read again. Slowly, if that helps you.

[@alvarohigino]

The best interpretation I have ever seen.

[@fatmadridibenaissa3513]

Its real civility Agustín Pio Barrios, Mangoré being a nickname he borrowed from a great leader of the Paraguayan forest. He would sometimes dress in Indian Guarani at his concerts. He composed for classical guitar, about 300 works.

[@r.h.a.4377]

Fatma Dridi Ben Aissa I never heard about a leader named "Mangoré", but in Guaraní that translates to something like "from the Mango tree". "Nitsuga" it's just his name "Agustín" written backwards. Greetings from Paraguay 🇵🇾 😉

[@fatmadridibenaissa3513]

Agustín Barrios Mangoré, born May 5, 1885 in San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, died August 7, 1944 in El Salvador, is a composer for guitar of the modern period.

[@samkim2563]

What a beautiful arrangement! One of my favourite guitar pieces has now become one of my favourite piano pieces as well!

[@konstantinlebedev1999]

Thank you man for your work and continuing of making people familiar with barrios and his music

[@alf8718]

Now I'm waiting to see a version for a full philharmonic orchestra. Such a monumental work of music.

[@ThePJREP]

A obra de Barrios é sem dúvida UNIVERSAL!!! Muito boa essa adaptação...

[@omarnicho.]

Like a Romantic-Latinamerican style. Simply beautiful.

[@Mezoforte1]

Magnifico!!! cuanta belleza por favor!

[@muriloacioli]

Sensacional! 👏👏👏👏. BRAVO!!!!

[@SuzanneKirshPianist]

Estupendo! Maravilloso! Mil gracias.

[@lacumbre2452]

Agustín Barrios gran compositor de música de guitarra y gran guitarrista.

[@j-pierrelassalle862]

Boudiou ! Que j’aime cette version! Quelle ampleur ! Quelle clarté ! Merci Mr ! Merci pour « lui »! Merci pour les Cathédrales !!

[@djalilandma5007]

truck de fou barrios le melleur frero

[@COUNTERCOM]

I was just a child when the stars fell from the skies.

[@Matt-vs4zz]

But I remember how they built a cannon to destroy them. And how that cannon eventually brought war upon us.

[@COUNTERCOM]

@@Matt-vs4zz War was an abstract idea; nothing more than a show on TV. As a child, I only saw it as something the happened in some far-away land. Until that final day of summer.

[@Falaxuper]

@@COUNTERCOM I'm sorry to break the combo, but what is this referencing to?

[@COUNTERCOM]

@@Falaxuper it's a video game called ace combat 4. In the game there's these huge cannons called Stonehenge that were built to Destroy Asteroids that were plummeting towards earth. But after the Asteroids were mostly Destroyed a nation called Eurusia invaded and repurposed them as Superweapons. Until you the ace fighter pilot Mobius 1 Destroy them all.

[@Falaxuper]

@@COUNTERCOM Thanks so much!

[@tu767]

This is my very first time to hear this piece in piano, so exciting to hear this performing from the beginning to the end, wow, great prerforming and great interpretation.. many thanks

[@BobWebbmusic]

This is the first time I have heard Barrios music on Piano. Awesome. Two thumbs up.

[@pianopdegogic]

Maestro me encanta escucharlo tocar!

[@hdholl]

Sin tener la intención de menospreciar la guitarra (soy guitarrista yo mismo), esta interpretación en el piano demuestra la alta calidad de esta obra maestra de Barrios Mangoré. El preludio y el andante religioso suenan como una nocturna de Chopin (los hay que llaman Barrios el 'Chopin' de la guitarra), mientras el allegro solemne puede tener algo de Bach y después Beethoven. ¿Podría ser que ser famoso como compositor tiene algo que ver con el instrumento para el cual uno compone? De todas formas: muy buena transcripción y interpretación!

[@Harumikatachi]

+hdholl La catedral suena como bach porque mangore compuso esta obra pensando en modo barroco.

[@johannsebastianmarc6006]

Pues lo de ser famoso es subjetivo, creo que sí te refieres a pianistas como Beethoven, pues ellos pertenecen a otro periodo de la música clásica, Agustín barrios pertenece al periodo contemporáneo, de ahí el porqué según tu punto de vista no es tan conocido. No sé si estudiaste guitarra clásica en conservatorio, pero yo si, y en lo que se refiere al ámbito universitario era muy conocido Agustín barrios, su música es tan intelectual como la música de Bach, y tiene cierta influencia del barroco. En está generación hay poca cultura de música clásica, creo que ese es otro punto del porqué genios de la guitarra a veces pasan desaparecidos, la mayoría de personas asocian la guitarra con la música popular, si supieran que la guitarra también es un instrumento que se usa en la música de cámara. y para finalizar con mi comentario hay seudo artistas que son muy famosos (Bad Bunny, maluma) y tienen millones de seguidores, pero jamás llegarán al nivel del genio Agustín barrios.

[@marcosbenitez1043]

@@johannsebastianmarc6006 estoy pensando estudiar guitarra sabes cuales son los requisitos en asuncion

[@johannsebastianmarc6006]

@@marcosbenitez1043 soy de México, pero depende de la que quieras estudiar, hay carreras técnicas donde se prepara al estudiante para la licenciatura. Está la licenciatura dónde te hacen un examen donde por lo general tienes que medir el compás, entre otras pruebas. son pruebas "relativamente sencillas" Aquí en mi cuidad hay dos carreras nada más, músico instrumentista y la otra es educación musical.

[@marcosbenitez1043]

@@johannsebastianmarc6006 amigo yo solo quiero aprender a tocar por q me gusta como un hobit

[@rukincg2431]

The same beautiful sound as the guitar. Thank you Manuel You play this composition perfectly.

[@erichofmanis]

I always thought that Barrios' music would sound amazing on piano ... and it does. Finally piano players get to transcribe some guitar pieces for a change!

[@giuseppeamodeo9293]

Che meraviglia

[@rathwulf]

Hermoso simplemente hermoso y ejecutado con un pasión controlada y medida

[@Nylonstrings777]

Caray!!! Unas piezas impresionantes para la guitarra y el piano las ejecuto sin cambiar la emocion. Mis respetos al pianista. Buena obra.

[@alessiobellinon]

Sin palabras, excelente transcripción, y ni hablar de la interpretación, te felicito

[@herodianos]

Hermosisima musica de guitarra, version en piano......Para sacarle el sombrero a Agustin Barrios....para recrear el oido y el alma, con una composicion tan inspirada.....

[@ernestoviola]

Excellent transcription of such a majestic work!

[@johnplunkett]

What a great transcription and performance!

[@X02AC3]

I was just a child when the stars fell from the skies, but I remember how we built a cannon to destroy them and in turn, how that cannon brought war upon us. War was an abstract idea, nothing more than a show on T.V. As a child, I always saw it as happening on some faraway land, until on that final day of summer

[@ryanleach4899]

One day, while on my way to school, I looked up in the skies. A sound like distant thunder. In the blue skies far above me, contrails drew dizzying circles around in a crazy waltz; a battle in the beautiful skies far away. I could not tear my gaze away from them. A deafening roar. Sharp silhouettes appeared, as if to graze the hills, and streaked past me. The fighters played the cat or mouse in turn as they climbed swiftly into the sky. One fleeing plane fell out of the sky, spiraling and spewing orange flames to crash by the cape. The same cape where my family lived.

[@Yuriy21]

Beautiful performance! Bravo!

[@patyuicab3591]

Qué belleza. Desconocía la existencia de su autor y la música. LATINOAMÉRICA UNIFIQUÉMONOS. Sonia una gran potencia cultural.👍🏻

[@davidjaggs]

Interesting! Never heard this before. Thanks for posting.

[@classicalguitareterna]

Celestial! Beauty and excellence!

[@concienciahc]

Que buena interpretación, no suelo ser un amante del piano, pero debo aceptar que este arreglo quedo muy bueno. Bravo!

[@fatmadridibenaissa3513]

Beautiful!

[@RafaelHValverdetti]

Ésta es mi interpretación del primer movimiento de "La Catedral", dedicada a el gran Maestro Mangoré - This is my interpretation of the first movement of "La Catedral", dedicated to the great Maestro Mangoré Agustín Barrios Mangoré: La Catedral (Preludio Saudade)

[@diegorubio216]

Que bello suena en el piano Que Maestro!!

[@luispaletagimenez]

Soberbio,excelente,felicitaciones Maestro...!!!

[@juntoatucorazon]

Excelente interpretación en piano, se oye muy padre, felicidades colega Manuel Matarrita, Jesús Alberti Mayoral C. Guitarrísta Oaxaca-México.

[@JohnMcDonnellThe3rd]

Awesome! The prelude sounds especially great on piano.

[@joselos]

una obra genial , gracias agustín barrios

[@SamuelAvilaC]

I like so much this video, I play guitar and piano, and when I look this video, i feel the music, the feeling in the interpretation. Great performance! :)

[@alonsoLujan]

Great performance and great transcription.

[@aldovalderrama6003]

Nunca había escuchado la versión en Piano, que deleite. ¡Saludos desde Chile Maestro!

[@jimyneutron4237]

ME ENCANTA LA MUSICA DE AGUSTIN BARRIOS,EN ESPECIAL ESTE TEMA POR LO EXPRESIVO Y ESPIRITUAL QUE ES.TODA SU OBRA ES MARAVILLOSA

[@louisfabrer4789]

Sublime. Merci.

[@carlosalfano8553]

Sublime. Gratitud.

[@pckben]

beautiful interpretation!

[@peterluth]

Splendid trascription & interpretation

[@GerardDrozd]

Great rendition!

[@ulyssesfernandez5187]

Barrios sem duvida eh divino!

Maestría absoluta!

[@majo4784]

Señor Manuel Matarrita, excelente interpretación de una maravillosa pieza. Barrios Mangoré es uno de mis compositores favoritos, aunque yo soy de piano y tengo la pena de no poder tocar sus obras de guitarra. Me preguntaba si esta transcripción para piano del Dr. Carlos Payés se encuentra a la venta y dónde. Me encantaría comprarla. Un abrazo desde España

[@RudyCorp3]

Asi mismo es.. un Maestro como Chopin y es paraguayo.. Orgullo.

[@scree123]

Bravo, Maestro!

[@raytristani]

Wow that was amazing

[@brandonchai9318]

Beautiful

[@makis5998]

PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@batios34]

i dont want to cry cuz i respect this beautifull song :,)

[@itsvanic8063]

this is perfect

[@elbajomundo]

un gran tributo a Mangoré!! muy bueno

[@Liantotjahjoputro]

Wouww.....great ....Bravo

[@pacifica1221]

I play this on the guitar, but this is the first time I'm hearing it performed on the piano. This is great

[@MarcosCesar549]

Bravooooooooooooooooooo!!!

[@jmr1410]

¡excelente!

[@planetoide9196]

mangore....magia pura...unico.

[@DanieleMagli]

Bravo , excelente

[@winstonmisha]

Perfect

[@ghmus7]

Superb!!!

[@Fernwald84]

Very musical rendition. The piano, naturally, changes the character of the piece, and that's how it should be. The keyboard's greater sonority adds an impact not found in the guitar version, the latter of course benefitting from a greater lyrical intimacy and somewhat more color. The transcription was nicely discreet regarding changes to the original. On first hearing I didn't detect many.

[@bryanseale2031]

agree, thought it was an interesting adaptation.

[@mikesrecords0]

Astute observations. Hard to compare, but after several hearings, I think I prefer this rendition to any on guitar that I've heard. (e.g Williams' version pales in comparison. And, of course, Segovia did not play the music of Barrios.)

[@stringchild]

I heard a bit of trouble (miniscule) on the 3rd mvmt. I play this on guitar. Guitar is hard in general. The ones that proclaim otherwise are hardcore optimists. This sounds so Beethoven/Chopinesque on the piano. Beautiful.

[@jvranjes]

Very unusual to hear this piano version. Bravo.

[@clubpenguinwwe1]

algo me tiene asombrado e impactado le e oído la catedral a muchos guitarristas de alto nivel muy prodigiosos y profesionales, sabemos que esta pieza fue escrita para guitarra originalmente sin el primer movimiento pero de todos los guitarristas que e escuchado tocando esta pieza nadie la a interpretado correctamente y TU lo hiciste, creo que acabas de interpretar la pieza mejor que Barrios me dejaste impresionado me encantaría oírte en vivo no quiero causar polémicas solo es mi puntode vista

[@jibramlardizabal]

Exquisita obra.

[@minegishi1961]

Hermosa y fiel interpretación. Como alguien dijera, esta música suena mejor en piano que en guitarra. Lo que Barrios quizá deseaba hacer era eso: Música para ser interpretada en cualquier instrumento con excelente calidad.

[@elioespinola8754]

A mi me gusta más en guitarra3

[@lorenzopone869]

Congratulation for this magnificent transcription, that shows how this masterpiece of Barrios has unieversal value, depth, sensitivity and eternal beauty. Would it be possible to ask you the score of this transcription?

[@paologiambertone7172]

Albeniz used to be a gift from the piano to the guitar. Here I see the other way around, with a great performance :)