Jeff Beck - Adagietto from Gustav Mahler's 5th Symphony (audio only)

[@ClarenceHW]

The intonation whether bending with hands or the whammy bar is flawless, incredibly beautiful and soulful. At least he left at the top of his abilities, there will be NO comments such as "yeah he's good but you should have heard him 20 years ago." A continual evolution.

[@ElSmusso]

for you… kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKatpKWYnNV0g5o

[@stephensmith799]

You are right. And it’s all the more remarkable that a guitar is a ‘mean tempered’ instrument, meaning it is equally out of tune in all keys. It’s very hard to work around this with bends and varying finger pressure though easier with ‘fat frets’. I don’t think Beck can be classed as an ‘influential guitarist’ because he is not copy-able

[@ClarenceHW]

@@stephensmith799 Yes sir, well said. The Ronnie Scott's version of "Where Were You" is stunning as well.

[@stephensmith799]

@@ClarenceHW The Ronnie Scott’s performance is probably his best ever, but his playing in Japan is about equal and before a tremendously appreciative audience. I really can’t find adequate words of admiration

[@cynthiamclaglen5687]

@@stephensmith799 A pity these words of praise were not said and shouted from the biggest mountains a long time ago in Great Britain;- for America and Japan were his biggest fans! His own country hardly noticed it seems. Cynthia Allen McLaglen

[@mftubeyou]

Dear Jeff. I'm so sorry that I didn't discover your music when you were still with us. You were truly a one-of-a-kind genius that could express so much feeling with your playing. I wish I could have seen you live. Now I have to do with all the amazing videos recorded with you. RIP

[@abrazalves]

No one would believe this Is possible. How Jeff Beck did it... It's a dream.....thank you

[@chunyemalerguognimamuol2506]

The one and only guitar player. He is the greatest player to explore all the possibilities that the electric guitar could hold, and a pioneer of astonishing virtuosity. My life has been with his innovative music for nearly a half-century. Deepest salute to him. Overflowing with love and gratitude for him. So lonely and my heart is crushed. I don't know what to do. Miss you , Jeff… I have nothing but gratitude for him. Love you Jeff…

[@nicholascarlozzi1881]

I'm a mess listening to this then read your comment and it started again. I am still heartbroken. I met Jeff Oct.2022. He was gone 3 months to the day later. A Piece of me is missing. He was the one and only. A league of his own.

[@edgewound]

His touch and sense intonation is flawless. We were lucky to have him in our time. Rest well, Mr. Beck. Looking forward to what you and Jimi play together.

[@saultrue]

Only just heard this... Moved to tears. Dear God how was this even possible? Thank you britva817 for putting this here, and thank you Jeff, I think Mahler would have approved.

[@johntravena119]

A howling wolf sings Mahler. So beautiful.

[@Marco-zt4xu]

Only Jeff Beck can play a classic piece of such unique poignant beauty in a manner worthy of the original.

[@rolandfarmer]

Totally agree. One of the greatest compositions performed by one of the greatest players!!!😢❤

[@canuckowl]

I think Richie Blackmore was also capable. He had a classical background as well. I can't think of any others though.

[@Wilrizen48]

The Maestro! Nobody does it quite like Jeff Beck. The touch, the intonation, the absolute brilliance of his playing. Peace

[@ianddavidson1]

This link is to a violin piece, Women of Ireland, part of Sharon Corr's repertoire. I saw Jeff play this on a Stratocaster. Impossible I was told. Well I saw it. And here is a recording made in Moscow. Can you hear the talking in the crowd? No. No-one even breathed let alone moved. Enjoy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKDVaH2rfbOSp7s

[@nancyspencer296]

With your eyes closed you know it’s Jeff. The best!

[@KenChawkin]

Jeff said he used to love listening to classical music growing up at home. This is such a beautiful collaboration! It must have been a fulfillment for him and a special treat for the orchestra. Sublime!

[@cynthiamclaglen5687]

His mother was classically trained, and so he was influenced by serious music and wanted to use new invented sounds and ways of creating it, and he succeeded fantastically! Good on you Jeff Beck!! Cynthia Allen McLaglen

[@paulschipper9428]

RIP Jeff Beck you will be sorely missed

[@alexaalexa6524]

R.I.P. Jeff🌹👑

[@patriciacestare232]

He made his guitar sound like a violin..soo sooo beautiful..so sensitive..perfect notes

[@redhead5150]

Since I was 16 and in High School, heard Freeway Jam. Never stopped listening to Beck. Jeff does things that no one can figure out. A guitar god.

[@ronnieguitar99]

This isn't Yngwie shredding through Flight Of The Bumblebee is it. Jeff Beck is the real deal. When you look at his body of work, "Over,Under,Sideways,Down" to "I Ain't Superstitious" to "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" to this, and everything else in between. Simply the greatest rock guitar player ever.

[@teresathomley3703]

I'm glad to find someone close to my feelings about the Guv'nor. For me, Hendrix is 1, with Beck a close second. My own playing is heavily heavily influenced by JB. Even my mom, who isn't a musician, says the same thing. Beck is beyond all human comprehension- he is THAT good.

[@teresathomley3703]

@freedomisnocrime Check out Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scott's. It's on KZbin. Be sure and watch all of it!! Beck's expertise at utilizing the vibrato bar is beyond anything Leo Fender coulda ever concieved. The last song, "Where Were You," is incredible- it's made up almost entirely of harmonics with the vibrato bar. I agree- Rory was a great bluesman and Roy Gallagher (who was a big influence on JB) is just outta this world.

[@teresathomley3703]

@freedomisnocrime I actually dig some fusion but I completely understand why lots of folks don't. I'm selective- diMeola is a fairly boring electric guitarist. His flamenco stuff is good. I'm a McLaughlin fan- not only Mahavishnu but also Shakti, which is more like Hindu classical music. Late 70s fusion is not much better than Muzak!! Playing fast is all fine and good but what's important is whether or not you're actually SAYING anything. The Becks and Buchanans of the world are using actual words as opposed to electric diMeola- that shit's just gibberish. I'm a musical all rounder- I dig most any genre as long as the artist is naturally unique. I can rip through scales but if I'm just doing that then I'm not being especially musical. It's more like "you bastards should like me because I practice everyday" and that's arrogant as hell- and many of the virtuosi you mentioned seem to have that attitude. And bluegrass fiddle is extra extra good, friend. I'm a bluegrass person (mainly the guitar side, the Doc Watsons of the world)- there's this chick called Molly Tuttle who is as fine a picker and grinner as I've ever heard. You oughta give her a listen, if you haven't already.

[@elisa-uo1gs]

@freedomisnocrime you may also wanna check these ones : kzbin.info/www/bejne/laCWdHyXaNOlkKc (with Clapton) ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/iovPd4eYq8t-hqc (amazing cover of the beatles on TV) ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn3ChZuAZb5nipY (with Gilmour) ; and one last from his band with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Woods kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3TCm5Kar9CUjKc. I also like the full concert in Tokyo : kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGXInn13iK6oj6M

[@chrisvanderwalt790]

@freedomisnocrime Try the albums “Wired“ and “There & Back“

[@davidjohnson4304]

There simply aren't words to put into perspective the incredible feeling, emotion, majesty of this performance. Is this Jeff's finest ?

[@garynarducci8366]

Jeff Beck once said the Guitar can sing. He always proves it beyond any doubt. He is the greatest rock guitarist who ever lived.

[@edwinsamuel7625]

Oh my God..... What an amazing rendering by the great Musician.... Jeff Beck.... A haunting music by Mahler... Thank God for all these wonderful creations....

[@doubleotwentyone]

I'm a huge Jeff Beck and Mahler fan. What a gorgeous combination, he's the only guitar player who could do this convincingly.

[@CliveCarrollMusic]

I'm gonna have a go!

[@rolandfarmer]

Yes I totally agree with you

[@rolandfarmer]

Yes I totally agree with you

[@simonparker57]

I am surprised more modern musicians don't cover Mahler.

[@frederickmagill9454]

Yes, said it before, say it again. The Amazing Mr Beck, RIP.

[@ericellquist7007]

MAGNIFICENT!! I have been a Jeff Beck fan since the Yardbirds back in the sixties. Saw him with Jeff Beck Group in Boston in the seventies, and again on my birthday in Spokane in the nineties. What a great soul this man has, immortal....

[@chintones56]

This is amazingly beautiful and with such q depth of soul. We will miss you Jeff.

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

Beck and Mahler: a match made in heaven. I just wish I could see him playing this. Watching his mastery of the guitar is breathtaking.

[@SonicDreamMusic]

This totally needs to be released. Beautiful. It might be fair to say he can do more with one note than any other electric guitarist ever.

[@glebetronic]

Unbelievable. Incredible. Thank You Jeff Beck.

[@nancydemoss2945]

God bless you, Jeff Beck! And he did bless you with the gift of taking any sort of music and making it sing through your guitar. You will not be forgotten!

[@demitrac.9082]

GREATEST GUITAR PLAYER .... EVER !!!!!!

[@TerryTomlin]

Genius. Nobody comes close!

[@AudiophiliaChannel]

So musical. And he builds the movement so beautifully. And his touches and slides. Amazing musicianship.

[@marcusdavid8628]

Simply stunning. I’ve been going to see him play for years and had never heard this - thanks so much for posting this “demo”.

[@BrianRamseysg01]

The human synth making beautiful oscillation's with a unique skill set almost spiritual in its entirety. God Bless ya Jeff Beck

[@gismo55]

BEAUTIFUL!! Why has this not been released on any CD? JEFF BECK is the ultimate electric guitarist!!!

[@epipick]

Jeff is the innovator.

[@RonaldAndersenpressetjesten]

I did in fact ask him at a "Meet and Greet" session, because i´we heard this version above. And I discovvered this Mahler peace in the movie "Dead in Vennice" from 1971, and thougth is was a clear one for Jeff Beck to doo. He told med that he wasn´t fully satified with it, but... maby it will come on the next album. The next album however, became "Loud Hailer", so I fear thar it probberbly would newer come put. Jeff heard the peace on a classic radio station while fixing one off his hot rods.

[@jeffthelyon]

there's a whole cd's worth of classical he did with this orchestra at the same time as this. This got out by mistake and Jeff wasn't happy. I doubt we'll ever hear the rest.

[@TuckFrump-r9h]

@@jeffthelyon I suspect we will eventually hear these pieces. Survivors of the great musicians have a way of trying to monetize unreleased recordings. Sometimes there's a lot of crap (even in Hendrix's posthumous releases) but I don't think Jeff's unreleased stuff will be crap.

[@TheMoot1]

I don't think he was trying to rival the original, just honour it and enjoy doing a version of it - this is why people cover things - I think it is great that he is prepared to step out of his comfort zone and try to experiment with a classical piece in this way - the end result is quite powerful and reveals his wide and deep musical gift

[@iamanovercomer3253]

Jeff Beck is one of a kind 🎸🎶 🎵

[@rolandfarmer]

I Agree with you here

[@williamobryan682]

Gustave mahler was one of a kind.

[@PhukIT1865]

just brilliant. RIP Jeff. You left us with so much thank you

[@britva817]

Agree with you, Jeff's talent allows him to play classical music saving it's original beauty. Great master, one of a kind.

[@cynthiamclaglen5687]

Wow Jeff, very unusual indeed! Lovely to hear. You can hear this from Heaven, standing on a cloud, AS IT SOUNDS HEAVENLY! Cynthia Allen McLaglen

[@MrNickgregor]

Breathtakingly beautiful a true master at work I can’t think of another guitarist even getting close to this , I really don’t know or understand how Rolling Stone had him at no14 in the top 100 guitarist 🤷‍♂️ A true original who I don’t believe we shall see the likes of again but thanks for the music Jeff Beck

[@susankirkland3852]

God bless you Jeff ❤such beautiful creations 🙏🙏🎶

[@cindyrobinson3858]

It’s been said that the violin is the closest instrument to the human voice. Jeff makes it cry and sing, all at once.

[@primaldual]

He was no Guitar George, that's for sure. 😀

[@BobbyBecker-t9j]

TRULY A MASTER OF THE GUITAR,HOW SAD THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE! BUT HE LEFT US ,All THIS GREAT MUSIC AND HIS GOOD NATURE TO REMEMBER HIM BY🎸🎼🎶👍😎.R.I.P.JEFF🎸❤️

[@zaphodbeeblebrox3986]

This literally brought tears to my eyes. Masterpiece seems inadequate.

[@markprice4807]

Achingly perfect. Mahler would have loved this. Just totally brilliant.

[@ianddavidson1]

This is pure joy. Thank you.

[@ClifPayne]

WOW!!!! OMG! Fantastique, and Beck is perfect guitarist for this piece! He's the most lyrical and voice-like guitarist today.

[@RobertSmith-ix1cu]

Always mesmerized by Jeff's sweet playing.

[@davidefinco7901]

I do agree with Ronnie Guitar, jeff beck is the greates rock guitar player ever. And i add not only rock, he played and plays anykind of possible great music with his magical style taste choice of notes and the best tone ever. He is the greatest Maestro of Rock. I play the guitar and very humble I listen the Maestro Jeff Beck to have good time and be inspired by his music and talent. Grazie Jeff you make all of us dream

[@TerryTomlin]

Brought tears to my eyes. Jeff dying without warning is a tragedy.

[@britva817]

Yes, there are not so many people who can feel music like he does and can express feelings so good, so touching.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

There are many guitar players. And there is a guitar master.

[@usmessenger3199]

Greatest LIVING GUITARIST LEFT IN ROCK AND PURE MUSICIANSHIP.☮️🎼🎶🔊🎸😎 BOB.

[@JazTrance]

So incredibly gifted 😍

[@pappapsmotzer554]

Just beautiful.

[@johnranson342]

So beautiful Jeff.

[@pappapsmotzer554]

Miss you Jeff. And the masterful music., That no one can play. The master will not be forgotten.

[@00Phalanx]

Masterpiece from Gustav Mahler.

[@christiangossart9406]

Le virtuose de la strat sur du classique ,magnifique ,RIP ,jeff .

[@williamobryan682]

Only one . Has left us . RIP GEOFF

[@MyBarkingdog]

Congratulations on this find. I read that he did this and wonder why he didn't put it on Emotion and Commotion.

[@AlexDartGuitars]

I love Beck but I had never heard this, how moving and haunting, just beautiful - A

[@williamobryan682]

Great Great Great Gustave.

[@wayneporterfield6171]

I imagine the classical composers who wrote these works hearing them played like this on an instrument they couldn't begin to imagine. I wish we could see and hear there reactions to this modern master

[@wayneblanchard97]

There are several comments re: why this hasn't appeared on record etc. My understanding is that Jeff recorded some classical tunes that were presented to a record company (Deutsch Gramophone?) to gauge interest. There was interest, though I believe Jeff didn't feel ready to commit to the project. There was to have been a concert of him with the London Symphony Orchestra but that didn't pan out due to a shortage of preparation time. Hopefully he'll take a break at some point and dig into this idea.

[@kathmandoo]

Wayne Blanchard Lets hope!!!!

[@wayneblanchard97]

@Fairlight CMI And you are quite right! My question mark above suggests my uncertainty and your comment has prompted me to go have a look. It is EMI Classics that Jeff mentions. www.guitarworld.com/artists/dear-guitar-hero-jeff-beck

[@richardroskell3452]

Oh my goodness.

[@AlanMordue-hx5wv]

At first I thought it was something like an oboe, is it the saddest music ever written. I always think of Death in Venice and JF Kennedy's funeral when I hear it, al;so I love the chromatic glissandos/slides..What a great man!

[@Harmonicosscillation]

didn't know this existed. sooooo good

[@Sparrowhawk-wq2dd]

it has to be said Jeff Beck is the most emotional guitarist of the Galaxy

[@bengedalecia9393]

Uh................Jimi? But yes, Beck is the greatest electric guitarist...........from planet Earth :)

[@paulceniceros5514]

....in any alternative reality!🎸👈👱👍

[@johntravena119]

He obviously loves Melody - he’s a howling wolf. I’ve always loved this adagietto & I’m stoked to find a recording of him playing it.

[@thomasjensen3214]

@@bengedalecia9393 Jimi who??

[@hazelisaacs2201]

Mark Knopfler & Brian May….

[@sklag1]

Gives me goose bumps and the hair on back of my neck stand

[@patriciacestare232]

He had the best ear and touch I ever ♥ heard...yes violin like

[@kjc120255]

Jeff is the only one that could do this

[@neilgordon8145]

Nobody else has Jeff’s control of volume and whammy bar, which two things allow him to play like this. Amazing emotional and musical interpretation of a magnificent piece of music. Bravo.

[@iamanovercomer3253]

@@FURDOG1961 don't agree. Jeff Beck is one of a kind 🎸🎶 🎵

[@britva817]

I've downloaded it somewhere few years ago :) Yes, it's wonderful piece of music, Jeff never stop to amaze me.

[@nhannyheil6934]

Richie Blackmore could and Malmsteen also can and has

[@telis938]

Esas notas...trazpasan mi alma...lágrimas y paz, nunca las escuché antes, gracias ...me recuerdan cuando escuché FRANKIE'S HOUSE Jeff Beck Y Jed Liber...simplemente me llevan algo así como al cielo..la tranquilidad..paz q transmite, acaricia y también estruja, de verdad...duele, difícil de creer q ya No Más conciertos de Jeff...aunque nos dejó tantísimo...tenía mucho mucho más todavía que darnos, Dios no se equivoca, lo sé, creo que quiere q ahora toque sólo para El. Jeff...irrepetible, unico, inmejorable, sencillo, desde lo etéreo directo a nuestro interior inevitablemente. Ya te extraño muchísimo y..nunca te ví en persona....pero Sí conocí buena parte de tu hermosa alma Descansa en paz y Felíz..ahora no te falta Nada, estás con tu creador, con el mismísimo Amor perfecto..y te abraza tan tiernamente como nadie lo hizo jamás, sorry...sí ando muy sentimental...y pasará el tiempo...lo bueno, al ratito ahí en el cielo te conoceré, yo y miles de personas q también te quieren.

[@juancarlosdiez4778]

Genio total!!!!

[@paulr.4968]

His guitar is his vocal instrument & he sings it oh so well.😪

[@kenhoward3512]

A touring bandmate (Carmen Vandenberg) once said of Jeff Beck, "He's always playing guitar, like 8-hours a day. He plays when he's making breakfast." That may be a bit of hyperbole, but I'd believe it. That level of connection shows. His playing and music choices so often bring surprises.

[@thomasjensen3214]

Funny, I read somewhere, that he never practices!!

[@kenhoward3512]

@@thomasjensen3214 When you get to this level, I'd imagine "practice" takes on a somewhat different meaning than playing scales. It may contain another bit of hyperbole but Brian May, of Queen, was quoted after Jeff Beck's death as saying Beck "was always either playing guitar or working on a car, with nothing in-between." (Beck was into building American hotrods).

[@thomasjensen3214]

@@kenhoward3512 yeah, I heard that!! And Brian said, Jeff said he was even better, when he played at home😄

[@MattRichardsMusic]

Stunning! That's all I can say.......

[@MarkColeman-s1v]

A brillant artist, the best.

[@mylifesamessandashambles]

lovely rework , always reminds me of the love theme from Blade Runner.

[@michelelsayegh3058]

Even though it was played o an electric guitar ,it touched my heart deeply.very very nice

[@biffdorkinton555]

Dear god, universe, etc..thank you for Jeff Beck.

[@srfgrn]

I was (pleasantly) shocked to find this -- I had no idea!

[@pianetavivo7902]

emozione allo stato puro.

[@cynthiamclaglen5687]

I am sure that Jeff Beck's Parents would have been proud of him, since she was a trained pianist and did not want him to hear Pop Music. He had been already influenced by her and his Dad liked Jazz. I understood this at school, because my mother was also a RAM student, and his Uncle played Jazz in his car. In the end he was able to bring out this side of himself and enrich his own music with it, as he understood and loved all kinds of music from all over the world. Royal Academy Students were encouraged to collect folk and other music from all over the world, and that was a very good thing, as it had such a good influence on music students. Although Jeff did not go to RAM, his mother had all that influence all around her. Jeff got that influence anyway from his own background and heard Brahms, Bach, Rachmaninov etc, as a child. It really did have an affect. Cynthia Allen McLaglen

[@Theraldave]

This is amazing

[@newill7732]

Ash, rose wood and a whammy bar with a musical genius.

[@fanofgreatguitarists]

The touring impracticality point is made by Jeff on pp 432-433 of Martin Power's bio of Jeff.

[@olgarebman2538]

BRAVO! BRAVISSIMO!!!

[@chunga668]

RIP Jeff 2023--01-11

[@tomzanone2324]

Perfect pitch.

[@fortunatomartino9797]

His guitar hovers between a string instrument and a horn in sound Haunting and terrible pain in his rendition Beck expresses Mahler's pain better than the original orchestration

[@s13hgp]

GOAT, for the record Hendrix died 53 years ago. Beck was consistantly evolving and improving, lets not live in 1970!!

[@ronbo11]

So excellent! Thanks

[@michellebagy7557]

Beautiful 🖤🖤🖤

[@EricMartin-u6n]

Beautiful .

[@ulrichgreiff6183]

Sensationell

[@zigzag2510]

The guitar player from outer space...

[@karenreardon5398]

Heaven is so lucky to welcome 🏡 him. ❤😢

[@markrobinson8410]

the control beck has on electric guitar is astonishing!

[@iamanovercomer3253]

Jeff is one with the 🎸

[@richardhanson8553]

Awesome sound

[@sorayaraed1527]

Amazing ❤

[@robmacd96]

AMAZING

[@spareroomdemos2006]

Amazing