Kazuhito Yamashita plays Die Zauberflöte

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[@yamatogawa]

山下が演奏すると聞き飽きるほど聞いた魔笛が全く別の曲に変貌して しまう恐ろしさ。そしてあの快速演奏の心地よさはなんとも形容しかねる。 拍手喝采だわさ。

[@KMT9999]

This was the opening piece of the legendary concert which included the Pictures at an Exhibition in its program. Although the recording is poor, the performance is phenomenal from the very first chord. No one plays it so powerfully. This rendition posed such a daring challenge to the orthodoxy that the audience is reported to have started an emotional debate right after this first piece.

[@RodrigoMunozCarrasco]

Yes there was an emotional debate after the concert, I can testify to that because I was there and I was one of those people debating

[@reynaldo121]

@@RodrigoMunozCarrasco There was a big applause after the piece. Did the audience stand? Very unusual if they did. Applause is generally given after the first half and end of the concert and ,of course, after every encore.

[@RodrigoMunozCarrasco]

@@reynaldo121 You know it was so long ago that I don't remember if that's the case (it could be) I do know that there was raucous applause and a long standing ovation and we asked for 2 or 3 encores at the end of the concert, and yes after the concert there was a divided audience, I loved it myself btw

[@reynaldo121]

@@RodrigoMunozCarrasco I read Matanya Ophee's glowing review of the 1984 concert a while ago and watched the entire recorded video of the concert and encores. It must have been a special concert. Here's a link to Mantanya's writing about Yamashita and the concert. translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=guitarra.artepulsado.com/guitarra/cronicas_yamashita.htm&prev=search&pto=aue

[@RodrigoMunozCarrasco]

@@reynaldo121 cool! thank you

[@グッチーひとし]

彼の存在を知ったのは題名のない音楽と言う番組がありましたが、その時に妹さんと一緒に何かのギター曲を奏でていたのを思い出しました。今から何十年も前の出来事なので詳しくは思い出せませんが、若くして世界一のギタリストとして紹介したのを思い出しました。番組の中ではオーケストラと共演して大変難しい曲でギターとオーケストラのとっても早い曲確かチゴイネルワイゼンだったと思いますが、ギターのいろんなテクニックを駆使して自分でアレンジしながら素晴らしい演奏をしたのを思い出しました。あの頃はまだ高校生位だったと思いますが、もうすでに世界1のギタリストになっていましたのでこれから先どんなギタリストになるのだろうと思っていましたが、現在の演奏活動がどうなっているのかとても気になります。もしKZbinを通して最近の動画が見られたら幸いです。ありがとうございました。

[@fmorgan351]

I was witness to Maestro Yamashita's performance at Royce Hall/UCLA in the late 1980s. He will remain the most expressive guitarist!!

[@serenadeduo]

His connection to the melody is masterful. He is exciting and entertaining, but always makes it about the music, never about him. He is a true Maestro!

[@theamazingbrokenman]

Technique & Spirit. Great rendition!

[@seremerow]

he know every note that he can play

[@lachi1905]

Pienso lo mismo. Lo he encontrado 1977 en la competición de Alessandria y era ya fuera de serie. Tocó Aranjuez en la final y nosotros guitarristas buenos mas 'normales' éramos fascinados de su increíble tecnica y potencia de sueno, tambien pero un poco perplexos de su musicalidad. Pero es talvez lo unico realmente grande virtuoso de guitarra...

[@betterdayz2011]

This is just brilliant. I wish I could play this in competitions with such ferocity, passion, and energy

[@TSgitaar]

I love it! While this piece is almost always played like a showpiece, Yamashita just takes it to the extreme. While it is very fast in some places, it is also very musical. A lot of contrast between the slow and fast movements, beautiful and metallic sounds and loud/soft. Of course it is not at all required to play this piece this fast, but in the end this is a piece that asks for showing of in my opinion.

[@bagiaibach]

It's not arrangement. Sor composed it for guitar originally. This Theme is from Mozart Opera "Die Zauberflöte"

[@violaoale]

Sor wouldn't believe his eyes.

[@curaticac5391]

Indeed :-) ! And his ears... .

[@alchemist1111]

Would you go as far as to say it would be a sight for Sor eyes?

[@alexandreluizalves]

@@alchemist1111 yes...we could say that

[@kareizaamune429]

@@alchemist1111 Beautifully thought.

[@markoradojkovic00994]

Fantastic.

[@NathanTax]

How I would love to have such energy! The man must be in a continuous arousal playing this piece. Aside from a musical point of view (romantic interpretation of a non-romantic piece -- much like Segovia's rendition by the way) it is a very interesting way to play it...

[@betterdayz2011]

Brilliance.

[@oksanapaschenko]

Yamashita the best !

[@Gatsbi]

2nd movement of 2nd variation, where you get the finger muscle cramps. Is it only me or anyone else? (Not talking about the speed of Yamashita, but just regular player speed)

[@noamkanterguitar]

this is arranged by sor, not yamashita. its called variations on a theme of mozart.

[@tieungaogiangho4361]

great...

[@TaChunChen]

It is indeed very fast, but to be honest I am not sure I like it. The best version I've ever heard was performed by Parkening, which is with slower speed but very beautiful.

[@bonhaguitar9]

@noamboyk Possibly the fingerings and notes on the fret board are arranged by yamashita?

[@seremerow]

challenge the limit of guitar.amezing

[@doragon0325jp]

すごい！としか言えない。

[@森山愛子-h8y]

世界最高峰　天才　山下和仁

[@bonhaguitar9]

Can you post other videos?

[@Panipinky]

Is he a human?

[@khangal189]

Mozart would have been so proud.

[@franklynzhu6590]

Oh my god

[@afrcanus1992]

이거 92년도에 본 동영상이다 ;;

[@Strafola]

Some variations are slower than Segovia's

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

at first I thought, "what? this is not "The Magic Flute"! but yes, it is Fernando Sor's "variations on a theme" from said Singspiel... it is the little song that the slaves sing when Papageno plays his bells near the end of act one. "Das klinget so herrlich, das klinget so schön, la ra la la la la... nie hab ich so etwas," etc... something like that; please forgive my bad German spelling.

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

and yes, this is a bad recording, sound-wise... and he plays most of it too fast... he hits all the right notes but it still ends up sounding wrong... all technique, no heart.

[@goph999]

He is making fun of this shitty piece. Very well

[@basenjiguitar]

toda la música del periodo clasicista vienes fueron pensadas en el virtuosismo, si Mozart escuchara las interpretaciones de su música en guitarra se reiría

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

for all his talent, you'd think someone would've bought him a guitar that doesn't sound so foreign and tinny.

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

yeah, no, not good... too fast!

[@78obsession]

No good interpretation. It isn't Sor

[@KevinToine]

All technique, but no music.

[@patrickyasko7443]

Kevin Toine i dare you to do better ;)

[@reynaldo121]

There was a lot of music in his playing. A lot of prominent classical guitarists were in attendance at this guitar festival in Canada (David Russell one of them) and this was the first piece in a very demanding program by Yamashita. By the way, he got an unprecedented roar of approval and a standing ovation for just the first piece!!!

[@長谷川敬子-g3c]

ギターと身体が一体化して曲が表現出来る人。綺麗常に完璧に調弦しながら弾く。

[@Benzebuth18]

So much technique but so little heart :./

[@patrickyasko7443]

Benzebuth obviously you have no idea what intimacy is because thats all this 8 minute video is between Yamashita and that fucking guitar ... If that guitar was a , she'd be walking crooked for a few weeks...

[@田中真澄-p9b]

巨匠山下和仁と同年輩のエリオット・フィスク氏がおられるが、速弾きを武器の演奏を披露されているが、最早崩壊している。山下巨匠との比較は甚だ困難てすね。パリ国際ギターコンクールで優勝されて間もなく半世紀になるが、これほどクリアに正確に、ダイナミックに演奏される人は出てこない。ギターをホールで他の弦楽器に負けない音量の楽器として意識されて演奏する人は未だ現れない。