The 4 Seasons 'winter'

I believe that Kazuhito Yamashita is a genius.

[@bugisami]

Here on Earth Yamashita is considered a genius, but he is might be average on his home planet.

[@TantoFaz13]

pretty sure he's a genius in Japan too

[@dafooddestroyer6499]

Dom Pedro II he means that he’s out of this world

[@AndreasNilsson96]

R/ woooosh

[@BastidoresdaHistoria]

@@TantoFaz13 Olá meu nobre imperador

[@TantoFaz13]

@@dafooddestroyer6499 Oh, sorry it took so long... What I implied was that Japan was another planet. (Amazing people there).

[@Tundra112233]

I love how Kazuhito looks over at Larry at 1:31 as if he's saying "Fucking watch this shit you noob".

[@cmat45]

AMEN!!!

[@LEONINMusic]

Tundra112233 hahah "now comes that part, dude"

[@Badosureinhardt]

Dude was simply not up to the task...

[@Andreas-yy8uk]

OMG you are right!!!

[@bbbeats72]

😂

[@cal679]

yamashita's articulation is amazing

[@Hermeterec]

from Jose' Sepulveda, the Kid From Brazil........Kazuhito Yamashita is so good that I almost feel that I don't need to ever watch any other classical guitarist play. Nobody living today can surpass what he can do.....he is touched by God.

[@jodyirwin1046]

I love that I got here somehow to see and hear such music.

[@badmotherfarker123]

Yamashita's articulation is so clean! it defies explanation!

[@KMT9999]

I was in their concert in Osaka which took place a few days after this filmed concert in Tokyo. The fast scale played by Yamashita in Osaka was even more felocious than this. The whole audience went into complete silence after this movement as if we were all struck with lightening.

[@aliensporebomb]

Yamashita's fingerings are incredible (talk about painfully executed chords) more but importantly the result is very musical.

[@RhetoreeListen]

Gives me the chills listening to it. Amazing

[@rubendm77]

OMFG!!!!!!! This Yamashita Kazuhito is amazing!!! I love this arrangement for two guitars...

[@ethan.yoshiro]

本当にすばらしい😀今まで何回再生しただろう。

[@Hermeterec]

from Jose' Sepulveda, the Brazilian....El Hermeterec.......to everybody out there who heard and watched this video......you have just witnessed the greatest classical guitarist in the world, Kazuhito Yamashita! Larry coryell notwithstanding, this performance is amazing and there is nobody on planet EARTH who can surpass the great Kazuhito. Yes, even I think he sometimes plays things too fast , but it is simply a testament to his amazing technique! All hail Kazuhito, the leitmotif.

[@gmeister3022]

OMFG. That's one of the most amazing things I ever heard.

[@blake1971]

Yamashita to Coryell after the gig: "next time you practice more, Mr. Fumblefingers"

[@ruthzelda5217]

i guess, at least Larry had the confidence to play with the GOAT. he ended up looking like a fool though. if Kazu wanted me to play with him, i'd say "thanks, but no champ, you're better off without me".

[@letsdisagree]

My goodness what a truly amazing beautiful guitarist musician artist.

[@K-Viz]

Classical guitar, on a technical level, will always beat most other genres. Fingerstyle & Flamenco come close, but the discipline classical musicians have, from learning how to sightread, to clarity of notes, etc. comes second to none.

[@romulorougemont3313]

Not really. I don't think Yamashita can play Flamenco better than Paco de Lucia or Grisha Goryachev. Also, I don't think Yamashita can play Brazilian music better than Yamandu Costa or Alessandro Penezzi. And I am referring to technique when I state that (take a look, for instance, on the set of guitar techniques used by Flamenco guitar players which are simply absent in the repertoire of classical guitar)! It all depends on the chosen repertoire. I really don't know any guitarist that excels in all main instrumental genres, like e.g. classical, Flamenco, Brazilian/Latin music, and jazz. You can point out some distinguised guitar players in each of those genres, but I really don't know a single instrumentist that mastered all of them simultaneously. Here we have not the most accomplished jazz guitarist in terms of technique, playing a classical piece alongside with a very skilled classical guitarist. The result would be different if it was instead Al di Meola or Joe Pass playing with Yamashita. Moreover, can Yamashita play jazz?! I simply don't know, since as far as I know he has never taken a walk outside the sphere of classical music.

[@robertoalexandre4250]

Análise excelente e certíssimo. Claro, para tocar Vivaldi...aqui o Yamashita é dono do pedaço. Mas quanto ao estilo do Yamandu ou do flamenco ou do jazz...ele poderia até aprender as técnicas digitais (preparo para qualquer dedilhação, ele tem...haja vista suas transcrições de "Quadros de uma exposiçã"...) mas o "feeling" a "cultura" dessas musicas vãoi além. Sem dúvida, ele toca coisas musicalmente muito mais complexas do que as do Yamandu ou Antonio Rey, mas a música erudita é isso, música mais elaborada..embora sem as inflexões ritmicas na musica do Yamandu ou do Grysha ou Joe Pass. Todo um swing ou uma pegada...não acho que seja a praia do Yamashita como não seria do Pepe Romero (Você imagina Pepe tocando Bossa ou choro? Seria uma coisa estilizada, algo se perde na "tradução" do espírito da coisa que não se reduz à mera técnica).

[@2cupojoe136]

Nope

[@leodi4169]

So underrated! One of the best guitar interpretations I've ever seen

[@ricointx]

1:33 Kazuhito throwing a quick glance at Larry: "OK Larry, watch how it's done."

Pensei nisso também. Magnífico

[@esnatzea]

This video is so old yet so good!

[@intervalkid]

Larry Coryell is not a technically accurate player but is a very passionate player, especially when improvising. That is what he is best at.

[@mischahayek3473]

That’s a polite way of saying he sounded like crap!

[@Baribrotzer]

@@mischahayek3473 Next to Yamashita, I suspect almost anyone does. And jazz doesn't requite the extreme precision that classical music does. Wynton - who has played both - once talked about his trouble with switching back and forth: - After he'd been playing jazz, his classical playing sounded rhythmically sloppy and his tone was raw and inconsistent. - After he'd been playing classical music, his jazz playing didn't swing and his tone had no feel or vocal quality.

[@jackreacher3499]

Painful to hear, especially the desynchronization between the pick and fingering.

[@einsam_aber_frei]

It is very hard to get every note precise and clearly articulated at this speed. You can’t compare with Yamashita!

[@llLeopoldStotchll]

simply and beautifully orchestrated.... no other words describe such a piece

[@lazyartist1327]

Hey r u alive

[@robertoalexandre4250]

This was one of those strange musical matches that who knows what producer proposed to make money. I always get the feeling that Yamshita, new to western glamour and fame, might have walked into this one unknowingly because something (like everything) was lost in translation. Larry Coryell was on an off night, playing music which isn´t his speciality and with a player who, not even in your wildest dreams, you´d expect him to cross paths with. I´m sure Coryell, a very well respected guitarrist probably regrets this, but which artist doesn´t go through embarassing moments? Oh, yes, also constant comments to "the guy on the left." With Yamashita, one doesn´t feel ego or the fact that he wants to blow Coryell away. I don´t get that. He´s just doing what he knows how to do: play the heck out of the guitar, and he certainly did that here, from the opening (those building chords in the Vivaldi transcription) to the fiery passages. Music suited for him, not for a guy with a pick and a steel-string guitar. At any rate, one should forget the bashing of Coryell as this is history and may still be enjoyed. How would an artist like to be judged by his worst moment continuously decades later? There is still music here, and the ridiculousness of the whole affair is just a curiosity. If it happened to me, I´d be laughing. No the producer of this little fair deserves to be in one of the circles of Dante´s Hell.

[@JoseLuiz10100]

Agree

[@seungkirishima7558]

was going to comment about this but I guess some ppl already got the msg themselves

[@franciscoaragao5398]

Exato, Roberto.

[@princedoge4586]

I feel what you’re saying, but I also see this as a meeting of two perspectives. Anyone who’s been classically trained knows how much harder tone quality and speed is on steel strings, and especially with that technique, it becomes harder to apply strength on each finger to match the classical guitarist. Similarly, steel strings being more tensile in quality makes playing them allow for dynamic sound and aggressive brashness, which just isn’t fit for intricacies of the piece, but the contextual harmony, as he did play to part. I think while some might be wondering why he’s on the stage with a steel guitar, one who knew well enough might consider instead the mash-up of modernity and classical playing

[@CLOCK110000]

This was not a strange match at all. They were recognized as two of the top players in the classical and jazz fields, who were enthusiastic about playing classical orchestral music on guitar. Before this stage and album release, Coryell had approached classical music in succession, such as Bolero (1981) and The Fire Bird (1983), so he was recognized as a fusion jazz guitarist who was positive and capable of playing classical orchestral music with a guitar. In addition, he was known for his virtuosity, having formed a trio with Al Di Meola and Paco de Lucía, replacing John Mclaughlin. For the producer, combining him with Yamashita, who had played Pictures at an Exhibition with a guitar (1981) and was arguably the most skilled classical guitar player, was a very natural idea to make guitar music fans' dream come true. Also, for both sides, this crossover might be a great promotional opportunity to expand the fandom to each other’s fields. The problem was that there was actually quite a gap in skill between the two. Though there were probably many jazz listeners who went to this venue to hear Coryell's performance and were attracted to Yamashita's play, I doubt if there were examples of the opposite.

[@77fonzo77]

Although Larry's parts didn't sound quite as good as Kazuhito, I think the performance was still good and I really love the moment Larry still keeps a smile on his face at 3:03 as he's finishing the song.

[@Skiink_X]

Hhh

[@urbsurbisf]

Quite as good? These were light years away from acceptable, let alone good 🙂 And that smile was a sign of a stroke he had after realising the epic f*ckup he unleashed upon the world.

[@nachfullbarertrank5230]

@@urbsurbisf why are we guitarists always such assholes to each other? jesus man can you shut up for one second

[@alexandreluizalves]

@@urbsurbisf agree

[@sam-sebe-gitarist]

Восхитительно! Бесподобно! Виртуозы гитары!

[@numberlock25]

you're not supposed to make mistakes when you are playing with a master

[@blake1971]

Yamashita to Coryell after the gig: "ah, Mr. Fumblefingers-you practice harder next time."

[@yurimunoz8639]

It becomes evident, while watching this video, that Mr. Coryell's technique is really deficient compared with that of Kazuhito Yamashita's. Yamashita is a genuine guitar genius; very few in the classical guitar world, up to this point have been able to match his musical prowess.

[@pyonpyon9394]

..ze Paulo Becker......

[@letspartyeverybody]

paco could play same speed and clean sound

[@JoseGarcia-gy5zo]

Paco (may he rest in peace), could play the same speed if not faster....while improvising....never truly having studied....he was a true genius born with a talent and self taught. Even at times he played classical all by ear and made it sound like crystal clear. He was a flamenco guitarist and had taught himself the technique that these spent years studying in school, and this is without mentioning all the other classical guitarists who spent years studying and came out better than Yamashita. So, to say that no one has been able to match his ¨musical prowess" shows your true and genuine lack of knowledge.

[@yw3745]

@@JoseGarcia-gy5zo You think Paco can do pictures at an exhibition at the same level? I'm a fan of Paco, and we can debate musicality all day, but I don't think anyone has reached or surpassed Yamashita in pure technique.

[@gustavoflorio5383]

@@JoseGarcia-gy5zo what other classical guitarists came out better that Yamashita? This is not a aggressive question... I'm really want to hear some of them!

[@andiecayne]

Just came across this, had never seen this with Larry Coryell (very much missed) I first recognised his beautiful Ovation that I first saw him play with Paco De Lucia and John McLaughlin in the first Guitar Trio Brilliant playing, Yamashita plays with such passion and Larry is great as always.

[@avbhinaya]

He is indeed, and what a joy to be behold and listen to him.

[@vgfjr505]

What I enjoy about Yamashita is his passion when playing.

[@bonachon77]

Maravillosa interpretacion

[@Pap3Ad0p0lu2]

i love how he plays with such a happines very nice duo interpratation

[@tooaestheticforme]

1:54 Casually tunes while playing

[@木下京子-j4t]

素晴らしい！！！！！ 感謝してます！！！ ありがとうございます素晴らしい演奏です！

[@somekoreanfob]

1:33 "il show you how this shits done..." :)

[@Ajax-322]

the best of the four seasons

[@XanAxDdu]

i prefer summer

[@boca1722]

KAZUHITO YAMASHITA tiene una tecnica impresionante! como me gustaria llegar a tocar asi!

[@0live0wire0]

Larry Coryell is giving jazz guitarists a bad name with this performance.

[@Aphex1son]

lmfao yea

[@violaoale]

AGREE.

[@urbsurbisf]

***** Stripping them of any name if you ask me... This rendition of his goes right into the les miserables hall of fame.

[@vanguard4065]

larry is wishing he never picked up a god damned plectrum 😂

[@joefagan9335]

Remember when you were a kid and you used to stick playing cards to the bicycle forks that would slap off the spokes to make you sound cool! I’d forgotten what it sounded like 😀

[@wastedbrains13]

ooooo beautiful they are great the best perfomance that i ever heard

[@AlexandreLuiz-ph8ns]

They???? No...... Only Yamashita was great here....Larry was lame😅

[@galexraza9455]

Yamashita is a genius.. The other guys is Just.... A party pooper

[@numberlock25]

amazing shit right there. look how fast and super clean he plays even pass the 12th fret. the guitar doesnt even have a cutaway

[@rc2kayy]

Concierto tan hermoso, no puede ser que Yamashita haya permitido tocar con el tipo de la izquierda!! Vaya manera de darle en la madre a concierto tan bello y mejor aun, transcrito para guitarra :3

[@jsilva210985]

wow ! 1:34 this is the best part.

[@alexanderlegal_3]

Me quedo maravillado ante tan maravillosa interpretación 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@TC5EMPTY]

YAMASHITA IS A GENIUS OMG, I'M SO GOING FOR HIS CONCERT

[@flyingsnow918]

Wow the music is very moving Thx for posting this

[@thearaban]

This needs more VIEWS!! This is awesome.

[@cosimovitale]

Favoloso, Complimenti, siete fortissimi

[@jairoalonsogonzalez9190]

De hombres el mejor para mi es kazuhito yanashita y de mujeres li jie ahi muchos buenisimos pero ps para mi elloss son los mejores del planeta para clasica❤❤❤❤😮

[@kaiqueluiz8401]

Rapaz fiquei triste agora, tava aqui tentando aprender a montar os primeiros acordes. Agora tô pensando em vender meu violão

[@guitar7j-chichi]

長崎に住む50代です 素晴らしすぎます

[@ylst8874]

Genius of Vivaldi.

[@fumizow]

山下さんのが一番いいね やっぱ早くないと冬の緊張感がでない

[@木下京子-j4t]

(・・;⚡❤す、す、すすすすす素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます！ 素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます🙏✨✨✨✨✨

[@marcos.fidelis]

A lot of ghost notes that must sound clearly!

[@darksion7777]

for the tabs : mininova, download (with torrent software) guitar pro 5 (or buy it) and then download on mininova 55000 tab s for guitar pro 5 and look for vivaldi : 4 saisons "hiver" (op.8, no 4)

[@theistews]

I would’ve loved to see Mozart or others composers seeing this in person

[@sarayjarmillo5015]

Yamashita y li jie los mejores del planeta gracias por existir

[@visualizadorful]

AMAZING, INCREDIBLE!

[@Kimhojung43200115]

On thie clip Classic Guitar beat Acoustic...

[@13Psycho13]

Hey guys I can play the ''Smoke On The Water riff''......

[@denn77r]

Noatak Kenway Exactly man. That’s what I’m saying.

[@Deadpooool]

lol

[@killerback01]

Its not about who is better. Its all about music...

[@MattAlexan]

Larry- BIG mistake even being on the same stage as Yamashita!

[@lohans6246]

Até no violão essa música fica foda ❤❤🎵

[@ЗаМир-и1ы]

Здорово Благодарю! Браво продолжайте творить радовать!😂🎉

[@unwrought9757]

I do not understand one thing: what is the second guitar for? If this is enough, I wanna then play something together with (let's say) Angello Debarre or Biréli Lagréne. I hope I could chatch few notes if it was not too fast..LOL

[@oterrivelivan]

FANTASTIC!!!

[@j3r3miasmg]

I would be terrified of only holding a guitar near to any of them..

[@leftalefta]

wow thas was so beautiful..

[@CptSnakeshit]

Now this is something else than all those terrible metal versions on the guitar of this piece. Bravo!

[@DrLuu1972]

One word....Amazing

[@PollastriP]

Simply awesome !

[@Respectthewilderness]

so funny at 0.010 kazuhito is ready to play and looks at coryell and he just thinks: i am so getting humiliated now...

[@giul64]

A chi ha lasciato commenti sul'eventuale confronto fra i due dico: Ma perche' non pensiamo solamente a goderci lo spettacolo e la musica?

[@223Hadoken]

this is what heaven must sound like well execpt for the dude with the glasses

[@ctmm9700]

Finalmente una versión donde el clímax está en una octava alta, así queda mejor

[@andorrasrevenge1683]

He is definitely a genni!

[@castellammare1]

Directly from Mars

[@Mj-pc2sy]

Yamashita is from another planet....

[@223Hadoken]

1:34 to 1:58 thats how shit gets done classical style

[@davidurciuoli8594]

Coryell has a very wide spectrum of styles, and compositions.

[@james_daniels]

Everyone is commenting on how bad Larry is but I don't believe he was bad. I feel they both were great. Obviously Kazuhiro kicked ass. I believe if Larry played finger style with a nylon string it would have been a lot better. Don't know what the hell he was thinking getting on stage to do a classical piece with an ovation steel string and using a pick, doesn't make much sense to me.

[@konyamee]

+james cava No, it's not the problem with the guitar and a pick. You can hear that Larry's fingers on both hands are just not getting syncronized at all, while he barely can follow the picking tempo. Which means, his being sucking is coming from his lack of exprience of playing in such an extremely high tempo, not from his unappropriate gear selection.

[@konyamee]

+james cava So I'm still gonna say, yes, he was seriously bad.. no offense to your opinion.

[@james_daniels]

Ok after listening to it again I'll have to agree with you. But I also feel like his lack of experience shows by his guitar choice and using a pick. A nylon string guitar allows for more smooth transitions on the strings. At least in my opinion. So maybe if he used the right guitar, fingerstyle, proper classical guitar positioning, and practiced more he wouldn't fuck up much. Then again maybe he would suck no matter what.

[@james_daniels]

ok so yea he was bad but not the worst playing ever. But still bad

[@konyamee]

Well, I play on both strings so I can tell you with sure.. Playing classical pieces on steel guitar is hard, but the most of the parts, it's not because the string is made of steel, it's just because the gaps between adjacent strings are too close. When I play some hard piece on steel guitar, I totally can handle the tempo but the difficult part is controling fingers to not to touch the adjacent string. It's pretty much impossible, my fingers are too thick. So what I'm trying to say is his gear selection was not wrong. Pretty sure that steel and nylon string duo was intended and it should had been reflected on transcription. Following that, using a pick is also good choice. Larry's part is mostly monotone scaling and chord stroke. No reason to use fingers instead of a pick. It would've been harder with fingers. I think there's absolutely no excuse for him, or only if he had some disorder. Don't get it wrong, I'm not arguing, I just simply couldn't bypass your defense for him. I've never known him but these video clips are so irritating disappointing and even insulting. You looked very nice person and I couldn't let a guy like you stand by the such guy, who sabotaged my danm auditory nerves, so the other numorous audiences', and the whole freaking stage. He should have begged a forgiveness of Yamashita and all of the audiences.

[@asherasator]

Best version of Winter on guitar.

[@TaiChiBeMe]

Yes, he is a genius.

[@daweiguo]

Truly amazing. I am shocked, moved, got drunk by it. Why they are not producing the other parts of the four seasons? Kazuhito is a legend. Who is the other guy?

[@palpalonpalpalon]

Actually in thia concert they played the whole four seasons

[@eyimen]

Who needs a cutaway after this? :)

[@Anton_the_Vampire]

That was fascinating to watch. Rather makes me wish that Yamashita-san had duetted with Al DiMeola though.

[@gilbertwalker3222]

Al sucks in fairness.

[@grinilifs3505]

i love this

[@davydyyz]

haha, the classical plays more clean than the other guitarrist :)

[@alexandreluizalves]

100000000%more

[@mrimmortalis]

@ahhhhhhhhdude he uses a steel-string guitar, which needs much more pressure on the strings than the plastic-string, so it's bit harder to play this kind of music on the steel-stringed one.

[@무음-h9y]

god of guitar

[@JessArguet]

Impresionante, demasiado talento

[@ptrefftz]

@insanmukmin1 I love classical music and I think it's great to hear new interpretations of different pieces.

[@m.d.1862]

Man the emotion in Yamashita

[@alfredokino1]

Ovation, metal strings, difficult classical piece adapted for two guitars, and the guy playing next to you is Yamashita. Not the best day for Larry...

[@detectordegados5292]

What does a ovation guitar has to do with anything? I know metal strings with appropriate tension for a steel string guitar (so .010s-.012s) will be much harder to play faster and clear but why this has something to do with ovation?

[@koki066]

1:33 O_O holly shit

[@jorpjorp]

They obviously both enjoyed playing together, I don't see why you have to put down anyone on a video like this

[@erict1917]

Magic.

[@ytbprem592]

crazy! unbelievable！