The Fall of Birds - Nikita Koshkin

[@PanterAmetal100]

If extreme metal music was composed initially for classical instruments, then it would be this. Especially this bit at 04:40, sounds a lot like typical black metal. Nikita Koshkin is truly a genius and a National Treasure!

[@АлександрДанилов-н5я]

Одно из самых лучших сочинений Никиты Кошкина! А исполнитель Игорь Лихтман просто безупречен, как музыкант и интерпретатор!

[@marina_krukova]

Единственное во всем мире классное -зловещее , тревожное и трагичное - исполнение этой пьесы! Ни у кого больше не слышала такого " Падения птиц"!!! Браво!

[@BertGafas]

Beautiful. Exciting. Nikita Koshkin is without doubt one the greatest composers for guitar, ever.

[@ceef8688]

correct. Depth and humor of Poe, terseness of Hemingway, and mental urgency of Lispector.

[@jdane2277]

He's terrific. The Usher Waltz, and even his easy music for students is complex and highly enjoyable. Like Domeniconi, a true treasure for us guitar players.

[@robertoalexandre4250]

This is a mind-blowing, breath-taking performance, the ideal interpretation for me of this masterpiece. Mr. Lichtmann´s technique (I had not heard of this fine young musician) is in full service of the music. The guitar sounds wonderful, the acustics great: the colors, the dynamic range, the crystal clarity. The intensity he conveys is wildly passionate, and he´s in total control of everything. He ownes the piece. Koshkin is a major composer who has created an alternative idiom (slavic) for the guitar, very different from the traditional Spanish, Segovian or Latin American traditions. I hope the composer has seen this performance as this surely can be considered just as much a reference of Koshkin as Bream´s interpretation of Britten´s Nocturnal.

[@AngelSustain]

Totally agree

[@lawcch]

Perfect performance and excellent playing this beautiful Nikita Koshkin's music.

[@rjlchristie]

Excellent, great voice separation and dynamic control. Sonority is typical of short nail or flesh/fingertip attack in right hand.

[@michaeldandorfer]

Hey Igor, nach langer Zeit hab ich mir dein Video mal wieder angesehen. Es ist sowohl technisch als auch emotional ein absoluter Genuss. Beste Grüsse aus der alten Heimat Amberg:)

[@withmorphine]

Outstanding. It just blew me away. Thank you, Mr. Lichtmann.

[@MrBachianas]

Igor, that was just brilliant. This is the first Koshkin piece i've listened to besides the Usher Waltz. I was very pleased to hear you playing this piece. You clearly a master guitarist. Also, the acoustic of this church is amazing. I will defeintley look for my pieces that you play. Peace. Ohad

[@igorlichtmann6206]

Thank You Ohad! Very pleased to hear that! All the best!

[@LackadaisicalWizard]

It's 3:58 am and I'm up listening to BBC 3 Radio, through the night. And this is playing!

[@Kingeroy]

Sincerely impressed by the piece and its interpretation. Bravo Messieurs Lichtmann, Koshkin et Gnatek.

[@aaparky7039]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@BenDiamondGuitarist]

I listen to this so often. I just cant get enough of the dynamic range and phrasing! and such an outstanding piece. Koshkin was such a gifted composer and you take such musical ownership upon this piece. I hope to play it myself someday...

[@rjlchristie]

Yes. Very short nails (this certainly applies to fingertip technique also), allows a full dynamic range. Unlike medium-to-long length nails, players using flesh attack can get fortissimo without the sonority ever becoming metallic/nasal in character.

[@necroshock8144]

Koshkin is still alive!

[@huber104]

Fantasic! Bravo! Thank You!

[@onenonbeliever3287]

Utterly blown away. Masterful control of every stroke, excellent colors and interpretation. It's been a very long time since I 've been so enthralled by a performance. Superb recording, sound and location as well. -With heartfelt appreciation.

[@lawcch]

So awesome performance of this amazing music THE FALL OF BIRDS composed by Nikita Koshkin and he is always creative musician, composer and guitarist.

[@дядявася-н7д]

Это магия. Отличное исполнение. Как- будто спектакль посмотрел.

[@pisces4762]

How can one play this? And even so beautifully! I am deeply impressed.

[@mattmartin6804]

Brilliant performance of a work by one of my favourite composers of all time! Thank you for posting!

[@PeterTerpstra7]

Thank you Igor for this beautiful music.

[@trismegian2410]

bravo davvero! Splendida esecuzione per una splendida musica

[@petertammer9846]

Superb. Thank you very much. Simply breathtaking.

[@eriktempelman2097]

Bravissimo! Excellent performance. Thanks for sharing..!

[@carlose.johansson739]

Exciting piece and explendid performance 💐

[@danielrabinovi]

phenomenal player!

[@mihovilvalcic258]

Beautiful.

[@oceanjaws]

Wow. Beautiful!!!

[@АлександрДолгополов-л8ф]

Какое мастерство ! Браво !

[@igorlichtmann6206]

Spasibo, bolshoye! o4en prijatno!

[@markaitkenguitar]

That was incredible. Exceptional dynamic control.

[@igorlichtmann6206]

Thank you mark! Great to hear that!

[@bzeliotis]

Excellent performance of a great guitar piece.

[@stasnorochevskiy]

Brilliant performance!

[@tritone3284]

Beautiful and exquisite.

[@DanielsFreeStep]

A beautiful interpretation. Thanks for this

[@alkssmith9762]

Very impressive performance! Bravo!

[@denyssazanov2544]

incredible👏👏👏

[@bzeliotis]

Excellent!

[@jadeackroyd5750]

Well played, great expression.

[@professoralexandra9722]

absolutely remarkable. The toccata is so hard, his playing is unbelievable.

[@abderrahimjamari9929]

SUPERB INTERPRETATION !

[@kristynaburianova2357]

Best performance! Love it. :-)

[@aidanguitarshamiwhatever]

Bravo! Artistry at its best!

[@rodericksibelius8472]

Igor Lichtmann = You are right now in the SEAT of ‘Julian Bream’!!! Bravo Maestro. This is PERFECTION, the Music, the Virtuoso, the Sound Engineer, the Camera man and KZbin to bring this set of musical ideas for our HUMANITY to ENJOY. I have been a fanatic listener on the Classical Guitar scene since the ‘mid-70s’, I know all the GRANDMASTERS of Classical Guitar Virtuosity as well as Flamenco Guitarists. Yes the Birds are Falling Off the Sky, as a result of BEING COOKED as INSIDE a MICROWAVE OVEN, from our modern electrical / electronic engineering electromagnetic POWER density of the 5G signals which are microwave frequencies transmitted to our 'iPHONES', cell phones. and causing non-ionizing cellular damage to our internal organs. This music EVOKES ALL THE CHAOS that is HERE TO STAY. A Tribute to NIKOLAI TESLA.

[@brambakker9104]

Amazing. Love the performance. Out of this world. Thanks for sharing.

[@christiandietachmair334]

Absolutly Brilliant !

[@trevorhughes6254]

Astonishing!

[@mattbacon285]

great playing of an interesting - and I think underplayed - masterwork! Haven't listened to this one in years, good thing it came up in my recommendations or I might have forgotten about this one.

[@mahngo07]

Super Great!

[@ΝίκοςΧρόνης-ω6γ]

great piece and great playing!

[@musdoc]

Excellent

[@trevorhughes7208]

Brilliant!

[@cazdinleyenkamyonsoforu4174]

This is the power of music!

[@LilyAraqelyan]

Oh my God, incredible !!!!

[@kristynaburianova2357]

Great performance, I love it! :-)

[@Carmine_Catalano]

Impressive..!!!

[@iva.guitar]

Favorite interpretation of this piece.Well done :D

[@gustavivanov376]

great!

[@chorromoco483]

Pretty cool!

[@DenianArcoleo]

Wow! This is one of the best classical guitar performances I've ever heard, wonderful. The guitar sounds massive, like a pianoforte, is there any acoustic enhancement on the recording (digital reverb, compression etc) or is this the natural sound in the church? Incredible playing regardless.

[@robertoalexandre4250]

Totally agree with you, I imagine that the acustics of the church plus the right way of miking the performance make for the really big sound. Although, it´s a result you probably wouldn´t get in a carpeted living room. So, the recording does capture very well the nuances and dynamics, even though the biggest guitar sound is always pretty small no matter what (if compared to other instruments). I would imagine some enhancement to make the sound clearer as in the acustics of stone churches, the sound loses in clarity what it gains in dynamics and "loudness".

[@Soytu19]

This is a masterpiece played amazingly. The piece really has a very special personality, so familiar to me in a strange way, like happens with almost every kind of music that i end up liking. But apart from that this video has a lot of artificial reverb and echo, a lot. But since the recorder machines can't catch the acoustic reality in it's entirety then it's reasonable to do it. It is surely an amazing performance, but the question to make should be: why not add reverb to this if it could sound as amazingly as this? I would do it. But in the reality there would be no reverb, so it's problematic to get used to it. I'm sure i'll play this piece someday, oh yes, that's for sure. Just a point out of place. Look at his pinky finger of the left hand hahah strange form. Doesn't seem like it's being about to break in one moment or another? hahah. But actually it has a very good form to push two notes at the same time hahah

[@robertoalexandre4250]

Granted! But the performance, notwithstanding, sounds like a recording: this sound is simply, as far as I know, not possible in reality (i.e. if this fine musician were playing live in front of us), or would not be anyway near as smashing as it is in this recording/filming.) As for recordings, the artist is entitled to do whatever he wants and the result is esthetically pleasing (there are many guitar recordings which do so). However, I often prefer a recording that captures as closely as possible the real and natural sound of the guitar in an acustically-ideal environment (certainly a carpeted living room would downsize even the most ressonant guitar), It´s good his pinky didn´t fall off, ha, ha, or he wouldn´t have made this awesome performance! The piece is a bitch, and only a master can pull it off at breakneck speed (the Toccata) with full-rounded tone and dynamics. By all means study and play the piece, it can only make you better.

[@Soytu19]

Sad but true, this wouldn't be possible in reality. But the the guitar sounding in your face is awesome (i mean not literally). It has something special, i don't think the piece would lose much of what you hear here. So far the only guitarists that i know that does not apply any kind of sound effect to the guitar is our friend Viktor Van Niekerk and Segovia (listen him playing Ponce, for instance, raw and pleasant guitar). I think because both were too proud of themselves too let themselves improve their own music with cheating/false techniques hahahah Certainly, Viktor has achieved a very good sound. And it is admirable the sound he does. But i would like to hear more pieces played by him and see if it is possible to keep that sound with other pieces. Because the guitar is such a fucker instrument that may change your sound, not only from one day to another, but also when playing one piece or another. I think you know it ahhah

[@igorlichtmann6206]

Great Guys! Nice vivid conversation right here, over the natural acoustics of a church. :) No additional reverb, or acoustics were added to the recording. It's a we had 4 mikes. 2 in the room, 2 in front of the guitar. The mix allowed us to have a very balanced yet deep and clear picture (as i think). My only goal as a performer and artist is to do justice to the composer and the music as good as possible. The guitar is indeed a very limited instrument... and my answer to that is..... trying not to play in rooms full of carpets on the walls! :D hahah.... cheers guys!

[@RoniGlaser]

Hey this is great!!

[@marioramosribeiro7869]

A real master of the guitar

[@chorromoco483]

Reaaaally cool

[@asjey12]

Belissimo

[@AcousticLibrary]

awesome !!

[@petertammer9846]

Hello Igor, I have a friend who is much too shy to ask you, so he has asked me to ask you if you have any CDs out? Like me he was very impressed with your playing. Also, did you use a multi-cam set-up for recording this lovely piece?

[@-musicharmony7086]

Brilliant! Sounds awesome. Does anybody know the luthier of this guitar??

[@igorlichtmann6206]

Hey, Thank you so much. My guitar is made by Zbigniew Gnatek from Sydney, Australia

[@peterluth]

eccezionale

[@anatolyFedotov]

Браво

[@esveteken2276]

Harika bir beste,harika bir yorum

[@PedroVonWorzelburger]

You can always hear the rock influences in Koshkin's music, quite a unique musician.

[@MarkInLA]

Stupid response from a moron

[@ray66antonio]

master on tonebase

[@humol3731]

👍👍👍👍

[@heanjie]

nice.

[@ramdav8950]

❤

[@nbnguitar]

Igor from Tonebase?

[@ClassicalGuitarMusings]

Guitar virtuoso

[@niklandry3554]

I'm looking for an armrest like that, anyone know where I can order one?

[@Andique1]

+Nik landry I think, the armrest is build with the guitar. To build in afterwards is too difficult and too expensive, i think. But look here: www.guitarrasdeluthier.com/en/news/new-guitar-armrest/19 It costs 42€ (without shipping) I have an armrest from David Qualey. Look here: www.david-qualey.com/rapidcartpro/styled-3/ It costs 100€ Probably i sell mine. 40€ without shipping. I am from germany.

[@niklandry3554]

***** thanks! I've found an armrest from one of my teacher's old students so I'm good now

[@kitharfiddle]

What kind of guitar is Mr. Lichtmann playing? Looks like a real Bouchet!

[@igorlichtmann6206]

Hey! I'm playing a Zbigniew Gnatek guitar from Sydney, Australia!

[@MarkInLA]

I can't improve on the accolades below !! I can only say 'ditto' !!!!

[@romanoznobishin947]

очень!

[@oriraykai3610]

If birds ever fall for real, we are doomed! 😳

[@joshuagonzalez3916]

That's indeed the point of the piece.

[@under88Me]

Is this a Manowar song accidentally played on acoustic guitar?

[@igorlichtmann6206]

yep, was gonna play Warriors of the World and somehow this came out...

[@DubElementMusic]

easy

[@hectorcortes3236]

00

[@mgcb]

Весьма недурно.

[@honeydeer6647]

Stop mouth breathing at the start

[@igorlichtmann6206]

Will do

[@honeydeer6647]

@@igorlichtmann6206 lol

[@ЭлектроникаиэлектротехникаРемо]

Странный гриф у гитары, без вставки в середине. Как будто дешёвый китай

[@joshuagonzalez3916]

You clearly do not know about classical guitar construction.

[@4esnok]

Чтобы Кошкин не сочинил все равно Ашер вальс получается. Печально.

[@ДаниилПылин]

...

[@gtrmusic69]

In my opinion he should have taken out the nose ring before recording this

[@igorlichtmann6206]

Oh man... i'll definitely tell him to ask for your opinion next time!

[@rjlchristie]

I thought it was a rogue mole that needed medical scrutiny. I must get my spectacles strengthened.

[@GGuRchiK14]

How long was you learning it?

[@gianlucacasamichela6737]

Imita mussorgky una notte sul monte calvo