philomelodia (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I would say that he raised awareness of its potential to a wider audience. Some people knew the guitar could have great potential. Look at the orchestral works of Giuliani, the great works of Sor and Carulli, and the quintets by Boccherini. What Segovia did was make this potential known to a wider art music audience. I don't think the instrument needed rescuing from flamenco players bcz flamenco didn't always have guitar.

philomelodia (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

beautiful playing, of course. I think I like his rendition of this piece best when I hear it played on the guitar. Noone can make it sound as exciting on a guitar as it is on a violin though, not even Maestro Segovia.

JohnThePetru (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That's true, but it's a bit funny that i have this recording on a cd and all along the piece there's a great noise (due to a really old recording system), so i think they cleaned it, but ruined it at 2:25 :(

MerlinTheDraconic (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Whoa... huge noise at 2:25. Bleah, sounded like a fart. Ruined Segovia's wonderful playing for a second there.

twiddle7125 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...it sounds like some of the low strings are out of tune

DarkEmbrace1066 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love the film "Segovia at los olivos" he mentions rescuing the the guitar from the noisy hands of the flamenco players.

MBarrosss (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

lolyou right

duelmenub (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@MBarross That is a huge compliment to Michael Phelps.

duelmenub (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

More particularly he rescued it from the "noisy hands" of flamenco players. All he was saying is that guitar was a lowly folk music instrument about as respectable as the accordion when he was young. Not that there's anything wrong accordion music, but it just isn't involved in musical greatness. And in his time he alone knew that the guitar belonged at the top of the fore of great classical music instruments beside piano and violin etc.

axelinsky (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Haha, one thing is FINGERINGS and another thing is NOTE VALUES, and, wht humilliate a student? Better explain him why those fingerings are that way, and ask the student why his fingerings (Michael dind't said why), rather than: this is played MY way, otherwise is wrong, so, music is also about experimentation, or am I wrong?