Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Posted July 18, 2012 I ripped the guitar performance with Audacity, but only in 128kbps, as I don't know how to boost the quality -- if there's any way at all. Still, it's pretty good. You can PM me if you're interested in getting it in audio.You're always limited by the quality of the video encoding. Still, while the audio range is somewhat limited, it still is a very decent presentation, audio wise. My only complain is that the actual audio on the video clipped in a few occasions, with the inevitable distortion.
Not Mr. Big 4,839 Posted July 18, 2012 Posted July 18, 2012 I'm not really a fan of JW's concerts works I guess. I just couldn't get into this one.
nightscape94 967 Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 Anyone noticed the guitarist plays the piece by heart and sometimes with his eyes closed?Not sure if you play an instrument, but I happen to play the guitar. After you play an instrument for so long, many of the changes become second nature and fluid. It may seem like jumping your hand around from position to position on the neck of the guitar would be difficult, but many of the runs in this piece are compact, or progressing naturally from one position to the next. You can catch a lot out of your peripheral vision as well. You feel it in your fingers, the distance between frets are imbedded in your muscle memory.It was a lovely piece of music. I'll be picking this up at some point once it's published.Tim
A24 4,875 Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 I'm not really a fan of JW's concerts works I guess. I just couldn't get into this one.Stop looking for hummability!Anyone noticed the guitarist plays the piece by heart and sometimes with his eyes closed?Not sure if you play an instrument, but I happen to play the guitar. After you play an instrument for so long, many of the changes become second nature and fluid. It may seem like jumping your hand around from position to position on the neck of the guitar would be difficult, but many of the runs in this piece are compact, or progressing naturally from one position to the next. You can catch a lot out of your peripheral vision as well. You feel it in your fingers, the distance between frets are imbedded in your muscle memory.Yes, I guess I haven't seen a classical trained musician who plays like that in a long time. It was almost like watching Santana. Quite a difference compared to the immovable John Williams, the guitarist. Say, are you by any chance that guy who did a few guitar transcriptions of Williams' work? If not, remember him? He was pretty good. I believe he was going for a whole CD of Williams themes on guitar. What happened to that?!
Bryant Burnette 769 Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 I've enjoyed many of Williams' concert pieces in the past -- particularly the tuba concerto and Five Sacred Trees -- but this one just thoroughly bored me. Maybe it will grow on me after a few listens, but so far, it's one of my absolute least-favorite Williams compositions that isn't from either John Goldfarb or Thomas and the King.
A24 4,875 Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Maybe you miss the orchestra? I thought it sounded very meditative and mind-clearing without it. Anyway, what we are hearing is one segment of a much bigger work, right? Or is this it?
Incanus 5,858 Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 This is it I think. A short meditative piece for guitar.
A24 4,875 Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Disappointing! What happened to his usual full-length concertos?
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted July 24, 2012 Author Posted July 24, 2012 This was never said to be a concerto, but a short piece for solo guitar.
A24 4,875 Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Wikipedia info about the soloist:Pablo Sáinz Villegas (born 1977) is a Spanish classical guitarist.After capturing the Gold Medal at the inaugural Christopher Parkening International Guitar Competition, Pablo Sáinz Villegas has quickly established himself as one of the world's leading classical guitarists. He has performed in over twenty countries around the globe on such prestigious stages as New York’s Carnegie Hall, Milan’s Sala Verdi and Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Theater. Recipient of more than twenty-five international awards including the “Andrés Segovia” award, Mr. Sáinz Villegas has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony, Orchestra I Pomerigi Musicali and Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, among others. He has participated in renowned international festivals in Brasília, Granada and Strassburg, and has worked with prominent composers including George Crumb, Cristóbal Halffter and Helmut Lachenmann. Sáinz Villegas has appeared with ABC, The BBC, Radio 2 Clásica RNE, TVE, Radio France and Euroradio.Pablo Sáinz Villegas has recorded Luciano Berio's monumental Sequenza XI on the Naxos label. He has also released a CD of Spanish music on the same label that features the world première recordings of Five Anecdotes by Andrés Segovia and Sonata-Fantasía by Federico Moreno Torroba. “Musik Heute” magazine selected this recording as “CD of the Week.” Sainz Villegas’ live recording of the Concierto de Aranjuez with the Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española conducted by Adrian Leaper, was released by the RTVE label for their “Clásicos Españoles” collection.An accomplished teacher, Pablo Sáinz Villegas has given master classes at distinguished universities such as the Royal College of Music in London and the Australian National University.Pablo Sainz Villegas had also participated a masterclass of Turkish Classical Guitar Virtuoso, Ahmet Kanneci.
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted July 24, 2012 Author Posted July 24, 2012 You may want to check his website here.
Thor 9,312 Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Disappointing! What happened to his usual full-length concertos?I guess you'd have to like solo guitar works like this to properly enjoy it. Personally, I think it's beautiful and restrained while having several Williamsisms throughout.
A24 4,875 Posted July 24, 2012 Posted July 24, 2012 Disappointing! What happened to his usual full-length concertos?I guess you'd have to like solo guitar works like this to properly enjoy it. Personally, I think it's beautiful and restrained while having several Williamsisms throughout.I'm disappointed that it's only this one piece.
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted July 24, 2012 Author Posted July 24, 2012 Disappointing! What happened to his usual full-length concertos?I guess you'd have to like solo guitar works like this to properly enjoy it. Personally, I think it's beautiful and restrained while having several Williamsisms throughout.I'm disappointed that it's only this one piece.Well, to that I can relate... I always wish I could get more concert music from Williams! But as my brother put it -- and he's an accomplished classic guitar player -- it's not the length of the piece, but rather what the composer did for it on those short few minutes...
A24 4,875 Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 it's not the length of the piece, ...I know ... but I was already hoping that I could dwell in the music for the duration of a normal length concerto (20 - 25 minutes). I really would've like to see a concerto for guitar and orchestra. The sound of a guitar alone makes it very different than the usual instruments.Alex
indy4 159 Posted July 25, 2012 Posted July 25, 2012 As a trombone player I hope the next concerto JW writes is a trombone concerto. Maybe his work with the Chicago Symphony for LIncoln, which is known for its brass section will convince him to finally write one.
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted July 25, 2012 Author Posted July 25, 2012 As a trombone player I hope the next concerto JW writes is a trombone concerto. Maybe his work with the Chicago Symphony for LIncoln, which is known for its brass section will convince him to finally write one.I assume you know the bass trombone version of the tuba concerto... there is a recording of that one, with piano reduction by Charles Vernon (who, if memory serves, is the bass trombonist with the CSO.)
Popular Post Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Popular Post Posted May 28, 2015 Pablo Villegas, for whom Williams wrote the piece will be releasing his debut album on Harmonia Mundi, this September 11, and will be including "Rounds"More info here. Incanus, Muad'Dib and Bespin Copilot 3
Thor 9,312 Posted May 28, 2015 Posted May 28, 2015 Excellent! Then I can throw away the ol' Vimeo audio rip (although the sound quality was pretty good in this one).(btw, Miguel, as long as I have your attention -- I tried to contact you by e-mail recently, as I visited Lisboa the weekend of May 17th and wondered if you were there -- but didn't hear anything. Perhaps you live somewhere else in Portugal).
indy4 159 Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 Excellent news!! This is one of my favorite recent works by JW
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Posted May 30, 2015 Excellent! Then I can throw away the ol' Vimeo audio rip (although the sound quality was pretty good in this one).(btw, Miguel, as long as I have your attention -- I tried to contact you by e-mail recently, as I visited Lisboa the weekend of May 17th and wondered if you were there -- but didn't hear anything. Perhaps you live somewhere else in Portugal).Hey Thor, yes, I recall your mail, and should have replied as soon as it hit my inbox... but didn't and have been so busy preparing a painting exhibition that I end up forgeting about most of everything else... at any rate, I wouldn't have the chance to meet you in Lisbon, as I live 300 km north, and lacked the time to travel down. Hope you had a great time there, though!
Incanus 5,858 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Nice to see Harmonia Mundi releasing their third album featuring JWs music. I do not know if this is by design of by serendipitous accident but I hope the streak continues.
A24 4,875 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 One out of 18 tracks is John Williams. Hmm, I guess I'm not fanboy enough to buy the CD.
Incanus 5,858 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 One out of 18 tracks is John Williams. Hmm, I guess I'm not fanboy enough to buy the CD.Not just a fan but also a collector Alex, a collector.
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Posted May 30, 2015 I'm also looking forward to some Villa-Lobos guitar music, surely worth one's time.
Incanus 5,858 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 I'm also looking forward to some Villa-Lobos guitar music, surely worth one's time.Agreed plus you can always make some new discoveries on such albums.
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Posted May 30, 2015 By the way, "Rounds" was performed yesterday by all the finalists on the Parkening International Guitar competition.
A24 4,875 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 It's gonna be Youtube for me. Please make it in HD, Andrade!
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Posted May 30, 2015 It's gonna be Youtube for me. Please make it in HD, Andrade! Remember me by September... maybe you're lucky
Thor 9,312 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Excellent! Then I can throw away the ol' Vimeo audio rip (although the sound quality was pretty good in this one).(btw, Miguel, as long as I have your attention -- I tried to contact you by e-mail recently, as I visited Lisboa the weekend of May 17th and wondered if you were there -- but didn't hear anything. Perhaps you live somewhere else in Portugal).Hey Thor, yes, I recall your mail, and should have replied as soon as it hit my inbox... but didn't and have been so busy preparing a painting exhibition that I end up forgeting about most of everything else... at any rate, I wouldn't have the chance to meet you in Lisbon, as I live 300 km north, and lacked the time to travel down. Hope you had a great time there, though!No problem. I know how busy you are, and 300 km is too far off anyway even if you had the time. Another time! Lisboa was great, btw, even though I partied a bit too hard every night I was there.
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Posted September 13, 2015 About the release of Villegas "Americano" CD, Pablo himself writes for Gramophone's blog... also enjoy the little promotional video:http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/gramophone-guest-blog/the-most-versatile-instrument-in-the-worldI should have received my copy of the CD last week, but mail services seem to be delaying a lot around here
Incanus 5,858 Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 Thank you for the reminder Miguel. I had competely forgotten this CD had come out. Ordered!
Thor 9,312 Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 I had forgotten about this too. Hope it gets released on iTunes, as I just want the Williams piece.
Ricard 2,393 Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 I just want the Williams piece.You can get it on Amazon.com for $0.99.
Miguel Andrade 1,588 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Posted September 13, 2015 It's been on Spotify for over a week... The whole album is well worth the price of the CD.The score was published on Hal Leonard earlier in the year and I need to get it for my brother.
WilliamsStarShip2282 326 Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Hi all, I recently bought the sheet music for "rounds", and I noticed the copyright date on it says 2006. I thought this to be very strange given the piece was supposedly written in 2012. I started looking through his other pieces, which are all marked with the copyright corresponding to an appropriate time. Any thoughts?
Incanus 5,858 Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Or perhaps some darker mystery... WilliamsStarShip2282 1
WilliamsStarShip2282 326 Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Incanus, your comment fits perfectly with you avater. I thought typo too at first, but who could possibly be that stupid? Incanus 1
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,092 Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Mistakes happen
Muad'Dib 1,954 Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 This is such a goddamn good piece!
Bespin Copilot 9,802 Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Love all the album, purchased it on iTunes!Love the pictures too...
Thor 9,312 Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Handsome fella -- I can say that even as a devout heterosexual man! I bet he's been lucky with the ladies at afterparties when he's thrown up the guitar for a small ditty. However, I still think it would have been more awesome if Williams had written the piece for name brother John Williams.
nightscape94 967 Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 The score was published on Hal Leonard earlier in the year and I need to get it for my brother.Cool, wasn't aware of that. I'll buy it for myself!
A24 4,875 Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Me neither, I'm listening to Rounds right now!Edit: first thought ... not a fan of the friction and breathing noises. Do you people hear it too? (it could be the worker next door)
Bespin Copilot 9,802 Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Edit: first thought ... not a fan of the friction and breathing noises. Do you people hear it too? (it could be the worker next door)I didn't get annoyed by the noise because I'm used to classical guitar I guess.To each instrument his particular noise. We must accept the fact that music comes from humans, not machines!A thing that annoys me from a pianist is when his (too long) nails makes clicks, but that's rare.And as a former clarinet player, I understand the noise made by the keys of a wind instrument...But the breathing, that's very personal to each player. I didn't find it exagerated in the case of Villegas.
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