Who Are The Classical Guitar Players You Like?
Can You Name Your Top 3?
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Can You Name Your Top 3 Classical Guitar Players and Why?
Do you like the warmth of Segovia's sound? Does Sharon Isbin inspire you? Do you marvel at the technical facility and brilliant playing of Pepe Romero?
Share your opinion about the classical guitar players that you love! Just what is(are) the reason(s) you love their playing?
Read what other visitors have said about their 3 favorite guitarists
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Wow - limited to three!!!
Andres Segovia - because he brought the guitar out of novelty & he was the master
John Williams - because he's so versatile and precise & great guitar ...
Dreams of a World
Sharon Isbin's CD "Dreams of a World" is one of my favorite classical guitar recordings. If you do not own this one, do yourself a favor and add it to ...
Not really classical guitarists but really good...
Two guitarists I came across quite recently on youtube : Andy Mckee and Peo Kindgren.
The former isn't a "classical" guitarist but I thought he was ...
A Few Thoughts
1. Julian Bream: Mr. Bream has a vast volume of work and his contribution to guitar and lute cannot be denied. His playing exhibits the finest qualities ...
shiver up my ears
pink floyd fernando sor anonyme
Always Learning!
Andres Segovia -- his discipline and love for the guitar -- it really showed in his playing and the loving guidance he offered his students.
Christopher ...
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis...
Francisco Tárrega inspired more people than just me me. Segovia most likely played guitar rather than the violin because of him. Though I don't think anyone ...
My three favourite guitar players
1.) Julian Bream. His interpretations always seem perfect, as if there should be no other way of playing, the music of Bach, Albéniz, Granados and Tárrega....
Inspirations
Roland Dyens, Andrew York, and of course Jorge Morel.
These three guitarists are the ones that give me sufficient inspiration to keep on playing because ...
julian bream,john williams,barrios
They are just perfect. I like Mr bream because every time I hear his records I hear new sounds that I didn't notice the last time. I think he performs ...
slash kirk hammet eddie vanhalen
The title tells all about my favorite guitarists and slash i was having fun playing welcome to the jungle and sweet child of mine its awesome. Kirk is ...
Best of the Best
1. Narciso Yepes, a real guitar GIANT : superb sound , musicianship & technique. 2.Julian Bream. Magnificent interpretation... 3.Christopher Parkening....
It's the music!
Andre Segovia: His early recordings on "the guitar of the century" were my introduction to classical guitar. The remarkable emotional depth and superb ...
mylove
anand shukla phylips guitarist rembo
The best
John Williams Julian Bream David Russell Manuel Baruecco
The Pentical of Guitarist
My top three guitarists are ranked more on their importance to the contribution to the guitar than their actual skill level.
3. Alonso de Mudarra ...
Three For the Ages
1. John Williams - Total musician, not simply a great guitarist, which he is, but a consummate artist. Fearlessly explores so many types of guitar music ...
Dynamics Galore
Carlos Montoya - I absolutely love the percussiveness of Montoya's playing. From blindingly fast arpeggio's and phrases to what I like to call machinegun ...
Temujin
1. Julian Bream. Regarding his rise to prominence, I like the fact that he had to overcome a great deal of prejudice, both from the British class system ...
My Best Three
I'll start with my 3 best classical guitar players since it was my idea in the first place :))
No surprises here...Segovia, Bream & Williams.
Why?...
Wonderful players
My 3 are: Norbert Kraft, Julian Bream & John Williams. I choose these 3 as I've so far managed to accumulate a number of recordings from each of these ...
Humbled Just to Think of Them
Terraga- Without him there would have been no Segovia Segovia- The lightness of his touch and the evocation of emotion are unmatched Parkening- Studied ...
Julian Bream and the Ecstacy of the Classical Guitar
Segovia is the classical guitar father figure and is tonally and interpretively rich.
Sharon Isbin has precision, clarity, feeling, and great skill....
A guitar discovery
There are many great guitarists, and surely Julian Bream (most beautiful tone) and John Williams (flawless technique) are among the greatest. However,...
Influenced me while learning
John Williams - Techical excellence coupled with pure musicality, genial phrasing and superb tone.
Carlos Bonell - In my opinion, someone who plays ...
choice of geriatric john
John Williams - so incredibly versatile. I have seen him in concert (solo), with the group "Sky" and with Inti Illimani.
Karin Schaupp - Her CD "Dreams"...
shadow walker
Andres Segovia, Sharon Isbin, and Karin Schaupp
Andres Segovia is the best and always will be in my way of thinking. Sharon Isbin is also a great gutarist ...
Straight From the Heart
My three favorites, I'd say, would have to be John Williams, Julian Bream, and Jason Vieaux....although indeed it's hard to narrow it down to three.
For ...
top 3 guitar players
1-John Williams 2-Manuel Barrueco 3-David Russell
LobsterFingers Galore
Segovia - Number one - what other reason is there?
John Williams - Has tremedous feeling and inspiration
Christopher Parkening - Master of precision ...
A living......triumphriate
1. William Kanengiser: Control
2. Michael Chapdelaine: Versatility
3. Christopher Parkening: Heart
My top 3
Segovia, because he is the master of masters. Williams, because of his perfect tone and accuracy. Romero, because of his passion when he plays the guitar....
Enthralls
Andre Segovia
John williams
I like them because I like listening to their playing.
The Most Loved Virtuosos
1. I love Ana Vidovic, because she plays fast, accurate, harmonic, dynamic, lovely sound and ideal aural.....
2. Narciso Yepes, he plays accurately,...
And the winner is...
In 3rd place I think is Julian Bream. His playing style is very funny and unique.As he plays,he always keeps bouncing on the chair and doing funny faces....
Niceroad
I found most of the answers very "main stream". All the guitarists people have named are quite excellent but some less known are just as good if not better....
Women guitarists
There are not many women on this list of guitarists so I thought I'd do my bit for equal rights.
I want to put in a vote for Xue-fei Yang. I'm not ...
Cavatina! Theme from the Deer Hunter
Oh My God!
I was searching google for a nice Youtube version of Cavatina on guitar to send to a pal when I found...
....Trevor!
On my very favorite ...
Controversial Guitarists
In all honesty I don't really like many guitarist today!
Most of them are overrated. So rather than saying which guitarists are good, I'll rather summarize ...
Mr Potato
Yah, I said that right, Mr Ted Potato. Although that's not his REAL name, it is the name he goes by from all his American friends. Maybe he's not ...
respectable
John Williams
Pepe Romero /Angel Romero
Norbert Kraft
Plodder
Segovia - pedantic and opinionated as a musician -but his genius and spirituality transcends these flaws!
Julian Bream - Musician first - but still ...
Guitar God Incarnate
Kazuhito Yamashita is #1, 2 and 3 in my books.
Segovia is the old-school maestro, David Russell is the Lord of lyrical music, John Williams is owner ...
Guitar Players - Shivers Up My Spine!
1. Andre Segovia,
2. Narsisco Yepes,
3. Ana Vidovic
They ara amazing!
Segovia: "I have nothing to teach her ... "
Even at the age of 13 Andres Segovia declared "I have nothing to teach her ... she should not accept the advice of any other guitarist".
"She" was of ...
His Loyal Subject
Travis Johnson -- he seems to make love to his guitar while he makes it sing like a choir of angels.
mesmerizing
Zang Xuefei, her playing is beyond words
Stu
No 1. John Williams. I'm an engineer; I was trained to appreciate and strive for attention to detail, precision. I also love classical guitar. John Williams ...
Teacher/Students
Andres Segovia, Christopher Parkening, John Williams: because the music they play grabs your attention and tells a story the way classical music is supposed ...
These are my favorite guitarists
Some people say that all the guitarrist are the best, in my opinion are only:
John Williams Agustin Pio Barrios Mangore
Ana Vidovic
I like ...
simply the best
The best has to be the legend that is John Williams, a modern great, he's got the style as well as seemingly limitless ability.
A guitarist I've discovered ...
clean but not sterile
My picks are: John Williams, Julian Bream and Ana Vidovic.
John for being reliable and down to the point. Many of his interpretations have become standards....
Shred revolution
My top 3 favorite guitarist are Yngwie Malmsteen, Jason Becker, and Marty Friedman.
Yngwie inspired an entire genre of neo classical shredders and ...
Unknown and Remembered
1) William Powell - Bill was my first classical guitar instructor for two years in the mid 70's at Powell and Clark Music in Parkersburg W. Va. Olen A ...
David Heap
Just as fascinating would be, to track down say the top ten guitarists and find out their favorite guitar and strings. I know this is rather down to personal ...
My 3 favorites
1. Andres Segovia. He made the sounds of an orchestra coming out of his guitar.
2. Agustin Barrios Mangoré. His compositions for guitar are out of this ...
inspiration!
Maestro Andres Segovia firstly for so many things, but especially his influence at bringing classical guitar to the fore!
Secondly John Williams for ...
For my taste
1. Xuefei Yang She's got everything, the looks, the technique and the heart. 2. John Williams Balance. 3. David Russell Great phrasing.
good guitarists
RANDY RHOADS and the two guitarists from trans siberian orchestra
John Williams
I like the way Mr John Williams plays the guitar. I like his finger style when he moves all over on the fret board. I guess he's the most awesome guitar ...
No doubt...
1. Xuefei Yang 2. John Williams 3. Paco de Lucia
Yeah son
Don't really have 3 but I especially like Paco de Lucia with Al di Meola playing Mediterranean Sundance.
Metronome
My favourite player is my metronome. In today’s modern world, the aim is to play like a metronome! And Yepes, Williams, Barrueco, Kanengiser, Isbin, Russell,...
Choro de Saudade - Agustin Barrios Mangore
Fallen in love with all his music. Poetry for the classical guitar. (Tarrega, Sorr are the other two but there are many more). If you haven't experienced ...
Brilliant up and coming guitarists
Denis Azabagic and Marcel Dylla are incredible players that really add something unique to the classical genre with great technique and feel to the music....
Simply the best!
John Williams, Julian Bream and Andres Segovia. These three men are, or were in the case of Segovia, simply the best and are to be studied for their individual ...
Redbackhaze
XueFie Yang - Style, Passion ,Interpretation, Stage presence, technical brilliance. Represents the beginning of the next generation!
John Williams ...
The Best
1) Andres Segovia
(a long distance)
2) John Williams 3) Julian Bream
my classical guitar favorites
Jorge Morel - Great composer who is so open minded to new ideas. He likes when people express his pieces in their own way.
David Russel - I love his ...
Great players
1) Christopher Parkening- Because he is a Christian who's goal is to glorify God. As a Christian myself I look up to him because he has made it as ...
classical guitar sound flows like wind
First and foremost I would like to thank Mr. Trevor Maurice for developing this wonderful site. Actually I have been looking for something like this for ...
My Top 3 classical guitar players would be....
1.Pepe Romero -passion 2.Narciso Yepes- technical prowess 3.Carlos Montoya- Fire!
learn-enjoy-play
William Kanengiser- originality and quartet LAGQ Douglas Niedt- great tempo and tone Segovia- the master of maestros
Narciso Yepes, Christopher Parkening, Julian Bream
Narciso Yepes - I owned the Deutsche Grammophon LP "Bach; Works for Lute" when I was a young man. The album was lent to a friend and never came back,...
Mathematical Wizards of Emotion
John McLaughlin - His explorations and applications of classical guitar into a variety of world music genres defies explanation.
Paco de Lucia - Sheer ...
Chamber Music with Guitar
1.Matt Gould www.duo46.com because of his passion for chamber music with guitar 2.David Tanenbaum because of his passion for chamber music with guitar ...
Masters of the Trade
My favourite 3 classical guitarists are:
1.John Williams
2.Julian Bream
3.Andres Segovia.
John Williams is in the list because of the way ...
Accuracy, Virtuosity, and Emotional
1. Manuel Barrueco 2. John WIlliams 3. Laura U. Klemke
ALL are amazingly accurate and have such emotion in each and every piece. Also all have been ...
My 3 Favorite Classical Guitarists
1. F.Tarrega 2. Paco de Lucia 3. Augustin Barrios
I mean, WOW!
1. John Williams - Is there anyone who has mastered the instrument from a greater technical AND musical standpoint?!
2. David Russell - The musical ...
Angel Romero
Technical perfection, Speed and feeling
killer guitar riffs from a monstrous guitarist
1. Paco de Lucia - Perhaps one of the guitarists whom I admire most. Having seen him play "entre dos aguas" via Youtube makes my jaw drop. Just by listening ...
Iraqi guitarist
At most I really adore Mr.Lee Ritenour because he is a real master of fusion jazz to me and besides, his music is so beautiful & meaningful & simple to ...
Have already mentioned my three, but here's an addition
Hi everyone,
I found this on YouTube and was enthralled by this guitarist (who I'd never heard of) and his rendition of Rodrigo's "Sonata Giocosa"...had ...
Inspirations
1.- Julian Bream 2.- David Russell 3.- Adam Holzman !!!!!!!!!
Bruce
Quite honestly, I find it hard to choose an order for players at this level, as each of them has something magical to offer. I've also had to leave out ...
john williams, Ana Vidovic, Andres Segovia
Just because they play guitar with their spirit not with their body.
Jim
1. Segovia...relaxing
2. Sabicas...exciting, amazing, makes my heart beat a little faster.
3. Parkening...spiritial, I am a little closer to God ...
Flawless, masterful and Exquisite interpreters
Manuel Barrueco--for his elegant, refined, and majestic playing and interpretations; flawless technique and amazing tone.
David Russel--agility, sensitivity,...
Guitar Masters
Alvaro Pierri (Uruguay) possesses a superb technique and great sensibility which makes him a truly unique classical guitarist. I particularly like Pierri'...
John Williams, Paco de Lucia, Segovia
John Williams is one of the most important classical guitar players of our time, his technical and speed are flawless his sound is transcendental.
Paco ...
Francisco Tarrega, Fernando Sor and Augustin Barrios Mangore
Because all of them have made happy lives for millions, including Segovia, Bream, Williams, Russell, Romero and many more.
The best of the best
1) Andres Segovia - No Segovia No classical guitar for us 2) John Williams - The machine 3) David russell - Never heard any one play latin music with ...
Parsyfal
Julian Bream
David Russel
Steve Hackett (hear, hear, hear!!) yes, the former first Genesis guitarist. He plays with unparallel technique, rock,...
jgl
Julian Bream Sergio & Odair Assad
Whereas Andres Segovia was a master, Julian Bream brought a flair to classical guitar that Segovia lacked, in my ...
I love prestissimo!
Definately Karin Schaupp, Norbert Kraft and Williams. Gotta stick with some Aussies, especially when their technique is so flawless (and Schaupp's tone ...
Segovia, Yepes, Yamashita
. Andrés Segovia, for he's still the most expressive and solid guitarist of all and for making the guitar the great classical instrument it is nowadays....
My three favorites
(1) Roland Dyens - not just a great classical guitarist, but also a brilliant composer, arranger, improviser, teacher, and conductor! I'm particularly ...
Ruby Sunnydale
Andres Segovia Sharon Isbin Ana Vidovic
A star is born
1. Xuefei Yang, why I like her the best? Touching and flawless playing, great looks. 2. David Russell, great tone and phrasing. 3. John Williams, the ...
Pure Genius
1) Andres Segovia - a pioneer of classical guitar as a discipline, where would we be without Segovia?
2) Edgar Cruz - I know, an unusual choice, Cruz'...
Agustin Barrios Mangore, Xue Fei Yang, and Kaori Muraji
First and foremost I liked to say that I can not realistically define in full, the emotions that three of this artists bring out in their playing.
Barrios,...
Oh my!
1 - Ana Vidovic 2 - Ana Vidovic 3 - Ana Vidovic
Get the idea?
Steve Hackett - Who has yet to hear his stuff?
Well, if you love classical guitar, Bach, Segovia etc, check out this man!
Three Generations
Andres Segovia provided me inspiration to start. John Williams provided me with inspiration to practice. Franco Platino gives me hope hope to improve....
True Masters Exist Today
1. Andres Segovia
I like the work of Andres Segovia because he truly understood the physics of the classical guitar and was able to enjoin himself with ...
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