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Sorry Romanza y Todd....I've uploaded it again in a different res. Use the edited link in my first post. (The quality is terrible of course, since it was recorded holding a mic up to a TV loudspeaker.)
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Oracion by Manolo Sanlucar. By far, no1 for me. Yerma by Gerardo Nuñez.
That Paco upload was as Miguel said probably note for note Sabicas. But the melody is obviously the Malagueña of LECUONA, not the real flamenco Malagueña.
That Paco upload was as Miguel said probably note for note Sabicas.
Ricardo, Well, not quite note for note...The Sabicas one is OK but a bit "dainty" to my ear, but nonetheless very very good. Lot's of older players (e.g. Paco Peña etc) can play that one as a standard.
Paco's version, to me is pure voodoo!!
No one has ever played it like this. (And he was only 21-22 at the time.. )
Here's the full piece for those who haven't heard it. As I said, I recorded it off the TV way back where he was a guest on a late night Spanish Society show from London, so the quality's poor, but the playing totally fantastic in the way that only Paco does....
I've never heard a record of it played the same way, although the early Paco/Ramon LP has a similar sound/delivery IMO.
I have to agree on that, that does it for me too. The trémolo from Jesús del Rosario´s Blanca is a favorite too, for something more recent but it doesnt come close to M. Sanlúcar.
Paco was not always my favorite as far as tremolo, in terms of the technique, but he always had great expression anyways. Like when he did Ramon Montoya. A lot of what Paco did was more clear and intense, but the tremolo of Ramon was much stronger, cleaner, to me.
This Malaguena Paco was combining 2 arrangements together. Thanks for sharing it! I love Paco so much from that period. Arround this time he did almost that same arrangement, but for 5 GUITARISTS! That is really cool to hear too, they harmonize and do rhythm back up, even that tremolo is harmonized. Then Paco rips out those same picados at the end. Sounds like the guitar ensemble of the gods, but at the same time "too much of a good thing".
I think I've heard Gerardo Nunez play the tremelo from Yerma three times. Each time I was absolutely struck dumb. You'd think hearing it twice before (and countless times on the CD) would have prepared me, but not so. I remember there were quite a few gasps from other members of the audience too during the pauses.
I've heard Paco Pena's tremelo up close on one occasion when he was giving a talk, and his control is also impressive. He can suddenly halt the tempo or play very soft, all the time maintaining that perfectly even sound that you hear on his records. The Aire just drips from his fingers.
My favourite tremelo though has to be Vicente Amigo "Ventanas al Alma". It's as if the entire minera is a slow build up to that one sublime section.
My absolute favorite is Oracion by Manolo Sanlucar on the Tauromagia album. In fact, I think this is one of the most beautiful and moving guitar pieces that I've ever heard in any genre.
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