The groundbreaking Spanish guitarist Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) was among the first to write a transcription of the piece for guitar, but in the modern era it is the great Andrés Segovia’s transcription that truly popularized the work worldwide. Isaac Albéniz’s “Asturias” (also known as “Leyenda,” which was actually Albéniz’s title) is one of the most durable pieces in the classical guitar repertoire-even though the Spanish composer (1860–1909) wrote the piece for piano originally. In 1976, at the age of 84, Segovia returned to the Alhambra to perform for the documentary, Andrés Segovia: The Song of the Guitar. Andres Segovia performs Isaac Albeniz's 'Sevilla' 1962. This week, we shared this video with Acoustic Guitar’s readers/fans and it was very well-received, so we thought we should post it here, for Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic‘s MANY fans in the classical guitar community! El chef Jos Andrs se fotografa con fans a su llegada a Oviedo para los Premios Princesa de Asturias. Stream songs including 'Aria detta la Frescobalda, F.
From time to time, we post classical guitar videos on the website and Facebook page of our sister publication Acoustic Guitar (which is mainly, but not exclusively, devoted to steel-stringed guitars and the musicians who play them). Listen to The Very Best of Andrés Segovia by Andrés Segovia on Apple Music.