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The Segovia Legacy: A Tribute to the Memory & Artistry of Andres Segovia [VHS]

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This video is 1 hour long.Various interviews by: his widow , friends and by students of Segovia including Eliot Fisk(who also plays Bach's "Prelude"),10 minutes of rare master class footage,Segovia bio info from Hugh Downs and excerpts from "The Guitar And I" narrated by Segovia as the camera pans through the villages of Spain.Segovia plays a few pieces,mostly excerpts,but one with an orchestra.This video is something for the person that is desperate for anything having to do with Segovia.There should be more guitar playing footage to satisfy the viewer. But, all in all its worth the money.

This video is 1 hour long. According to the video box "this video tribute to Andres Segovia presents revealing interviews and historic performance film footage of the legendary Spanish guitarist...(he) explains the events which molded his career...The program contains rare excerpts from performances given over the past four decades on television, in concert halls, and at the White House." I find this description to be accurate. Commentary is provided by Hugh Downs (the TV news host), Oscar Ghiglia, and Elliot Fisk, among others. The video was entertaining and inspiring. I particularly enjoyed the video footage of Segovia giving a master class to students, as well as the other performance footage. There wasn't much extended performance footage, but the film gave a brief history of Segovia's professional life and influences, sprinkled throughout with performances from various stages of his career.

With Segovia, you can't go wrong. Then you asked, why did I give only a four star review instead of a perfect Five star? It's simple, it didn't interview the passionate "Maestro" himself. Instead, they have other people talking about the Segovia, such as a young Eliot Fisk (he studied under Segovia for awhile). Don't misunderstand me, it's a great video, one of my favorites in fact, but if this is going to be your first Segovia video (or guitar video, and if so your very wise in looking at Segovia, he really is the best. I should know, I'm a music major) but if this is going to be your first video, I would suggest you buy "Segovia at Los Olivos" first. This video only interviews the "Maestro" and unlike the other video, he plays only! An other good thing about it, is that Segovia is 75 years old when they filmed it. What that means is that his English is a lot better so you can understand him. ha,ha. And also it's better because Segovia in the "Legacy" video can be easily misinterpreted as bring a "jerk" (he gets very upset with one of the students in the master classes). But he really wasn't like that it all. Sure he wasn't a greatest teacher, but how was in those times? Segovia was a very kind loving man and he can prove me right by either you seeing the "At Los Olivos" video or (better yet) hearing him play. No one can play like that without having a giving heart, no one. However, I am sorry to inform you that I don't really know if the "At Los Olivos" is this best guitar video. I still haven't received the my two Segovia special orders videos ("Glory of Span" and "Songs Of The Guitar"), and it's been over a month now. So you might want to look into buying those. What I can tell you is that "At Los Olivos" is better than a very good "Legacy" video. And in case your wondering, the "Peerce, Anderson & Segovia" isn't that great. It only shows the "Maestro" for about 15-20 minutes but still worth buying. Like I have said, "He's the best". The "Maestro" wasn't able to save the classical guitar because he could only play a couple of chords, he was the greatest.

This 60 minute retrospective on the maestro Andres Segovia is a delightful overview of his monumental career, including footage of the masterclasses at Santiago de Compostella (1965), snippets from the Christopher Nupin profiles, the maestro's appearance in the BBC special on the Prada, as well as testimonials by producer Israel Horwitz, guitarists Oscar Ghiglia and Eliot Fisk, and 20/20 correspondant Hugh Downs. Oh when will Kultur item 1290 on the Legacy of Segovia be available on DVD?!?!