another beautiful brazilian guitarist

August 11, 2007 7:28 AM

He wasn't the greatest technician on earth (he only studied a short time with a teacher, as states his biography), he wasn't really famous outside Brazil, in spite of the many recordings available under his name, of his various talents (drawing, designing a new string instrument), but his playing is really endearing, and whatever the material, originals, bach or chico buarque, he made his point across easily.
posted by nicolin (9 comments total)

That Bach interpretation is sublime. Thank you nicolin. I'd not heard of Nogueira before.
posted by Abiezer at 8:59 AM on August 11, 2007

agree with Abiezer. what a fantastic rendition. thanks.
posted by facetious at 9:02 AM on August 11, 2007

Wow, that really was beautiful. Thank you.
posted by joedan at 10:04 AM on August 11, 2007

A lot of classical guitarists seem to play Bach because no matter how badly they screw it up, Bach saves it. This guy actually makes it better!
posted by DU at 10:12 AM on August 11, 2007

Beautiful. Thanks for that.
posted by TheyCallItPeace at 11:24 AM on August 11, 2007

This has been one of my favorite kind of MeFi posts. The kind that force me to spawn legions of tabs in my browser and explore. Thanks!

A longer version of the chico buarque song, without video. Oh yeah. This one's going on my "learn to play" list.
posted by ctmf at 12:19 PM on August 11, 2007

Agreed, how beautiful. Calm and introspective. The plethora of classical guitar posts online I have come across show the classical guitarist as a showman, cadenzas, and technical demonstrations. This post shows the classical guitarist as an artist. He is a vessel for the music. Thank you.
posted by lonemantis at 12:59 PM on August 11, 2007

what Abiezer said.
posted by vronsky at 2:27 PM on August 11, 2007

btw, anybody knows where to buy paulinho nogueira's book "Violão em Harmonia" on the net ?
posted by nicolin at 2:31 PM on August 11, 2007