Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) Kazuhito Yamashita [Guitar] 展覧会の絵（ムソルグスキー）山下和仁 [ギター]

The guitar: I didn't even know I could do that.

This is probably THE most amazing classical guitar performance I've ever seen. Can't imagine what it must have been like to see it live.

This is incredible, i am totally amazed. There is SO much going on here. I can't believe i found this only in 2024, but that's why i love internet and youtube. What a genius, thank you !

it doesn't sound like a guitar, it sounds like a full orchestra... and choir!

The history of the guitar is divided into two periods. Before 1984 and after 1984. After the Toronto recital the guitar is different in the world. The genius Kazuhito Yamashita !!

Dude shreds the classical guitar rule book for posture by flinging his body all over the place, flying left elbow, overextending both the right and left hands, hunching his shoulders, etc. and produces one of the most amazing performances ever. So much for rule books!

Even after 45 years no other guitarist plays it better than him.

This is, by far, the most amazing guitar performance ever. I'm not hormone-struck 16 year-old, nor even a "fan" of Mr Yamashita. I hardly have any of his recordings. I usually listen to other classical guitarists - still, he attempted here something that is simply impossible, and I don't know if this achievement can be ever re-produced. Nothing is lost. Nothing is diminished. Nothing is simplified. This piano piece was so rich and polyphonic - that it was translated to ORCHESTRA and there was "enough content" for all sections of the orchestra. What. On Guitar???? That's simply impossible. I see. I hear. I stand in awe, I enjoy the music I love so much. and I keep muttering "Impossible"

Can’t believe just now through YouTube have we heard of Kazuhito. I guess if you weren’t around in the 70s or 80s you missed him. Why did we learn of others but not this guy? Amazing virtuoso!

Absolutely the greatest guitar performance of all time. There is beauty and perfection in all aspects. At this late stage in my life I didn't think I could be so profoundly touched by a performer. I was wrong!!! Thank you, Thank you!!!

There’s no competition… I feel sick and spellbound at the same time. Truly the greatest player I’ve ever seen and heard. Just discovered this esoteric 8th wonder today. Technically I can’t rate and compare anyone even close to him. Playing fit for the Gods….

It is like watching a lion fly. Doing something which is outside the realm of possibility.

I’ve waited for a better quality video here on YouTube for so long, and to think Kazuhito Yamashita himself brought it to the public... thank you very much! Now I can finally try to understand a bit of the right hand technique employed, especially that one finger tremolo. Wish I could have watched this live, but the concert took place long before I was born.

I still remember the tremendous experience of seeing his live in Tokyo decades ago.

I'd like to thank Lucas Brar for educating me on this astonishing performance.

unbelievable the range of emotions he conveys on a single guitar, I almost teared up multiple times, especially around 26:45 and 28:02 when he straight up turned his guitar into an angelic choir

He gives me the feeling only select master pianists give me, that I’m hearing a world of orchestration and a total dissolution into the music.

My God! He just “killed” everyone ! Such staggering command of his instrument. He just stamped his mark as if to say “ this is how it should be played”

This is the upper limit of classical guitar playing for human.

A man possessed. His complete immersion into the music and the guitar itself is incredible. His technique is phenomenal, especially his right hand. Not many can extract this much sound from a classical guitar.