Give this a serious few minutes.
You can thank me when we both have more time.
Technically she is amazing, and I believe she's got perfect pitch. I find her lacking in expression, however, and I'm not entirely sure why that is. For example, the Bach is mechanically excellent but does not go beyond that. It's frequently an issue with the interpreters of Bach (which is why I frequently prefer Vivaldi for the guitar, mandolin, etc). But it's the case with the others as well.
The encore piece is better, weirdly. Maybe she's just more into Albeniz.
I guess what I'm trying to say - and this is grossly unfair because Paco de Lucia was one of the greatest guitarrists who ever lived - that she somewhat lacks the controlled variability - expression - in rhythm that I am looking for:
Paco was not a classically trained guitarrist - he did Flamenco for most of his life, except for this concert - but he had an absolutely perfect sense of rhythm and variance. Something that was uniquely his.
was it something I said?