Yi-Kwei Sze sings: Ich grolle nicht (Schumann)

[gerardbedecarter]

A very powerful and moving performance. Yes, i would have preferred the high A too!

[wangtong61]

唱得真好听，华人男低音歌唱家。

[gerardbedecarter]

@wangtong61 .... tempo a little on the slow side which loses... but adds... .

[yingdat]

Thank you! I am so thrilled to find more postings of this magnificent singer here in Youtube!

[carisma0302]

schön,aber das weiß ich nicht was er singt....schaaaade..

ich denke.....dass das Lied ihm nicht passt.

[TheBillybraggfan]

Such a great voice, but SO disappointing that he took the ossia low part for the climax of the song. I was braced to be knocked out of my seat as he approached it, and I couldn't believe he didn't go for the high A. This is the first recording I've heard in which it's not done.

[MrSkylark1]

It is rare to find a Bass, the great Yi-Kwei Sze, who portrays such artistry along with a magnificent instrument

[markpianoman]

If you know the version which does not take the lower alternate notes toward the end, then this version is very disappointing!

[FrancisLyte]

Unnatürlich. Viel zu schwer, träge Stimme, übertriebene Konsonanten (ggggrrrrrolle). Irgendwie muss die Interpretation auch dem Text Heines gerecht werden. Also lasst Chinesen chinesische Musik singen und Deutsche deutsche Musik.

[coryisawake]

@FrancisLyte Eine törichte Aussage.

[weylwargot]

@FrancisLyte Unsinn.

[babayang521]

Yi-Kwei Sze (1919-1994), professor of voice at Eastman from 1971 to 1980, studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Shanghai. Mr. Sze taught in China for several years before coming to the United States in 1947 to make his debut at Town Hall in New York City. He gave recitals throughout the world, and performed with major orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

[damedesmontagnes]

This absolutely gives me the chills!

[youkali22]

wonderful! and learning about him even more interesting. His interpretation here is full of understanding, technique, power and understatement: all the great stuff. Please put up other songs of his - the folk songs as well. Many many thanks.

 "und wenn das Herz auch bricht"

[saiserieht]

Magnificent! Perfect tempo, and so much weight on the notes, great.

[eli52133]

Yi-Kwei Sze is my favorite singer...he's so great, could u put more informations from him?

cause i can't find any records or videos about him in taiwan.

thank u...

[74umgrad]

One of the really great ones; too bad he was so little known in the West. Check out his recording of the Four Serious Songs of Brahms...it's magnificent.

[Gentlecivilizer]

Yi-Kwei Sze by far outperforms most of the other singers of this song here on youtube. None of the other recordings I have heard makes you feel so drastically how angry the narrator actually is on that girl, even though he pretents not to be. The only pity is that Yi-Kwei Sze was a bass, and in the low-pitched version there is no high-pitched a in "die Schlange die dir am Herzen frisst". With a singer like him, that would be ear-piercing.

[borlange11]

Thank you Gentlecivilizer for your comment. It makes me think of posting some more Yi-Kwei Sze singing in Dichterliebe here. However I am far from experienced on this so it will take some time.

Thanks again!

[VivaRenata]

@Gentlecivilizer Wonderful performance! comparing it to Gerard Souzay, from France, who also did not take that "a" and who cares? This is very fine and says something about how Schumann has reached out beyond conventional cultural boundaries.

[xxmyass]

AWEAWEAWESOMEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!! the other ones i've heard are way too fast, this one has the right pace and this dude sings very welll!!!!!!!!!!!

[borlange11]

Thank you FERENCEFF. I think Dutch public had a good nose for quality singers. Yi-Kwei Sze had an enormous success here. Performed also on the early Dutch television. No, I don't know of taped recordings. A German admirer did her best to get this television performance but had no success.

[FERENCEFF]

Absolutely the best I've heard! Too bad we will not hear anything further from this grand gentleman.

[Glenmed]

Superb voice and phrasing. Based on this hearing the baton is passing to the Far East.

[haushalter2000]

Ask google for Yi-Kwei Sze, you will find a biography.

[iambananananananana]

can anyone tell me who this guy is?