Sumi Jo - J. Strauss - Frühlingsstimmen - Voices of Spring

[daniel3231995]

Ms.Sumi truly lets out the Voices of Spring. :) She is so pretty...

[Caribman9999]

Finally: a Performer, a Voice to match the legendary Maria Callas!

I'm your fan from now on, Sumi Jo. What a jo (sweetheart)!

[rmcinuk]

@Caribman9999

I never cease to be amazed by the different ways individuals hear "appreciate" music. My purely personal feeling is that Sumi Jo and Maria Callas are like chalk and cheese. Ms Callas has always "left me cold"

The one voice I adore above all others you feel similar to one I dislike. Truly human taste is an unsolvable mystery!

Enjoy your music what ever it may be!

[rayman20us]

Not being an expert in in classical music and opera, I tried to compare Sumi Jo's performance on this video with others by Ute Ziemer, Natilie Dessay, and Kathleen Battle. I find they differ enough to say that all of these ladies take liberties with the piece, which is not a bad thing.

[rayman20us]

Dessay, for example, throws in a high note at the end. In fact, you can get a stark comparison near the end of the piece from the point where the voices alternate with the flute onward. Ziemer is all over the place with short bursts and bent notes, battle goes for a very sweet light-hearted sound, and Sumi Jo goes with a joyful strength. Sumi Jo was my favorite.

[jrpim17]

She is fantastic !

[123Vanp]

Omg, she was magnificent! *****

[HosannainDeo1]

Un oiseau du printemps, en ce 20 mars... Quelle voix splendide! Une soprano coloratur? Johann Strauss fils doit être sous le charme...

Il faut aussi écouter Sumi Jo dans l'Ave Maria de Gounod ou dans les Contes d'Hofmann d'Offenbach (pour ne citer que ces oeuvres), quelles prestations...!

L'une des plus grandes voix de notre époque.

[mezzosopranolove]

Amazing! I just love all her boundless energy, and how she captivates her audience with such ease, and professionalism. Not to mention her versatility....... Bravo, bravo!

[mozart2306]

Espectacular Sumi Jo

[jumppuppyjump]

I died at 3.05. Her expressions are priceless but at that minute mark, she looked super cheeky. Love love love this woman. Come to Malaysia Sumi!!!

[lursey]

Dilber Yunus - Voices of Spring

Dilber or sumi jo betteR?

[daviddevall]

I forgot there was singing on this piece.

[IngridBerg]

She's amazing! 

[ruoin]

好美的歌聲!

[revbores]

BRAVO! Not come across this lady before , what a miss I have had.

[flowersings]

Simply charming performance!!!

[davehshs]

Even though I've always loved Kathleen Battle's voice, I prefer Sumi Jo's performance of Voices of Spring, primarily, I think, because of her incredible vibrato, which really enhances this music. Of course, this is a personal preference: Some people dislike vibrato.

[Garpinator]

More than any other Strauss waltz, this one really requires the vocal part to reach it's full effect. Fruhlingstihmmen without a coloratura soprano is like spring without flowers. And Sumi Jo does an outstanding job of being the flower!

[gnativerson]

Oh baby!

[sweetcharlie63]

I'd kill for that gown!

[azzull244]

bellisimo¡¡¡¡¡¡

[Speezerina]

Lovely!

[bunnyoneedge]

Omg I didnt know we the Asian have such a great voice !

[Nautilus1972]

@bunnyoneedge Asians speak tonal languages, so they should be better at singing as their ears are better tuned than westerners.

[charis337]

@Nautilus1972 Some Asian langues don't have great tonal distinctions (e.g. Korean). I don't think your overly generalizing statement explains anything here.

[urbanliving2011]

@bunnyoneedge

lol, more are instrumental! :)

[FU420B]

I liked the version on three stooges best lol

[luckylangerie]

im on it right away .. cheers. : ))

[punknn08]

i know many versions of this song , and this one is my fav. one, her voice fits the song perfectly

[finnwe]

Kann jemand die lyrics auf Deutsch shreiben?

Danke.

:)

[Tenorbravo]

Amazing Voice. I sure enjoy this interpretation of Voices of Spring,and her voice too. Thank s  for sharing it.

[carrla30]

bravooooooooooooo

[Imozep4Live]

AMAZING

[marshalovely]

Magnificent voice.  Always a pleasure to listen to!!!

[ARTUROPVIOLA]

wonderfull ... just the dress LOL

[anyjen]

True, she does tend to wear dresses that are really something else... and this one is... well, honestly, it's quite funny. ^^U

Still, who cares what she's wearing, as long as she sings like that... she could be wearing rags and I'd still want her on a stage. *___*

[ARTUROPVIOLA]

Well I like her for her singing anyway! :-) Whatever she dresses .... its up to her!

[davehshs]

@anyjen You're right about the dress being funny. It makes her look almost as wide as she is tall. And I also agree about her sensational singing.

[CatalinaDM56]

I love her dresses!

[sheikofaraby2]

Spectacular

[Alexmeister25]

Frühlingsstimmenwaltzer

[cky12qxz]

How do you pronounce Frühlingsstimmen? D:

[LeCoconut]

froo-ling-sh-tea-men

[cky12qxz]

Thanks :D

[killerbunny123123]

fryuling shtimmen ^^

[cky12qxz]

I take that you are Deutsch :D

[killerbunny123123]

nope im half greek and half italian o.O....but i speak english greek italian some french some German and some japanese O_O i know im a weirdo T_T

[cky12qxz]

I love Greece :D

[killerbunny123123]

cool ^^

[yiudiumui]

no that's super cool...jealous

[killerbunny123123]

thnx :)

[doremicde]

OH!!!! All nations Callas staied in!!!! Compliment!!

[killerbunny123123]

hahahahaha lololol i didnt notice that!!

[mozart230647]

De vez en cuando necesito escuchar la gran voz de Sumi Jo...y la música de Strauss

[mozart230647]

Sí, sí...la otra gran favorita, la otra gran voz que faltará en el Teatro Real de Madrid, no podía ser otra que Sumi Jo...Todavía pueden ficharla...Si en Madrid van a estar las GRANDES VOCES no puede faltar esta excepcional soprano coreana....

[liltrix]

LOL...the dress XD

[matelue]

It was the 90s!

[Iareto]

This is unbelievable! I absolutely love her rendition of this. I can't even put my finger on why. I just feel so happy watching her sing this. I couldn't even listen for the voice or technique the first time I was just smiling and bouncing with the music. She's phenomenal! And Strauss is a genius.

[mozart230647]

Pues no. QUISE DECIR CASTELLANOPARLANTES...Perdón..­.Los errores de ministras y concejalas se contagian...

[mozart230647]

Matización: cuando digo "latinos" me refiero no solo a los hispanoparlantes sino a todos aquellos que tienen como lenguas vernáculas las derivadas del latin (romance)...Portugal, Brasil, Francia, Italia, Rumania y demás...

[mozart230647]

Hoy es un día de erratas, errores, incompetencias e ignorancias supinas...HABRAS QUERIDO DECIR CASTELLANOPALANTES, ¿no?

[mozart230647]

El alemán es un idioma dificil para un latino...pero queda muy bonito en la voz increible de esta brillante soprano coreana...

[giulianopietra]

Grazie Molto bello!

Giuliano

[XTBounty]

She is singing in GERMAN!!

[mozart230647]

Qué voz la esta soprano...Maravillosa....

[mariokalogeropoulos]

BRAVISSIMA!

[mannythetrader]

Yeah Kathleen Got her beat on this track, but only by a nose.

[TrebleB4Mi]

those are added by her and were not in the original. I believe they are just her showing off instead of doing real justice to the song

[killerbunny123123]

i still think that both versions of this waltzer are pretty kool

[josephzita]

True, the sound quality of the video fails to do justice to the original.

If I may add (and I mean no offense), but Madam Sumi seems to be a little ahead of the musicians in her opening lines

[kalex94]

Summi is beautiful as always

i also enjoy maki mori and Battle's versions =)

[hullmaninfight]

wonderful performance. It's difficult to compare one performance with another but for me rita streich has the edge over all others. Long live Vienna.

[melfinaa]

the audio quality is too poor to judge Sumi Jo in this recording.

westenra voice is so clear...sissel even clearer...but Sumi Jo voice is most beautifull

[Bahia82]

I've yet to see an opera singer on youtube sound horrible, I dont think its in their DNA, having said that, Battle is the queen of this particular song, watching her its hard to imagine she sung that live, it was almost perfect, Natalie hits higher notes, but thats about it, opear isn't just about hitting high notes every 30 seconds, but the lyrics in between.

[origina09]

Bellicima interpretación, hermoza mujer, vestido horrendo y voz de ángel. Sumi jo te amo

[sscc587]

Great performance!!

[TrevorDaniels]

IN the music world and where Opera is concerned, it seems as though we judge as best those who sing the loudest and highest. I happen to like both Sumi Jo and battle, however, Battle always seems more finessed to me.

[sheikofaraby2]

Seoul, South Korea

[rufus39]

wunderbar, danke

[Devilsouza]

She is The Best Between her & Kathleen Battle

[ZZJK1]

It is kind of the worse, in my opinion...

[giurenzi]

It's so difficult to say who's best between her & battle.

[immature0916]

kathleen in my opinion so much smoother

[enfava]

She is amazing!!!

I love this sopran so far...

[eldorado2k2]

Contrary to what robikske1804 says, I don't think its 'incredible that Korean people and japanese etc like so much German klassic music'.

Music is the international language. It has little respect for cultural, language and other barriers imposed only by our own stereotypes. I was brought up in the Caribbean, I now live in Canada, but the best classical music training I got is still rooted in the Caribbean. However, Canada provides much more opportunity to hear high calibre music of all kinds.

[tomonetruth]

re music being 'the international language': not quite in my view. many cultures evolved systems that were not pentatonic-diatonic (12 notes/octave), and sound very bizarre to my western ears. chinese, i believe, is indeed pentatonic-diatonic, but still sounds 'out-of-tune' to me. robikske may have a point. having said that, i expect that nowadays oriental cultures are exposed to so much western music that it is perceived as more natural to them than vice-versa.

[robikske1804]

stronger voice than kathleen battle, also her german is better understandable, nevertheless both are great, incredible that korean people and japanese etc like so much german klassik music

[silvka]

I don't think that her German is better audible at all.Everyone is entitled to their opinion but did you actually listen to Kathleen Batlle's performance properly?It's pure joy and with Karajan conducting nothing can trump that.Sumi Jo is an incredible singer and I love her performance of Caccini's Ave Maria or Mozart's Der Hoelle Rache.

[aznkpride2005]

i'm korean, but i did like battle's video better with karajan, its my opinion

but it is the voice of spring

and spring reminds me of calm happiness :)

and karajan's orchestra was just wonderful uplifting battle's voice that it made her voice sound sweet

[jeremya1b2c3]

by the way dessay's voice is higher

[fabfourfanatic4]

This is a lovely rendition, but I have to say that I like Natalie Dessay's interpretation more. But still, this is truly amazing. Her voice in the upper register is beautiful!

[shishirth]

her voice is simply gorgeous in the high registers - just awesome

[goushihenchou]

i dun think mny people can sing such a high tone! her singing is wonderfull

[AbigailBernard]

her voice is so clear and crisp. It gives me goosebumps, no joke. I love it!

[sheikofaraby2]

It's Seoul actually.

[Dog23luv]

She is the best in the world.

[DiscoRules2006]

erna sack is the best for that song

[2007nc]

Absolutely amazing. Bravo and thank you for sharing.

[andykaioss]

It is very dificult to compare Sumi Jo X Katleen Battle. Both are spetacular.

andykaios

[02kissme]

Sounds so much ploddier and labored than Kathleen Battle who is so much more lyric and graceful with it. This is much too heavy for Strauss!

[Iareto]

Jo is really not a heavy voice. Quite small actually. She isn't too heavy for anything! Lol. This isn't bad actually. Not really her thing, but certainly not as bad as you're making it sound.

[karlleo]

fruhlingstimmen is written for a light lyric coloratura's voice. I would say her voice sits nicely for this song...

[Iareto]

I just meant to say that I prefer her in other things over Strauss. She isn't my favorite in Strauss. I do think she was pretty good here though.

[Lidiazinha]

i understeand what does she feel , when the video starts , by the expression of her ( lovely ! ) face! she has such a sensible voice, someday i want to dance by the sound of strauss waltzes!

[mindofxminus]

Beautiful!!!

[63Attila]

PS. The Barrientos performance is also YouTune

[waldteufel78]

Wonderful ! Singin the Strauss Waltzes is extremely difficult, especially this one.

[kngiht84]

Think Natalie Dessay is the best interpreter of this aria

[63Attila]

Try Maria Barrientos also a great Spanish soprano

[gusttrance77]

para mi la mejor intérprete de esta obra es eva lind....!!!! sin embargo Sumi es muy muy buena

[Rafaello251]

She is amazing,such a great colorature.

[sschimel]

My favorite recording of this is by Mady Mesple. I think Sumi is better in French repertoire. Her French arias album is superb.

[migratteur]

incredible voice!!!!!!!!!! ouahhhhh i'm so surprise by her voice ....she's a great singer!

[RunRunita]

Brava Sumi!!! sempre sei brava!

[senilangakali]

oh but the dress!!

[hyunah85]

heh but its 1993!!

[senilangakali]

I hope shes thrown them away now!

[afrikanlova]

This is the reason why I LOVE opera!!! Because of singers like her! She has such power and control over her voice. Its amazing!

[senilangakali]

This is operetta darling but I agree with you that only a singer like Sumi jo Can render this witn such power!!

[Jamaicanchocolate34]

I know your kind. Insult intelligently. To the intelligent, however, it comes across as nothing short of...

[senilangakali]

Complete your phrase...why get edgy with a gentle correction?I accept others comments on some details I get wrong. Come on,a sure sign of intelligence is to accept with grace that we can all make some mistakes sometimes.Nothing werong with that! Cheers!!

[prisoner24601]

I think the comment was made because the Fruehlingstimmen waltz was not written for an operetta but as an isolated piece of music so your "correction" was unecessary. The line between the two genres is barely discernable anyway, especially in regards to Strauss, so we really don't need to split hairs about genre with a piece like this. It's just good music.

[madeinthe70s]

Well, seeing as how I have sung Latin, Italian, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Greek, Hebrew and Swedish, I think I could manage it.

[AluCardGr]

εισαι απιστευτη ''sakis arabatzis tenor''

[jamesotek]

Battle is sublime, Sumi is too! Gastonlegrand needs to listen with a happy heart so you can enjoy many perfections of the same music...hey Madeinthe try singing Korean! Hee hee

[madeinthe70s]

Her voice may sound good, but her German diction stinks. I am shocked, honestly, that a soprano of her renown would mispronounce all the umlaut's and ending consonants the way she does. Most of them fall in the middle of the voice, so she can't use the tessitura as an excuse. And yes, she and the orchestra are off, way off. She is singing it too heavy. It is about a lark and is supposed to be light and boyant.

[nzlove]

maybe it's a fat lark?? :)

[prisoner24601]

i love you, whoever you are.

[sschimel]

Maybe it's a quail.

[kimisizer]

That didn't make any sense you idiot.

[kimisizer]

You're trying to sound smart, but obviously it isn't working.

[gastonlegrand]

This is a BIG work; and Sumi and the orchestra correctly treat it as such:whereas Battle & Karajan are too sweet and gentle with it.

[gurucow]

what joy she brings to this piece!

[0o0doir0o0]

wOw very nice.. that put a smile on my face:)

[Dune137]

Sumi Jo is excellent (as always), but I agree that it sounds as though the orchestra is not in sync with her singing...to me it sounds like the orchestra is going to fast and they're playing too loud. I believe the orchestra needs to be sensitive to the singer in order to produce a beautiful performance...they should keep tempo with the singer and not try to overpower the singer. But Im no expert...just my opinion.

[musique55]

well, I think her voice is powerful enough not to let the orchestra overpower her. I think the balance is actually pretty good. Her voice is so well controlled though eh? that's amazing!

[NART65]

Fortissimo25 exactly.  Kathleen Battle sang this most beautifully, as she did almost everything else. Pity she is not with any of the major opera houses of the world. What a waste of a career. Despite the fact that she was a madam her voice is out of this world.

[fortissimo25]

i dunno anything about opera, but kathleen battle sang like exactly with the orchestra, as if, i dunno, they practiced... sumi jo is good, but sings this too fast for my taste and she isn't in sync with the orchestra!!!

[xgianpatrick]

The conductor is at least partly to blame for being out of sync. In a piece like this, I'd follow the singer. Aside from the tempo, the orchestra is way too heavy and cloddish. She sounds terrific!

[jkircher314]

Yes! This was in a great Three Stooges short. What was it called? Isn't there a moment when Curly starts singing instead of the soprano?

[haanel]

Can anyone provide the lyrics of this beautiful video?

[fortissimo25]

if u go to the kathleen battle version of this piece, the lyrics are there when u click on the "more" icon in the info section of the video on the right! :)

[nichtsleezy]

Clearly Kathleen´s voice is more beautiful and more expressive overall, and she does not push the higher part of her voice. Sumi Jo does a good job, but it lacks sheer beauty, and she ever so slightly pushes at the top. However she is also very precise musically.

[passover77]

This is as good as the 3 stooges version. Does anyone out there know who did the actual singing on that version.

[60knightsix]

I watched the original Stooges short that featured Christine McIntyre singing "Voices of Spring." You can look her up on Wikipedia-"Christine Cecilia McIntyre, a native of Nogales, Arizona, is mainly known as the beautiful blonde actress who appeared in the Three Stooges shorts from Columbia Short Pictures. McIntyre was also classically trained as a singer, having attended the Chicago Musical College, where she received her Bachelor of Music degree in 1933.

[passover77]

thanks for the info

[clairehair1970]

I cant get enough of Sumi Jo- Since finding her by accident I have watched nothing else since!!

[davideo321]

P.S. But Sumi is splendid in it nonetheless.

[davideo321]

Rita Streich owns this showpiece.

[rufus39]

sumijo은 아름답다, 그녀의 음성 아름답다, 음악 아름답다, 행성에 제일 가수!

[rufus39]

너가 이다 처럼 너가 아름답게 노래하는sumijo, 아름다운 모두.

[rufus39]

아름다운 음악, 아름다운 가수

[joeocho88]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! This is Johann Strauss like it OUGHT to be played and this wonderful soprano understands it as well.

[rufus39]

Sumi Jo is beautiful, she sings so sweetly, you will never find a sweeter lady or singer anywhere, at least on this planet!!!!!! thank you for posting!

[tetmupco]

Ai yo, wo de ma ya, I always start crying when I listen to this woman sing. Especially when she did "Carnival of Venice" Thank you Smoothiw for sharing your treasures.

[SexiTeddy]

I have to say Natalie Dessay hands down

[marjotins]

I like Sumi's voice but not in this piece. I prefer the version of Natalie Dessay.

[demajomaya]

I compared both: Natalie and Sumi. I like the two versions. One should not hold account of the poor quality of the recording.

[smoothiw]

Video Response and the score have nothing to do with it. They just mean that people like Kathy's rendition more than Sumi's or that Kathy's clip was uploaded long before Sumi's. You said that Sumi imitated Kathy, but Sumi and Kathy just sung this waltz just as the musical note of this song. It seems more adaquate that both of them imitated or followed the musical note of J. Strauss. I think that you have never seen the musical note of this famous waltz.

[urgrad03]

THANK YOU... they are both just singing what is written. I find it humorous when people make comparisons without merit. Sometimes I think people forget that a composer spent many moons working on the score to a piece... singers just sing it. Period.

[iTubeVlc]

Sumi Jo cleary imitates Kathleen Battle's rendition. But the charm and beauty of tone of Kathy is quite hard to imitate. Good rendition anyway.

[smoothiw]

Did Sumi imitate Kathleen? How comical! Have you heard of "MUSICAL NOTE"?

[iTubeVlc]

Comical? Check the video Response with the score and you'll get it.

[smoothiw]

I like both of the two sopranos' renditions, but your acrimonious and unreasonable abuse makes me think that you are just a malicious and impetuous person.

[joosangbai]

some like rose more than lily, some like red rose than white rose, i like both.

[superbatstud]

If you listen to Kathleen Battle, you would love Kathleen better. If you listen to Dilber... you´ll love her the best...! light+ power+agility and good intonation... just perfect. unfortunately it´s not on youtube...

[Orionsbelt74]

perfectly sung by Sumi Jo - as ever !

[dalferr]

She is an angel!!!

[Gotthard38]

I am in love again.

[uTubeVwr]

Is this really in Seoul? Could it be a Korean TV broadcast of a concert at Suntory Hall in Tokyo?

[smoothiw]

Really in Seoul. It's calle sSeoul Art Center. I have been there so many times. :)

[Operachikie]

AWESOME!!!

[Nivri80]

Bravissimo!!

[chloelovescats]

she performs like a bird - or nightingale! maybe it is because the music is related to Spring.

[Ichichan0326]

Wonderful as always. =]

[hydedes]

nicely done, flawless, very vivid voices of an angel.

i love her dearly