Yi-Kwei Sze sings: Ich grolle nicht (Schumann)
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@wangtong61 .... tempo a little on the slow side which loses... but adds... .
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A very powerful and moving performance. Yes, i would have preferred the high A too!
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唱得真好听,华人男低音歌唱家。
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Thank you! I am so thrilled to find more postings of this magnificent singer here in Youtube!
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schön,aber das weiß ich nicht was er singt....schaaaade..
ich denke.....dass das Lied ihm nicht passt.
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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.
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It is rare to find a Bass, the great Yi-Kwei Sze, who portrays such artistry along with a magnificent instrument
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If you know the version which does not take the lower alternate notes toward the end, then this version is very disappointing!
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@FrancisLyte Unsinn.
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@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.



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.
Gentlecivilizer 3 years ago
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!
borlange11 3 years ago
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.
borlange11 3 years ago