Sumi Jo - Baroque Journey
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Free Music Review: Beautiful 'songs without words'.
Hit: 3 Stars
It is true that Ms. JO is Korean, and the languages she sings in this disc are all foreign to her.
That said, while it is fully evident that Ms. JO possesses a very beautiful bel canto voice and is rightfully considered to have an almost impeccable technique, having learnt her art from the reknowned Dame Joan Sutherland who is her mentor in the early stages of JO's illustrious career, it is also fully evident that she has acquired the mannerisms of Dame Joan, notably failing to sing out full sense of the texts by crystal clear prounciations and enunciations of the libretti.
Be it Italian, English or German, am afraid that Ms. JO had only one concern - to sing the melodic lines in the utmost beautiful tone and musical lines. The consonants, the vowels, are blurred into a maze of lovely sounds.
Compare her Handel with Kiri Te Kanawa in "Let the bright seraphim" and "I know that my redeemer liveth", let alone 'Where'er you walk', diction clouded into near obscurity.
The ever popular 'lascio chio piange' has the basic baroque style of flamboyance totally drowned in the wake of her muddy treatment of the texts. And her over-embellishments sometimes aren't at all to the absolute good taste.
Free Music Review: Simply Beautiful
Hit: 5 Stars
I have dozens of CDs by Sumi Jo; the first one, I purchased in a little Korean shop in Chicago. I was not a fan of opera. Opera to me was background music for Saturday morning cartoons as a kid. But the CD looked interesting because it had several Korean folk songs on it. Sumi Jo not only introduced me to the beauty of these simple Korean melodies, but also to the world of opera. I now have a wide collection of opera on CD. I have a very wide taste in music. I have lived in Japan, visited Sri Lanka, and studied in China. Sumi Jo is still one of my favorites. I have learned a lot from years of Zen meditation, but now I am truly happy. Eric Clapton, Astor Piazzolla and Pablo Ziegler, Ma Xiaohui, Mozart, Willie Nelson, Maria Callas, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, Vince Gill, Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield, Inoue Yosui, and Sumi Jo make life worth living.Free Music Review: Fantastic!
Hit: 5 Stars
This was one of her best that I've heard so far. She can do such wonderful things with that crystal clear voice of hers! Highest praise for this one!Free Music Review: Sumi Jo - Baroque Journey
Hit: 5 Stars
It's beeen a long time between CDs, but Baroque Journey has been worth waiting for. Sumi Jo's voice just gets better, and the choice of baroque pieces is superb. An exquisite listening experience.