Bo Skovhus

Baritone

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Stage Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff


Robert Gambill, Nina Stemme, Katarina Karnéus, Bo Skovhus, René Pape, Stephen Gadd, Timothy Robinson & Richard Mosley-Evans

The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek

Glyndebourne’s celebrated production of Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s Tristan und Isolde is a supremely intelligent achievement; gravely beautiful, haunting and meditative, it is deeply reflective rather than visceral, fortified by Roland Aeschlimann's stunningly effective set, a womb-like space through which the protagonists move like gods. Conductor Jirí Belohlávek mirrors Lehnhoff's approach in his sophisticated plumbing of the score's depths, with every shift in texture carefully laid bare by an inspired London Philharmonic Orchestra. Nina Stemme's Isolde and Robert Gambill's Tristan, both gloriously lyrical, are matched by superb performances from René Pape as the betrayed and vulnerable King Marke and Bo Skovhus as Kurwenal, deeply touching in his helpless devotion to Tristan. This High Definition recording of a production of uncommon intimacy reveals the opera's music and drama in a new light.

‘I don’t think that I have ever witnessed a more perfect realisation of a Wagner opera than this superb Tristan und Isolde. …[Jirí Belohlávek] is scrupulous with the score, and takes his time over it: the pauses and silences are immense and there is no factitious attempt to whip up excitement by speeding. …a great and unforgettable occasion’ The Daily Telegraph

“A performance realised to Glyndebourne's highest standards - the chorus and stage brass are Bayreuth-level, the casting immaculate (they can all really sing these parts) and Belohlávek's conducting balanced with a Goodall-like attention to the filigree detail of Wagner's new-wave scoring.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008

“Stemme's fiery Irish princess is even finer than on the Domingo CD… Gambill's burly Tristan projects a darker, more resigned intensity… Pape's black-voiced Marke rightly dominates the stage… Karneus is a passionate, lusciously sung Brangäne. Lehnhoff's Glyndebourne production doesn't outclass Daniel Barenboim's magnificent video... But those looking for a Tristan with warmth and immediacy will find it certainly shares Barenboim's benchmark recommendation.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2008 *****

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Staged by Claus Guth and Directed by Brian Large


Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Röschmann & Christine Schäfer

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Subtitles: English/German/French/Spanish/Chinese

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DG Mozart 22 Unitel - 0734245

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights)

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights)


Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Röschmann & Schäfer

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

DG - 4776544

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Bo Skovhus, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo, Florian Boesch, Patrick Henckens, Eva Liebau, Christine Schäfer, Marie McLaughlin, Anna Netrebko & Dorothea Röschmann

Wiener Philharmoniker & Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

DG - 4776558

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Mozart - Complete Operas

Mozart - Complete Operas

All 22 Mozart Operas from the 2006 Salzburg Festival


Czernowin:

Adama

Directed by: Claus Guth

Noa Frenkel, Yaron Windmüller, Andreas Fischer & Paul Lorenger

OENM - Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, Johannes Kalitzke

Mozart:

La finta giardiniera, K196

Directed by: Doris Dörrie

John Graham Hall, Alexandra Reinprecht, John Mark Ainsley, Véronique Gens, Ruxandra Donose, Adriana Kucerova & Markus Werba

Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

Il re pastore, K208

Kresimir Spicer, Annette Dasch, Marlis Petersen, Arpiné Rahdjian, Andreas Karasiak

Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock

Lucio Silla, K135

Directed by: Jürgen Flimm

Roberto Saccà, Annick Massis, Monica Bacelli, Veronica Cangemi, Julia Kleiter, Stefano Ferrari

Chor und Orchester des Teatro La Fenice Venedig, Tomas Netopil

Ascanio in Alba K111

Directed by: David Hermann

Iris Kupke, Sonia Prina, Marie-Belle Sandis, Charles Reid, Diana Damrau, Christian Benzhaf, Katharina Vötter

Chor und Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim, Adam Fischer

Bastien und Bastienne, K50

Directed by: Thomas Reichert

Aleksandra Zamojska, Evmorfia Metaxaki, Bernhard Berchtold, Radu Cojocariu & Alfred Kleinheinz

Salzburger Marionettentheater & Junge Philharmonie Salzburg, Elisabeth Fuchs

Der Schauspieldirektor, K486

Directed by: Thomas Reichert

Aleksandra Zamojska, Evmorfia Metaxaki, Bernhard Berchtold, Radu Cojocariu & Alfred Kleinheinz

Salzburger Marionettentheater & Junge Philharmonie Salzburg, Elisabeth Fuchs

La Betulia liberata, K118

Jeremy Ovenden, Marijana Mijanovic, Julia Kleiter, Franz-Josef Selig, Irena Bespalovaite & Jennifer Johnston

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen

Il sogno di Scipione

Directed by: Michael Sturminger

Blagoj Nacoski, Louise Fribo, Bernarda Bobro, Iain Paton, Robert Sellier & Anna Kovalko

Chor des Stadttheaters Klagenfurt & Kärntner Sinfonieorchester, Robin Ticciati

Lo sposo deluso

(Irrfahrten II) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on unfinished works: Abendempfindungen, Lo Sposo Deluso, L'Oca del Cairo, and Rex Tremendus.

Josef Wagner, Marisa Martins, Jeremy Ovenden, Matthias Kliink, Malin Hartelius, Silvia Moi, Miljenko Turk, Ann Murray & Marianne Hamre

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter

La Finta Semplice

(Irrfahrten I) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on La Finta Semplice.

Malin Hartelius, Josef Wagner, Matthias Klink, Marina Comparato, Silvia Moi, Jeremy Ovenden & Miljenko Turk

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter

Zaïde, K344

Directed by: Claus Guth

Noa Frenkel, Yaron Windmüller, Andreas Fischer & Paul Lorenger

OENM - Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, Johannes Kalitzke

Apollo et Hyacinthus, K38

ximilian Kiener, Ekaterina Tretjakova, Anja Schlosser & Astrid Hofer

Orchester der Universität Mozarteum, Josef Wallnig

Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K35

Michiko Watanabe, Bernhard Berchtold, Monika Wäckerle & Christiane Karg

Orchester der Universität Mozarteum, Josef Wallnig

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384

Directed by: Stefan Herheim

Laura Aikin (Konstanze), Valentina Farcas (Blonde), Charles Castronovo (Belmonte), Dietmar Kerschbaum (Pedrillo) & Franz Hawlata (Osmin)

r Staatsopernchor & Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

Die Zauberflöte, K620

Directed by: Pierre Audi

René Pape (Sarastro), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Paul Groves (Tamino), Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night), Inga Kalna (First Lady), Karine Deshayes (Second Lady), Ekaterina Gubanova (Third Lady), Christian Gerhaher (Papageno), Irena Bespalovaite (Papagena), Franz Grundheber (Speaker), Burkhard Ulrich (Monostatos), Franz Grundheber (Priest), Simon O'Neill (Man in Armour), Peter Loehle (Man in Armour) & Xavier Mas (Priest)

Members of the Vienna Boys Choir, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Don Giovanni, K527

Directed by: Martin Kusej

Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni), Ildebrando D‘Arcangelo (Leporello), Christine Schäfer (Donna Anna), Melanie Diener (Donna Elvira), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Zerlina), Robert Lloyd (Il Commendatore), Piotr Beczala (Don Ottavio) & Luca Pisaroni (Masetto)

Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Daniel Harding

Così fan tutte, K588

Directed by: Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann

Ana María Martínez (Fiordiligi), Sophie Koch (Dorabella), Shawn Mathey (Ferrando), Stéphane Degout (Guglielmo), Sir Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso) & Helen Donath (Despina)

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck

Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87

Directed by: Günter Krämer

Richard Croft (Mitridate), Netta Or (Aspasia), Miah Persson (Sifare), Bejun Mehta (Farnace), Ingela Bohlin (Ismene), Colin Lee (Marzio), Pascal Bertin (Arbate)

Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble, c Minkowski

Idomeneo, K366

Ramón Vargas (Idomeneo), Magdalena Kozená (Idamante), Ekaterina Siurina (Ilia), Anja Harteros (Elettra), Jeffrey Francis (Arbace), Robin Leggate (Gran Sacerdote), Günther Groissböck (La Voce) & Andreas Schlager (Neptune)

Camerata Salzburg & Salzburger Bachchor, Sir Roger Norrington

Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Directed by: Brian Large

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Röschmann & Christine Schäfer

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

L'oca del Cairo

(Irrfahrten III) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on unfinished works: Abendempfindungen, Lo Sposo Deluso, L'Oca del Cairo, and Rex Tremendus.

Josef Wagner, Marisa Martins, Jeremy Ovenden, Matthias Kliink, Malin Hartelius, Silvia Moi, Miljenko Turk, Ann Murray & Marianne Hamre

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter


. . . striking productions of all 22 operas, plus a wealth of bonus interviews with conductors, singers, and other members of the artistic team . . . Part of the enticement lies with the casts and productions. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), for example, features such top-tier artists as the spectacular Diana Damrau as the Queen of the Night, René Pape as a sterling, pensive High Priest Sarastro, and Paul Groves as Tamino . . . this performance of the opera is as compelling visually as it is vocally. Don't miss Pape's designer denim casuals and provocatively demonic goatee in the bonus section . . . Le Nozze di Figaro has a dream cast . . . Of these productions, 90% reflect the zeitgeist of new directors who tend to appeal to viewers of all ages. Some of the more obscure directors especially whet the appetite . . . On the levels of edification, enjoyment, and sheer entertainment-the last value sorely missing from many audio-only recordings-this remarkable project scores a solid 10. Record Review

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Decca Mozart 22 - 0734221

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Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12

Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12


Angela Denoke, Bo Skovhus, Torsten Kerl

Vienna Philharmonic, Donald Runnicles

Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival 2004

Orfeo - C634042I

(CD - 2 discs)

£15.99 (£13.61 ex. VAT)

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Italienisches Liederbuch

(Italian Songbook)


Wolf, H:

Italienisches Liederbuch - 46 songs


Soile Isokoski (soprano), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Marita Viitasalo (piano)

Ondine - ODE9982D

(CD - 2 discs)

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Arias


Britten:

Look! Through the port.. ("Billy Budd")

Gounod:

Avant de quitter ces lieux ("Faust")

Thomas, Ambroise:

Selected arias from "Hamlet"

Verdi:

C'est moi Carlos..

Wagner:

Two arias from "Tannhäuser"


Bo Skovhus (baritone)

English National Opera Orchestra, James Conlon

Sony - SK60035

(CD)

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Nielsen: Maskarade

Nielsen: Maskarade


Aage Haugland, Susanne Resmark, Gert-Henning Jensen, Bo Skovhus, Michael Kristensen, Kurt Ravn, Henriette Bonde-Hansen & Marianne Rorholm

The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Ulf Schirmer

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Decca Classic Opera - 4780146

(CD - 2 discs)

£12.49 (£10.63 ex. VAT)

Scheduled for release on 22 September 2008. Order it now and we will deliver it as soon as it is available.

Lehár: The Merry Widow

Lehár: The Merry Widow


Bo Skovhus, Petra-Maria Schnitzer, Lydia Teuscher & Gunther Emmerlich

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Manfred Honeck

Live from the Semperoper Dresden 21st December 2007, staged by Jérôme Savary

“ The operettas by Franz Léhar are particularly close to my heart because I know that this music is often neglected and misunderstood.” Manfred Honeck

Released or re-released in last 6 months

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Medici Arts - 2056818

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£22.49 (£19.14 ex. VAT)

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