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The mid-price collection presents some of the most important and admired recordings of the EMI Classics and Virgin Classics catalogue which make EMI - The Home of Opera.
Bonus Disc contains synopsis and libretto with translation.
Lulu Suite (Symphonic Pieces from the opera 'Lulu'): I. Rondo (Andante) und Hymne
Lulu Suite (Symphonic Pieces from the opera 'Lulu'): II. Ostinato (Allegro)
Lulu Suite (Symphonic Pieces from the opera 'Lulu'): III. Lied der Lulu (Comodo)
Berg: Lulu Suite - 4. Variationen
Lulu Suite (Symphonic Pieces from the opera 'Lulu'): V. Adagio
February 2011
****
“Wozzeck benefits from careful attention to Berg's actual notes - often vaguely delivered in earlier recordings - instigated by Ingo Metzmacher...Bo Skovhus's deadpan soldier disintegrates with moving conviction”
“Ingo Metzmacher’s blisteringly conducted live Wozzeck — an account that blends the Sturm-und-Drang vehemence of Mitropoulos, the explosiveness of Abbado and the arch-Mahlerian beauty of Dohnanyi — also pushes Bo Skovhus to provide a powerfully characterised Wozzeck.”
January 2011
“The advantages of hearing this opera live are demonstrated very effectively through Bo Skovhus's intense and theatrical account of the title-role, with Angela Denoke as an impressive Marie, never afraid to take dramatic risks ...but perhaps the real star of this set is Ingo Metzmacher - he conducts a Wozzeck of electrifying drive and unflinching modernity...hearing this set is a tremendous experience”
2010 edition
***
“Metzmacher draw[s] powerful, clean-textured playing from his orchestra, firmly establishing this as a high romantic work, whatever its modernist credentials. The casting is strong too, with Bo Skovhus singing with clean focus in the title-role, and with Marie superbly sung by Angela Denoke, sensuous on the one hand, tenderly affecting on the other.”
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Berg:Wozzeck op7 Act1,Sc1 "Langsam, Wozzeck, Langsam!"
