classical music: Bo Skovhus     classical music:     Bo Skovhus      Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro Anna Netrebko, Dorothea Roschmann Deutsche Grammophon, 2007 Not your Grandma's Figaro This is not your grandma's Figaro. At first I was surprised, then taken aback, then intrigued and then completely mesmerized. It's Figaro meets Psycho. The pacing is slower, more deliberate and the whole tone and atmosphere darker and more intense. And in the end, I ...             Zemlinsky: Vocal and Orchestral Works Bo Skovhus, Alexander von Zemlinsky, ... EMI Classics, 2008             Korngold: Die tote Stadt Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Donald Runnicles, ... Orfeo D'or, 2005 A strong live performance is let down by the central role For decades the only reliable recording of Korngold's swooningly gorgeous Die Tote Stadt has been the one under Erich Leinsdorf on RCA. It boasts a good cast, but Leinsdorf's conducting is stiff and without the ravishing touch that sends Korngold's lush music into ...             BRAHMS: Edition - Complete Works Bo Skovhus, Gunther Leib, ... Brilliant Classics, 2008 Definitely a COMPLETE EDITION! A wonderful CD collection indeed! I have bought all of the Brilliant Classics Complete Collections and have not been upset with any set. The only thing I didn't like about this set (and only because I can compare with my others), the information was on the outside ...             The Merry Widow Franz Lehar, John Eliot Gardiner, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1995 Sparkling, Brilliant Production First a disclaimer: I am a teenage music student and not a "qualified," per se, music critic. I think, though, that I fairly represent many lay opera fans in my opinions, so I hope my review will be worthwhile. The only recording I have compared this to is the ...             Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [Blu-ray] Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko Deutsche Grammophon, 2008             Songs by the Sea: A Scandanavian Journey Bo Skovhus, Edvard Grieg, ... Chandos, 2004             Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony; Opera preludes & interludes Bo Skovhus, Alexander von Zemlinsky, ... EMI Classics, 2007             Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro / Gallo, McNair, Studer, Skovhus, Bartoli, Abbado Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claudio Abbado, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1995 My first Figaro and I am delighted Though relatively new to opera, I have some expectations and this Figaro works for me. I will leave it to others more knowledgeable to comment on the relative merits of the individual performances -- being a neophyte my standards are quite simple -- do I like the ...             Lehar - Merry Widow / Kenny, Skovhus, Kirchschlager, Turay, Kunzel, San Francisco Opera Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus BBC / Opus Arte, 2003 Merry Widow Excellent recording of The Merry Widow. This opera was produced by the Dallas Opera recently and I wanted the CD to remind me.             Alban Berg: Wozzeck / Ingo Metzmacher Alban Berg, Bo Skovhus, ... Angel Records, 2002 Wozzeck was composed by Alban Berg in the 1920s, and it uses as a libretto, virtually unchanged, a play that had been written almost a century earlier (and was later made into a film by Werner Herzog). But it is a shockingly modern work that hits 21st-century audiences with an impact like a tabloid headline: "GI SLAYS MATE, SELF." The opera takes ...             Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Salonen, Domingo, Skovhus Bo Skovhus, Gustav Mahler, ... Sony, 2000 A Different kind of Song of the Earth This recording of Mahler's most profound vocal/orchestral statement has many many moments of glory. Esa-Pekka Salonen captures Mahler's passionate and richly orchestrated score in a beautiful reading by his LA Phil. As we have come to expect from Salonen and his ...             Escape Through Opera Luciano Pavarotti, Jane Eaglen, ... Sony, 2001 If you adore opera as I do you will treasure this and play it repeatedly What a lush and lovely collection, featuring one magical and exquisite presentation after another! As I said, if you adore opera then you will treasure these CDs. The 2 CD album states: Long drives, Lazy afternoons, Romantic dinners. My favorite however is to put it on ...             Bo Skovhus - The Heart of the Poet (Das Herz des Dichters) ~ Songs by Robert & Clara Schumann Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, ... Sony, 1996             Sleeping With Schubert Bo Skovhus, Franz Schubert, ... Sony, 2004          products you might be interested in   search for classical music francisco, interludes, kirchschlager, metzmacher, orchestral, scandanavian      geepe.com    web randomly chosen DVD: Shall We Dance?