Bo Skovhus - Arias /Conlon, English National Opera Orchestra

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
September 15, 1998
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SKOVHUS, BO
    • PERFORMER
      Bo Skovhus
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 15, 1998
    • UPC
      074646003527
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SK60035
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Opera / Operetta / Oratorio
    Works ⌄

    1. Die tote Stadt (The Dead City), Op. 12, Act II: Da thr befehlet, Konigin - Mein sehnen, mein Wahnen

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    2. Act I: Spectre infernal! Image veneree!

      Composer: Ambroise Thomas

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    3. Act II: C'est en croyant revoir - O vin, dissipe la tristesse

      Composer: Ambroise Thomas

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    4. Act III: J'ai pu frapper le miserable

      Composer: Ambroise Thomas

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    5. Act V: La fatigue alourdit mes pas … Comme une pale fleur

      Composer: Ambroise Thomas

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    6. Faust, Act I: Avant de quitter ces lieux

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    7. Werther, Act III: Pourquoi me reveiller

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    8. Don Carlos: C'est moi Carlos … Oui, Carlos! Oui, c'est mon jour supreme

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    9. Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act II: Billy in the Darbies: Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    10. Act II: Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    11. Act III: Wie Todesahnung, Dammerung deckt die Lande

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    12. Act I: Vi mnye pisali

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    13. Act III: Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon

    14. The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame), Op. 68, Act II: Vy tak pechalny, dorogaya, kak budto gore yest u vas - Ya vas lyublyu

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Bo Skovhus

      Conductor: James Conlon


Selections recorded at Air Studios, London, England in July 1997, and at EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England on August 31 and November 23, 1997.
Operatic baritones often wind up playing villains and incidental characters--the tenor's companion, the guy who gets bumped out of the love triangle at the end, the ones who stand by and sing through the ensembles that make the plot work out for other people--but at times there's relief. Bo Skovhus has selected nine good-guy baritone characters. They may not be the leading men, but they're not the bad guys either.
Skovhus' way with this music is entirely winning. As in his lieder recitals for Sony, he is in gloriously rich voice, bringing a warm tone and an apt interpretation to each piece. The romantic rapture of Korngold's "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" sounds as easy to him as the put-on jollity of the drinking song from 'Hamlet.' The selections in this recital run the gamut of situations in four languages, and Skovhus shows himself to be completely at home in all. James Conlon and the English National Opera Orchestra provide ample support for this talented young singer.