W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Bo Skovhus, Kyle Ketelsen, David Bizic, Colin Balzer / English Voices & Freiburger Barockorchester, Louis Langrée [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Jul/2013 ] A new 'Don Giovanni' in Aix from renowned Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov, awarded best director at the International Opera Awards 2013, and conductor Louis Langrée. |
W. A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2010) Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Bo Skovhus, Kyle Ketelsen, Marlis Petersen, Kristine Opolais / Louis Langrée (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 31/Jul/2013 ] "Skovhus is electrifying in the lead role as he pivots from roaring malevolence to whispered fragility..The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Louis Langree articulates extreme states of mind latent in Mozart's score...This DVD is a must-see" BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
Motets Flemish Radio Choir / Bo Holten [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded in 2007) Glyndebourne Opera / Nina Stemme / Robert Gambill / Katarina Karneus / Bo Skovhus / Jiri Belohlavek [ Opus Arte DVD / 3 DVD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "A performance realised to Glyndebourne's highest standards - the chorus and stage brass are Bayreuth-level, the casting immaculate." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Robert Gambill, Nina Stemme, Katarina Karnéus, Bo Skovhus / Jirí Belohlavek (cond) [ Opus Arte / BBC Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "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... |
W. A. MOZART
The Ultimate Mozart Opera Album [2 CD set] Herbert Lippert, Bo Skovhus, John Dickie, Helen Kwon, and other Naxos recording artists [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] This marvellous selection reveals Mozart's astonishing gift for laying bare the inner lives of the many beloved characters from his most famous operas, whether embroiled in farce or defying fate. |
BRAHMS
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (German Requiem) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Bo Skovhus (baritone) / Danish National Choir/DR / Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR / Gerd Albrecht [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] 'What sets this performance apart from most others are the comparative lightness of its orchestral and choral sonority, transparency of its texture and utter avoidance of stodgy sentimentality… In short this is a warmly recommended release' -... |
BO HOLTEN
Wisdom and Folly and other Choral Works Jesper Juul Sorensen (trombone) / Danish National Girls Choir/DR / Danish National Choir/DR / Bo Holten, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] "Music full of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic interest" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie/Bo
Stravinsky/Debussy/Bartock: Or [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2004 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (recorded live at the Salzburg Festival in 2009) BLU-RAY Miah Persson, Isabel Leonard, Topi Lehtipuu, Bo Skovhus, Patricia Petibon / Wiener Philharmoniker, Adam Fischer [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2014 ] Director Claus Guth's production of Mozart's Da Ponte trilogy for the Salzburg Festival reaches its sensational conclusion with his elegant, stylish production of Così fan tutte from the "Haus für Mozart". Guth bolsters the unity of the cycle by... |
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg/Bo
Bruckner: Symphony No 4 In E-F [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg/Bo
Bruckner: Symphony No 6 [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] |
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg/Bo
Haydn: Symponies No 60, 88 & 9 [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2010 ] |
Mozartiumorchester Salzburg/Bo
Bruckner: Symphony No.8 [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
ORLANDO de LASSO
Lasso: St. Matthew Passion Musica Ficta, Bo Holten [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2018 ] "Lassus's St Matthew Passion is exquisitely delivered by Bo Holten's talented Danish group, and emerges as an austere ceremony, dominated by monophony" MusicWeb |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Danish Christmas Malene Mordtorp (soprano), Sine Bungaard (soprano) Musica Ficta, Bo Holten [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/1999 ] "Here a very pretty anthology of Danish noëls by composers and arrangers who are more or less familiar but always talented. ... To be heard all year round." (Translated from the original French) - Diapason, February 2000 |
Various Composers
The Essential Placido Domingo (Opera arias, Folk songs & Perhaps Love) SPECIAL PRICE Placido Domingo (tenor) with Renata Scotto, Bo Skovhus, John Denver, etc [ Legacy Records / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/1993 ] This is a definitive double disc collection of the best known and most loved numbers from operatic star Placido Domingo. |
PUCCINI / MOZART / LEONCAVALLO / VERDI / ROSSINI
Famous Baritone Arias Roberto Servile (baritone), Georg Tichy (baritone), Natale de Carolis (baritone), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Andrea Martin (baritone), Roberto Frontali (b [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Baritone airs from Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, Carmen, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Tosca, Falstaff, etc |
W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (Highlights) Torsten Kerl (Tenor), Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano), Bo Skovhus (Baritone), Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Michael Halasz (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Don Giovanni won immediate success in Prague and a performance was commanded in Vienna for the following May. |
Barry Van Zyl & The Bo Kaap Collective
Goema Music from Cape Town, South Africa [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Goema [pronounce: "gooma"] music from the Bo Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, as played today, still in its traditional format with voices, percussion, bass, banjo and guitar. |