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Table of Contents:

• Die tote Stadt. Da Ihr befehlet, Königin ... Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen / Erich Wolfgang Korngold (5:23)
• Hamlet. Spectre infernal! (2:00) ; C'est en croyant revoir ... Ô vin, dissipe la tristesse! (5:42) ; J'ai pu frapper le misérable ... Être ou ne pas être (5:47) ; La fatigue alourdit mes pas ... Comme un pâle fleur (4:10) / Ambroise Thomas
• Faust. Avant de quitter ces lieux / Charles Gounod (3:20)
• Werther. Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps? / Jules Massenet (2:52)
• Don Carlos. C'est moi Carlos ... Oui, Carlos! Oui, c'est mon jour suprême ... Carlos, écoute / Giuseppe Verdi (10:15)
• Billy Budd. Look! Through the port ... And farewell to ye, old Rights o' Man! / Benjamin Britten (8:18)
• Tannhäuser. Blick' ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise (4:48) ; Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung deckt die Lande ... O du, mein holder Abendstern (4:54) / Richard Wagner
• Eugene Onegin. Vy mne pisali (4:36) ; Užel' ta samaja Tat'jana (2:37) / Peter Tchaikovsky
• Pique Dame. Vy tak pečal'ny, dorogaja ... Ja vas ljublju / Peter Tchaikovsky (4:53).

Author/Creator:

Skovhus, Bo, 1962-

Contributors:

Conlon, James, 1950-

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957

Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

English National Opera > Orchestra

Languages:

English
French
German
Russian

Language Notes:

Sung in German, French, English, or Russian.

Main Work:

Arias [by Skovhus, B.]

Included Works:

Tote Stadt [by Korngold, E.W.] > Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen

Hamlet [by Thomas, A.] (Selections)

Faust [by Gounod, C.] > Avant de quitter ces lieux

Werther [by Massenet, J.] > Pourquoi me réveiller

Don Carlos [by Verdi, G.] > C'est mon jour

Billy Budd [by Britten, B.] > Look! through the port comes the moonshine

Tannhäuser [by Wagner, R.] > Sängerkrieg > Blick' ich umher

Tannhäuser [by Wagner, R.] > O du mein holder Abendstern

Evgeniĭ Onegin [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.] (Selections)

Pikovai︠a︡ dama [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.] > St︠s︡ena i arii︠a︡ kni︠a︡zi︠a︡

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Bo Skovhus, baritone ; English National Opera Orchestra ; James Conlon, conductor.

General Notes:

c.2 from the collection of Ronald and Mary Beth Williams.
Recorded July 2-6, 1997, Air Studios, London; and August 31 & November 23, 1997 at Abbey Road Studios, London.
Program notes by John Bell Young in English with German and French translations and librettos with English translations (32 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 130,995

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 074646003527
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: SK 60035

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2001573880

OCLC Numbers:

40640464