BERG: Wozzeck - Skovhus, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Ingo Metzmacher (2 CDs)

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. --Gramophone

Bo Skovhus (Wozzeck), Angela Denoke (Marie), Jan Blinkhof (Tambourmajor), Chris Merritt (Hauptmann), Jürgen Sacher (Andres), Renate Spingler (Margret), Frode Olsen (Doktor)

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Ingo Metzmacher