Orff: Carmina Burana

Carl Orff (Composer), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra (Orchestra), Gerda Harman (Performer), Richard Brunner (Performer), Rudolf Knoll (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gerda Harman, Richard Brunner, Rudolf Knoll
• Orchestra: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
• Composer: Carl Orff
• Audio CD (September 17, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Intersound Records
• ASIN: B000000BJV
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,160 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World): O Fortuna

2. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World): Fortune p

3. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Primo Vere (Springtime): Veris leta facies (Spring's mortal face)

4. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Primo Vere (Springtime): Omnia Sol temperat (The Sun tempers all)

5. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Primo Vere (Springtime): Ecce Gratum (Behold gracious)

6. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger (In the Meadow): Tanz (Dance)

7. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger (In the Meadow): Floret silva (The forest blooms)

8. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger (In the Meadow): Chramer, gip die varwe mir (Seller,

9. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger (In the Meadow): Reie (Round Dance)

10. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger (In the Meadow): Swaz hie gat umbe (Here they go arou

11. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger (In the Meadow): Chume, chum geselle min (Come, come

12. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger (In the Meadow): Swaz hie gat umbe (Here they go arou

13. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger (In the Meadow): Were diu werit alle min (Were this w

14. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In Taberna (In the Tavern): Estuans interius (Boiling inwardly)

15. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In Taberna (In the Tavern): Olim lacus colueram (Once the lake was

16. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In Taberna (In the Tavern): Ego sum abbas (I am the Abbot)

17. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In Taberna (In the Tavern): In taberna quando sumus (When we are i

18. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour d'Amours (The Court of Love): Amor volat undique (Love flutte

19. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour d'Amours (The Court of Love): Dies, nox et omnia (Day, night

20. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour d'Amours (The Court of Love): Stetit puella (There stood a ma

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Conducted by...?, February 22, 2008

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György Marosi "Kein kenner, nur geniesser" (Budapest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orff: Carmina Burana (Audio CD)

I have the same cut with a different label. The content is the same.
Why does Amazon not mention the conductor, Ernst Hinreiner?

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very polished, if you like your Carmina to behave itself, August 16, 2000

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"rrr338" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Orff: Carmina Burana (Audio CD)

I essentially agree with the reviewer below. The Robert Shaw Chorale and the Atlanta Symphony do a very commendable performance here. The singing is polished, expertly timed, and blends beautifully with the orchestra. If you prefer this more exacting style of performance, you will probably rate this recording highly. On the other hand, if you prefer this piece to reflect its highly spiritied and indeed profane nature, there are other recordings that go in that direction. Herbert Blomstadt and the San Francisco Symphony have done a nice job in getting the "racous and raunchy" feel for this music across. There is an older recording with Eugene Ormandy on the CBS label that does likewise, but it suffers from its age (digital technonology can only do so much for older recordings). The best, most spirited recording of this piece that I have heard was over a public radio station, and it was the Berlin Radio Philharmonic (and unfortunately I did not get the conductor or featured singers). I am still searching for this one, because you could easily visualize the "knowing glances" of the male and female choruses as they worked themselves up to the sensual parts. They seemed to be having a lot of fun, keeping with the spirit of the music. Finally, the comment about some of the softer parts getting "lost," and requiring adjustment in the volume (for the Shaw verision) strikes me as accurate. That is exactly what I did upon first trying this CD, and I think any recording should not require fiddling with the volume control.

15 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This piece is astronomical!, May 25, 1999

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[e-mail] (Hazel Park, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Orff: Carmina Burana (Audio CD)

I have heard this "Fortune, Empress of the world" on so many movies, and I have always loved it, and now I have found it!