Orff: Carmina Burana

Carl Orff (Composer), Zubin Mehta (Conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Sumi Jo (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Sumi Jo
• Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Composer: Carl Orff
• Audio CD (July 16, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Apex
• ASIN: B00005QHTA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,973 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #91 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > Vocal & Song > Cantatas
  • #94 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Cantatas

Track Listings

1. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna

2. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune plango vulnera

3. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 1 Primo vere: Veris leta facies

4. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 1 Primo vere: Omnia Sol temperat

5. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 1 Primo vere: Ecce gratum

6. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf dem anger: Tanz

7. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf dem anger: Floret silva

8. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf dem anger: Chramer, gip die varwe mir

9. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf dem anger: Reie; Swaz hie gat umbe; Chume, chum geselle min; Sw

10. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf dem anger: Were diu werlt alle min

11. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 2 In Taberna: Estuans interius

12. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 2 In Taberna: Olim lacus colueram

13. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 2 In Taberna: Ego sum abbas

14. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 2 In Taberna: In taberna quando sumus

15. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 3 Cour d'amours: Amor volat undique

16. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 3 Cour d'amours: Dies, nox et omnia

17. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 3 Cour d'amours: Stetit puella

18. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 3 Cour d'amours: Circa mea pectora

19. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 3 Cour d'amours: Si puer cum puellula

20. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: 3 Cour d'amours: Veni, veni, venias

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a very good "carmina" at a budget price, December 11, 2004

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Liesha - See all my reviews

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

This is a very good modern recording of the beloved
"carmina burana". The conducting is vigorous. The orchestra, chior and three soloists are excellent.
Sumi jo is a delight- her "in trutina" and "stetit puela" are delicious.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent "Carmina Burana" - at a bargain price, July 16, 2009

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Ralph Moore "Ralph operaphile" (Bishop's Stortford, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orff: Carmina Burana (Audio CD)

Dare I suggest that given a good conductor, an enthusiastic, well-trained choir and a competent orchestra, this piece is not that hard to pull off on disc? I mean no disrespect to the music or the performers by saying so, but I own three equally good recordings and know of half a dozen more which give similar pleasure. Either that, or it has been very lucky on disc; either way, this is another fine addition to the discography. The sound is clean and vivid, Mehta paces everything beautifully and the soloists are first rate - especially Sumi Jo (although her sustained lower notes are not as secure as other sopranos' - it's in the stratosphere that she excels). Bo Skhovus is in the same mould as Håken Hakegård: a virile, incisive bariton-martin with an extended upper range, although I think the older artist still has the edge in the Mata recording. I like Kowalski's alto version of the roasted swan-song, although for real vocal thrills I commend John Aler's full-voice account (again on the Mata disc): an extraordinary feat, as it never sounds strained, just pained! A third way of doing this "aria" is Gerhard Unger's method on the famous de Burgos recording: he slips into falsetto when required. I like all three ways of doing it, but admire and enjoy Aler most of all. De Burgos also employs two different baritones: one for the more robust, declamatory bits and another for the laments with the higher tessitura; that works too, especially with two such good singers as John Noble and Raymond Wolansky. That recording also has the lovely Lucia Popp, whose sustained breath is a thing of beauty, but Barabara Hendricks and Sumi Jo are equally impressive in their different ways. The best choir of all is de Burgos' New Philharmonia Chorus but there is a fair amount of tape hiss in the pre-digital 1966 recording and all three choirs on all three discs are committed and exciting. I am going round in circles here: what I am saying is that you could be happy with any of the three I mention (Mata, de Burgos or Mehta), though I would, if pushed, opt for the Mata as my favourite. A welcome libretto is provided, despite this being a budget edition - which is more than any other bargain version I know, so I won't moan about the few misprints in the Latin...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music, December 22, 2007

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Marianna Przhebelskaya "Marianna" (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orff: Carmina Burana (Audio CD)

I am very glad with this CD. I enjoy the music. There was also included text of poems -in Latin and in English, very convinient.