Stokowski - Orff: Carmina Burana/ Loeffler: A Pagan Poem [Original recording remastered]

Orff (Artist), Loeffler (Artist), Htso (Artist), Stokowski (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B0000589T7
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,744 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, No 1: O Fortuna - The Houston Chor/Alfred Urbach

2. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi, No 2: Fortune Plango Vulnera - The Houston Chor/Alfred Urbach

3. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Primo Vere, No 3: Veris Leta Facies - The Houston Chor/Alfred Urbach

4. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Primo Vere, No 4: Omnia Sol Temperat - Guy Gardner

5. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Primo Vere, No 5: Ecce Gratum - The Houston Chor/Alfred Urbach

6. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger, No 6: Tanz - Houston SO/Leopald Stokowski

7. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger, No 7: Floret/Silva - The Houston Chor/Alfred Urbach/Houston Youth Sym Boys' Chor/Howard Webb

8. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger, No 8: Chramer, Gip Die Varwe Mir - Virginia Babikian/The Houston Chor/Alfred Urbach

9. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger, No 9: Reie/Swaz Hie Gat Umbe/Chume, Chum Geselle Mi - The Houston Chor/Alfred Urbach

10. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Uf Dem Anger, No 10: Were Diu Werlt Alle Min - The Houston Chor/Alfred Urbach

11. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In Taberna, No 11: Estuans Interius - Guy Gardner

12. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In Taberna, No 12: Olim Lacus Colueram - Clyde Hager/Houston Youth Sym Boys' Chor/Howard Webb

13. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In Taberna, No 13: Ego Sum Abbas - Guy Gardner/Houston Youth Sym Boys' Chor/Howard Webb

14. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: In Taberna, No 14: In Taberna Quando Sumus - Houston Youth Sym Boys' Chor/Howard Webb

15. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour D'Amours, No 15 : Amor Volat Undique - Virginia Babikian/Houston Youth Sym Boys' Chor/Howard Webb

16. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour D'Amours, No 16: Dies, Nox et Omnia - Guy Gardner

17. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour D'Amours, No 17: Stetit Puella - Virginia Babikian

18. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour D'Amours, No 18: Circa Mea Pectora - Guy Gardner/The Houston Chorale/Alfred Urbach

19. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour D'Amours, No 19: Si Puer cum Puellula - Houston Youth Sym Boys' Chor/Howard Webb

20. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Cour D'Amours, No 20: Veni, Venim, Venias - The Houston Chorale/Alfred Urbach

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Version of this Masterwork, April 6, 2001

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Victor (Portland, Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stokowski - Orff: Carmina Burana/ Loeffler: A Pagan Poem (Audio CD)

For many years I've had a ratty old copy of Carmina Burana on tape that has accompanied me everywhere. Then I decided to upgrade one of my favorite works to a CD and got the surprise of my life! The clarity of this remastered performance from 1958 is nothing short of breathtaking! Clearly, Stokowski had a special understanding of the unique dynamics of this piece and the orchestra and singers felt every note from their synapses inward to their bones. I have listened to nothing else for days; this new (old) performance has opened my ears to what I thought I already knew about Orff's best known work and deserves to be in every serious classical music listener's collection.

And two extra perks: 1.)Loeffer's "Pagan Dance" alone is worth the price of the CD because 2.)the CD is released at a price that's just so darned economical!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a Carmina Burana riddled with too many problems to be a top-drawer version, December 1, 2008

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Discophage (France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stokowski - Orff: Carmina Burana/ Loeffler: A Pagan Poem (Audio CD)

As for details on the reasons why this 1958 recording of Carmina Burana, despite its stupendous (and, indeed, full-dimensional) sound, cannot be considered a top-drawer version, see my lenghty review under the recording's previous release in the same EMI-Full dimensional sound series, then paired with Stravinsky's Firebird-Suite (Carl Orff: Carmina Burana/Igor Stravinsky:The Firebird Suite). In capsule: the impossibly American accent of the Houston Chorale and of tenor Clyde Hager, the numerous and indefensible cuts practiced by Stokowski and the OK but far from great soloists. Ultimately then this is a version for the Stokowskite more than the aficionado of Orff's famous warhorse.

Stokowski's recording of Loeffler's Pagan Poem was also previously reissued by EMI in its short-lived MAtrix series, paired then with Glière's Third Symphony (again an abridged version). See my review thereunder: Gliere: Symphony No. 3 "Ilya Murometz"; Loeffler: A Pagan Poem.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get this for the Loeffler, May 5, 2007

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Classic Music Lover (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stokowski - Orff: Carmina Burana/ Loeffler: A Pagan Poem (Audio CD)

To be honest, Stoky's Carmina Burana isn't anything special. The interpretation is fine, but no better than many others. The Houston orchestra is no great shakes, either. Any number of other performances will do you better -- such as Robert Shaw/Atlanta Symphony on Telarc or the classic Antal Dorati/Royal Philharmonic on London/Decca. But the real treat here is Loeffler's Pagan Poem, a highly effective tone poem that has been commercially recorded only three times -- and not since the late 1950s. The Stokowski recording is the latest, and the only one in stereo. It holds up well after almost 50 years, and the interpretation is extremely good. The orchestra and the pianist are in masterful form, too. We're overdue for a new recording of this composition -- perhaps JoAnn Falletta and her Buffalo Philharmonic players will take it up for Naxos. Until then, this is the interpretation to have.