Carmina Burana

Album by Carl Orff & Sylvia Stahlman & John Ferrante & Morley Meredith & Hartford Symphony Orchestra & Hartford Symphony Chorale & Fritz Mahler

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata by German composer Carl Orff, composed in 1935–1936 and premiered in 1937. It employs large orchestral and choral forces with prominent percussion, modal melodies and settings of Latin and medieval German texts, and it marked a pivotal point in Orff's career towards a direct, elemental musical language that shaped 20th-century choral and theatrical practice.
First released: 1960

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna; Fortune plango vulnera
    5:05
  2. 2.
    Carmina Burana: Primo vere: Veris leta facies; Omnia sol temperat; Ecce gratum
    7:52
  3. 3.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem Anger: Tanz; Floret silva; Chramer, gip die varwe mir
    8:27
  4. 4.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem Anger: Reie - Swaz hie gat umbe; Chume, chum, geselle min; Swaz hie gat umbe (reprise); ; Were diu werlt alle min
    4:44
  5. 5.
    Carmina Burana: In Taberna: Estuans interius
    2:22
  6. 6.
    Carmina Burana: In Taberna: Olim lacus colueram
    3:30
  7. 7.
    Carmina Burana: In Taberna: Ego sum abbas; In taberna quando sumus
    5:03
  8. 8.
    Carmina Burana: Cour d'amours: Amor volat undique
    3:11
  9. 9.
    Carmina Burana: Cour d'amours: Dies, nox et omnia; Stetit puella
    4:50
  10. 10.
    Carmina Burana: Cour d'amours: Circa mea pectora; Si puer cum puellula; Veni, veni, venias
    4:12
  11. 11.
    Carmina Burana: Cour d'amours: In trutina
    2:01
  12. 12.
    Carmina Burana: Cour d'amours: Tempus est iocundum; Dulcissime
    2:58
  13. 13.
    Carmina Burana: Blanziflor et Helena: Ave formosissima
    1:29
  14. 14.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna (reprise)
    2:26

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