Carmina Burana

Album by Carl Orff & Sheila Armstrong & Brian Rayner Cook & Peter Hall & Hallé Choir & Boys of Manchester Grammar School & Hallé Orchestra & Maurice Handford

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata by German composer Carl Orff, composed in 1935–36 and premiered in 1937. Scored for large chorus, soloists and orchestra, it juxtaposes driving rhythmic ostinatos, simple modal melodies and prominent percussion to create elemental, ritualistic textures, and it stands as a central work in Orff's output with a significant place in 20th-century choral-orchestral repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
    2:37
  2. 2.
    Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune plango vulnera
    2:53
  3. 3.
    Primo Vere: Veris leta facies
    3:29
  4. 4.
    Primo Vere: Omnia sol temperat
    2:24
  5. 5.
    Primo Vere: Ecce gratum
    2:56
  6. 6.
    Uf dem Anger: Tanz
    1:57
  7. 7.
    Uf dem Anger: Floret silva
    3:15
  8. 8.
    Uf dem Anger: Chramer, gip die varwe mir
    3:57
  9. 9.
    Uf dem Anger: Reie-- Swaz hie gat umbe -- Chume, chum geselle min
    4:40
  10. 10.
    Uf dem Anger: Were diu werlt alle min
    0:57
  11. 11.
    In Taberna: Estuans interius
    2:41
  12. 12.
    In Taberna: Olim lacus colueram
    3:33
  13. 13.
    In Taberna: Ergo sum abbas
    1:37
  14. 14.
    In Taberna: In taberna quando sumus
    3:13
  15. 15.
    Cour D'Amours: Amor volat undique
    3:26
  16. 16.
    Cour D'Amours: Dies, nox et omnia
    2:17
  17. 17.
    Cour D'Amours: Stetit puella
    1:59
  18. 18.
    Cour D'Amours: Circa mea pectora
    2:11
  19. 19.
    Cour D'Amours: Si puer cum puellula
    0:53
  20. 20.
    Cour D'Amours: Veni, Veni, venias
    0:57
  21. 21.
    Cour D'Amours: In trutina
    2:29
  22. 22.
    Cour D'Amours: Tempus est iocundum
    2:28
  23. 23.
    Cour D'Amours: Dulcissime
    0:36
  24. 24.
    Blanziflor et Helena: Ave formosissima
    2:01
  25. 25.
    Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
    2:39

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