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.Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna2:37
- 2.Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune plango vulnera2:53
- 3.Primo Vere: Veris leta facies3:29
- 4.Primo Vere: Omnia sol temperat2:24
- 5.Primo Vere: Ecce gratum2:56
- 6.Uf dem Anger: Tanz1:57
- 7.Uf dem Anger: Floret silva3:15
- 8.Uf dem Anger: Chramer, gip die varwe mir3:57
- 9.Uf dem Anger: Reie-- Swaz hie gat umbe -- Chume, chum geselle min4:40
- 10.Uf dem Anger: Were diu werlt alle min0:57
- 11.In Taberna: Estuans interius2:41
- 12.In Taberna: Olim lacus colueram3:33
- 13.In Taberna: Ergo sum abbas1:37
- 14.In Taberna: In taberna quando sumus3:13
- 15.Cour D'Amours: Amor volat undique3:26
- 16.Cour D'Amours: Dies, nox et omnia2:17
- 17.Cour D'Amours: Stetit puella1:59
- 18.Cour D'Amours: Circa mea pectora2:11
- 19.Cour D'Amours: Si puer cum puellula0:53
- 20.Cour D'Amours: Veni, Veni, venias0:57
- 21.Cour D'Amours: In trutina2:29
- 22.Cour D'Amours: Tempus est iocundum2:28
- 23.Cour D'Amours: Dulcissime0:36
- 24.Blanziflor et Helena: Ave formosissima2:01
- 25.Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna2:39

