Carmina Burana

Album by Carl Orff & Gisela Vivarelli & Richard Brünner & Robert Titze & Wolfsburger Chorgemeinschaft & Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie & Heinz Meyer-Kundt

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata by German composer Carl Orff, completed in 1936 and first performed in 1937. Combining large-scale chorus, soloists and orchestra with pronounced rhythmic drive, modal-inspired melodies and direct tonal textures while setting medieval Latin and vernacular texts, it represents a key work in Orff's output and had a notable impact on mid-20th-century choral-orchestral practice.
First released: 1972

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
  2. 2.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune plango vulnera
  3. 3.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Veris leta facies
  4. 4.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Omnia Sol temperat
  5. 5.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Ecce gratum
  6. 6.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Tanz
  7. 7.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Floret silva
  8. 8.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Chramer, gip di varwe mir
  9. 9.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Reie – Swaz hie gat umbe – Chume, chum geselle min – Swaz hie gat umbe
  10. 10.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Were diu werlt alle min
  11. 11.
    Carmina Burana: II. In taberna: Estuans interius
  12. 12.
    Carmina Burana: II. In taberna: Olim lacus colueram
  13. 13.
    Carmina Burana: II. In taberna: Ego sum abbas
  14. 14.
    Carmina Burana: II. In taberna: In taberna quando sumus
  15. 15.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: Amor volat undique
  16. 16.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: Dies, nox et omnia
  17. 17.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: Stetit puella
  18. 18.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: Circa mea pectora
  19. 19.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: Si puer cum pueltula
  20. 20.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: Veni, veni, venias
  21. 21.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: In trutina
  22. 22.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: Tempus est iocundum
  23. 23.
    Carmina Burana: II. Cour d’amour: Dulcissime
  24. 24.
    Carmina Burana: Blanziflor et Helena: Ave formosissima
  25. 25.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna

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