Carmina Burana

Album by Carl Orff

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata by German composer Carl Orff, completed in 1936 and first performed in 1937. Scored for large chorus, orchestra and prominent percussion, it combines modal and folk-like melodies with propulsive, rhythmically driven passages and settings of medieval Latin and Middle High German texts, representing a turning point in Orff's compositional style and exerting notable influence on mid-20th-century choral-orchestral repertoire.
First released: 1988

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
    2:47
  2. 2.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune plango vulnera
    2:50
  3. 3.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo Vere: Veris leta facies
    3:37
  4. 4.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo Vere: Omnia sol temperat
    2:09
  5. 5.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo Vere: Ecce gratum
    2:57
  6. 6.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem Anger: Dance
    1:47
  7. 7.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem Anger: Floret silva
    3:50
  8. 8.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem Anger: Chramer, gip die varwe mir
    3:43
  9. 9.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem Anger: Reie – Swaz hie gat umbe – Chume, chum, gat
    5:14
  10. 10.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem Anger: Were diu werlt alle min
    1:05
  11. 11.
    Carmina Burana: II. In Taberna: Estuans interius
    3:00
  12. 12.
    Carmina Burana: II. In Taberna: Olim lacus colueram
    3:20
  13. 13.
    Carmina Burana: II. In Taberna: Ego sum abbas
    1:28
  14. 14.
    Carmina Burana: II. In Taberna: In taberna quando summus
    3:24
  15. 15.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Amor volat undique
    3:30
  16. 16.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Dies, nox et omnia
    2:24
  17. 17.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Stetit puella
    2:28
  18. 18.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Circa mea pectora
    2:27
  19. 19.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Si puer cum puellula
    1:00
  20. 20.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Veni, veni, venias
    1:03
  21. 21.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: In trutina
    2:18
  22. 22.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Tempus est iocundum
    2:31
  23. 23.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Dulcissime
    0:43
  24. 24.
    Carmina Burana: Ave formosissima
    1:42
  25. 25.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
    2:54

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