Carmina Burana

Album by Carl Orff & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata by German composer Carl Orff, composed in 1935–1936 and first performed in 1937. The work sets medieval Latin and Middle High German texts for large chorus, soloists and orchestra, characterised by strong rhythmic drive, prominent percussion and modal melodic writing, and it marked a pivotal development in Orff's theatrical approach to rhythm and choral-orchestral composition.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
    2:30
  2. 2.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune plango vulnera
    2:43
  3. 3.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Veris leta facies
    4:01
  4. 4.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Omnia Sol temperat
    1:59
  5. 5.
    Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Ecce gratum
    2:27
  6. 6.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Tanz
    1:43
  7. 7.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Floret silva
    3:25
  8. 8.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Chramer, gip die varwe mir
    3:42
  9. 9.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Reie – Swaz hie gat umbe – Chume, chum geselle min – Swaz hie gat umbe
    5:15
  10. 10.
    Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Were diu werlt alle min
    0:54
  11. 11.
    Carmina Burana: II. La taberna: Estuans interius
    2:24
  12. 12.
    Carmina Burana: II. La taberna: Olim lacus colueram
    3:22
  13. 13.
    Carmina Burana: II. La taberna: Ego sum abbas
    1:45
  14. 14.
    Carmina Burana: II. La taberna: In taberna quando sumus
    3:02
  15. 15.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: Amor volat undique
    3:37
  16. 16.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: Dies, nox et omnia
    2:18
  17. 17.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: Stetit puella
    1:55
  18. 18.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: Circa mea pectora
    2:11
  19. 19.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: Si puer cum puellula
    0:55
  20. 20.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: Veni, veni, venias
    0:59
  21. 21.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: In trutina
    2:13
  22. 22.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: Tempus est iocundum
    2:19
  23. 23.
    Carmina Burana: III. Cours d’amours: Dulcissime
    0:40
  24. 24.
    Carmina Burana: Blanziflor et Helena: Ave formosissima
    1:59
  25. 25.
    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
    2:32

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