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Music CD - Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
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Music CD: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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1. Fortune, Empress Of The World: O Fortune
2. Fortune, Empress Of The World: I Bemoan The Wounds Of Fortune
3. I Spring: The Merry Face Of Spring
4. I Spring: The Sun Warms Everything
5. I Spring: Behold, The Pleasant Spring
6. On The Green: Dance
7. On The Green: The Noble Woods Are Burgeoning
8. On The Green: Shopkeeper, Give Me Colour
9. On The Green: Those Who Go Round And Round
10. On The Green: If All The World Were Mine
11. II In The Tavern: Burning Inside
12. II In The Tavern: Once I Lived On Lakes
13. II In The Tavern: I Am The Abbot
14. II In The Tavern: When We Are In The Tavern
15. III The Court Of Love: Cupid Flies Everywhere
16. III The Court Of Love: Day, Night And Everything
17. III The Court Of Love: A Girl Stood
18. III The Court Of Love: In My Heart
19. III The Court Of Love: If A Boy With A Girl
20. III The Court Of Love: Come, Come, O Come
21. III The Court Of Love: In The Balance
22. III The Court Of Love: This Is The Joyful Time
23. III The Court Of Love: Sweetest One
24. Blanchefleur And Helen: Hail, Most Beautiful One
25. Fortune, Empress Of The World: O Fortune
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028944743722
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 1996-05-14
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: ORFF NEVER HEARD THIS VERSION!
Comment: I would like to clear up some confusion: THIS IS NOT THE RECORDED PERFORMANCE THAT CARL ORFF CONDONED!! Orff attended the rehearsals of Eugen Jochum's earlier **1953** mono recording of Carmina Burana and approved that final performance. That version is available on another DGG recording of all three pieces Orff wrote in a similar vein; the album is entitled "Trionfi". The 1953 recording presents a very different version than this stereo one that Jochum recorded 15 years later in 1968 AND WHICH ORFF DID NOT HEAR!! The earlier version is grittier, perhaps not as smoothly played or expertly sung, but altogether more primal and exciting. The early mono sound of that 1953 version is very good, easily the equal of the stereo sound except for the sound-stage, and the performance is far superior. This later one is sluggish by comparison.
If you want to hear how Orff wanted this piece to sound, buy the "Trionfi" album and enjoy it. Orff certainly did!
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Summary: Wanted to give this 5 stars...
Comment: ... but I cannot, based on the oftentimes sluggish tempi, and the absolutely horrendous performance of "Olim lacus colueram" by Stolze. Fischer-Dieskau is excellent, as always, and Janowitz remains, in my opinion, one of the most egregiously overlooked sopranos of the last century or so. This CD is worth buying for her sparkling renditions of "Stetit Puella," "In trutina," and "Dulcissime" alone.
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Summary: What makes this a classic? The fact that it was approved by the composer?
Comment: Well, this performance was approved by the composer(Yeah!!!Congrats!!!)
Does this makes it a definitive performance? Of course not, then again, how many versions aren't there of the Bruckner symphonies? and we like them all and then again Orff is not Bruckner. Orff is know for only this work.
The sound world in this recording is different from say a recording by
Mutti, or Detoit. DG should have picked a different performance for this
most excellent collection of "The Originals"
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Summary: Best pagen music around
Comment: I have heard four versions of Carmina Burana over the years. I found this performance the best to date, to which my daughter agrees.
Gerardus M. Smit
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Summary: Splendid !
Comment: It's definitively the best adaptation of Carl Orff's masterpiece with astonishing vocal parts.Surely a "must have" CD for everyone who loves classical music at his best.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Yes, here it is folks--that irritatingly catchy chorus you first heard in the film Excalibur, or as the background music to the HBO Boxing Specials, and in zillions of other places. What it's not is the music from The Omen, which it clearly inspired. All pieces of music that feature choruses chanting in Latin are not the same (in fact, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms is much closer to The Omen than this). Orff actually wrote a lot more music, but here's a case where his reputation as a "one work" composer really is justified, for nothing else comes close in musical or popular appeal. This performance was authorized by the composer himself, and that's recommendation enough. --David Hurwitz
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