Carmina Burana: Carl Orff: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: I. O Fortuna
2. Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: II. Fortune plango vulnera
3. Carmina Burana: III. Veris leta facies
4. Carmina Burana: IV. Omnia Sol temperat
5. Carmina Burana: V. Ecce gratum
6. Carmina Burana: VI. Tanz
7. Carmina Burana: VII. Floret silva nobilis
8. Carmina Burana: VIII. Chramer, gip die varwe mir
9. Carmina Burana: IX. Reie
10. Carmina Burana: X. Were diu werlt alle min
11. Carmina Burana: XI. Estuans interius
12. Carmina Burana: XII. Olim lacus colueram
13. Carmina Burana: XIII. Ego sum abbas
14. Carmina Burana: XIV. In taberna quando sumus
15. Carmina Burana: XV. Amor volat undique
16. Carmina Burana: XVI. Dies, nox et omnia
17. Carmina Burana: XVII. Stetit puella
18. Carmina Burana: XVIII. Circa mea pectora
19. Carmina Burana: XIX. Si puer cum puellula
20. Carmina Burana: XX. Veni, Venivenias
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At first glance, this doesn't seem like conductor Riccardo Muti's cup of tea. It's a work without many subtleties, one that seems to need a policeman more than an interpreter. But Muti lets it rip--the joyous moments are superb, the mock-sentimental moments charming, changes in rhythm properly jarring, and the energy level very high. Soprano Arleen Auger almost makes her high-flying part seem simple. Warning: The louds are very loud. --Robert Levine

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4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful music, Dec 19 2005

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This review is from: Carmina Burana (Audio CD)

-- Carmina Burana --
Carmina Burana is a large German manuscript from which Carl Orff drew his famous modern setting.

The manuscript was discovered in a Benedictine monastery in the mid-19th century in Bavaria, and subsequently named Carmina Burana. It is very extensive, with lyrics from Occitania, France, England, Scotland, Catalonia, Castile, Germany and beyond. Many texts are in Latin. However, the majority of the texts do not include melodies (which is not uncommon for compositions of the time). These have to be recreated based on the structure of texts or other cues (such as pitch), or other markers alluding to well-known medieval melodies from other sources.

The include of Gregorian chant, and other musical styles such as the music of Troubadours, Trouveres, and Minnesingers can be heard distinctly. In that tradition, many of these songs are far from sacred texts, but rather can be ribald and scathing at times in their wit toward the world in which they were composed. Yet there are also graceful love songs and other wonderful pieces here, too.

Carl Orff took many of the pieces and put them together as a complete set with new orchestrations - it was a lofty ambition, as could be seen from the subtitle Orff gave to the piece: Cantiones profanae contoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis (which roughly translates into 'Secular [or even profane] songs for solo vocalist and choir with instruments and magical pictures'). Orff made statements about seeking the spiritual in this music, but in fact neither the lyrics nor the music is really church-appropriate.

I do agree with others who comment on the variable volume on this disc; apart from that, the performances are magnificent, with real power and depth to the voices and strength to the instruments.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant. This is my favorite recording of Orff, Jun 20 2004

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I absolutely love this CD and take it on any trips I go to. The balance during songs is near perfect. As other reviewers have pointed out, the volume levels are rather exaggerated, but that's one thing I enjoy about the CD. There performance of the four tavern songs are exceptionably notable, and is my favorite section of the CD. This is definitely my favorite recording, and many others consider it one of the top. Definitely a must-have if you're an Orff fan.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Neo-Classically fantastic, May 1 2004

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My Music Appreciation professor used clips of this work when giving us samples of what Neo-Classic music sounds like. And I fell so much in love with it.

In reagards to the complaints about the sudden changes in volume (soft to instantly loud or vice versa), it's called terraced dynamics. It's supposed to be like that. :)

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