Title: Orff: Carmina Burana Artist: Alina Wunderlin Label: Alpha Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 3701624510315 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2025-01-24 Number of Discs: 1
Carmina Burana, the staged cantata by Carl Orff, is a work unique in musical history, claims conductor Paavo Jarvi: 'The convergence of medieval texts with such daringly original orchestral colours creates a soundworld that is both archaic and yet beyond time, in which chorus, orchestra and soloists vie in splendour.' The work also has an unusual history: composed shortly after the Nazi takeover of Germany, it was at first rejected because of it's Latin texts and the erotic character of some of it's songs; yet Orff and his work subsequently became highly prized by the Reich. The composer (who was secretly 'a quarter Jewish') did not support the regime, but made the best of his success... Orff was 42 by the time he experienced this breakthrough with his Carmina, which he designated as his Op. 1, disowning all his previous compositions. Departing from the Romantic style, he now wanted to create music linked to rhythm, simple repeated melodies, and non-complex forms. This work's popular success confirmed that decision.
Tracks: 1.1 Carmina Burana~Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. O Fortuna 1.2 Carmina Burana~Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. Fortune plango vulnera 1.3 Carmina Burana~I. Primo Vere. Veris leta facies 1.4 Carmina Burana~I. Primo Vere. Omnia sol temperat 1.5 Carmina Burana~I. Primo Vere. Ecce gratum 1.6 Carmina Burana~Uf Dem Anger. Tanz 1.7 Carmina Burana~Uf Dem Anger. Floret silva 1.8 Carmina Burana~Uf Dem Anger. Chramer, gip die varwe mir 1.9 Carmina Burana~Uf Dem Anger. Reie / Swaz hie gat umbe / Chume, chum, geselle min / Swaz hie gat umbe 1.10 Carmina Burana~Uf Dem Anger. Were diu welt alle min 1.11 Carmina Burana~II. In Taberna. Estuans interius 1.12 Carmina Burana~II. In Taberna. Olim lacus colueram 1.13 Carmina Burana~II. In Taberna. Ego sum abbas 1.14 Carmina Burana~II. In Taberna. In taberna quando sumus 1.15 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. Amor volat undique 1.16 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. Dies, nox et omnia 1.17 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. Stetit puella 1.18 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. Circa mea pectora 1.19 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. Si puer cum puellula 1.20 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. Veni, veni, venias 1.21 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. In trutina 1.22 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. Tempus est iocundum 1.23 Carmina Burana~III. Cour d'Amours. Dulcissime 1.24 Carmina Burana~Blanziflor et Helena. Ave formosissima 1.25 Carmina Burana~Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. O Fortuna
