Eugene Ormandy - Orff - Carmina Burana (Essential Classics)

Orff: Carmina Burana (Essential Classics) By   Eugene Ormandy Very Good Condition Compared with some of the digitally recorded versions of Carmina Burana currently in circulation, this one has fairly archaic sonics. Nonetheless, the Philadelphia Orchestra is playing the tunes, and they don't miss a trick. Ormandy was never one to sensationalize a score, especially not one with so many sensations built in. Here, he simply stands back and lets his band play it, which they do quite commendably. There are a lot of "young" voices in the chorus, which is a plus in this piece, and the singing is fresh and light, both in spirit and in sound. The soloists show that you don't have to be slumming opera stars or lieder singers to do justice to the music; indeed, the lack of pretense and hot-dogging in their renditions is downright refreshing. In spite of the tape hiss and a slight graininess to the treble, the recording is spacious and well balanced. Unfortunately, there is no text, no translation. --Ted Libbey Track Listings Disc: 1   1. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. O Fortuna   2. Fortune Plango Vulnera   3. I. Primo Vere. Veris Leta Facies   4. Omnia Sol Temperat   5. Ecce Gratum   6. Uf Dem Anger. Tanz   7. Floret Silva   8. Chramer, Gip Die Varwe Mir   9. Reie   10. Swaz Hie Gat Umbe - Chume, Chum Geselle Min - Swaz Hie Gat Umbe   11. Were Diu Werlt Alle Min   12. II. In Taberna: Estuans Interius   13. Olim Lacus Colueram   14. Ego Sum Abbas   15. In Taberna Quando Sumus   16. III. Cour D'amours: Amor Volat Undique   17. Dies, Nox Et Omnia   18. Stetit Puella   19. Circa Mea Pectora   20. Si Puer Cum Puellula   21. Veni, Veni, Venias   22. In Trutina   23. Tempus Est Iocundum   24. Dulcissime   25. Blanziflor et Helena: Ave Formosissima   26. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna (Reprise) Product details Audio CD (January 7, 1992) Number of Discs: 1 Label: Sony Classical Run Time: 58 minutes ASIN: B0000027P7