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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana (Eugen Jochum)


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Composer: Carl Orff
  • (01) Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - "O Fortuna"
  • (02) Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - "Fortune plango vulnera"
  • (03-05) Carmina Burana: 1. Primo vere
  • (06-10) Carmina Burana: Uf dem Anger
  • (11-14) Carmina Burana: 2. In Taberna
  • (15-23) Carmina Burana: 3. Cour d'amours
  • (24) Carmina Burana: Blanziflor et Helena - "Ave formosissima"
  • (25) Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - "O Fortuna"

Gundula Janowitz, soprano
Gerhard Stolze, tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Schöneberger Sängerknaben, chorus master: Walter Hagen-Groll
Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Chorus and Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin)
Eugen Jochum, conductor

Date: 1967
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4474372


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Review

Since its original release, Jochum's performance has consistently been a prime recommendation for this much-recorded piece. Listening to it again in the superbly remastered sound, one can easily hear why. He pays great attention to detail – particularly with regard to tempo and articulation – yet the performance as a whole has a tremendous cogent sweep and the choruses have terrific power. The more reflective sections are not neglected, however, and movements such as ''Stetit Puella'', with Janowitz sounding alluring and fey, have surely never been more sensitively handled. Stolze is ideal as the roasted swan and Fischer-Dieskau encompasses the very varied requirements of the baritone's music with ease. In spite of the presence of more than 30 rivals in the catalogue, this distinguished performance, authorized by the composer and now sounding better than ever, easily retains its place at the head of the queue.

-- Gramophone [12/1995]


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Carl Orff (10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer. Orff is most known for Carmina Burana (1936), a "scenic cantata". It is the first part of a trilogy Trionfi that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. In addition to his career as a composer, In pedagogical circles he is probably best remembered for his Schulwerk ("School Work"). Orff's ideas were developed, together with Gunild Keetman, into a very innovative approach to music education for children, known as the "Orff Schulwerk". The music is elemental and combines movement, singing, playing, and improvisation.

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Eugen Jochum (1 November 1902 – 26 March 1987) was an eminent German conductor. Jochum is considered by many to have been the foremost Bruckner conductor of the mid- to late twentieth century; he producing many outstanding recordings of Bruckner's symphonies. His recordings of Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Wagner and Carl Orff have also been highly praised. His 1967 recording of Carmina Burana is considered by Bill Alford to be an authoritative interpretation, as Orff himself was present during the recording and endorsed the finished product.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Jochum

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