C. Orff - Carmina Burana

With this recording, Christian Thielemann (known for delivering fresh, must-hear/controversial interpretations) challenges Herbert Von Karajan - who was unable to resist performing this work by Orff - but also Eugen Jochum (Jochum's Deutsche Grammophon recording of Carmina Burana with the same chorus and orchestra as Thielemann's Carmina was, for years, the yardstick by which all other recordings were measured). This is, indeed, a superb performance and the sound is overwhelming in it's impact.

1) Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
2) Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune Plango Vulnera
3) I. Primo Vere: Veris Leta Facies
4) I. Primo Vere: Omnia Sol Temperat
5) I. Primo Vere: Ecce Gratum
6) Uf Dem Anger: Tanz
7) Uf Dem Anger: Floret Silva Nobilis
8) Uf Dem Anger: Chramer Gip Die Varwe Mir
9) Uf Dem Anger: Reie - Swaz Hie Gat Umbe - Chume Chum Geselle Min! - Swaz Hie Gat Umbe
10) Uf Dem Anger: Were Diu Werlt Alle Min
11) II. In Taberna: Estuans Interius
12) II. In Taberna: Olim Lacus Colueram
13) II. In Taberna: Ego Sum Abbas
14) II. In Taberna: In Taberna Quando Sumus
15) III. Cour D'amours: Amor Volat Undique
16) III. Cour D'amours: Dies Nox Et Omnia
17) III. Cour D'amours: Stetit Puella
18) III. Cour D'amours: Circa Mea Pectora
19) III. Cour D'amours: Si Puer Cum Puellula
20) III. Cour D'amours: Veni Veni Venias
21) III. Cour D'amours: In Trutina
22) III. Cour D'amours: Tempus Est Iocundum
23) III. Cour D'amours: Dulcissime
24) Blanziflor Et Helena: Ave Formosissima
25) Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna