Carl Orff brings the Middle Ages into the modern era with Carmina Burana, one of the best-loved choral works of the 20th century, and an exuberant celebration of the power of music's simplest yet most versatile building blocks: beautiful melody, and raw rhythm. This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project's website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com. this is the edition for voices, two pianos and percussion preformed by: Cantillation Sara Macliver soprano Paul McMahon tenor Jonathan Summers baritone Synergy Percussion Australian Virtuosi (Michael Kieran Harvey & Bernadette Harvey) Sydney Children's Choir Antony Walker conductor