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New. Orff: Carmina Burana
Chen Reiss (soprano), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Andrzej Filończyk (baritone), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Opera Youth Chorus, Audivi, Jader Bignamini
Though Bignamini does allow the music room to breathe in its occasionally more tender, seductive or reflective moments, this is, in general, a maestro with eyes ablaze...Orff's much-loved 'secular... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2026, Choral Choice
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Gundula Janowitz (soprano) Gerhard Stolze (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin Schoneberger Sangerknaben, Eugen Jochum
Since its original release, Jochum's performance has consistently been a prime recommendation for this muchrecorded piece. Listening to it again in the superbly remastered sound, one can easily... —
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Special offer. Orff: Carmina Burana
RecommendedYeree Suh (soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone)
Anima Eterna Brugge, Collegium vocale gent & Cantate Domino, Jos van Immerseel
Immerseel plus Anima Eterna spells revisionism, and that is what you get here: a Carmina Burana retooled with instruments of its period, and stripped of back-projected late-Romantic cushiness...The... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th November 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Orff: Carmina Burana
RecommendedLynne Dawson (soprano), John Daniecki (tenor), Kevin McMillan (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Choral Performance
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Russell Braun (baritone), Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor), Alina Wunderlin (soprano)
Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Zürcher Sängerknaben, Paavo Järvi
The choir’s articulation is razor-sharp and urgent, and Orff’s booming percussion writing rattles the rafters...But ultimately the real star here is Paavo Järvi, whose leanly energised direction... —
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Orff: Carmina Burana
RecommendedArleen Auger (soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), John van Kesteren (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Choir, Riccardo Muti
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Building A Library, June 2021, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Orff: Carmina Burana
Celestina Casapietra (soprano), Horst Hiestermann (tenor), Karl-Heinz Stryczek (bass)
Dresdner Kapellknaben, MDR Rundfunkchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Lucia Popp (soprano), John van Kesteren (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone)
Munich Radio Orchestra & Bavarian Radio Choir, Kurt Eichhorn
an imaginative staging... The main background set is a ruined church, against which the singers are seen in medieval costume, with action, sometimes surreal, invented to illustrate each section... —
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Claire Rutter, Tom Randle & Markus Eiche
Highcliffe Junior Choir (Director: Mary Denniss), Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus (Director: Andrew Knights) & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Director: Greg Beardsell), Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop's pacing of the opening 'O Fortuna' chorus is spot on… Diction is excellent… Tenor Tom Randle… is the pick of the soloists. Soprano Claire Rutter makes worthy contributions… Conductor... —
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