Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis. Orff’s Carmina Burana received its world premiere in a staged performance at the Frankfurt Opera on June 8, 1937
It is considered to be the most important collection of Goliard and vagabond songs, along with the Carmina Cantabrigiensia. The manuscripts reflect an international European movement, with songs originating from Occitania, France, England, Scotland, Aragon, Castile and the Holy Roman Empire.
Carmina Burana refers to both a 13th-century manuscript of medieval poems and the famous 1936 scenic cantata by German composer Carl Orff, who set a selection of those poems to music. The piece is universally recognised for its opening and closing movement, "O Fortuna," which has become a staple of dramatic cinema, television, and pop culture.
Carl Orff's Cantata (1936)
In the mid-1930s, composer Carl Orff selected 24 of these medieval poems to create a massive choral and orchestral masterpiece. Musical Style: Orff rejected the complex harmonies of his contemporaries (like Schoenberg). Instead, he embraced a raw, "primal" simplicity driven by hypnotic, driving rhythms, powerful percussion, and chant-like vocal lines.
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is one of the most popular pieces of the classical music repertoire.
| Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - Gold Ultimate High-Quality CD (UHQCD) |
Now Carmina Burana is available on UHQ-CD, Silver Alloy Audio CD, which is made in Japan
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