London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox – Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (2008) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox – Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (2008)
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Recorded live at the Barbican Centre in November 2007, Richard Hickox conducts Carl Orff’s immensely popular dramatic cantata Carmina Burana with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and soloists, Barry Banks, Laura Claycomb and Christopher Maltman. The score’s combination of gloriously infectious vulgarity interspersed with moments of genuine beauty has assured it an unquestionable position as one of the most popular of all twentieth-century choral works.

Orff is reputed to have declared around the time of Carmina’s first performance, ‘Everything I have written to date, and which you have printed, can be destroyed. With Carmina Burana, my collected works begin.’ He had a strong interest in theatrical presentations and conceived the work as a pageant. The idea came to Orff in 1935 when he encountered an edition of medieval songs edited by the poet Johann Schmeller. The vivid and colourful songs were those sung by the goliards – hedonistic students and traveling monks who celebrated their riotous pursuits in bawdy and profane poetry. The 24 ‘cantiones profanae’ chosen by Orff were translated and the composer set them to music for three vocal soloists, three choirs and a large orchestra featuring triple woodwind, two pianos and no fewer than five percussionists.

Tracklist:
1. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna (02:36)
2. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune plango vulnera (02:40)
3. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Veris leta facies (03:54)
4. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Omnia sol temperat (02:09)
5. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: I. Primo vere: Ecce gratum (02:43)
6. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Tanz (01:45)
7. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Floret Silva (03:18)
8. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Chramer, gip die varwe mir (03:23)
9. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Reie (04:51)
10. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Uf dem anger: Were diu werlt alle min (00:53)
11. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: II. In taberna: Estuans interius (02:28)
12. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: II. In taberna: Olim lacus colueram (03:35)
13. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: II. In taberna: Ego sum abbas (01:29)
14. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: II. In taberna: In taberna quando sumus (03:05)
15. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Amor volat undique (03:16)
16. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Dies, nox et omnia (02:06)
17. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Stetit puella (01:49)
18. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Circa mea pectora (02:04)
19. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Si puer cum puellula (00:58)
20. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Veni, veni, venias (01:01)
21. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: In trutina (02:16)
22. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Tempus est iocundum (02:22)
23. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: III. Cour d’amours: Dulcissime (00:43)
24. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Blanziflor et Helena: Ave formosissima (01:50)
25. London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor / London Symphony Chorus / Barry Banks / Laura Claycomb / Tiffin Boys Choir / Christopher Maltman – Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna (03:14)

Personnel:
Laura Claycomb – soprano
Barry Banks – tenor
Christopher Maltman – baritone
Tiffin Boys’ Choir – Simon Toyne: chorus master
London Symphony Chorus – Joseph Cullen: chorus director
London Symphony Orchestra, Sarah Nemtanu – guest leader
Conducted by Richard Hickox.

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