LoginOrff: Carmina Burana
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Carl Orff's setting of Latin texts (mostly describing debauchery) is a classic and one of the most fun choral works of all time. It's loud and playful, and it's one of Hollywood's favorite pieces of classical music. (You can hear it in such movies as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Glory, and Natural Born Killers.) Antal Dorati and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra get it right on this disc, delivering a polished account with plenty of drama and fine soloists (especially soprano Norma Burrowes). Truth be told, Eugen Jochum still delivers the most riveting performance of this work available to date, but when the music is this good, owning
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Manufacturer: Decca
Release date: 23 August 1999
EAN: 0028946064627 UPC: 028946064627
Release date: 23 August 1999
EAN: 0028946064627 UPC: 028946064627
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