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JANOWITZ / STOLZE / JOCHUM / OPERA BERLI ORFF: CARMINA BURANA
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Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Reviews
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Reviews
| 95 of 97 people found the following review helpful  A Version That Wears Its Years Well, By This review is from: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (Audio CD) I first heard Carmina Burana in a college production back in Spring of 1965 (end of my freshman year). Like virtually everybody who hears it for the first time, I was immediately taken with Orff's secular cantata and bought Jochum's FIRST recording on Decca LP (that was a mono recording from the early 1950's - this DG stereo account didn't come along until 1967). When THIS recording came out, I bought the DG LP and discarded the Decca: the sonics were MUCH better on the re-make, and the performance sounded more fully realized.Since then, I have seen two other stagings of Carmina Burana and heard some of the other recordings (Muti, Ozawa, Previn, etc.), but my loyalties remain with this one. Sure, the stereo sound is a little dated (a slight cut in treble smooths out the edgy highs - all in all, this CD is sonically a considerable improvement on the original LP). The recording was supervised by Orff himself, Jochum's conducting is rhythmically vigorous and... Read more 52 of 57 people found the following review helpful A truly incredible recording, By A Customer This review is from: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (Audio CD) This recording is far and away the best performance of Carmina Burana. The mood and feeling of each poem are incredible in their power. Both takes of "O Fortuna" are more threatening and potent than any other I have ever heard. "Fortune plango vulnera" ties with the second version of "O Fortuna" as my favorite song and "In taberna quando sumus" is a close third. are Jochum has truly recorded THE definitive Carmina Burana. There are some very minor downsides to the recording. Occasionaly, a page turn can be heard, but I believe this only adds to the vitality of the perfomance. My one real quibble is Janowitz. The Amazon editorial review is largely correct - in Dulcissime, she sounds rather strained. It doesn't bother me as it does some people, possibly because I'm not a singer. However, Dulcissime a :34 song, and given the true brilliance of this recording, it can be easily overlooked. Some VERY minor quibbles I have with the... Read more 34 of 36 people found the following review helpful Jochum, Fischer-Dieskau, how can you go wrong?, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (Audio CD) These are great musicians, folks. And this is really a fantastic performance. The much touted Previn recording doesn't begin to compare, in my opinion. Just listen to Previn in "O Fortuna". It's too slow, for starters, and there's some rythmic instability in the climax in the second part that is really disconcerting. The Jochum, on the other hand, is right on the money; everything happens exactly when it should. Fischer-Dieskau is so good (as he always seems to be; does anyone else need to do Schoene Mullerin after FD and Gerald Moore?; or the Mahler Wunderhorn songs?) it's just no contest. |
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