Orff / Thielemann / German Opera Berlin Carmina Burana CD

With this recording, Christian Thielemann (known for delivering fresh, must-hear/controversial interpretations) challenges Herbert Von Karajan - who was unable to resist performing this work by Orff - but also Eugen Jochum (Jochum's Deutsche Grammophon recording of Carmina Burana with the same chorus and orchestra as Thielemann's Carmina was, for years, the yardstick by which all other recordings were measured). This is, indeed, a superb performance and the sound is overwhelming in it's impact.

1. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna 2. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune Plango Vulnera 3. I. Primo Vere: Veris Leta Facies 4. I. Primo Vere: Omnia Sol Temperat 5. I. Primo Vere: Ecce Gratum 6. Uf Dem Anger: Tanz 7. Uf Dem Anger: Floret Silva Nobilis 8. Uf Dem Anger: Chramer, Gip Die Varwe Mir 9. Uf Dem Anger: Reie - Swaz Hie Gat Umbe - Chume, Chum, Geselle Min! - Swaz Hie Gat Umbe 10. Uf Dem Anger: Were Diu Werlt Alle Min 11. II. in Taberna: Estuans Interius 12. II. in Taberna: Olim Lacus Colueram 13. II. in Taberna: Ego Sum Abbas 14. II. in Taberna: In Taberna Quando Sumus 15. III. Cour D'amours: Amor Volat Undique 16. III. Cour D'amours: Dies, Nox Et Omnia 17. III. Cour D'amours: Stetit Puella 18. III. Cour D'amours: Circa Mea Pectora 19. III. Cour D'amours: Si Puer Cum Puellula 20. III. Cour D'amours: Veni, Veni, Venias 21. III. Cour D'amours: In Trutina 22. III. Cour D'amours: Tempus Est Iocundum 23. III. Cour D'amours: Dulcissime 24. Blanziflor Et Helena: Ave, Formosissima 25. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna