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Carmina Burana

Carl Orff, Celestina Casapietra, Horst Hiestermann, Karl-Heinz Stryczek, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel

Label: ETERNA
Catalog number: 8 26 713
Format: LP · Reissue
Country: German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Released: 1988
Genre: Classical

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This recording captures a powerful choral performance of a classic work, showcasing the combined talents of the Rundfunkchor Leipzig and the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig under Herbert Kegel. Released on the ETERNA label, this catalog item is a significant find for those who appreciate the intense, dramatic scale that defines this legendary musical composition.

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Carmina Burana has 36 tracks. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.

Carmina Burana (Cantiones Profanae)
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
A11. O Fortuna2:35
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
A22. Fortune Plango Vulnera2:40
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
I Primo Vere
A33. Veris Leta Facies3:25
Choir [Kleiner Chor]
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
A44. Omnia Sol Temperat1:55
Baritone Vocals
Karl-Heinz Stryczek
A55. Ecce Gratum2:50
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Uf Dem Anger
A66. Tanz1:35
A77. Floret Silva2:55
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
A88. Chramer, Gip Die Varwe Mir3:15
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
A9-19. Reie1:40
A9-2Swaz Hie Gat Umbe0:30
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
A9-3Chume, Chum Geselle Min2:00
Choir [Kleiner Chor]
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
A9-4Swaz Hie Gat Umbe2:00
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
A1010. Were Diu Werlt Alle Min0:55
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
II In Taberna
A1111. Estuans Interius2:30
Baritone Vocals
Karl-Heinz Stryczek
B112. Olim Lacus Colueram3:50
Choir [Männerchor]
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Tenor Vocals
Horst Hiestermann
B213. Ego Sum Abbas1:30
Baritone Vocals
Karl-Heinz Stryczek
Choir [Männerchor]
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
B314. In Taberna Quando Sumus3:00
Choir [Männerchor]
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
III Cour D'Amours
B415. Amor Volat Undique3:05
Choir [Knaben]
Dresdner Kapellknaben
Soprano Vocals
Celestina Casapietra
B516. Dies, Nox Et Omnia2:20
Baritone Vocals
Karl-Heinz Stryczek
B617. Stetit Puella2:00
Soprano Vocals
Celestina Casapietra
B718. Circa Mea Pectora2:10
Baritone Vocals
Karl-Heinz Stryczek
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
B819. Si Puer Cum Puellula1:05
Choir [Kleiner Männerchor]
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
B920. Veni, Veni, Venias1:00
Choir [Doppelchor]
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
B1021. In Trutina2:15
Soprano Vocals
Celestina Casapietra
B1122. Tempus Est Iocundum2:15
Baritone Vocals
Karl-Heinz Stryczek
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Choir [Knaben]
Dresdner Kapellknaben
Soprano Vocals
Celestina Casapietra
B1223. Dulcissime0:45
Soprano Vocals
Celestina Casapietra
Blanziflor Et Helena
B1324. Ave Formosissima1:45
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
B1425. O Fortuna2:35
Choir
Rundfunkchor Leipzig

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Carl Orff composed Carmina Burana in the mid-1930s, basing the work on 24 poems from a medieval manuscript discovered in the Benedictine monastery of Beuern. Orff intended to create a secular cantata that bypassed the complexities of late-Romantic musical traditions, focusing instead on stark, driving rhythms and primal melodic structures to reflect the raw, cyclical nature of fate and worldly pleasure. This specific 1988 ETERNA pressing features a performance by the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig under the direction of Herbert Kegel, a conductor widely celebrated for his meticulous, high-intensity interpretations of 20th-century choral music.

The ETERNA label, based in East Germany, played a vital role in capturing the rigorous performance standards of the Leipzig Radio ensembles. Kegel’s approach to this recording is often cited for its precision and lack of sentimentality, qualities that align with the austere, mechanical power Orff envisioned in his score. By the time of this 1988 release, the production had become a benchmark for Central European recordings of the piece, valued for its sonic clarity and the atmospheric, disciplined contributions of the Rundfunkchor Leipzig.

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