Posted on 03/01/2015 11:05:15 AM PST by lbryce
YouTube:Carl Orff - O Fortuna ~ Carmina Burana
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It is a very good piece but has been overplayed to the point that it has become like last year’s pop hit, I’m tired of it.
Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanæ cantoribus et choris cantandæ comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis (Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magic images). Carmina Burana is part of Trionfi, a musical triptych that also includes Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di Afrodite. The first and last movements of the piece are called “Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi” (Fortune, Empress of the World) and start with the very well known “O Fortuna”.
Cool piece. There is a humorous part, A goose being roasted from the point of view of the goose...
Orff’s operas (if you can call them that) are very wonderful and unique. Antigonae and Die Bernauerin especially IMHO. The latter really has to be seen as it’s more a theatre piece. There are recent DVD editions of most of his operas but you have to order via Amazon in the UK and have a PAL compatible player.
I don’t think the roasted swan episode is amusing or was intended to be.
The ‘300’ version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hBIAgQPygY
[unless it's this]
Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone]
Works great at a 4-way stop, too.
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