Cheap Orff - Carmina Burana / Dessay, Lesne, Hampson; Plasson (Music) (Carl Orff, Michel Plasson, Natalie Dessay, Gérard Lesne, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse, Orféon Donostiarra, Midi-Pyrenées Children's Choir) Price
CHEAP-PRICE.NET ’s Cheap Price
Here at Cheap-price.net we have Orff - Carmina Burana / Dessay, Lesne, Hampson; Plasson at a terrific price. The real-time price may actually be cheaper — click “Buy Now” above to check the live price at Amazon.com.
| ARTIST: | Carl Orff, Michel Plasson, Natalie Dessay, Gérard Lesne, Thomas Hampson, Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse, Orféon Donostiarra, Midi-Pyrenées Children's Choir |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | EMI Records [All429] |
| FEATURES: | Original recording reissued |
| TYPE: | Classical, Choral, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Cantata, Classical Music, Opera/Operetta |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: 1. O Fortuna - Natalie Dessy/Thomas Hampson/Gerard Lesne/Chor d'enfants de Midi-Pyrenees/Orfeon Donostiarra..., Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: 2. Fortune plango vulnera, I Primo vere: 3. Veris leta facies, I Primo vere: 4. Omnia Sol temperat, I Primo vere: 5. Ecce gratum, Uf dem Anger: 6. Tanz, Uf dem Anger: 7. Floret silva, Uf dem Anger: 8. Chramer, gip die varwe mir, Uf dem Anger: 9. Reie, Uf dem Anger: Swaz hie gat umbe, Uf dem Anger: Chume, chum geselle min, Uf dem Anger: Swaz hie gat umbe, Uf dem Anger: 10. Were diu werlt alle min, II In taberna: 11. Estuans interius, II In taberna: 12. Olim lacus colueram, II In taberna: 13. Ego sum abbas, II In taberna: 14. In taberna qundo sumus, III Cours d'amour: 15. Amor volat undique, III Cours d'amour: 16. Dies, nox et omnia, III Cours d'amour: 17. Stetit puella, III Cours d'amour: 18. Circa mea pectora, III Cours d'amour: 19. Si puer cum puellula, III Cours d'amour: 20. Veni, veni, venias, III Cours d'amour: 21. In trutina, III Cours d'amour: 22. Tempus est iocundum, III Cours d'amour: 23. Dulcissime, Blanziflor et Helena: 24. Ave formosissima, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: 25. O Fortuna |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 724355539229 |
Related Products
Customer Reviews of Orff - Carmina Burana / Dessay, Lesne, Hampson; Plasson
Passion and energy throughout................ "Carmina Burana" is very well served on CD, but Michel Plasson's EMI performance, recorded in Toulouse, is rather special. Not only is the choral singing extraordinarily vivid, it is as seductively warm in pianissimos as it is incisively vibrant in fortissimos. The three soloists are the finest on record. Thomas Hampson's tender first entry, "Omnia sol temperat" ("The Sun Rules Over All"), is matched by his great vigor in the Tavern Scene, and Gerard Lesne's `alto timbre' is uniquely suited to the "Song of the Roast Swan." The trebles open `Amor Volat Undique' with knowing Gallic delicacy, and Lesne and Hampson combine to make the sequence `Si puer cum puella' ("If a boy with a girl") quite delectable, topped by Natalie Dessay's tenderly ravishing `Stetit puella.' The choral "Tempus est iocundum" brings the fullest expression of sexual rapture, into which the trebles from the Midi-Pyrenees enter with enthusiasm, if without quite the knowing exuberance which English boy-trebles bring to it. But Plasson's closing "Ave formosissima"---O Fortuna has splendid grandeur, and this outstanding version must go straight to the top of the list.
Not to my taste
The vocals sounded drowned out in several places by the instrumentals, and they often sounded "farther away" and muddied. This wasn't a tight performance, with instrumental oddities appearing here and there. Some vocal choruses appeared shrill. I much prefer either the older Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony recording or the James Levine, Chicago Symphony.
A Definitive Recording
A superb recording of the warhorse falling inbetween the authentic and meditative performance of Eugen Jochum, and the bravura of Andre Previn. It is the most sensual of all the recordings I've heard and can find a place in a collection even if one own's another version. crystal clear sonics without a trace of coloration.