Orff: Carmina Burana

I purchased three recordings of Carmina Burana before this one, and for one reason or another, was disappointed in all. One was so poorly produced that the soprano's voice reaching for the highest notes was painful to hear; the tempo of another was too fast for my taste; the third was waaaaay too slow and ponderous.Leave it to Robert Shaw to make me very happy. There's nothing I don't like about this recording.

The depth and breadth of the direction, performances, and recording is tremendously enjoyable, and immerses the listener with sonic emotion, that will have you soaring and swooping.This is music that makes you KNOW that your ALIVE!

This recording of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana that my complete expectations. To be honest, I brought it for their jacket insert with the lyrics which feature and impeccable translation into poetic English which was just what I was looking for.I also prefer the recording of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra to this Orchestra but I'm not going to allow that to detract from my review of the physical product that I received.

I purchased this recording after recently attending a live performance for the first time. We were actually sitting on stage in the corner in front of the chorus and behind the percussion and pianos of the orchestra. Watching and listening to all the fireworks from that perpective of course makes any recording a letdown. Robert Shaw was a master choral conductor and I have most all of his choral recordings with the Atlanta Symphony. After reading other reviews, I purchased the Leonard Slatkin/St Louis Symphony recording of Carmina Burana. You hear more of the percussion in it which is more like what I heard on stage. I'm waiting to receive the surround sound DVD version. Hope it let's me get even closer to reliving that live performance.

I live in the Atlanta area and enjoy going to hear the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra play. My first experience was when they played the music from the "Lord of Rings" Trilogy. I had taken my grandson who at that time was only 8 years old and he enjoyed the music and also the screens they had set up so you could view the drawings the artist had done for the movies.That is why I chose this CD because I knew they would be able to play this music as it was suppose to be played.

Music is a very personal thing, so I won't comment on the music. However, the performance and recording are first rate!

Robert Shaw continues to live through his work. This recording of a remarkable work re-created by Carl Off from the original beat monastic poets of the middle ages made contemporary WOW!!!!!! through the choral directorial magic of Robert Shaw. A great piece to wake up to when you are willing to wake up or even more perfect when the volume is turned to max potentially set to blow out your speakers to blow out your landlord and neighbors.

Clarity, timing, passion. Wonderful production.

Molto bello.

Fantastic,love it

名盤書に、レヴァイン盤とともに堂々と載せられているのだけれど、注目はなんと言っても問題の、第２部「酒場にて」・・・一部ネットでは、「オケの迫力不足」との指摘があったが、ムーティ盤などと違って比較的おだやかで耳にも優しく、まことに聴きやすかった。録音、演奏ともに優秀でバランスも良く、まったく文句のつけようのない仕上がり！ やはりさすが「合唱の神様」だなと、僕は感じた。

...qui collabora aux Etats-Unis avec d'illustres baguettes tels Arturo Toscanini, Fritz Reiner ou George Szell, avant de s'aguerrir lui-même comme chef d'orchestre. Il dirigea celui d'Atlanta entre 1966 et 1988.Captés le 16-18 novembre 1980, ces "Carmina Burana" font l'objet de soins méticuleux (articulation, prosodie, nuance) briguant le juste climat de chaque chant : un "Veris leta facies" planant et atmosphérique, un "Chum geselle min" très raffiné, des "Si puer cum puellula" et "Veni veni venias" judicieusement secs de gosier. La prononciation chuintante du latin n'a rien d'illégitime mais peut agacer, particulièrement dans la célèbre incantation "O Fortuna".Orchestre précisément contrôlé mais sans grande personnalité, dans une acoustique banale, sans âme. Un baryton au timbre étroit, monotone, aux idées pauvres.A l'aune d'une riche concurrence discographique, cette honnête interprétation n'offre donc rien de bien mémorable. Même si le livret nous précise que Shaw s'était appuyé sur la consultation de représentations scéniques filmées en Allemagne dans les années 1950, sous la supervision du compositeur.La prise de son ? Fine, équilibrée, neutre et transparente mais les ingénieurs de Telarc ont déjà fait mieux : les grands épisodes choraux manquent d'épanouissement, de grandeur. "Ave formosissima" quelconque. Un "Circa mea pectora" (censé se consumer de désir) excavé, émacié par un rachitique boys' choir à peine audible.Le livret nous propose une traduction anglaise inédite de l'oeuvre, établie par Jeffrey Duban.Espérons enfin que votre lecteur CD permet un accès direct aux index, car le tracklisting ne comporte que quatre plages.

Amazon perfetto nella consegna, qualità dell'incisione strepitosa, sembra di assistere dal vivo. Ma Telarc a questo ci ha abituati da anni. Dove era talvolta scadente era nella qualità artistica spesso discutibile, ebbene in questo caso la Atlanta Simphony Orchestra & Chorus ha superato se stessa. un cd che ogni vero amante del genere musicale deve avere nella sua raccolta.