Andre Previn, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra - Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (1998)

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André Previn's 1975 EMI recording of Carmina Burana sounds better than ever in this new transfer. The analog tape hiss has been tamed, yet there's more "air" between the notes and a greater sense of dynamic and timbral definition. Engineering-wise, the mid-70s were golden years for EMI, and the rhythmic verve, dramatic momentum, and unbuttoned joy that Previn and his brilliant forces project still pack a sonic wallop. The soloists especially are outstanding. Thomas Allen navigates Orff's cruelly high tessitura with no effort, and Sheila Armstrong wraps her warm, flexible pipes around "In trutina mentis dubia" to moving effect. Gerald English gives just the right character to the roasted swan's lament, without overly exaggerating. In short, this performance surpasses Previn's live Vienna Philharmonic remake for DG, and ranks with Shaw (Telarc), Dorati (Decca), Blomstedt (Decca), Ormandy (Sony), Muti (EMI), and Mata (RCA) among the best recordings on disc of Carl Orff's pre-minimalist masterpiece.

–Jed Distler

Performer:
Sheila Armstrong, soprano
Gerald English, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
St. Clement Danes Grammar School Boys' Choir
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn, conductor

Track List:
01. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - I. O Fortuna
02. II. Fortune plango vulnera
03. I. Primo vere - III. Veris leta facies
04. IV. Omnia Sol temperat
05. V. Ecce gratum
06. Uf dem Anger - VI. Tanz
07. VII. Floret silva
08. VIII. Chramer, gip die varwe mir
09. IX. Reie - Swaz hie gat umbe - Chume, chum gesselle min - Swaz hie gat umbe
10. X. Were diu werlt alle min
11. II. In taberna - XI. Estuans interius
12. XII. Olim lacus colueram
13. XIII. Ego sum abbas
14. XIV. In taberna quando sumus
15. III. Cours d'amour - XV. Amor volat undique
16. XVI. Dies, nox et omnia
17. XVII. Stetit puella
18. XVIII. Circa mea pectora
19. XIX. Si puer cum puellula
20. XX. Veni, veni, venias
21. XXI. In trutina
22. XXII. Tempus est iocundum
23. XXIII. Dulcissime
24. Blanziflor et Helena - XXIV. Ave formosissima
25. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - XXV. O Fortuna

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