Shopping Cart

Various Artists

Carl Orff Edition (11CD)

To celebrate the 125th birthday of one of Germany’s most famous composers (July 10th 2020), Deutsche Grammophon presents The Carl Orff Edition.

11-CD Original Jackets Collection – Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings of Carl Orff.

Featuring great performers like Gundula Janowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kim Borg, Ernst Haefliger, Symhonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Orchester & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelik and many more.

“Fortune meant well with me when she guided a catalogue of an antiquarian bookshop in Würzburg into my hands wherein I discovered a title which drew me in with its magic powers: Carmina Burana.” This is how Carl Orff described the discovery of the manuscript from Benediktbeuren which was to become the basis for his most well-known work.

CD 1

CARMINA BURANA
Gundula Janowitz soprano · Gerhard Stolze tenor · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
Schöneberger Sängerknaben · Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Eugen Jochum

CD 2

CATULLI CARMINA
Arleen Auger soprano · Wiesław Ochman tenor
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Eugen Jochum
TRIONFO DI AFRODITE
Annelies Kupper, Elisabeth Lindermeier, Elisabeth Wiese-Lange sopranos · Ratko Delorko, Richard Holm tenors · Kurt Böhme bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eugen Jochum

 

CD 3

DIE BERNAUERIN
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Ferdinand Leitner

 

CD 4-6

ANTIGONÆ
Inge Borkh soprano · Hetty Plümacher mezzo-soprano· Claudia Hellmann alto · Carlos Alexander baritone
Gerhard Stolze, Fritz Uhl, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg tenors · Kieth Engen bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mitglieder des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Ferdinand Leitner

 

CD 7-9

ŒDIPUS DER TYRANN
Gerhard Stolze, James Harper tenors · Karl Christian Kohn, Kieth Engen bass
Hans Günter Nöcker bass-baritone · Hubert Buchta baritone · Astrid Varnay soprano
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Rafael Kubelík

 

CD 10

DE TEMPORUM FINE COMŒDIA
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Colette Lorand, Jane Marsh, Kay Griffel, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Kari Løvaas sopranos
Heljä Angervo, Sylvia Anderson, Glenys Loulis mezzo-sopranos · Erik Geisen, Hans Wegmann tenors
Hans Helm, Wolfgang Anheisser, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Hermann Patzalt, Hannes Jokel baritones
Anton Diakow, Boris Carmeli basses · Peter Schreier tenor · Christa Ludwig contralto
Kölner Rundfunkchor · RIAS-Kammerchor · Tölzer Knabenchor
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Herbert von Karajan

 

CD 11 BONUS DISC

ENTRATA after William Byrd’s “The Bells”
Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra / Hemann Scherchen
MONTEVERDI - LAMENTO D’ARIANNA (arr Carl Orff)
Elisabeth Höngen mezzo-soprano · Alfred Graeser double bass
Ferdinand Leitner , Rolf Reinhardt harpsichord 4-hands
DIE KLUGE (text Carl Orff)
Lorenz Fehenberger tenor · Hans Löbel baritone · Gottlob Frick, Kurt Böhme basses
Orchester der Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden / Kurt Streigler
CARMINA BURANA (excerpts)
Anny Schlemm soprano · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
RIAS-Kammerchor · RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Ferenc Fricsay
DIE KLUGE
Christel Goltz soprano · Hans Löbel baritone
Orchester der Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden / Kurt Streigler