Orff: Carmina Burana

Superlative soloists add lustre to Orff's barbaric blockbuster in this Berlin New Year's Eve concert. Oddly coarse images: the musicians look as if they've been roasting under sun lamps. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Feb 2014
Catalogue No: 2053674
Label: EuroArts

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Sally Matthews (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Knabenchor des Staats- und Domchores Berlin
Sir Simon Rattle

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Sally Matthews (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Knabenchor des Staats- und Domchores Berlin
Sir Simon Rattle

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Sally Matthews (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Knabenchor des Staats- und Domchores Berlin
Sir Simon Rattle

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A joyful celebration welcoming the New Year, this Gala from Berlin presents the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, in Carl Orff’s famous Carmina Burana, an intensely dramatic cantata that remains one of the most widely performed works from the twentieth century.

With an exceptional vocal line-up – soprano Sally Matthews, tenor Lawrence Brownlee and baritone Christian Gerhaher.

Featuring the Rundfunchor Berlin with Chorus Master Simon Halesey as well as the Knabenchor des Staats- und Domchores Berlin.

Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is one of the most popular and exiting classical works.

Christian Gerhaher had received his second Echo-Klassik in the year of the recording of this performance.

This is the only Carmina Burana on Blu-ray Disc to date.

Picture Format BD: 1080i - 16:9

Sound Format BD: PCM Stereo

Disc Format: BD 25

Region code: All

Booklet notes: English, German, French

Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese

Running time: 89 mins

FSK: 0

IMPORTANT NOTE FROM PRESTO CLASSICAL - Although this claims to be HD quality, in reality the picture quality is very poor, and it appears no better than the DVD version.

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May 2014

Superlative soloists add lustre to Orff's barbaric blockbuster in this Berlin New Year's Eve concert. Oddly coarse images: the musicians look as if they've been roasting under sun lamps.

May 2014

At times Rattle's penchant for brisk tempi raised a few eyebrows, although with the visual elements this feels less worrisome.

Orff: Carmina Burana

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