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Orff: Carmina Burana; Ravel: Boléro / Frühbeck De Burgos


Release Date: 02/16/1993 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 64328   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Carl Orff,  Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Lucia Popp,  Gerhard Unger,  Raymond Wolansky,  John Noble
Conductor:  Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra,  New Philharmonia Chorus,  New Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 18 Mins. 

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This CD is reissued by ArkivMusic.

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Few rivals match Frühbeck de Burgos in the way he finds warmth and tenderness as well as energy in this compelling score. The soloists are first rate, notably the silver-toned Lucia Popp.

Over the years, whenever I have reviewed new versions of this much-recorded work, this vintage account from Frühbeck has provided one of the comparisons. Always I have had it reinforced not just how persuasive the performance is—colourful, dramatic, superbly sung and played with consistent resilience—but how vivid the recording remains. It is true that it cannot match the latest contenders in its frequency range, but with a warm, believable ambience, the ear compensates for that, and the balances are a great deal more Read more convincing than on many newer accounts. In the mid-sixties few conductors matched Frühbeck in the way he drew the finest from the New Philharmonia Chorus, and this is a vintage example of his work. Few rivals match him in the way he finds warmth and tenderness as well as energy in this shallow but compelling score. The soloists are first rate too, notably the silver-toned Lucia Popp.

-- Edward Greenfield, Gramophone [5/1983]
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Works on This Recording

1. Carmina burana by Carl Orff
Performer:  Lucia Popp (Soprano), Gerhard Unger (Tenor), Raymond Wolansky (Baritone),
John Noble (Bass)
Conductor:  Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra,  New Philharmonia Chorus
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 06/1965 
Venue:  EMI Abbey Road Studio 1, London, England 
Length: 61 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
Notes: This selection was formerly available on EMI Studio Series catalog number 69060. 
2. Boléro by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1928; France 
 Date of Recording: 11/1966 
Venue:  Kingsway Hall, London, England 
Length: 17 Minutes 6 Secs. 

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Average Customer Review:  ( 1 Customer Review )
 A Classic recording enhanced February 19, 2013 By Arthur Leonard (New York, NY) See All My Reviews "This fall I attended a performance of the Orff with Fruhbeck De Burgos conducting the New York Philharmonic, and was reminded of how much I had enjoyed the original LP release of this performance as a youngster. I bought the CD as soon as EMI released in back in the 1980s, but somehow it had disappeared from my collection. So I was delighted that ArkivMusic had reissued the more recent EMI issue. The sound is miles above the original LP release, and it is great to have this classic recording again, with a fine Bolero to stretch out the disk to a respectable length for today." Report Abuse
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