Carmina Burana (album)

Carmina Burana
Studio album by Ray Manzarek
Released	1983
Genre	Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Classical Crossover
Length	39:57
Label	A&M
Producer	Philip Glass, Kurt Munkacsi
Ray Manzarek chronology
The Whole Thing Started With Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control (1974)The Whole Thing Started With Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control1974 Carmina Burana (1983) Ballads Before The Rain with Roy Rogers (2008)Ballads Before The Rain2008

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Carmina Burana is the third solo album by Ray Manzarek released in 1983. It is a recording of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.^[2]

Track listing

Music composed by Carl Orff. Original Latin lyrics adopted to English (C) B. Schott's Soehne by Permission Of European American Music

1. "Destiny: Ruler of the World - The Wheel of Fortune (O Fortuna)"
2. "Destiny: Ruler of the World - The Wounds of Fate (Fortune Plango)"
3. "Springtime: The Face of Spring (Veris Leta Facies)"
4. "Springtime: Sunrise (Omnia Sol Temperat)"
5. "Springtime: Welcome (Ecce Gratum)"
6. "Springtime: The Dance (Tanz)" - (Tanz Mix: Ich Schau D mix)
7. "Springtime: Sweetest Boy (Dulcissime)"
8. "Springtime: If the Whole World Was Mine (Were Diu Werlt)"
9. "In the Tavern: Boiling Rage (Estuans Interius)"
10. "In the Tavern: The Roasted Swan (Olim Lacus)"
11. "In the Tavern: In the Tavern (In Taberna)"
12. "The Court of Love: Love Flies Everywhere (Amor Volat)"
13. "The Court of Love: A Young Girl (Stetit Puella)"
14. "The Court of Love: Come, My Beauty (Veni Veni Venias)"
15. "The Court of Love: The Lovers (Blanziflor et Helena)"
16. "Destiny: Ruler of the World - The Wheel of Fortune (O Fortuna)"

Cover art

Cover art features photo-montage of illustrations by Hieronymus Bosch (spelled on original release as Hieronymus Beach) and modern items like guitar, drums, reel-to-reel and keyboards. Cover design by Lynn Robb. Photography by Larry Williams.

Personnel

• Ray Manzarek - Piano, Organ, Keyboards, arrangements
• Michael Riesman - Synthesizers, Orchestrations, conductor
• Larry Anderson - Drums
• Ted Hall - Guitar
• Doug Hodges - Bass
• Adam Holzman - Synthesizers
• Jack Kripl - Saxophones, Flutes

Principal Singers

• Catherine Aks
• Ma Premm Alimo
• Bruce Fifer
• Maryann Hart
• Cindy Heuues
• Michael Hume
• Elliot Levine
• Dora Ohrenstein
• Patrick Tomano
• Imball Wheeler

Production notes

Recording Engineer: John Beverly Jones

Mixing Engineer: Joe Chiccarelli

Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. Cheerokee Recording Studios, Holiwood, CA. Greene St. Recording Studios, New York, N.Y.

Mixed at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA

Digital Mastering at: Masterdisc, New York, N.Y.

Liner Notes

In 1983 Ray Manzarek, long attracted to the spiritual power of Carmina Burana, chose to interpret the piece in a contemporary framework. This presentation intends to create enchanted pictures; to conjure up the ecstasy expressed by the lyrics, an enhanced intense feeling for life akin to the passions and revelry of the wandering poets of so long ago.

References

Carl Orff
Operas	Der Mond (1939) Die Kluge (1943) Antigonae (1949) De temporum fine comoedia (1973)
Pedagogical	Orff Schulwerk (1920s) "Gassenhauer"
Cantatas	Trionfi Carmina Burana (1935–36) "O Fortuna" "O Fortuna" in popular culture Catulli Carmina (1940–43) Trionfo di Afrodite (1951)
Named for Orff	Carl-Orff-Saal of the Gasteig
Related articles	American Orff-Schulwerk Association Carmina Burana (album) Gunild Keetman Margaret Murray Rotae Passionis
Category:Compositions by Carl Orff