Carmina Burana
At last, as a response to your requests, the Seattle Choral Company & Orchestra have made their own recording of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana! This new CD recording is now available for purchase. Look for this album in major Seattle area classical CD stores and Amazon.com in the Classical Music section listings.
Since its sensational premiere in 1936, Carmina Burana has appealed to a wide international audience. The work takes its name from a collection of medieval manuscripts found in 1803 in a Benedictine monastery near Munich. German composer Carl Orff set to music a selection of poems and songs from this unique source, which brought together elements of Gregorian chant, village peasant dance, and student tavern singing and melded them into a percussive, almost primal work, which has been enjoyed with spirit and gusto by listeners everywhere.
The following sound clips include selected moments of selected movements. They are in stereo Real Audio or MPG3 format.
Ecce gratum
Floret silva
O Fortuna
Tanz
In taberna quando sumus
Carmina Burana is available on Compact Disc ($15.00) plus S&H.
to order online. For local availability, call (206) 365-8765.
When the Morning Stars Sang Together
In 1997, the Seattle Choral Company continued the musical journey into day with a collection of sacred illuminations. This compact disc is a compilation of a cappella works by Rachmaninoff, Britten, Bruckner, Hawley, and others.
The following sound clips include selected moments of selected movements. They are in stereo Real Audio or MPG3 format.
Faire Is the Heaven
Sire William H. Harris
An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts
Healey Willan
When the Morning Stars Sang Together is available on Compact Disc ($15.00) and Cassette ($10.00) plus S&H.
Lux Aeterna
William Hawley
to order online. For local availability, call (206) 365-8765.
The Moon is Silently Singing
The Seattle Choral Company released its first compact disc in 1994; a reflective, nocturnal journey through the hours of night. Featured works include Beata Virgo by David Griffiths, Ave Maria by Franz Biebl, and Magnificat by Arvo Pärt, in addition to 20th century works by John Tavener and Henryk Górecki.
The following sound clips include selected moments of selected movements. They are in stereo Real Audio or MPG3 format.
Beata Virgo David Griffiths
The Moon is Silently Singing David Hamilton
Ave Maria Franz Biebl
The Moon is Silently Singing is available on Compact Disc ($15.00) and Cassette ($10.00) plus S&H.
to order online. For local availability, call (206) 365-8765.
