Carmina Burana

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CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana
Yeree Suh (soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Anima Eterna Brugge, Collegium vocale gent & Cantate Domino, Jos van Immerseel

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Release Date: Monday 1 December 2014

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Surprise: Anima Eterna tackles Carmina Burana!

Often described as 'music for amateurs', sometimes used (or misused) towards purely commercial ends, Orff's Carmina Burana was clearly ready for a new approach, a sort of revivifying, thorough rethinking. This has now been done, thanks to Jos van Immerseel and the absolutely exceptional musical team that he assembled.

Faithful to what accounts for the force of his musical approach, Jos van Immerseel profoundly revolutionizes the sound image and interpretation of this score, thanks both to the very high quality of the chosen performers and to the singularity of the instruments and timbres of his orchestra.

So it is a very new way of approaching this work that Jos van Immerseel proposes, open-minded, without concession but with the great pleasure and joy of simply making music.

"So, how does it sound? In a word, revelatory. Those who feel reduced forces can only result in a strained-through-the-sheets performance will be pleasantly surprised by the taut, crisply accented account of the work's opening invocation. There's no lack of weight here, and the oriental-sounding gong adds a dash of spice to the proceedings. Suh's In trutina is simply ravishing and she sounds suitably ravished in Dulcissime. Even after that, when lesser men are wont to droop, Immerseel goads and energises his players to a truly rousing finale. Carmina Burana as you've never heard it before; a triumph for all concerned." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2014)

"One of the most popular and at the same time one of the most reviled choral works of all time comes up startlingly fresh in Jos van Immerseel's totally rethought approach...The results are razor-sharp, emphasising the Stravinsky-like crystalline edginess of the textures, and the brilliant if brutal imagination behind them." (Observer)