Listen to Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O fortuna by Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra

Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O fortuna

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Penelope Walmsley-Clark

Penelope Walmsley-Clark

Soprano

Donald Maxwell

Baritone

Richard Hickox

Conductor

John Graham Hall

John Graham Hall

Tenor

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Carl Orff

Composer

Michel Hofmann

Librettist

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

O Fortuna

Velut luna

Statu variabilis

[Verse 2]

Semper crescis

Aut decrescis

Vita detestabilis

Nunc obdurat

Et tunc curat

Ludo mentis aciem

Egestatem

Potestatem

Dissolvit ut glaciem

[Verse 3]

Sors immanis

Et inanis

Rota tu volubilis

Status malus

Vana salus

Semper dissolubilis

[Verse 4]

Obumbrata

Et velata

Michi quoque niteris

Nunc per ludum

Dorsum nudum

Fero tui sceleris

[Verse 5]

Sors salutis

Et virtutis

Michi nunc contraria

Est affectus

Et defectus

Semper in angaria

Hac in hora

Sine mora

Corde pulsum tangite

Quod per sortem

Sternit fortem

Mecum omnes plangite

Written by: Carl Orff

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