Listen to O Fortuna (from “Carmina Burana”): O Fortuna (from “Carmina Burana”) by Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus

O Fortuna (from “Carmina Burana”): O Fortuna (from “Carmina Burana”)

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus

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Carmina Burana, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: I. O Fortuna. Pesante (I)

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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

O Fortuna,

velut Luna

statu variabilis,

semper crescis

aut decrescis;

vita detestabilis

nunc obdurat

et tunc curat

ludo mentis aciem,

egestatem,

potestamem

dissolvit ut glaciem.

Sors immanis

et inanis,

rota tu volubilis,

status malus,

vana salus

semper dissolubilis,

obumbrata

et velata

michi quoque niteris;

nunc per ludum

dorsum nudum

fero tui sceleris.

Sors salutis

et virtutis

michi nunc contraria

est affectus

et defectus

semper in angaria.

Hac in hora

sine nora

cordum pulsum tangite;

quod per sortem

sternit fortem,

mecum omnes plangite!

Written by: Carl Orff

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