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Recorded in 1994, Michel Plasson's performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is a respectable effort, featuring exceptional soloists, a skilled choir, and a capable orchestra, yet it falls into the category of flawed renditions. Carmina Burana is a hard piece to get wrong, since its robust choruses and theatrical vocal numbers can still be riveting even when performed by second-tier orchestras or less than brilliant singers. But when the conductor is as esteemed as Plasson; the singers as reputable as soprano Natalie Dessay, baritone Thomas Hampson, and alto Gérard Lesne; and the ensembles as good as the Choeur d'Enfants de Midi-Pyrénées and the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, the results should be extraordinary. Yet several opportunities for dynamic explosiveness, rousing excitement, and vivid sonorities slip by untaken, because Plasson seems too tightly focused on directing the choir, perhaps to the detriment of the other musicians and the music as a whole, and rushes unconscionably through too many numbers. Furthermore, it sounds as if the conductor is singing under his breath in spots, slightly out of tune, in an attempt to feed the words to the choir. Perhaps most frustrating of all is the ensemble's precious staccato delivery in the opening "O Fortuna," and listeners will feel disappointed that the most famous section of this work didn't blow them away. Many of the choir's other numbers have the same kind of refined delivery, so if a declamatory, rambunctious, and somewhat vulgar Carmina Burana is needed, then one must look elsewhere. Even so, there are some beautiful sections in this performance, notably in the solos by Hampson and Dessay, and EMI's recording offers a few exciting orchestral sonorities. However, this recording is a disappointment for its cautiousness in too many places and for its overall inconsistency of vision.
© TiVo
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Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor, MainArtist - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Orfeon Donostiarra, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Jose Antonio Sainz - Malcolm Stewart - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orfeon Donostiarra, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Thomas Hampson, Baritone Vocals - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Thomas Hampson - Jose Antonio Sainz - Malcolm Stewart - Orfeon Donostiarra - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Malcolm Stewart - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orfeon Donostiarra - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor, MainArtist - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orfeon Donostiarra - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Jose Antonio Sainz - Malcolm Stewart, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Malcolm Stewart - Orfeon Donostiarra, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Orfeon Donostiarra - Malcolm Stewart - Jose Antonio Sainz, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Gérard Lesne - Orfeon Donostiarra - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Jose Antonio Sainz - Malcolm Stewart, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orfeon Donostiarra - Malcolm Stewart - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Thomas Hampson, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Gérard Lesne - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orfeon Donostiarra - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Malcolm Stewart, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Orfeon Donostiarra - Jose Antonio Sainz - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Malcolm Stewart - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Thomas Hampson, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Thomas Hampson, Baritone Vocals - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orfeon Donostiarra - Malcolm Stewart - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Gerard Lesne, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Natalie Dessay - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Malcolm Stewart - Orfeon Donostiarra - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Thomas Hampson, Baritone Vocals - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Malcolm Stewart - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Orfeon Donostiarra - Thomas Hampson - Jose Antonio Sainz, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Jose Antonio Sainz - Malcolm Stewart - Orfeon Donostiarra, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, MainArtist - Choeurs d'Enfants de Midi-Pyrénées, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Thomas Hampson, Baritone Vocals - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Orfeon Donostiarra - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Jose Antonio Sainz - Malcolm Stewart, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Malcolm Stewart - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orfeon Donostiarra - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Thomas Hampson, Baritone Vocals - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Malcolm Stewart - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orfeon Donostiarra - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Thomas Hampson, Baritone Vocals - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Orfeon Donostiarra - Jose Antonio Sainz - Natalie Dessay - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Malcolm Stewart - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Orfeon Donostiarra - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Natalie Dessay - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Malcolm Stewart - Jose Antonio Sainz, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Jose Antonio Sainz - Natalie Dessay - Malcolm Stewart - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orfeon Donostiarra, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Thomas Hampson, Baritone Vocals - Carl Orff, Composer - Gerard Lesne, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Jose Antonio Sainz, Second Vocals - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Michel Plasson - Orfeon Donostiarra - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Malcolm Stewart - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, MainArtist - Choeurs d'Enfants de Midi-Pyrénées, Chorus, FeaturedArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France ℗ 1995 Capitol Music, une division de EMI Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Natalie Dessay, Soprano Vocals - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Malcolm Stewart - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orfeon Donostiarra, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra - Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Malcolm Stewart - Choeur D'Enfants Midi Pyrenees - Jose Antonio Sainz - Orfeon Donostiarra, MainArtist
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Etiénne Collard, Producer - Michel Plasson, Conductor, MainArtist - Carl Orff, Composer - Orfeon Donostiarra, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Daniel Michel, Engineer - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestra
© 2001 EMI Music France A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music France
Album review
Recorded in 1994, Michel Plasson's performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is a respectable effort, featuring exceptional soloists, a skilled choir, and a capable orchestra, yet it falls into the category of flawed renditions. Carmina Burana is a hard piece to get wrong, since its robust choruses and theatrical vocal numbers can still be riveting even when performed by second-tier orchestras or less than brilliant singers. But when the conductor is as esteemed as Plasson; the singers as reputable as soprano Natalie Dessay, baritone Thomas Hampson, and alto Gérard Lesne; and the ensembles as good as the Choeur d'Enfants de Midi-Pyrénées and the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, the results should be extraordinary. Yet several opportunities for dynamic explosiveness, rousing excitement, and vivid sonorities slip by untaken, because Plasson seems too tightly focused on directing the choir, perhaps to the detriment of the other musicians and the music as a whole, and rushes unconscionably through too many numbers. Furthermore, it sounds as if the conductor is singing under his breath in spots, slightly out of tune, in an attempt to feed the words to the choir. Perhaps most frustrating of all is the ensemble's precious staccato delivery in the opening "O Fortuna," and listeners will feel disappointed that the most famous section of this work didn't blow them away. Many of the choir's other numbers have the same kind of refined delivery, so if a declamatory, rambunctious, and somewhat vulgar Carmina Burana is needed, then one must look elsewhere. Even so, there are some beautiful sections in this performance, notably in the solos by Hampson and Dessay, and EMI's recording offers a few exciting orchestral sonorities. However, this recording is a disappointment for its cautiousness in too many places and for its overall inconsistency of vision.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:12
- Main artists: Carl Orff
- Composer: Carl Orff
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2001 EMI Music France ℗ 1995 EMI Music France
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