Cantus Buranus

by Corvus Corax

Cantus Buranus cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 August 2005
  • Label: Roadrunner Records
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 51:48
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Cantus Buranus' sets eleven poems from the medieval Carmina Burana manuscript for orchestra, choir and medieval instruments, with music composed by Corvus Corax and no connection to Carl Orff's famous setting. The stage production fielded an ensemble reported at 169 performers for its Museumsinsel performance in Berlin.

Genres

Descriptors: theatrical, operatic, choral, orchestral, ancient

Tracklist

  1. Fortuna (4:12)
  2. Florent Omnes (5:47)
  3. Dulcissima (5:01)
  4. Lingua Mendax (5:02)
  5. Rustica Puella (4:19)
  6. Nummus (3:34)
  7. Curritur (4:21)
  8. Sol Solo (4:25)
  9. Venus (4:52)
  10. O Langueo (4:11)
  11. Ergo Bibamus (6:00)

Credits

  • Thommy Hein - mastered by, mixed by
  • Dirk Rudolph - design
  • Wolf Kampmann - liner notes
  • Martin Mai - photography by

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