Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna (opening)

~ Recording by Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)2:43Carl OrffHeavy Classix, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Angel Records (please read annotations before use! primarily classical genre imprint, EMI subsidiary)CDM 565172
5.5Carmina Burana: O Fortuna2:43Carl Orff20th Century ClassicsVarious Artists
DiskyHR 705062
1.3Carmina Burana: O Fortuna2:47Carl OrffBest Classics 100, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-08-29
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)0946 3 70872 2 0
2.1Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix mundi: O Fortuna2:44Carl OrffCarmina BuranaOrff; Arleen Augér, Jonathan Summers, John van Kesteren, Philharmonia Orchestra, Southend Boys’ Choir, Philharmonia Chorus, Riccardo MutiAlbum
  • JP2018-11-16
TOWER RECORDS (imprint of Tower Records Japan Inc. when not used as 販売元), Warner ClassicsTDSA-87, WOGC-100
1.1Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix mundi: O Fortuna2:44Carl OrffCarmina BuranaOrff; Arleen Augér, Jonathan Summers, John van Kesteren, Philharmonia Orchestra, Southend Boys’ Choir, Philharmonia Chorus, Riccardo MutiAlbum
  • JP2018-11-16
TOWER RECORDS (imprint of Tower Records Japan Inc. when not used as 販売元), Warner ClassicsTDSA-87, WOGC-100
27.1Carmina Burana, Cantiones profanae: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi. O Fortuna2:41Carl OrffThe Complete Warner Symphonic RecordingsRiccardo MutiOther + Compilation
  • XW2021-06-18
Warner Classics0190295008345

Relationships

producer:John Mordler (producer)
choir vocals:Philharmonia Chorus (London choir aka New Philharmonia Chorus from 1964–1977) (from 1979-03-02 until 1979-03-04, on 1979-03-30)
orchestra:Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1979-03-02 until 1979-03-04, on 1979-03-30)
conductor:Riccardo Muti (conductor) (from 1979-03-02 until 1979-03-04, on 1979-03-30)
chorus master:Norbert Balatsch (baritone, chorus master and conductor) (from 1979-03-02 until 1979-03-04, on 1979-03-30)
balance engineer:Peter Bown (sound engineer, last name often misprinted as “Brown”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1980)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood (from 1979-03-02 until 1979-03-04, on 1979-03-30)
recording of:Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna (partial)
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna (in 1979-03)

Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna

composer:Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
later versions:The Mass
version of:O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (order: 1)
is the basis for:Infortunii
arrangements:Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna (catch-all for arrangements)
O Fortuna (QNTAL song)
O Fortuna (Lito Vitale song)
The Wheel of Fortune