What is the best "Carmina Burana" CD you've heard?

I'm looking for the best "Carmina Burana" performance on CD. I'd really like to have something VERY well recorded, preferably HDCD or XRCD. Please let me know if you've come across one.

buckingham09-16-2002 10:41pm

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travis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 239 posts 09-16-2002 at 11:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete None of that fancy stuff. Over the years I've kept the original Telarc with Robert Shaw. Pretty damn good sound and performance.
travis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 239 posts 09-18-2002 at 01:10am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Rushton: Just a note. I know you're mis-remembering. It's Carl Orff, not Gustav Holst.
travis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 239 posts 09-20-2002 at 01:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Stoki couldn't resist tweaking. He was the world's most prolific orchestral tweaker, and never above "improving" a composer's orchestration. He even recorded in stereo in the 1930's at Bell Labs. The tenor on his recording with the Houston Symphony is Clyde Hager, a very sweet man with a beautiful voice. I was privileged to sing with Clyde a few times here in Houston.

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