''Carmina Burana'' is the third solo album by

Ray Manzarek Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the Doors, co-founding the band with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison in 1965. Manzarek was induct ...

released in 1983. It is a recording of

Carl Orff Carl Orff (; 10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, best known for his cantata ''Carmina Burana'' (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education. Life Early life Car ...

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Carmina Burana ''Carmina Burana'' (, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" 'Buria'' in Latin is a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces are mostly bawdy, irreverent ...

''.

Cover art

Cover art features photo-montage of illustrations by

Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/Netherlandish painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oa ...

(spelled on original release as Hieronymus Beach) and

Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck ( , ; – July 9, 1441) was a painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. Ac ...

(''

Arnolfini Portrait ''The Arnolfini Portrait'' (or ''The Arnolfini Wedding'', ''The Arnolfini Marriage'', the ''Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife'', or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck. It fo ...

'') and modern items like guitar, drums, reel-to-reel and keyboards. Cover design by Lynn Robb. Photography by Larry Williams.

Track listing

Music composed by Carl Orff. Original Latin lyrics adopted to English (C) B. Schott's Söhne by permission of European American Music #"Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wheel of Fortune (

O Fortuna "O Fortuna" is a medieval Latin Goliardic poem which is part of the collection known as the ''Carmina Burana'', written early in the 13th century. It is a complaint about Fortuna, the inexorable fate that rules both gods and mortals in Roman an ...

)" #"Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wounds of Fate (Fortune plango)" #"Springtime: The Face of Spring (Veris leta facies)" #"Springtime: Sunrise (Omnia sol temperat)" #"Springtime: Welcome (Ecce gratum)" #"Springtime: The Dance (Tanz)" – (Tanz Mix: Ich Schau D mix) #"Springtime: Sweetest Boy (Dulcissime)" #"Springtime: If the Whole World Was Mine (Were diu werlt)" #"In the Tavern: Boiling Rage (Estuans interius)" #"In the Tavern: The Roasted Swan (Olim lacus)" #"In the Tavern: In the Tavern (

In taberna "In taberna quando sumus" (English: "When we are in the tavern") is a medieval Latin Goliardic poem, part of the collection known as the ''Carmina Burana'', written between the 12th and early 13th centuries. It was set to music in 1935/36 by German ...

)" #"The Court of Love: Love Flies Everywhere (Amor volat)" #"The Court of Love: A Young Girl (Stetit puella)" #"The Court of Love: Come, My Beauty (Veni veni venias)" #"The Court of Love: The Lovers (Blanziflor et Helena)" #"Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wheel of Fortune (O Fortuna)"

Personnel

*Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, keyboards, arrangements *

Michael Riesman Michael Riesman is a composer, conductor, keyboardist, and record producer, best known as Music Director of the Philip Glass Ensemble and conductor of nearly all of Glass' film scores. Biography Michael Riesman studied composition with Peter Stea ...

– synthesizers, orchestrations, conductor *Larry Anderson – drums *Ted Hall – guitar *Doug Hodges – bass *Adam Holzman – synthesizers *Jack Kripl – saxophones, flutes Principal Singers *Catherine Aks *Ma Premm Alimo *Bruce Fifer *Maryann Hart *Cindy Hewes *Michael Hume *Elliot Levine *Dora Ohrenstein *Patrick Romano *Kimball Wheeler

Production notes

*Recording Engineer: John Beverly Jones *Mixing Engineer: Joe Chiccarelli *Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. Cheerokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA.

Greene St. Recording Greene St. Recording was a New York City recording studio, located at 112 Greene Street in SoHo, Manhattan, until its closure in 2001. It was one of the early headquarters of hip hop music during the 1980s and 1990s. History Greene St. began in ...

Studios, New York, N.Y. *Mixed at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA *Digital Mastering at Masterdisc, New York, N.Y.

Liner notes

In 1983 Ray Manzarek, long attracted to the spiritual power of ''

'', chose to interpret the piece in a contemporary framework. This presentation intends to create enchanted pictures; to conjure up the ecstasy expressed by the lyrics, an enhanced intense feeling for life akin to the passions and revelry of the wandering poets of so long ago.

References

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