Franz Welser-Möst, Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Carl Orff: Catulli Carmina; Trionfo di Afrodite (1995)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: July 13, 2025

After "Carmina Burana" - Carl Orff's most famous piece - the composer went on to write two large compositions for soloists, chorus and instruments which completed the trio of "Trionfi." The current recording presents very fine performances of these two compositions, the "Catulli Carmina" (1943) and "Triumph of Aphrodite" (1951). The last of these is a genuine discovery, a very interesting and attractive take on Greek culture.
What's also notable about the "Triumph of Aphrodite" is just how contemporary it sounds. Its stylistic closeness to modern American composers like John Adams and Steve Reich, in turn with a kinship to many trends in popular music, is clear. Built on small repeated motives, clear textures and strong rhythmic interest, it is music truly ahead of its time. It is funny and also instructive to contrast the modernity of "Aphrodite" with Arnold Schoenberg's declarations about the historical inevitability of his music and the serial, twelve-tone technique he developed. While Schoenberg's music - whatever one thinks of its quality- sounds very recognizably from the early twentieth-century, Orff, someone who spent most of his life teaching younger children and who made no such grand claims for his art, would have anticipated so many trends.
The performance here, led by Franz Welser-Most, was made in Orff's native Munich and is entirely successful. The two soloists - soprano Dagmar Schellenberger and tenor Lothar Odinius – are better in the "Catulli" than in "Aphrodite" but are solid throughout. The EMI recorded sonics are outstanding. This is a very good disc and "Aphrodite" is must listening for those interested in twentieth-century classical music.

Performer:
Dagmar Schellenberger, soprano
Lothar Odinius, tenor
Lisa Larson, soprano
Eva Maria Nöbauer, soprano
Barbara Reiter, alto
Robert Swensen, tenor
Klaus Kuttler, baritone
Alfred Reiter, bass
Mozart-Chor Linz
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Tracklist:
Carl Orff (1895-1982)
Catulli Carmina - Ludi scaenici (Scenic Games)
01. Praelusio
02. Actus I
03. Actus II
04. Actus III
05. Exodium
Trionfi di Afrodite - Concerto scenico (A dramatic performance)
06. I: Canto amebeo di vergini e giovani a vespero in attesa della sposa e dello sposo
07. II: Corteo nuziale ed arrivo della sposa e dello sposo
08. III: Sposa e sposo
09. IV: Invocazione dell'Imeneo
V: Ludi e canti nuziali davanti al talamo
10. La sposa viene accolta
11. La sposa viene condotta alla camera nuziale
12. Epitalamo
13. Canto di novello sposi dal talamo
14. Apparizione di Afrodite

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