Carmina Burana (album)


Carmina Burana is the third solo album by Ray Manzarek released in 1983. It is a recording of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.

Cover art

Cover art features photo-montage of illustrations by Hieronymus Bosch and Jan van Eyck 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 B. Schott's Söhne by permission of European American Music
  1. "Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wheel of Fortune "
  2. "Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wounds of Fate "
  3. "Springtime: The Face of Spring "
  4. "Springtime: Sunrise "
  5. "Springtime: Welcome "
  6. "Springtime: The Dance " –
  7. "Springtime: Sweetest Boy "
  8. "Springtime: If the Whole World Was Mine "
  9. "In the Tavern: Boiling Rage "
  10. "In the Tavern: The Roasted Swan "
  11. "In the Tavern: In the Tavern "
  12. "The Court of Love: Love Flies Everywhere "
  13. "The Court of Love: A Young Girl "
  14. "The Court of Love: Come, My Beauty "
  15. "The Court of Love: The Lovers "
  16. "Destiny: Ruler of the World – The Wheel of Fortune "

    Personnel

Principal Singers
In 1983 Ray Manzarek, long attracted to the spiritual power of Carmina Burana, 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.