Catulli Carmina
composer: Carl Orff
Ludi scaenici
"Rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis"
Premiere: November 6, 1943 Leipzig, Opernhaus (D) · Conductor: Paul Schmitz · Staging: Tatjana Gsovsky und Hanns Niedecken-Gebhard · Stage design: Max Elten
Orchestra instrumentation: Im Orchester: Sopran- und Tenor-Solo - 4 Klav. - 4 P. S. (ant. Zimb. · Trgl. · 3 Beck. [Beckenpaar u. hg. Beck.] · Tamt. · 3 Schellentr. · gr. Tr. · Kast. [mögl. v. Tänzerin zu spielen] · Mar. · Holz · 2 Glsp. · Xyl. · Ten.-Xyl. · Metallophon · Steinspiel ad lib) (10-12 Spieler)
Cast of characters: Catullus · Lesbia · Caelius · Ipsitilla · Ameana · Amatores et meretrices - Tänzer - Chor: Juvenes · Juvenculae · Senes
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 45' 0''
Year of composition: 1943
Edition: full score
Language: Latin
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Catulli Carmina is classical in spirit and form, concise, resilient and sharp in outline, with an irresistible impetus and vigour. It has an unusual scoring: four pianos, four timpani, two solo castanets and 10-12 percussion.
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Trionfi. Trittico teatrale (1995)
Carl Orff
Cäcilienchor, Thomas Dewald, Figuralchor Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kantorei, Frankfurter Singakademie, Lisa Griffith, Alois Ickstadt, Kinderchor des Goethegymnasiums Frankfurt, Kinderchor Frankfurt, Elisabeth Krämer, Thomas Mohr, Karl Rarichs, Ulrich Ress, Susan Roberts, Royal Flemish Philharmonic of Antwerpen, Fritz Walther-Lindqvist
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WER-62752
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BN 3634-10 = Textbuch
ETP 8015 = Eulenburg pocket score
ED 3990 = Klavierauszug
ED 75 = Partitur
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