Carmina Burana (album)
# Carmina Burana (album)

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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 (spelled on original release as Hieronymus Beach) and Jan van Eyck (Arnolfini Portrait) 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)"
* "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)"
* "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 – 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 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 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.

