About the Album: The pieces recorded in Musica Poetica are performed in the playful and creative style intended by the composer. Artistic director of the recording, Wilfried Hiller, has ...

Coming from a musical family in Munich with strong army associations, the young Orff had his first works published when he was 16 and in just six months of 1911 wrote over 50 songs; he flirted with ...

Carl Orff (1895-1982) must be counted one of the most successful of twentieth- century composers. Carmina Burana is performed every day of the year and Schulwerk (Schoolwork), his method for teaching ...