BEST EVER O Fortuna Carl Orff Carmina Burana

[@RejoAbrahamMathew]

I still think this is one of the bestest versions of this masterpiece ❤️

[@NorthWestAutos]

Lol I was just gonna write this. I totally agree. So many versions but I always come back to this one. Something powerful about this performance and the energy 👏 ✨️ 🙌

[@arthanan]

Indeed. I just had few runs of "André Rieu". Although both are pretty close to each other, this provokes mind, emotions, humanity more :).

[@julien.s2002]

I respectfully disagree. For me the best version by far is Robert Shaw with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

[@nikolajdrost6946]

It is not a version that is carl orff the orginal creator of this song

[@carmencaamano9434]

Soy la persona que creía que se había compuesto para la película "Excalibur", no se puede ser mas normal!!

[@gnosferatuu9460]

Other versions mistake O Fortuna as something triumphant and grandiose but it's not. It's brooding and despairing. This song is about accepting a terrible fate soon to be

[@geraldopineda1840]

I think it's about when nothing left to do between life and death war is the option

[@charlesdoyle3630]

They paired it Undertakers theme from WWE for his lying intro for Wrestlemania 14. And it freaking worked Marvelously

[@Hastur876]

"Inconstancy is my very essence," says the wheel. "Rise up on my spokes if you like, but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away."

[@Kpax72]

Its about Power and poverty based on a detestable life of a king and how quickly one can fall from power.

[@dleauga]

Love it! Not too fast, just right. Best version!

[@DB1downtown]

Exactly, so many versions' tempos are far to quick and ruin the brooding mood of this piece...IMO

[@edison7139]

I’ve heard many version of this song but this is by far the best version

[@debmercer1944]

Not to take anything away from the choir and the orchestra, who are all phenomenal, but the conductor (I wish I knew his name so I could give him the credit he deserves) is the spearhead for one of the most incredible, soul shattering performances I've ever heard in my lifetime... truly music as it's meant to be experienced

[@DanSpomer]

The conductor just oversaw a world class performance, and can you see it at the end with his “baton drop” moment.

[@serbanpetre1049]

The conductor here is the actual composer of the song

[@nikolajdrost6946]

The man in this vid is carl orff and he is the man behind this composal

[@antoniocontreras5884]

@@serbanpetre1049 He's not Carl Orff. This conductor is Jeffrey Thomas, founder of American Bach Soloists

[@antoniocontreras5884]

@@DanSpomerJeffrey Thomas, founder of American Bach Soloists

[@Miloo-qj7sc]

The most powerful, dramatic opening in the history. Like angels from heaven are crying and warning us! it’s an immediate plunge into the overwhelming message of fate. It’s like the angels have only moments to deliver their warning, and they do so with all the urgency they can to do it!

[@erikmariusbajan1819]

the conductor must feel like he conquered the world

[@shin.training-channel]

I'm an atheist, but when I listen to this song I feel the presence of God.

[@NihilIslands]

The Creator is not of The Bible that enslaves, but it liberates your Soul rendering you not emotionless but motionless with emotion!

[@AudioAtmos]

What makes this stand out IMHO is the culmination of the final building crescendo at 2:07. The tympani, other heavy percussion and gong are done perfectly. Many versions have the percussion too muted and not impactful. This part and then the modulation from minor to major for end of the movement makes the hairs stand straight up! Probably how powerful the Chorus is able to be determines how powerful the instruments can project. This chorus is superb and the sound quality of the recording is excellent.

[@crankyoldperson6871]

It slams

[@AudioAtmos]

@@crankyoldperson6871 Sure does.

[@lnnova2436]

Yeh fam shit be vibin

[@kmpro3737]

@@lnnova2436 nice

[@leemurphy3660]

Blows my mind every time I hear this version. Listened to many versions of this over the years. This is the best by far. This is a powerful piece of music indeed

[@ellispiper6313]

The best version by far. The 'mid' climax is grandiose but not triumphant. There's a scream of humanities fight. Even the strong man falls. Life is tragic. But what really stand out in this performance is the final climax. The second of actual triumph after a long battle, acceptiing life as it is in the moment. Beautiful composition played to its fullest potential

[@nicholasmorales3721]

Guards!!! Knights!!!!! Squires!!!!! Prepare for battle!

[@theartfuldodger935]

In 1934, my grandfather wrote "O For Halibut". He came THAT close.

[@UdahamulleNdarathanaHimi]

Best live version, no doubt. ❤️🙏

[@patrickspalding8045]

Gods that’s so awesome. Just amazing

[@ft3242]

And more awesome if you know Albanian!

[@Heightsomethinghuman]

Super dramatic and has the lyric! Wow 😮 this version is awesome ‼️

[@jonny1943]

OOh the bass drum in the start...awesome

[@jonny1943]

If im crying?

[@MrSamsuffit17]

O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis, semper crescis aut decrescis; vita detestabilis nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem dissolvit ut glaciem. Sors immanis et inanis, rota tu volubilis, status malus, vana salus semper dissolubilis, obumbrata et velata michi quoque niteris; nunc per ludum dorsum nudum fero tui sceleris. Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria, est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Hac in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite; quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite!

[@ft3242]

That's not like that!If you knew!

[@davidripley2916]

And THAT'S how it's made. ❤

[@yolandakuiee2924]

One of my favorites ❤

[@susancollyer6186]

never knew the translation-making it just more stunning.

[@alanaguirre2051]

Magnificence ! BRAVO !!!

[@Zuri24]

Yeh anyone listening to it in 2024

[@andreaswendt5343]

Sure...

[@MichaelR.-dk9it]

You would not know good music lf lt bit you on the ass

[@kaiser4ya]

Yes

[@mitrakaushik2010]

yes

[@katmandew2152]

Ive seen and listened live withe carmina ...........then i knew i leas alive.. go bob jr go go go Who else os listening in 3026, in the future? Am i alone?.

[@geraldopineda1840]

This one is amazing 👏wow!

[@m.j.laskowsky]

Brawa dla nauczyciela spiewu i dyrygenta.

[@Jeffrey0094]

2025 and still wrestling fate, and ladiea and gentlemen, it's a losing battle

[@legasimusic]

Carl Orff was a freaking badass!😎👍

[@johnhagan-zr4pm]

Ironically Carl Orff wrote this in 1935-36 i.e. As Hitler came to power. "O Fortuna" is a medieval Latin Goliardic poem written in the 13th century, which goes to show how timeless this message is. The bombings in Gaza or needless war in the Ukraine These words are 800 years old, does Man ever learn ?

[@shobhitdoval543]

The histor y is dead

[@ms.annthrope415]

I woukd argue the Ukrainians would not call it needless. They are fighting for their existence as a free people.

[@mountbatten2222]

@@shobhitdoval543 certainly not !! HISTORY IS VERY MUCH ALIVE IN EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY; YOU HAVE TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND HISTORY TO REALISE THIS

[@RD-wb6dr]

Hitler kam 1933 an die Macht er liebte Wagner aber O Fortuna hätte ihm sicher auch gefallen

[@benindaslabberts2947]

Bone chilling magical and beautiful 😍 🤩 👌

[@alxz0139]

Clássico dos clássicos

[@randomaccessfemale]

0:54 He is thinking: 'Wait for it...'

[@OJB42]

Yeah, love this, especially when played through a system with a few hundred Watts of power and a sub!

[@Peaches_H_Nyce]

This a whole vibe

[@sophiapatriot112]

Ahhh, Magnifico!!!

[@ginnaricci-o9j]

Simplemente estupendo ‼️‼️‼️🌞🌠🌎

[@21chch]

Best version ever

[@TheThesons]

what a fucking amazing performance!!!!

[@WULFGAR3447]

YES!! THE BEST!!

[@mandelleli]

*BRAVO* 👏👏👌👌🔥🔥

[@postblg]

great. yes, i think its one of the best ones ever too. please anybody help me with giving the recording info; the conductor, the orchestra, the date and venue recorded?

[@unpataunpata]

I feel this this is lucifer mourning his fate

[@H5n3]

Beautiful 👏👏👏❤

[@alfredotrujillomonroy2077]

Sencillamente, excepcional ejecución.

[@Krishna-id7vw]

Goosebumps people like here....

[@ShreyaAgnihotri-lt5to]

I will soon be in this ...❤ Still early to give the abrsm boards..though 😂

[@omurkurt9805]

This is the music to play at the doom's day.

[@courathiam256]

Happy the prince, whom life has oppressed, only to elate. Mariae Gallicae Imperatrix Mundi Vivi Vitrix Resurrectrix triumphans.

[@barbarakohler6514]

Awesome

[@muawiyahkamal9661]

Never would be as epic as Ricardo Muti’s

[@pikachuuu0]

art 🖤🥀

[@bobuanatoli]

Bravoo

[@tomcuthbert-sayers1451]

everybody weep with me. no. i weep alone.

[@thejils1669]

Make no mistake about it. This is an angry song that places in perspective the anger one feels reading the Bible. How can a loving creator bestow such cruel fates on its collective creation? That is what this song is about (did you know a great portion of the Bible is expressed anger towards God). How there is fortune and misfortune cyclically presenting itself is the great dilemma. That's what the human race has grappled with in the past and continues to grapple with to this day and probably much into the future...until we finally figure out how to definitively and, I might add, defiently figure out how to control our fates in a positive way...OR become extinct. Answer: maybe, there is no God!

[@f19851000]

Damn ❤

[@vugpgu]

Вінець Західної цивілізації

[@judi4078]

Wow🎉

[@FredHandle1]

From their faces, it seems to be a common feeling.

[@Mukundbsingh]

Original is always Original !

[@ft3242]

How do you know?!

[@k.hoeg2024]

Why does "O Fortuna" end on a positive note ? It's opposite to its fearful and despairing mood. If somebody can explain

[@karinhoe361]

@@pomelo9518 Thank you for your answer. I don't know anything regarding classical music but I feel that the vibe is very different at the end.

[@ellispiper6313]

The song is our fate and how we all will perish one day. Death looms and no know can escape it. But we fight as it's in our DNA. the fearful, despering mood is fighting against the fate of death. The positive note at the ending could have multiple interpretations: 1. The meaningless of life (Even the strong man falls'), making only the moment's we live important 2. (which is tied to 1) "Everybody weep with me," is particularly strong, implicating that since we're all going to die, instead of dying alone, we can all die together. And there's a certain joy in that thought. That's just my opinion. Many interpretations can fit. But on an overall musical/compositional sense (Hell in all artistic mediums), sharp contrast is what creates the dramatic: the climax, or the emotion we're left to ponder, or a clashing daulity. Little writing example just cause I'm feeling creative: "The land was green and wide and deep in valleys, high in hills until they became mountains, and where there were rocks, there was water, making rivers and waterfalls. Sound echoed through the land with songs of chirping birds and rushing waters. Cutting through the sound was a scream. A man slipped off a cliff. He smashed against the rocks below with the water. He died on impact, his scream with it. The water flowed on." - went a little extra with the comment, lol, but hopefully that makes sense

[@k.hoeg2024]

Thanks a lot for your answer and the extra too. Very interesting to get a detailed opinion. I appreciate.@@ellispiper6313

[@christianmanolov3866]

the best

[@tcllnsfmly]

2:17 😍

[@jan-zf6tg]

Die dvaroak ultimatum..... Zathlagha.. 😖🔥

[@LG633TV]

Some people just want to watch the world burn

[@komalei2677]

1:47

[@720redstar]

Best

[@FlavellaLAmour]

Brilliant

[@mohammedmurtaza3257]

Classic..

[@MJEvermore853]

I like it quite a lot, though i think the pace is way too slow at the beginning

[@MadKingOfMadaya]

*_What year is this?_*

[@2ndEzra]

Wow

[@fabc6090]

impending doom

[@laly177ify]

❤🎉

[@baazaouihoussem2680]

🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ronaldg7522]

Its from the University of California

[@meiko431]

SUPERB

[@patrickguidice3786]

Makes me want to charge into battle!😡

[@heidisashachannel7877]

The battle cats

[@richardgarrett1804]

Old Spice brought me here 😂😂😂😂

[@jan-zf6tg]

🖤

[@chavammx]

¿Es el mismo Carl Orff el director?

[@antoniocontreras5884]

No, no es Carl Orff. En mi opinión este es Jeffrey Thomas, fundador y director de American Bach Soloists, pero no estoy seguro. Lo que sí estoy seguro es que no es Carl Orff.

[@xavierishika3068]

What happened to the views

[@TheFifthOracle]

Is that the actual lyrics???

[@ChristiandeMiegeville]

The best version is Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, no doubt. Lucia Popp is bright.

[@Lubsana86]

I have to disagree this is the best. By far Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with Robert Shaw is the best performance of O Fortuna. And it's not even close.

[@Tornadobeep-XI]

Hi

[@talposdorin8266]

Give up dj

[@siralinamaz]

daha üstü yok

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

Without some grasp of God, life is this nonsense wheel.

[@yama5182]

THIS is considered the BEST …WHY?!??? 🥴🥴🙄

[@pleasantlyintense1511]

Because this is the original

[@MoonCow2078]

all these people are dead

[@EverybodysWrong]

Oh, Fortuna, the audio is fucked!🤭