Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
Stanley Kolk (tenor), Evelyn Mandac (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone); New England Conservatory Chorus and Children’s Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra
RCA 82876594172
How did Orff himself think his should sound? For this, we can turn to two versions that we know had the composer’s personal stamp of approval – Eugen Jochum’s from 1967 (see above right) and Herbert Kegel’s refined MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra recording from 1960, complete with background birdsong (presumably intentionally included) at the start of