Carmina Burana ranks up there with Beethoven's Fifth as a perennial favorite among concert-goers.

NPR: The Lasting Appeal of Orff's 'Carmina Burana'

Are there signatures from Carmina Burana that pop up in music over the years?

NPR: The Lasting Appeal of Orff's 'Carmina Burana'

This last song from Carmina Burana is a love song called In Triutina.

NPR: The Lasting Appeal of Orff's 'Carmina Burana'

And although he wrote lots of other music, as I understand it, he is forever identified pretty much as the composer of Carmina Burana.

NPR: The Lasting Appeal of Orff's 'Carmina Burana'

For more on Carmina Burana, visit our Web site at npr.org.

NPR: The Lasting Appeal of Orff's 'Carmina Burana'

Ironically, at the time I attended the Novosibirsk company's Carmina Burana, I was mid-way through reading a fabulous new book called In Siberia by Colin Thubron.

CNN: From Our Correspondent: Pathein's Four Just Men

Ms. ALSOP: One of the spectacular dimensions to Carmina Burana is these amazing solos, you know, for the baritone, who's this hunky kind of masculine guy that you just heard.

NPR: The Lasting Appeal of Orff's 'Carmina Burana'

At the Thailand Cultural Center in Bangkok, the visiting Novosibirsk Theater of Opera and Ballet had put on a stunning performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, one of my all-time favorite compositions.

CNN: From Our Correspondent: Pathein's Four Just Men