Carmina Burana: what's your favorite recording?

CHECK OUT THESE TWO RECORDINGS.

Beverly Hoch, soprano;
Stanford Olsen, tenor;
Mark Oswald, baritone;
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal/Charles Dutoit
London 455290-2

THOMAS HAMPSON baritone
EDITA GRUBEROVÁ soprano
JOHN ALER tenor
Shinyukai Choir · Shin Sekiya chorus master
Knabenchor des Staats and Berlin Cathedral Choir · Christian Grube chorus master
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by SEIJI OZAWA
PHILIPS Classics 422 363-2

My own one! Hard to praise one self, but according to the press it is a wonderful recording of a great live event.
I'd be glad to send it to you if you are ingterested.

The Jochum version on Deutsche. The best performance, IMO. The recording isn't all that bad either (on LP).

Surprised Previn on Angel isn't listed here.--"as good as it gets".

There is also an earlier Seiji Ozawa with the Boston Symphony and the New England Conservatory Chorus on RCA Red Seal. It is a very good performance that is still in print at a budget price. The Jochum mentioned is good for an older recording as well.

It is easier to say what I don't like. The one I like the least is by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt. It won a Grammy by the way. The soloists are only fair; and the singing by the bass is really bad in my opinion. I have tried to listen to it all the way through and I can't.