The Carl Orff-Choir of Marktoberdorf dedicates itself primarily to singing demanding a cappella literature, both sacred and secular. The ensemble was founded in 1994 by its current artistic director, Robert Blank. Highlights of its activities until now have included winning Second Prize at the 1998 International Chamber Choir Competition in Riva del Garda, working with the Philharmonic Choir Munich and the Munich Philharmonic under such conductors
as Horst Stein, Mariss Jansons and James Levine, and the German premiere
of Nils Lindberg’s Requiem at the 2004 Musica Sacra Festival. This CD focuses on a cappella works by Orff, supplemented by compositions related either stylistically or historically to him.