What is the best "Carmina Burana" CD you've heard?


I'm looking for the best "Carmina Burana" performance on CD. I'd really like to have something VERY well recorded, preferably HDCD or XRCD. Please let me know if you've come across one.
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Hello,

I like the one performed by the London Symphony Orchestra directed by Andre Previn on the EMI label (CDC 7 47411 2). The performance was recorded in 1975 and conveyed the intensity and rhythm of the composition better than the Robert Shaw performance on the Telarc label. The "skill" of the soloists and chorus were also superior in the Previn performance. The Telarc recording does sound better.

Aaron