"O Fortuna" From Album "Deggial" is the ninth full-length musical album by Swedi sh Symphonic metal band Therion

in 2000. As with many of Therion's other albums, Deggial features a choir and orchestra. Unlike their earlier release Vovin, whi ch seemed to focus more on vocals, Deggial's style leans towards hard rock and s ounds overall like Vovin with more atmosphere. (Originally composed by Carl Orff) "O Fortuna" is a medieval Latin Goliardic poem written early in the thirteenth c entury, part of the collection known as the Carmina Burana. It is a complaint ab out fate, and Fortuna, a goddess in Roman mythology and personification of luck. In 1935/36, O Fortuna was set to music by the German composer Carl Orff for his cantata Carmina Burana where it is used as the opening and closing number. It op ens on a slower pace with thumping drums and choir that drops quickly into a whi sper building slowly into a steady crescendo of drums and short string and horn notes peaking on one last long powerful note and ending abruptly. A performance takes a little over two and a half minutes. Orff's setting of the poem has become immensely popular and has been performed b y countless classical music ensembles and popular artists. It can be heard in nu merous movies and television commercials and has become a staple in popular cult ure, setting the mood for dramatic or cataclysmic situations. "O Fortuna" topped a list of the most-played classical music of the past 75 years in the United Ki ngdom. s ouvir e se impressionar.