Pachelbel Canon

Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Tomaso Albinoni (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), English Anonymous (Composer), Roman Hoffstetter (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Luigi Boccherini (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Karl Münchinger (Conductor), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (Performer, Orchestra), Ulrich Bremsteller (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Ulrich Bremsteller
• Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Karl Münchinger
• Composer: Johann Pachelbel, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, English Anonymous, Roman Hoffstetter, et al.
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B0000041SX
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,424 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #11 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Canons
  • #30 in Music > Classical > Chamber Music > Quintets
  • #66 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Pachelbel: Canon, August 16, 2000

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Daniel J Sweeney (Conshohocken, Pa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pachelbel Canon (Audio CD)

Truly one of the finest recordings of the Canon, and the entire CD is absolutely a must to listen to. The only complaint I had was the missing track 'The Dance of the Blessed Spirits' that was on the LP from the 1980's. However, all the tracks are extremely well done. All in all, this is a great Classical CD from a great Conducter and Orchestra. Get this one, you won't regret it!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true classical presentation that takes you to the 18th Century, August 30, 2008

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Lawrence P. Jakobi (Palmdale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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For those of us who appreciate the art of album creation, this CD succeeds in transporting the listener back to the 18th Century to enjoy a concert of period hits. A good album (CD) should present the listener with a journey created to present a mood and or story that the artist wants you to experience, this album succeeds hands down. Enjoy Pachelbel Canon as it was meant to be heard as well as other movements of the same time period that complete your journey to the 18th Century music hall.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Canon in D, August 2, 2010

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R. Berman (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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Perhaps it's just the bias of having heard it repeatedly in childhood, but I greatly prefer Munchinger's version of Pachelbel's "Canon in D" to those of Raymond Leppard or Trevor Pinnock. Munchinger takes it faster, and he makes the opening cello line played with bow instead of pizzicato, and doubles it on the bass to boot. It flows along so joyously.

As for the rest of the album, it's in the same crowd-pleasing vein of short classical pieces like "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Sheep May Safely Graze" by Bach, plus Handel, Albioni, Boccherini, and Hofstetter. If I weren't such a classical music philistine, I might have more to say about those tracks.