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Pachelbel Canon

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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!!!

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.

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.