Search - Johann Pachelbel, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra :: Pachelbel: Canon / Fasch: Concerto for trumpet

Perfect -- and not merely for Pachabel's Canon

Rose Vines | 02/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Many of the other reviewers have focussed on the beauty of Paillard's rendition of the famous Pachabel Canon. It's certainly my favourite version -- nothing else comes close. But the real joy of this CD is that the Canon is not the highlight; instead, it's just one of many highlights. The Pachabel suite is almost as delicious as its more famous sibling work, and the Fasch concerto and symphonies are all superb. You may buy this CD because you want the Canon, but you'll listen to it over and over because each and every piece is a complete delight."

THE Most BEAUTIFUL Version of CANON, EVER!!!

bookreader@rocketmail.com | 02/11/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have a much longer review of this version on 'Canon In D and Other Baroque favorites' Also by Paillard.As this same version is also on that one. I cannot say enough about this version of Canon. I've been more than obsessed by it ever since I heard it in and at the end of 'Ordinary People'. I stood transfixed, crying at the soothing-gentleness and intense power of it. I had my father 'loop' it. (make it play over and over again). I've performed Ballet to it.... I play it for everyone who knows me, and make sure they know to connect me, my soul, my personality, with that version of Canon In D. It is sooo incredibly intensely unforgettable. It marks you for life. You will never forget it once you hear it. It is so perfect, Pachabel must've heard this music in Heaven and transcribed it for our earthly ears. You will never be the same after being exposed to such an incredibly rich, soul-touching piece of music."

At last it's available on CD

ggagnon | Longmeadow, MA | 08/12/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Way back in 1974, the RCA LP of Pachelbel's Canon and Fasch trumpet concertos by the Paillard Orchestra was released. It became a hit record, a crossover from Classical, and an overused cliche forever afterward. It was because of this album, that everyone else immediately discovered Pachelbel and released a version of it. The Paillard Orchestra version is still unique because of its slower pacing, and as stated in another's review, more pronounced plucked (pizacata?) strings. It is still the FIRST AND BEST version, everyone else's is too fast, too scrunched, overpowering any continuo. Don't know about the sound quality on this CD, but digital is not always better than analog because of sampling rates and clipping. The pairing with other (now well-known) pieces by Pachelbel, and the wonderful Maurice Andre playing Fasch still make this album the best, unique, a keeper, and archival material for being the first version of the Canon to start a 30 year craze. Thank goodness I now have a CD in case my favorite LP (along with the Paillard Orchestra's Bach Branderberg Concertos) can no longer find a turntable to play it."