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| Pachelbel's Greatest Hit: The Ultimate Canon | 
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| Creators: Freddie Washington, Tatsuya Ikeda, Cleo Laine, Johann Pachelbel, George Rochberg, Dai Sakakibara, Curtis / Belvin, Jesse Williams, Arthur Fiedler, Isao Tomita, Jean-francois Paillard, John Georgiadis, Bob Leatherbarrow, Brr Shakuhachi & Koto Quintet, James Galway, Angel Romero, Clive Carroll, Jamie Glaser, Toshiaki Matsumoto, Paul Nicholson, Arthur Fiedler Sinfonietta
Label: RCA
Category: Music
List Price: $10.98
Buy New: $6.40
You Save: $4.58 (42%)
Buy New/Used from $6.38
Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 12880
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 55307
UPC: 828765530729
EAN: 0828765530729
ASIN: B0000C9JCM
Release Date: September 23, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Canon In D - Jean-Francois Paillanrd Chamber Orchestra | | • | Canon In D - Munich Radio Orchestra | | • | Canon (Over A Basso Ostinato) - Peerless 2x2 | | • | Canon Of The Three Stars - Isao Tomita & The Plasma Symphony Orchestra | | • | How, Where, When? (Canon In D) - Cleo Laine | | • | Earth Angel - The Hampton String Quartet | | • | Canon - The Canadian Brass | | • | Canon In F - BRR (Shakuhachi & Koto Quintet) | | • | Variations On The Pachelbel Canon In D (From Rochberg, Quartet No. 6) - The Concord String Quartet | | • | Canon - Clive Carroll | | • | Canon - Platinum (A Cappella Vocal Ensemble) | | • | Sweet Home (Based On Pachelbel's Canon) - Dai Sakakibara | | • | Canon - Angel Romero | | • | Canon In D - Arthur Fiedler Sinfonietta | | • | Canon & Gigue In D - Guildhall String Ensemble |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 A rather awful recording February 24, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've had the misfortune to hear this CD and all the perversions of Johann Andreas Pachelbel's chamber piece on this CD once too often.
The work was written for three solo violins and basso continuo [violoncello or viola da gamba + organ or harpsichord] and it is a rather virtuoso work, typical of works written for a small group of violins [or cornetti] over an ostinato bass line in the 17th century.
All but one "interpretation" on this CD bares little or no similarity to the written score at all and almost all of the arrangements of the piece are complete kitsch, trash, even. Cleo Laine's "song" is probably the worst example.
So what do we learn about the composer from this CD? Virtually nothing. However, it is instructive to learn how tastelessly a piece of music can be pushed, strained, pummelled, shredded, extracted, decimated, pumped up, deflated, force-fed, mutated and generally exploited by musicians, singers and arrangers who clearly have no knowledge of 17th century music and couldn't care less about acquiring any knowledge of that music.
I work in a music shop and it always amuses me when people who've bought CDs like this one decide to explore Pachelbel's music a little further and discover that they've been completely hoodwinked and that the composer's actual music sounds nothing like any interpretation of the Canon [& Gigue] they've ever heard - except, of course, if they've been fortunate enough to hear Musica Antiqua Koeln's or London Baroque's recordings. They walk away bewildered by the organ music, chamber music and cantatas of J. A. Pachelbel.
Two stars for the one rather pleasant H.I.P. recording on this CD.
 EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR December 29, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We're getting married in June 08 and this is exactly the music We were looking for! Great cd and an excellent price!!
Save your money October 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I walked down the aisle to the Canon years ago, such a masterful and beautiful piece. Most of these versions just don't do justice. Sorry.
 This CD is awesome! August 20, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Despite the fact just one (1) tune is played on this entire CD, I promise you won't be bored if you love
Pachelbel's Canon as much as I. Interpreted by a variety of artists--one rendition even has a vocal accompaniment--the Canon never grows tiring, never grows old. Wonderful background music for just sitting around the house, reading, or as a backdrop for an intimate social event or evening.
Buy it! You'll love it!!
NOTE: This was supposed to be a 5-star rating. I'm new at this.......
This will make a classical listener out of a hillbillie June 2, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I sort of think of myself as a Viginia Hillbillie... educated however. I am not into classical music either. There is, however, something about Pachelbel's Canon that does something miraculous to my mind. The music is beautiful... very very beautiful. I put the CD in my car, roll the windows up and turn up the sound and listen to it end-to-end over and over again. It is so soothing... causing a rush of seratonin in your brain making the world seeming all part of your euphoria.
Even if you aren't into classical... buy this one and you will impress your friends with your new found sophistication... and you won't have to fake it either!!!
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