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Don Satz wrote:
>"Wow" is just how I felt when learning of all the organ music Pachelbel
>wrote. He's a great example of the hazards of thinking that some composers
>were essentially one-work wonders. Pachelbel's organ music is great stuff
>and would likely be treasured by those who love Bach's organ music.
He rather tends to be overshadowed by Bach who was his younger contemporary
but I am also astonished at the volume of his output a lot of which is not
well known but in fact which deserves to be so.
>... Over the coming months, my intent is to buy them all and then do a
>little review project.
I will look forward to this review. However I will probably go for the
Naxos. $12 in New Zealand at Borders for this.
>What most impresses me at this point is how wonderful this organ music
>sounds to me. I could go the rest of my life without ever hearing the
>Canon again,
Couldn't agree more. It is one of those overdone pieces and in some places
in New Zealand tends to get played as muzak.
>but I think that the organ music is where Pachelbel's real strengths
>reside. Also, the recordings by each of the artists I mention above are
>very enjoyable. I have heard some complaining about Bouchard not being
>sufficiently vibrant, but I consider his performances to have much stature
>and depth.
I look forward to obtaining the first Naxos release and savouring this
music with pleasure and discovering for me a not too well known composer
apart from his canon. Regards
Stuart Sinclair
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