London Baroque - Johann Pachelbel: Arien & Concerti (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 376 Mb | Total time: 75:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Cavalli Records | CCD 332 | Recorded: 2006
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 376 Mb | Total time: 75:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Cavalli Records | CCD 332 | Recorded: 2006
For anyone who ever wondered what Pachelbel was up to when he wasn't writing his Canon in D, this CD offers some lovely answers. (He was also playing the organ and teaching, and one of his students was Johann Sebastian Bach, in whose works it's possible to detect Pachelbel's influence.) While there is nothing as immediately catchy as the Canon, the sacred and secular arias and vocal concertos recorded here reveal a composer with a gift for attractive vocal writing and inventive instrumental accompaniments.