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Some of you might know him as a one-piece composer, but Johann Pachelbel, the pride of Nuremberg, wrote many other works beyond the ubiquitous Canon in D. On our next Pipedreams program, we'll explore that extensive other repertoire, which includes splendid variation chains from which the young Bach learned a thing or two, elaborate chorale-preludes, modest miniatures for the vespers Magnificat, and splendid virtuoso showpieces that show off the sounds of 10 different instruments. Joseph Payne, Marilyn Mason, and Antoine Bouchard share excerpts from their complete CD cycles, too.
PACHELBEL: Toccata & Fugue in B-flat --Joseph Payne (1741 Silbermann/ Reformed Church, Grosshartmannsdorf) Centaur CD-2304 (
http://www.centaurrecords.com)
PACHELBEL: Toccata & Fugue in e --Joseph Payne (
1995 Noack/Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, TX) Centaur CD-2306
PACHELBEL: Toccata & Fugue in g/G --Joseph Payne (1983 Metzler/
Zofingen Stadtkirche, Switzerland) Centaur CD-2311
PACHELBEL: 3 Chorale-preludes (Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist; Wo Gott der Herr nicht bein uns hält; Jesus Christus, under Heiland) --Marilyn Mason (
1985 Fisk/ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Musical Heritage Society CD-512823, CD-513276, and CD-513236 (MHS, 1710 Highway 35, Ocean, NJ 07712)
PACHELBEL: Variations, Alle Menschen müssen sterben --Antoine Bouchard (1964 Phelps-Casavant/Church of St. Paschal, Ramouraska, Quebec) Dorian CD-93174 (800-367-4266;
http://www.dorian.com)
PACHELBEL: Prelude & Fugue in C --Roland Götz (1692 Schnitger/St. Ludger's Church Norden, Germany) FSM CD-96515 (OHS)
PACHELBEL: Variations, Christus, der ist mein Leben --Albert Bolliger (1766 Riepp/
Ottobeuren Abbey, Germany) Sinus 2CD-4001 (OLF)
PACHELBEL: 2 Chorale-preludes, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr --Barbara Harbach (1990 Fisk/
SUNY-Buffalo, New York) Gasparo CD-2001
PACHELBEL: Fantasie in g --Piet Kee (1750 Gabler/
Weingarten Abbey, Germany) Chandos CD-0520 (PRMS;
http://www.75music.org)
PACHELBEL: Magnificat quinti toni --Parthenia XII and Vox Angeli Ensembles; Mary Jane Newman (1984 Rieger/SUNY-Purchase, New York) Vox 3CD-93043
PACHELBEL: Canon in D --Barbara Harbach (1990 Fisk/SUNY-Buffalo, New York) Gasparo CD-2001
The first three players (Payne, Mason and Boucher) have each essayed complete CD cycles of Pachelbel's organ works of which there are many more than the several handfuls sampled here.