[78-L] Pachelbel for a Buck

[David Lennick]

That is EXACTLY the version that made me hate it forever! The Paillard, not the 
Fiedler..Fiedler actually plays it at the correct tempo. His is the very first 
recording of it. Incidentally, my first exposure to the Canon, before it became 
popular, was a really nice version on the 10-string guitar by Michel Dintrich, 
and in the late 60s it was the basis of a French pop song called "Rain and Tears".

Oog..that Paillard pile of mush..high on my all time hate parade, along with 
everything by Chausson, 90% of Sibelius, and most Elgar works of more than 5 
minutes. But my case against the Tacobell originates from my having had to play 
it regularly on RSVP and having been subjected to the Paillard version daily 
while it was used as the theme on another CBC program. I'd pay money never to 
have to listen to it again.

Anyone remember Peter Schickele's WTWP (Wall to Wall Pachelbel)?

dl

On 1/13/2011 3:20 PM, S&R Pinsker wrote:
> Seems like ancient history now, but the Pachelbel Canon thing seems to have
> started with the Musical Heritage Society's teaser; full page ads in High Fidelity
> and the Saturday Review (remember them?).  Join the Society and you get the
> J.F.Paillard LP of the Canon for only one dollar, no additional S&H.
> Somewhere in my archives is a 10" 78 of it played, very fast, by the Arthur Fiedler Sinfonietta.
>
> Bob P
>
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