Musical Gem of the Week #3
Posted in Humanities on February 24th, 2010 by Noldorin – 2 CommentsJohann Pachelbel’s ubiquitously well-known Canon in D major may have earned this German Baroque composer his reputation as a “one-hit wonder”, yet this is perhaps not wholly fair. While he was certainly dwarfed by the splendour of musicians such as Bach and Handel who followed in his footsteps, he nonetheless managed to produce several works that deserve their places in the repertoire of high-quality Baroque music. Regardless, I would have to say my favourite of them all is the Chaconne in F minor for organ. Although a fairly short piece (at least by later standards), it certainly demonstrated his mastery of the instrument, which while not perhaps as great as Handel’s, was certainly noteworthy.
(Played in full Burghard Fischer.)
Side note: Although I suspect no-one has realised yet, I’ve evidently adopted more of a bi-weekly schedule for these posts. No excuses here, though given my track record in this respect I’m liable to continue as long as no-one comments! If any of you readers are lurking out there, do please let me know; saying that, my obsessional need to record my thoughts and opinions probably will likely keep me active enough.