On 10/23/17 4:36 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/23/17 2:50 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:34:01 -0400, John H
wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cP2...KyMufI&index=2

And...it's a great reminder! Only about 62 days!


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So how did Pachabel's Canon in D come to be known as the Christmas
Canon?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=090BIg0mlcY

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It's really too bad Pachelbel's original piece has been so schmaltzed up
with over-orchestration and a drastic increase in tempo. As written, it
is a sweet bit for three violins and continuo.

This is the way it is supposed to sound, though even here there are a
couple too many instruments, e.g., the lute and the organ, though the
organist appears to be bolstering the continuo part. It is a much more
delicate and slower piece than the modern versions seem to give it.

And of course I forgot to attach the URL:

http://tinyurl.com/aorgu3t

I'm also not a fan of Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at
an Exhibition. It's a superior piece of piano music, overdone in Ravel's
arrangement. This is the way it is supposed to sound:
http://tinyurl.com/y763kv48