Vivid Testimony Suites, canons and songs by Pachelbel - heard by GERALD FENECH '... generously filled and sumptuously recorded.'

Coming across the name of Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), one cannot help but say: 'Ah! The one who composed the Canon and Gigue', and indeed he is, but there is much more to Pachelbel than this short four-minute piece. Pachelbel was baptized at Nuremberg on 1 September 1653. In 1669 he matriculated at Altdorf University and later became organist of the Lorenzkirsche in the same city...

JOHANN PACHELBEL

HARMONIA MUNDI

FRANCE