The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #136682   Message #3136026
Posted By: Tootler
15-Apr-11 - 06:51 PM
Thread Name: No such thing as a B-sharp
Subject: RE: No such thing as a B-sharp
Pachelbel probably intended his Canon to go much faster than those leaden performances from the 1970s. This is a bit more like it:

Yes I found that one just before I read your post. I liked it, they are very good. It reminded me of a string quartet I saw perform in Covent Garden on a Sunday morning some years ago.

Here is another piece by the same group - note the cool guitar <grin>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYZ79HjPh2M&feature=relmfu

A recorder group I play with play a different set of Bergamasca variations. Not as quickly as that though!