Pachelbel Canon in D Major - the original and best version.
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- Опубликовано: 1 сен 2008
- Pachelbel's Canon in D, performed on original instruments from the time of Pachelbel by the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. Please subscribe to our channel ruclips.net/user/VoicesofMusic...
Is it really a canon? Yes, absolutely! The three violin parts are exactly the same. It's also a ground bass.
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Performed on original instruments by San Francisco Early Music Ensemble Voices of Music. Featuring Katherine Kyme, Carla Moore & Cynthia Freivogel, baroque violin; Tanya Tomkins, baroque cello, Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ; David Tayler, theorbo.
About the performance: the canon is played using not only the instruments but also the bowing techniques from the time of Pachelbel. As you can see from the video, especially if you look at the high definition version, the string instruments are not only baroque, but they are in baroque setup: this means that the strings, fingerboard, bridge and other parts of the violin appear just as they did in Pachelbel's time. No metal hardware such as chinrests, clamps or fine tuners are used on the violins, allowing the violins to vibrate freely. A good example of baroque bowing can be seen in the extended passage of repeated notes: the musicians play these notes on one bow-the shorter & lighter baroque bow-to created a gliding effect. The players also hold the bow very differently which affects the balance and touch. Both the style and the amount of vibrato are based on baroque treatises which describe the methods for playing, bowing & articulation in the late 17th century. The narrow, shimmering vibrato blends with the baroque organ. The organ used is made entirely of wood, based on German baroque instruments, and the pipes are voiced to provide a smooth accompaniment to the strings, instead of a more soloistic sound. Another feature of the video is the subtle differences in not only the sound and color of the instruments, but also the different techniques of the players. All three are playing baroque violins with baroque bows, yet each person has her own distinct sound and bowing style-each bow has a different shape and balance. If you look at paintings of 17th century players you will see that they are all different, because that individuality of sound and technique was highly valued. This allows the players and the listeners to hear and appreciate the "Voices of Music."
Many comments refer to the pitch. D Major is a key, not a pitch; this piece is in D Major at A=415.3 Hz. We chose a baroque pitch and temperament from the time of Pachelbel. You can see the original manuscript that we played from here, clearly in the key of D Major with two sharps voicesofmusic.org/images/Pache...
Detail of the interior of the baroque organ: www.flickr.com/photos/voicesof...
#Pachelbel #CanoninD
Title: Canon in D
Composer: Johann Pachelbel
Genre: Classical 
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Still beautiful :)
Indeed. Still beautiful.
Sooooo beautiful!!
Definitely :)
Extremely! I can't say how many times I've listened to this, quite a few 😊👍🙏
Indeeed
This piece was a favorite of my late spouse: 46 years of marriage, now dead almost two years. We used to listen to it together. Now it is a piece in memorium. Frequently, my tears will stream as I listen to it. Thank you for a great performance.
I am sorry for your loss.
The irony-- hearing this glorious music as it was meant to be played on original Baroque instruments... yet watching on a smartphone. How lucky we are. Not many were lucky enough to see or hear this music when it was composed. We are SO lucky and blessed to hear all the stages of instrumental music throughout the centuries. That fact is never lost on me. Thank you for posting this magnificent piece.
AGREED
Verdaderas obras de arte, no como la música de la actualidad, en 200 años dudo que alguien considere arte lo de hoy ✌️
Just came across it and I'm currently at a very dark place in life but after hearing it I've done a much needed crying now I'm able to see hope. Thank you for this beautiful piece
Beautiful performance, I'm 70 years old and first heard this from my Elementary School Teacher Miss Glen. I've loved it since I was 8 years old
I'm almost 79, but does that matter? Why not say; the tempo is too slow? Its a canon!
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well deserved. I listen to this version every day.
w00t!
Mis felicitaciones por sus impecables y armoniosas ejecuciones magicas...!!!
on the way for 9,000,000...congratulation !
Voices of Music gracias!!!
This is why some music will live forever: they touch people somewhere inside and make them cry for no apparent reason. This is the definition of a masterpiece and one of the best expressions of the human being. Outstanding.
I'll never get over how beautiful the violin is
It's taken me 41 years to realise how amazingly beautiful classical music is. Im so pleased i have truly found it.
this is my most frequently viewed video on youtube. And how generous is the owner of this video who did not add any ads to the video, you would have made a lot of money if you did.
I remember this song that first day it was played in the late 1600s. What a time to be alive
One of the most beautiful pieces of classical music in existence
What is it about this piece that brings tears to my eyes? Is it the emotion poured into the playing, or the way the melody goes or the combination of all the instruments.
It's a masterpiece. Some compositions are like that....
Thanks for the 13 million views--to infinity and beyond!
I fall in love with your violinist the one in red i herd playing the summer and winter de vivaldi and i still without belive she is amazing and btw your recorder is excelkent too
Thank you so much for your kind words. It could be called a passacaglia, or even a variant of a romanesca, but it also is a three part canon.
Just discovered this video -- a truly happy if belated find! -- and as always a delight.
What a gorgeous rendition.
Voices of Music Thank you for your detailed explanation. I have directed videos with musicians of virtually all instruments, brass and string quartets as well as full orchestras for several decades. Thank you for your time.
* *_14_* *million*-----thank you!
no, thank YOU! :)
Why would 1,700 dislike this. Mystery
*15,000,000
15 million now
18 million 🎉😊🎉
This was my father's absolute favorite thing to listen to after a long day, to wind down. It always visibly relaxed him. He would simply close his eyes and melt. Everything.
😢realized how much I loved my mother hearing this symphony play at 14,she past this past December 😢I love U MOM AND I MISS THE 1ST VOICE AND 1ST LOVE I TRULY HAD😢
😢
Sorry for your loss
Flawless performance! I like that each violin player sounds different and individual.
Although they're playing exactly the same thing, just with a 4 bar distance one to another!
Am I the only soul that weeps tears of joy while listening to this beautiful masterpiece?
I cannot contain this flood of emotion.
It is so wonderful to hear, and personally, I think this is how the song was always meant to be played. None compare to this version of one of my all time favorites! None!
18 million views, wow, thanks everyone!
🎉🎉🎉
no prob
The original instruments combined with their exceptional talents makes this not only the best but also the most authentic to Pachelbel's masterpiece.
this song feels like the sunrise. I can literally feel the skin on my face gently warming up to a point where I feel all fuzzy and happy inside. I can't help but smile everytime I listen to it
Thanks to everyone for the -seven- *17,000,000* views, w00t! And special thanks to the amazing musicians who played so beautifully.
To infinity and beyond!
No doubt, Music is the chief product of Earth.
+Voices of Music The best version I have ever heard of this beautiful music. Thanks to Voices of Music for all the wonderful music you play.
+Voices of Music congratulations!! Thanks for all the beautiful baroque music you play
+Voices of Music
no wonder! if you have harry potter as the DJ. its magical ;)
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beautiful music and performance! respect
You're welcome, considering I've watched this about 1,000,000 times myself. Lol
I remember this a looong time ago, in my youth watching Cosmos with the great Carl Sagan...
I always thought this is the most moving and beautiful piece of music ever created.
Then in my teens I turned into pure rock, prog, punk, zappa, etc., but I always kept this in my head. Now, many years later, I return to the classics. Hooked on classics.
As Voices of Music passes the 400K subscribers mark, we thank you all for listening to our channel. And our fabulous musicians!
As a veteran I fight conflicts within myself frequently. I can't express the amount of peace, solice and tranquility your music has brought me in my darkest hours in the time I've been subscribed to your page. Thank you.
Thank you for your service.
This was my introduction to classical music quite by mistake, but one of the best and most beautiful mistakes have ever made.
I like yourself Mr Conrey have served in the armed forces and this soothes me and transports me to other worldly places of serene tranquility .
My stepfather is a Vietnam veteran, he wants this played at his funeral...I totally understand why xxx
It's now 2022, but I'm still amazed by this, and will always be! ❤️
What a rendition.. unbelievable. perfect to the core and sweet too to the ears. God Bless everyone in the team.
Been searching for such a version with instrumentalists just to see how on earth it is possible to move your hand so fast while playing the violin (the fast part of the song) 👏
I'll never understand why, but classical music, especially strings, moves me in such a deep, profound and emotional way. I may loose my Man Card for this, but I tear up when I hear a beautiful piece like this is played with such feeling and soul. Thank you!
The most lovely, inspiring piece of classical music I've every heard..makes me miss my beautiful, loving Mom..she used to play this when we lived in Europe when I was a child..I've never forgotten this heavenly music....to me, it's "other-worldly" and always brings me to tears..I believe it's because it reminds me of my loving Mother..It's been 37 years since she passed..
Ellen McCullough so sorry to hear that...I know how it feels to have a loss too
Magical. Almost divine. Can't get enough of that chord progression. Could go on forever and I'd never get tired of it.
As a kid from 1680 this is so nostalgic 😅
We take this for granted it would have been a rarity to watch, to see and most importantly hear this masterpiece even in the days of Mozart and now with just a click of a button and no money well spent you can listen. Just think about that for a minute
Live music you mean?
Seven years ago I lost my mother. On my birthday, a day like today, I mourned her with this piece of music. Since then, I listen to you guys for it touches every abstract part of my inner being. Thanks... eternally.
Very touching
I could sit back and cry from joy listening to this.
I Did
Iba manejando por carretera subiendo a la montaña, llevaba en el sonido música barroca, y de repente comenzó el Canon de Johannes Pachelbel.
Meditabundo, paisaje, recuerdos, circunstancias estimularon mis lagrimales desde lo más profundo de mi ser. No podía evitarlo, lloraba que tuve que orillarme para evitar un percance.
Fue una experiencia tan, pero tan extenuante de emoción que tuve la sensación haber padecido un vahido.
Al paso del tiempo, no puedo mas que decir que esa experiencia emotiva me la explico a la única razón de haber experimentado lo que se debomina "El Síndrome de Stendhal".
Y me lo explico así, ya que el síntoma tuvo por peculiaridad quedar pasmado por una gran obra de arte, como ésta maravillosa pieza musical que nos legó Pachelbel.
Gracias Johannes Pachelbel por tu maravilloso regalo.
Saludos a los amantes del arte desde Guanajuato Mx....
Still one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard...
We had two cats, one sweet and one a little devil (but we loved her also). Whenever she heard this piece, she would stop whatever destructive thing she was doing and come into the room from wherever she was, plop herself down and chill out.
Take that a video ..
April 2024. This is positively sparkling 🥰
So strange I just randomly happened to want to listen to this song in its most beautiful form and this video looked humble yet full of talent. Looking at the comments a bunch are within the last few days it’s like so many people wanted to find a small moment of peace like me. It kinda cheers me up, feels like we’re all not as lone as we feel so many times.
Pachelbel's Canon in D Major is one of my all time favorite pieces of music and this version is brilliant.
this song never dies. Even 1000 years later, my soul will come back and listen again and again~
Even on 6 July 2024 it sounds ever fresh ❤
Still does on 20 July 2024!
I started ballet lessons at 5 years of age. This was one of my teachers' favorite pieces, and quickly became mine. I love listening to it with full orchestra, but this is lovely. In the 2000s, it was the go-to wedding march.
Mom played this on 33 1/3 when I was a kid..the most beautiful music I've ever heard...it brings me to tears whenever I listen to it..
@구리마 Am I still alive? Yeah, I think so...lol...if Beethoven...no he is not still alive..
this was played at me dads funeral when i was young. i havent heard it in years.... even now 22 years on this music goes straight into my soul and reminds me off so many good and bad memories. beautifully played thank you
AMEN!!!
Its the end of 2023. And this is still beautiful wow! Just wow
The most incredible, the most captivating, the most wonderful soul inspiring sound I've ever heard. Even falling leaves don't compete.
This is, without a doubt, the best performance of this piece that I have ever heard. Full stop. Canon in D is ubiquitous: we have all heard it dozens of times in varying styles. This performance stands above the rest both in terms of skill and in the performers' fidelity to the piece's original structure and intent. This is a brilliant rendition of a wonderful piece and I consider myself to be extremely lucky to have stumbled upon it. Thank you!
totally agree!
Which is ironic because almost no one alive had heard it until the 1960s
I love this piece so much because it always sounds like the instruments are having a conversation with one another
It blows my mind how these remarkable musicians can give this piece the type of performance it's asking for ... and make it seems like a walk in the park !
watching for 10 years...
Still love it
Pachelbel's Canon couldn't be more beautiful...always brings me to tears...
me too
Dziękuję Panu Bogu, że dał mi zmysł słuchu abym rozkoszował się tak cudowną muzyką
2023 still Canon in D Major.. the best of master piece ever 🎉
Amazing! Just straight up wonderful! Such beautiful music! No words, but the emotions can be felt so easily through the soul. Classical music is truly a blessing.
I fell in love with this song and didn’t know who it was. It causes my soul to worship God, to feel passion in my soul and inspires me to love better!
This piece will one day be played at my service. I’ve already picked a few songs and this is the first one ☝️ I chose. It’s hauntingly beautiful 🌹🌹🌹 absolute masterpiece 🎵🎵🎵
Mine, too.
One of (and I’ve heard 1000’s) THE BEST I’ve ever heard.
It is mysterious how this simple melody radiates splendid and magnificient beauty... Music is mysterious...
It’s great to hear this masterpiece in its most original form.
Almost 2023, two days to go. And I'm listening to a piece I played on piano as a teenager with my piano lessons. So beautiful.
Iv'e heard and loved this music for decades. This particular rendition is special.
damn, this video is 12 years old and still so many people commenting and giving compliment everyday
:)
This video brought me to tears. Thank you so much for doing this.
This is the kind of thing that makes life worth living.
I consume every type of music. From baroque to heavy metal, love it all. THIS is the best pice of music ever whriten❤
I had never herd of this piece until my daughter chose it for her wedding day march down the aisle ,it is the most peacfull and beautiful piece of music i have ever herd ,Bravo.
To think that this is what the piece sounded like back then.....and we have the privilege of hearing it in the 21st century?? Absolutely incredible. Well done (as always) Voices of Music!
Thank you.
After all these years, this version still remains the best and the original. I haven't counted how many times I have watched this video, but definitely more than once daily since 2010.
Thank you so much!
@@VoicesofMusic I have yet to find one that compares!
@@VoicesofMusic Same here, I have been listening to this version over and over for years and it has always inspired me. Your precision and grace in the execution here is simply masterful. Thank you for your amazing work as musicians
Beautiful. This is one of my top favourite pieces of music and listening to this was a regular part of my recovery from a significant concussion and it still is a key go to if I'm feeling stressed.
Thanks for uploading. This accustic beauty prevents me every time from falling deeper into the darkness. It gives me hope and strenght not to give up
I play this for my baby almost everyday when she was in my belly.. and it surprised me since she was born, this makes her smile each time. on the otherhand Bach Jesu joy of man's desiring makes her emotional.... babies are moved by music!!!
You're also helping your child's development by doing that, by the way. :)
www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/04/20/1603984113.full
Wow, 10⁷ views! Thanks, everyone!
Well done
Encantador. ..Gratidão!!!! Gratidão !!!! Gratidão!!!! Conexão com altos planos através dessa Música Maravilhosa !!!!!
Um, random question... but is this royalty free? Nice music by the way!
You deserve them!
you're welcome andwith such a beautiful performance was there ever any doubt? :)
Canon in D has been my favorite music to play in violine still cant believe all of violin playing exact same notes in delay could make such a good melody
The most beautiful piece of music ever.
è bellissimo, ma non so quanta musica hai ascoltato dato che da 40 anni che ascolto trovo pezzi uno più bello dell'altro e sarebbe difficile fare una classifica...
Since I found this recording earlier this year, this is the one I send all my piano students to watch, to hear how it's REALLY supposed to sound! Just wonderful, and on the period instruments, it's a treat to hear!
My student today couldn't get over how a musician that died over 300 years ago could have music that is still so beautiful and still so popular! She's learning that good music never goes out of style! :D
today is my birthday and i have no one to celebrate me except my dad. this song really hugs my soul and made me cry.. my wish on this day is that the pandemic will end soon.. It makes me cry while listening to this.. it really wishes me happy birthday.
Happy birthday Rafael! I share your wish and keep strong
Hi, I wish You a nice birthday :)
Happy birthday from S korea. Wishing you a day filled with happiness and a year filled with joy. Happy birthday again!
Rafael Enrico Woo bible-john10:10. (Lord said. )I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly
Happy belated birthday!
46 years ago, I walked down the aisle to this.
35 years ago for me.
Wish I could see the video. It’s so timeless
Is this what heaven sounds like?
Ngl, this Is the best version that I've heard, and oh so much better than the slow & boring ones I hear in weddings.
And wow I just noticed that this is posed over 12 years ago and the quality is sooo good!
Played today at the commencement of my beloved mothers funeral. Set the tone for a wonderful service.
Sorry for your loss. I believe, it's "a giving back". She will always be at your side in the room you are.
I discovered this video 10 some years ago when I was a college student. ...And I recently re-discovered the same musicians playing Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Wow, time flys, but the musics are eternal.
Younger us :)
This is one of the best canon in D performance I can found.. I love the bow movement.. Every note is so elegant and clean from the very start till the end.. thank you for letting me enjoy this masterpiece
YES! This is what Canon in D should be!! It's FAST, not slow. People play this wonderful song at weddings and drag it out soooooo long. It's supposed to be peppy! It's a baroque dance, ffs lol! It was never supposed to be slow, and this group has NAILED it. They sound amazing, and I love the little embellishments here and there. Shows a great depth of understanding of the baroque style. Beautiful!
This is just the most gorgeous thing in existence. Every 3-6 months, I’m hit with a spontaneous desire to listen to this recording. Every time I listen, it just gets more and more powerful than the last.
I think it’s too bad that this has become a “wedding song,” to the point where it would feel out of place in any other setting.
Yes
I've never associated this with weddings and never been to one where it was played.
I love this version of Pachelbel's Canon so much - I first discovered this video a few years ago, and still am amazed by how beautiful this performance is. I also know how fun this is to play as a cellist myself, and hope that I can someday see a performance this beautiful live (not just on a video).
Thank you, Alexia.
2024 someone?
Jaaaaa :)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 🎉🎉🎉
Me.
Jaaaa taky 😄
👍
I can't believe this is from 12 years ago and I have never seen this until now.I'm shook.
JJ's World you waisted 12 years !
Man don;t say twelve years haha. Makes me depressed how quick it all went
Never grows old, goosebumps in Aug 2021
A masterpiece of an artist that defines the capabilities of a human mind and rhythm. Remarkable gem indeed!!!
Beautiful. Brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for making such beautiful music together. Yes, truly the finest version of this magnificent piece of music I have heard to date.
This is a timeless song
This should and will be played for centuries
I've heard Pachelbel Canon in D so many times. So many versions. I should be exhausted. Why I can't hate this? Why is so timeless, why is its effect on me so perfect?
I can't help it. It still touch my soul in ways no other theme can.
you just can't hate it. Its one of those songs taht will always be around that s likeable ~forever~
My baby grandson has a musical toy which plays this. He is fascinated with it. So emotional to listen to this being so beautifully played.
How stunning this is, and really cool to see the different playing styles of the violinists!
This is the most beautiful piece of music ever written, ever played. Johann was a bloody genius!
Why did 2629 people not like this? Screw you. This canon always makes me cry.
K-Pop Fans mate. LoL
Don't worry about it, the youtube algorithm doesn't care if it's a thumbs up or down. It will recommend the video to others either way!
Those people are cellists, salty about playing the same eight notes over and over again.
This particular version/video moves me to tears every time.
Uploaded 15 years ago and still responding to comments!
Yes, we are still here. And, also, we got the band back together and re-recorded this piece. It's very different!