Canon in D set to lyrics???
Seth
Four years ago when I heard Pachelbel's Canon in D on 102.5 WCRB in Boston,
it was the first time I have ever heard it set to lyrics. Hum it in your
mind and follow the words:
How. Where. Where. When. When will me meet again?
How. Where. Where. When. When will we touch again?
And so on. It was sung by a woman whose name I can't remember, and
repeated calls to the station have left me empty handed. If anyone knows
of this recording, or has any information on where/how I could obtain a
copy, I would be very grateful.
Many thanks,
Coftrnquil
Seth--
There's a CD called, get this, "Pachelbel's Greatest Hit" (BMG Classics, 1991)
with 8 different variations of the Canon. One arrangement has a male vocalist
and James Galway on flute. It's not the recording you spoke of but give it a
spin.
-Intrepid
David Samuel Barr
1) "Pachelbel's Greatest Hit" was originally released by RCA (now BMG)
on LP in 1984. It contained six versions of the Canon; for the CD they
dug up two more versions from their catalogue, as well as deleting the
most famous performance (to which they no longer had the licence) and
replaced it with another routine one.
2) The vocal version on that album is called "How? Where? When?" by
the female vocalist, Cleo Laine, and the male flautist, James Galway,
arranged by Laine's husband, John Dankworth. This is indeed the
recording which Seth seeks.
3) It is readily available from any classical music store (retail or
online). The catalogue number is 60712-2-RG.
Frank Eggleston
> Please help!
>
> Four years ago when I heard Pachelbel's Canon in D on 102.5 WCRB in Boston,
> it was the first time I have ever heard it set to lyrics. Hum it in your
> mind and follow the words:
>
> How. Where. Where. When. When will me meet again?
> How. Where. Where. When. When will we touch again?
>
> And so on. It was sung by a woman whose name I can't remember, and
> repeated calls to the station have left me empty handed. If anyone knows
> of this recording, or has any information on where/how I could obtain a
> copy, I would be very grateful.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> sethr...@hotmail.com
In the movie "Ordinary People", the girlfriend of the protagonist sang in a
high school choir which was doing a choral version of the Pachelbel. The Canon
(in instrumental form) was used as the principal musical material in the film.
I have no idea if a soundtrack album would still be available, but I don't
actually remember words -- I think it may have been a vocalese version.
Frank Eggleston
--
"... for it goes without saying."
--- description of Milo's cart in
"The Phantom Tollbooth"
Robert Fink
<sro...@webrocker.com> wrote:
> Please help!
>
> Four years ago when I heard Pachelbel's Canon in D on 102.5 WCRB in Boston,
> it was the first time I have ever heard it set to lyrics. Hum it in your
> mind and follow the words:
>
> How. Where. Where. When. When will me meet again?
> How. Where. Where. When. When will we touch again?
>
> And so on. It was sung by a woman whose name I can't remember, and
> repeated calls to the station have left me empty handed. If anyone knows
> of this recording, or has any information on where/how I could obtain a
> copy, I would be very grateful.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> sethr...@hotmail.com
That would be Cleo Laine. There is a CD called "Pachelbel's Greatest
Hit," which has this and many other oddly fascinating versions.
rwf
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David Samuel Barr
>
> In the movie "Ordinary People", the girlfriend of the protagonist
> sang in a high school choir which was doing a choral version of the
> Pachelbel. The Canon (in instrumental form) was used as the principal
> musical material in the film. I have no idea if a soundtrack album
> would still be available, but I don't actually remember words -- I
> think it may have been a vocalese version.
I don't know if it is the version used in the film [never saw the film;
don't have the soundtrack album], but there IS a 1977 choral arrangement
(or a "realisation", as it is called in the sheet music) of the Canon by
Nicholas Van Slyck with his original lyrics obviously intended for a
school chorus (SSATBB). It was originally published by General Music
Publishing Co., Inc., which was sold to Screen Gems-EMI Music in 1984; I
rather doubt EMI kept this edition in print, though.
Thomas J Wood
Surely the lyrics should be:
Hear that
endless
bass line
repeat...
Tom Wood (channelling the spirit of Sigmund Spaeth...)
dancertm
<WOO...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
>Surely the lyrics should be:
>
>Hear that
>endless
>bass line
>repeat...
Actually Cleo Lane and Charles Dankworth have done a version of the
canon with lyrics.
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Caryn Havlik
in D, Benita Valente and Tatiana Troyanos, along with the New York City
Opera Orchestra conducted by Julius Rudel. This disk was originally put
out (I think) on the label called Musicmasters, #67080; this label gets
distribution from the folks at BMG[Bertelsman Music Group] (they also
distribute RCA). Does this help at all?
David Perkins
from BMG about ANYTHING you might want. They have an e-mail address, but I
guess it's just for show. What a lousy way to treat potential customers.
Caryn Havlik wrote:
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