Pachelbel-Karajan Canon in D

[Ronbo710]

Bravo !!! I love this version. Straight forward and still sensitive. Thank you :).

[michaels7]

Karajan loved the baroque period. In this recording he was conducting from the harpsicord.

Similarly, the master recorded Vivaldi's Gloria, the Bach Magnificat and B Minor Mass. I do love the smothness at 3:35 and following. Thanks wong for the posting.

[LiaxJersey12]

Karajan never ever fails to provide me with chills. Oh, how I love you!

[gregoryricardo]

EXCELENTE ME ENCANTRA... :) MI FAVORITO

[mmska100]

to wykonanie zdecydowanie jest najlepsze na świecie!!!!! Karajan jest najlepszy!!!

[HOEKY1able]

I think it's rather fast ; faster than the most canon's iha ve heard !!

[shengjinzhao]

Canon has been so over-played to the point I want to vomit. They always play it so fast that it's like stuffing food down you throat. Gotta say: Karajan rules!!

[raimonenpl]

Its the best version I have heard on Youtube!!

[MrNorm1949]

I love to listen to this peace when I am just relaxing

[vince791128]

The Best!!!

[Oistrakhfollower]

I feel I am in heaven...

[Mayrasutra]

Karajan was amazing!! I love him and this melody is simply one of the best ever!!!

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

beautiful

[nixnine1]

Herbert von Karajan is the finest composer during the last 100 years. It is a little slower than most performances, but the beauty is evident nonetheless. Karajan knew what he was doing and he pulled it off well.

[braxious]

400 years later this music stand the test of time and ages, OMG how can any one not like it. in 400 years from now this will still be played and loved, modern music has nothing and will be dust.

[angelicawong1971]

So we are enjoying the result of Karajan sound-guy. excellent.

[DuneMachineCrusade]

This is my favorite version.

For the sticklers, this is in adagio. I admit, it is a little slower than it was composed, but it is my favorite version.

[wwwniotnanet]

Best version ever!

[mamsch]

Absolutely absurd discussion about the German word for "violin" here. Actually, neither "Violine" nor "Geige" exist in modern German. As anyone should know, the only correct word for violin in German is Gumbyrassatschitnidinske.

[spinynorman230]

What time is this in? My guess is 6/8 in 2...

[Matteo7419]

@spinynorman230 No it isn't. Where do you listen to "6/8"??? It's a simple tempo.

[rumpwrestler]

Sweet and gooey like honey being poured into your ears. HORRIBLE. I had friends in the Berlin Phil. and they detested Karajan.... said he was incredibly sloppy with performances and recordings, knowing that his sound-guys could patch up the messes. He is so overated, it blow any one's mind. Just say KARAJAN and most people with good ears with vomit.

[coolthing100]

@rumpwrestler

Sloppy with performances and recordings? He was a perfectionist. In the end the Berlin Philarmoniker got tired of him simply because he was, and rightfully so, one might add, a musical dictator. The fact is that his interpretations are the finest out there, and clearly most people with good ears doesnt vomit when they hear his name, for he and his music are still loved and adored.

[Josep489]

Too fast, Canon MUST be a little slow!

[fuhuangwei]

There are times when tears come to my eyes when I listen to this beautiful piece. I can't help it! It's so moving!

[wolfgangfavorite]

Where did you take this photo? where ever this place is, its style of structure goes along with the theme of this peaceful piece.

[wolfgangfavorite]

Where did you take this photo? 

[whetstone00000]

Muy bonita!!!!!

[sockmaister]

I laugh at everyone saying how fast or slow the cannon should be played. Classical music is and will be always open to interpretation. That is what makes this music stand out (over hundreds of years).

You can't bash one of the greatest conductors of all time for conducting too quickly. This is how he interpreted and isn't at all incorrect. Whether you like it or not is a different matter which and you are free to share it however saying that Karajan was "wrong" in his tempo is ignorance.

[physphilmusic]

Some people think this is slow? I've heard people play it at half this speed. I actually think this version is one of the faster ones. Karajan refuses to lapse into sentimentality and let the canon speak for itself.

[ChaozMKW]

The real canon should be 2-3 times faster than this.

[TommyBrav0]

@ChaozMKW Are you mental?

[ERICKF100]

aww this is so beautiful. i feel all sorts of happy and peacfulness.

[buldozer68]

Waouwwwww, so great, I love

[junetee]

This version is the most perfect version i had even heard...it's neither too slow nor too fast...

[sirelantenac]

@junetee I agree. The Canon have not to be more fast. The Canon is intern emotion, not passion or excitation. The tempo is perfect.

[DrGeorgFreakyPianist]

Oh man, this music simply makes my soul smile :)

we could need all the classical composers and musicians once more ;)

[mishius82]

Too slow???? I think that this version is too FAST!!!

[MrAFLANDERS]

This is how it was originally meant to be played; melodious, slowly....not stately, but formally with grace. And that is HK's style as well. PLAY IT AGAIN SAM!

[milhouse44ify]

the best

[TheStruan]

чёрт)) это просто божественно!!! я плакал :'-)

[paradoxicus]

Karajan y el barroco,fueron como el perro y el gato.

[mradipatti]

why do i always hear only an accompanying voice in this piece , and , not a melody with a message ?

Oh yeah it´s me right ?

[Oenone17]

It's floating a bit too easily, too few obstacles felt.

[Radha57]

Bravo!!!

Thanks a lot for sharing this amazing music with us....have a HAPPY NEW YEAR and much LOVE.....

[z29364]

I have the same feeling that Karajan didn't got the exactly mood, there's something wrong i can not say, it should be more sad, but here's different.

[botterik2003]

By my POV ... or POL: point of listening ;-), this version is almost great, but a little too quick

[peres010492]

Too quick?!?!?!?!?! This thing is deathly slow! This is a baroque piece, it should be played much faster, just like a dance! This is a way too much romanticized version of Pachelbel's great Canon and Gigue. Try Musica Antiqua Koln's version - true to the composer's time

[botterik2003]

@peres010492 My latin fathers, almost 2K years ago, said: "de gustibus non disputandum est". Their wisdome is not surpassed yet :-). Ciao

[peres010492]

I wasn't talking about taste, I was talking about informed performance of musical pieces. It's like playing an allegro with an adagio tempo. Just absurd.

[alan850627]

You are right, the original recording is REALLY FAST

[MrSeijiozawa]

God bless Karajan For His Music Conducted

[rosagorda]

I only wish that Canon in D major wasn't used so much in weddings...

[myriamir3]

Le plus beau Pachelbel que j'ai entendu de toute ma vie...merci à celui qui le partage ici !

[goldenstyx]

Best version imo.

[mscottlinz]

Shining star, where are you?

I am adrift in a sea of blackness, my soul longs for you, your wisdom, your kindness, and your purity. I wish to have one last dance with thee. Please keep me warm, I am so cold. Forever be there for lost souls like me, never dim, love your sesame.......

[Beastmast3r5254]

This one doesn't sound like it was played by humans and had no emotion for me.....watch the "original intruments" version.....that one gave me goosebumps

[unohoo09]

1:39

[oakwoodbank]

I don;t think that Karajan has got the right mood here. It seems somewhat mechanical compared to others that I prefer.

[requiemaeturnum]

Karajan tends to be a lot slower, but he is almost always better.

This piece has been slaughtered by its repeated use ad nauseum, but this version makes it all better.

[darkprose]

Agreed.

[1972stephan]

This is probably the best version I have ever heard. So sensitive en pure.

[oakwoodbank]

Try the 'original instruments' version - see panel to right.

[DuMbNeSsz]

The pulse is just right... everything comes through and flows through nicely... The feel, attitude of the song just comes out naturally at this tempo... One of the better Pachelbel Canons on Youtube... If not BEST. HAHA

[sprygeoffreya17]

Well, of the thousand or so arrangements and performances of this piece, I think this one's the best - I might have known it would be von Karajan, the James Dean of 20th century classical performance!!!

[ShinYotsuba]

I was impressed by the wonderful world in this video !

Thank you very much for showing me a wonderful video ☆ミ

And If you can see the video that I produced, I am very so glad :)

Thank you very much.・゜☆. : * :・゜☆

[OliverKahnNr1]

The average tempo seems to be "quarter note=48 bpm". And this is my favorite version, as the violins and continuo (alias "basso") play in real harmony.

[tximo0]

la mejor versión,fijaos en el minuto3´46´´al4´20´´

[ryurav]

I love this version, somehow I couldn't accept other ones but this one I can listen whole day, simply perfect

[klarissky]

I like karajan

[dirtyneedles77]

I remember playing this one in the high school symphonic orchestra. Our director stepped it up a little though. We actually won a competition with this one, egmont overture, and march to the scaffold(i think). Good shit!

[centrywaiting]

this isnt so slow!! i think this is normal.

i love it and i think this is the best speed.

[DarkLoveFashion]

I also think that this is the correct speed. I hate when a peaceful melody is played quickly. But everyone likes. Greetings!!!

[HOEKY1able]

@centrywaiting SLOW ??????? it's the fastest i have ever heard ! ....within 5 minutes ........Von Karajan is GOD !!

[alieskici]

i don't like this style. Rhythm mustn't be fastly when increasing. All meaning gone. Instead of it more instruments must join to the compositon with different algorithm.

[wongcmun]

Hmmm, this version is so slow that I 've ever heard, a little bit too slow, but it is so stable and steady that a medieval mood is revealed subtlely.

[Sinfoniette]

Ah, its been years since I heard this!

[VirginieDP]

rien à redire; Karajan, c'est nickel!!On ne peut que s'incliner devant le maestro!!

[lozzaleeds]

Pachelbel came from Nuremberg in Germany - my home town.

[isaatclockwright]

This is Karajan's best recording of the Canon, 1973, using an arrangement by Max Seiffert, musicologist and arranger who died in 1948. No one has mentioned this yet, so I will. Gigue = Fugue.

Canons and Fugues were sometimes written together, paired to each other as being musically complementary to the other. The Canon states a theme slowly, repeating in overlapping variations, called 'imitative counterpoint'. A Fugue is spright and lively, a counterpoint also, but not included here.

[yanekkon]

A gigue is not a fugue, in fact they are completely separate things, being that they are two different words in the same language. A fairly accurate translation of a gigue is an english jig. "A lively old dance, possibly the descendant of the English jig; the gigue was known in England as early as 1600, and on the continent by the middle of the ..."

[Jancostar]

Ya dejen de ver la ortografía gramatical o musical, es una belleza de interpretación por el Maestro Karajan, sólo RELAJATE, DISFRUTA, GOZA...SÍ QUE ES BELLA!!!

[wongcmun]

Hey everybody, do you know where I'd taken the photo shown in the video clips? Guess it.^^

[09217712940]

i really think this cannon in d major is alot more easier than an orchestra version ^^

[yashil17]

did Kragan conduct this

[wongcmun]

Yes sure!

[yashil17]

i never knew that, thanks though

[freezingbeast]

umm... there isn't a conductor in a quartet =_=

[tyr12345yurty]

This is not a quartet! This is an orchestra, if this were a quartet the sound would listen more "open" and the clavier more loud.

[Montyleeny14]

hmm whats up with the violinen? Theres no such word as that in German, its really called the Geige. Unless you're talking in southern German.

[wongcmun]

Usually, this masterpiece is called "Canon in D". Yes this is not a quatet but a orchestral work. This version is conducted by my favourite conductor Herbert Von Karajan performed by Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra.....Geige? Gigue? I know too little about German sorry. Are they the same?

[dunkelhaven]

Gigue is a form of baroque dance.

[GaolisVideoLog]

@wongcmun Ah, no. "Violine" is a German synonym for "Geige". "Gigue", is French and a baroque form of dancing performed with a 6/8 bar.

[thesynthmaster92]

"Geige" is a german synonym to "Violin" but Gigue is usually a movement of a suite (check out J.S.Bach's suites) and appears at the end of it. Like: Allemande - Courante - Sarabande - Gigue.

Greatings from Austria ;)

[SecurityHubert]

@wongcmun It's all right. Gigue = Gigue. It's just the type of the music piece. Just like canon, rondo and so on.

Violin in german is "Geige" and also "Violine". Has nothing to do with south or northern germany as far as I know. It's just 2 words for 1 thing. Violine is more "old fashioned".

[rumpwrestler]

@wongcmun YOU NEED TO GET YOURSELF A NEW CONDUCTOR...OR NEW EARS!

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

@wongcmun No, they are not the same. "Geige" is the highest pitched instrument of the bowed string instruments, also known as "violin", while "Gigue" is rather one of the for parts/movements of a Suite, (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue" (can be found in all the suites composed by Bach)

[dunkelhaven]

"Violine" is indeed a word known in German.

[GaolisVideoLog]

@Montyleeny14 Oh, no. Germans do use the word "Violine". Not as often as "Geige", but they use it.

[J3robi]

@GaolisVideoLog If you find "Geige" strange, the german word for Viola is "Bratsche"

, nearly unspeakable for non-germans i suppose :D

[Dostwyn]

@Montyleeny14 This is one of the most stupid comments I've read in a time. Not knowing your own language, jeez, where is this country going?

[physphilmusic]

@Montyleeny14 Bullshit. What an idiot. Even on the German wikipedia page it's "Violine", not "Geige" as the main page.

[schweppesbursa]

this is perfect version of Canon in D

[yashil17]

theres only one version of the orignal Johann Chritoph Pachelbel's canon in d

[schweppesbursa]

i was listen orchestral version..and i think diffrent this version..but i don't know exactly.

[yashil17]

sorry i didn't quite understand ur coment, can u reapet it.

[Ravecharmer]

i was listen orchestral version..and i think diffrent this version..but i don't know exactly.

[yashil17]

no, i mean i don't understand what he tries to say.

[blueknightscotland]

This is absolute music.

[TenshiSara]

Amazing... that's all I can say...

[mmossoczy]

genialne

[myip45b63]

superbe harmonie, de la grande classe, tout simplement

[tyr12345yurty]

Vaya!! que majestuosidad, hermosas fotografias de una iglesia barroca, gran montaje y la musica no hay mas que decir... bueno, salvo a una cosa, seria interesante que hubiera estado la giga jajaja. Pero muy buen trabajo. Gracias.

[deflactor]

really beautiful!!