It's a wedding classic, beloved by many around the world. But is it really what it says it is? (spoiler: no) First up, enjoy a beautiful scrolling score of the famous piece, make by Gerubach here. You ...

Love it or hate it, Pachelbel’s Canon in D is one of the most famous pieces of classical music of all time, but the facts behind the composition aren’t as well known. Classic FM busts the myths behind ...

The distinctive chirps of singing cicadas are a highlight of summer in regions where they proliferate; those chirps even featured prominently on Lorde’s 2021 album Solar Power. Now, Japanese ...

Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, is the birthday (or at least the baptism day) of another pilgrim: Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690-1750). He was the son of Johann Pachelbel, German composer and organist, ...

What this release – with the Pachelbel Canon, gracefully played, as its obvious draw – certainly creates is a brightly lit shop window for The English Concert’s approach to music of the 17th and 18th ...

As wedding traditions evolve, it becomes increasingly common to walk down the aisle to sappy, chart-toppers by Ed Sheeran or wistful acoustic covers of classic rock hits. But Johann Pachelbel’s “Canon ...

Free Expression is a daily newsletter on American life, politics and culture from the Opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal. Sign up and start reading Free Expression today. Johann Pachelbel is one ...

Johann Pachelbel, Un orage d’avril; Six Suites from Musikalische Ergötzung et al., Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer, Harmonia Mundi HMC 902238 Misreading this present disc’s title as “An Orange in April” ...