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Fecit potentiam from Magnificat in C major

Gloria patri from Ingressus in C minor

Quia respexit from Magnificat in C Major

Sicut erat from Ingressus in B-flat major

Sonata from Ingressus in G major

King's Singers, with Charivari Agréable: Pachelbel Vespers (CD)

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This recording includes instrumental accompaniment on all tracks.
Charivari Agréable (tranlated "pleasant tumult") is an award-winning and very popular Early Music group directed by Kah-Ming Ng, who also plays harpsichord and chamber organ on this recording. Other instruments heard are violin, viola, viloa da gamba, bassoon, violone, and theorbo.

From the liner notes:
"The music contained in this CD represents a selection of Vespers movements written by the organist Johann Pachelbel."

" ... Pachelbel's contemporaries and students were in accord about one thing: ' he was a perfect and rare virtuoso '..."

" [his Vespers] are and eloquent embodiment of exceptional vocal writing and a fitting fin de siècle summation of all that is endearing about seventeenth-century music. After three centuries of quiescence, Pachelbel's Vespers may now be restored to the canon of choral masterpieces."

~ Kah-Ming Ng, conductor and keyboardist for Charivari Agréable

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Song List:
1-4. Pachelbel: Ingressus in C minor
5-13. Pachelbel: Magnificat in C major
14-18. Krieger: Sonata à 5 in A minor
19-23. Pachelbel: Ingressus in E minor
24-26. Pachelbel: Ingressus in G major
27-31. Pachelbel: Ingressus in G minor
32-35. Kerll: Sonata à 5 in G minor
36-39. Pachelbel: Magnificat in F major
40-41. Pachelbel: Ingressus in B-flat major

Format: CD
Year Released/Length: 2010 / 72:49
Style/Genre: classical, seventeenth century
Voicing: Men's ensemble
A cappella?: No - Charivari Agréable is a chamber orchestra playing period instruments

Reviews:
"invigorating, sensitive, heartfelt and gloriously melodious....Pachelbel sets out his stall as a composer of significant and individual talent."
Disc of the Month, Classic FM Magazine (May 2010)

"Each piece is beautifully served by the ensemble"
4 stars, Sunday Times (14th March 2010)

"a bright rainbow of colours –just right for the music's sunny demeanour. "
4 stars, The Times (March 2010)

"they seem to become instruments themselves; shape, blend and sensitivity to the meaning of the words exudes from every musician. Pachelbel could hardly wish for better 21st-century advocates than these."
Classic FM Magazine (May 2010)

"The marriage of the King's Singers and Charivari Agréable has created the 'dream-team' for this enchanting addition to the late middle-Baroque repertoire."
"The ensemble is unbeatable. The six King's Singers blend superbly"
5 star performance, BBC Music Magazine (May 2010)