The One-Hit Wonder Connection
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"The Sorcere's Apprentice," from Walt Disney's Fantasia
Mickey Mouse helped make one piece of music famous. A piece by another composer owes its fame to a late-night disc jockey and an Oscar-winning movie.
And while the two composers wrote other music, it’s pretty much overlooked. They are, in the parlance of the pop music industry, “one-hit wonders."
In the next hour, Johann Pachelbel and his famous Canon, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice of Paul Dukas--as well as other works by these two composers.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Danse Macabre |
Montreal Symphony, Nagano |
Decca 483 0396 |
028948303960 |
| Pachelbel: Canon |
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood |
Decca 443 201-2 |
028944320121 |
| Pachelbel Canon, etc. |
Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard |
Erato 4509-98475-2 |
745099847524 |
| Pachelbel: Un orage d’avril |
Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer |
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902238 |
3149020223826 |
| Pachelbel: Organ Works, Vol IV - Chorale Preludes [for “A Mighty Fortress”] |
Marilyn Mason |
Musical Heritage Society 513276H |
717794327625 |
| Pachelbel Vespers |
King's Singers, Kah-Ming Ng cond. |
Signum SIGCD 198 |
635212019825 |
| Albinoni Adagio, Pachelbel Canon, etc. |
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
Deutsche Grammophon 429 390-2 |
028942939028 |
| Paul Dukas [for Symphony in C and La Peri] |
National Orchestra of France, Leonard Slatkin |
RCA Red Seal 68802 |
090266880225 |
| Paul Dukas: Ouvres pour Piano, [for Variations, Interlude and Finale on a theme of Rameau] |
Herve Billaut |
Mirare MIR242 |
3760127222422 |
