Pachelbel: Magnificat Himlische Cantorey, Kobow

The present recording spreads out before us the rich musical panorama covered by Pachelbel’s Magnificat compositions. The natural flow of Pachelbel’s music includes a steady stream of musical rhetorical interpretations, and the richly pictorial Magnificat text offers plenty of opportunities for them. On this recording two sacred concertos and a Mass in three movements complement the four very different Magnificat settings and serve as contrasts to them.