Pachelbel's Canon In D ?

Does anyone know who performs this classic sung by, what I believe is, a children's choir? I just heard it again on an all Christmas music radio station. The voices and harmonies are beautiful.

 

Isn't this the "Platoon theme"? I think there are multiple recordings available.

 

No. The music that was in Platoon was Barber's Adagio, and the Emerson String Quartet does an awesome version on an Ives/Barber Cd

 

It is "Christmas Canon" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

 

This one?

Alleluia to the Pachelbel Canon in D / Kyrie
Robert Gass & On Wings Of Song

 

I think this is the one:

CHRISTMAS CANON

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings
The hope that he brings

This night
We pray
Our lives
Will show

This dream
He had
Each child
Still knows

We are waiting
We have not forgotten

On this night
On this night
On this very Christmas night

http://www.trans-siberian.com/lyrics/xmasattic4-xmascannon.shtml

 

The info you asked for:

Adagio for Strings, Barber
Performance on "Platoon" sndtk is Georges Delerue, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
The "definitive" performance of Adagio is by Thomas Schippers, New York Philharmonic; Manhattan Center, Feb. 2 1965; Sony Classical

As for Pachelbel Canon in D major
The "definitive" performance is by Jean-Francois Paillard, Orchestra de Chambre Jean-Francois Pallard; Erato, 1968. There's no chorus for this. Commonly heard as a bridal processional.

Of course, YMMV, but these performances are widely recognized as definitive readings, and are probably the ones you'll most often hear on commercials, in movies, etc.

 

Ever heard the song played on steel guitar by Buddy Emmons?

 

But the music in Platoon was 'Adagio For Strings', not the quartet version from which it was taken. In any case, I have the recording you are referring to and i is indeed excellent.

I don't know about the Pachelbel. I've never actually heard any choral version of it.

 

I also vote for owning a recording of Paillard's version. No voices, but the best musical build I've heard. You feel the harpsicord more than you hear it. It's been released on Erato and RCA.

 

That's the one. Thanks.