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Switched-On Bach
Artist: Wendy Carlos
Label: ESD
Genre : Electronic
Instruments : Synthesizer
Geography : United States
Label : ESD - http://www.noside.com/esd/
Description:
Three decades ago, Wendy Carlos revolutionized music with Switched-On Bach, the first electronic realizations of the timeless compositions of J.S. Bach. Acclaimed as "real music" by musicians and the listening public alike, it catapulted electronic music into the musical mainstream. Masterpieces of baroque music, realized with impeccable musicianship on synthesizer and tape recorder, reached out to a new crossover audience, and influenced countless musicians.
Switched-On Bach became a phenomenon. The First Platinum-certified Classical recording, it won three Grammy Awards including Classical Album of the Year. Here is the original S-O B, meticulously remastered by Wendy Carlos in Hi-D 20-bit sound, and recently available only as a part of the deluxe Switched-On Boxed Set.
This "must have" release for any classical or electronic music enthusiast has sound quality superior to any previous edition of S-O B.
Three decades ago, Wendy Carlos revolutionized music with Switched-On Bach, the first electronic realizations of the timeless compositions of J.S. Bach. Acclaimed as "real music" by musicians and the listening public alike, it catapulted electronic music into the musical mainstream. Masterpieces of baroque music, realized with impeccable musicianship on synthesizer and tape recorder, reached out to a new crossover audience, and influenced countless musicians.
Switched-On Bach became a phenomenon. The First Platinum-certified Classical recording, it won three Grammy Awards including Classical Album of the Year. Here is the original S-O B, meticulously remastered by Wendy Carlos in Hi-D 20-bit sound, and recently available only as a part of the deluxe Switched-On Boxed Set.
This "must have" release for any classical or electronic music enthusiast has sound quality superior to any previous edition of S-O B.
Reviews
- "When Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach in 1968, she sent an electric shock through the music world. Young people thrilled to her synthesized interpretations of Bach's greatest hits, while classical fans got their first tantalizing taste of electronica." -- Barnes & Noble.com
- "...major milestones in the evolution of electronic music...each album stands by itself as an important contribution to our classical music tradition." -- Bob Moog
- Carlos's renditions remain the platinum standard of their ilk, not because she replicated the sound of a Baroque orchestra but because her own orchestral palette was so unique: Her 'instruments' huffed, wheezed, and clanked like an intergalactic music box -- and yet under Carlos's hands, they illuminate the contrapuntal magic of Bach and his contemporaries as if their intricate mazes
were formed in midair." -- Billboard
Track List:
| 1 | Chorale Prelude | 3:37 | |
| 2 | Initial Experiments | 8:35 |
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