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Artist: Wendy Carlos
Label: ESD
Genre : Electronic
Instruments : Synthesizer
Geography : United States
Label : ESD - http://www.noside.com/esd/
Description:
In 1971, Wendy Carlos was among the first artists to use a postage-paid "bounceback" card in a commercial record release. Innocently, she and her producer Rachel Elkind asked their listeners for their suggestions on future Moog synthesizer recordings. By 1974, they had accumulated many boxes full of these cards, all pulling in different directions for new music to record in the million-selling wake of Switched-On Bach.
The result of that democratic process was this collection By Request. Wendy's signature sound on Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto and the "Little" Fugue is presented side by side with The Beatles and Burt Bacharach, plus Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" and original compositions by Wendy herself. Topping off the collection was a parody-fantasy based on Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstances March #1," (the unofficial anthem of the British Empire) re-titled as "Pompous Circumstances" with the melody masquerading in the styles of a wide range of classical composers, after which follows an extended fantasia of the themes. The London office of CBS records became nervous when dealing with the Elgar estate, so this track was unceremoniously cut from all UK copies of the album. Almost 30 years later, the missing track (once "Banned In Britain") is restored to the collection, which is released here for the first time on CD.
Remastered by Wendy Carlos directly from the original mixes in "Hi-D 20 bit" sound.
All are enhanced CDs with additional bonus information, including actual score page scans of Pompous Circumstances, and a snapshot of: www.wendycarlos.com.
Extra! Extra! Hidden File! Yes, there's a hidden file on the enhanced CD: click on the folder titled wcsite, and then click on the sub-folder titled BR. There you will find the HTML file titled EarlyVisions. Open that file for in-depth notes about the tracks on By Request.
In 1971, Wendy Carlos was among the first artists to use a postage-paid "bounceback" card in a commercial record release. Innocently, she and her producer Rachel Elkind asked their listeners for their suggestions on future Moog synthesizer recordings. By 1974, they had accumulated many boxes full of these cards, all pulling in different directions for new music to record in the million-selling wake of Switched-On Bach.
The result of that democratic process was this collection By Request. Wendy's signature sound on Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto and the "Little" Fugue is presented side by side with The Beatles and Burt Bacharach, plus Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" and original compositions by Wendy herself. Topping off the collection was a parody-fantasy based on Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstances March #1," (the unofficial anthem of the British Empire) re-titled as "Pompous Circumstances" with the melody masquerading in the styles of a wide range of classical composers, after which follows an extended fantasia of the themes. The London office of CBS records became nervous when dealing with the Elgar estate, so this track was unceremoniously cut from all UK copies of the album. Almost 30 years later, the missing track (once "Banned In Britain") is restored to the collection, which is released here for the first time on CD.
Remastered by Wendy Carlos directly from the original mixes in "Hi-D 20 bit" sound.
All are enhanced CDs with additional bonus information, including actual score page scans of Pompous Circumstances, and a snapshot of: www.wendycarlos.com.
Extra! Extra! Hidden File! Yes, there's a hidden file on the enhanced CD: click on the folder titled wcsite, and then click on the sub-folder titled BR. There you will find the HTML file titled EarlyVisions. Open that file for in-depth notes about the tracks on By Request.
Track List:
| 1 | Three Dances from the Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky): I- Russian Dance | 1:04 | |
| 2 | Three Dances from the Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky): II- Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy | 2:05 | |
| 3 | Three Dances from the Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky): III- Dance of the Reed-Pipes | 2:14 | |
| 4 | Dialogues for Piano and Two Loudspeakers (W. Carlos) | 4:00 | |
| 5 | Episodes for Piano and Electronic Sounds (W. Carlos) | 5:49 | |
| 6 | Geodesic Dance (Electronic Etude) (W. Carlos) | 3:22 | |
| 7 | Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major (First Movement) (J. S. Bach) | 5:48 | |
| 8 | Little Fugue (J.S. Bach) | 3:44 | |
| 9 | What's New, Pussycat? (B. Bacharach, H. David) (arr. W. Carlos) | 2:05 | |
| 10 | Eleanor Rigby (J. Lennon, P. McCartney) | 2:07 | |
| 11 | Wedding March (Based on The Bridal Chorus from “Lohengrin”) (R. Wagner) (arr. W. Carlos) | 1:13 | |
| 12 | Pompous Circumstances (Variations & Fantasy on a Theme by Elgar) (W. Carlos) | 12:00 |
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