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Johann Sebastian Bach - Switched-On Bach Audio CD

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Johann Sebastian Bach Band: Johann Sebastian Bach
Title: Switched-On Bach
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Release Date: 2001-10-02
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Sinfonia to Cantata #29 2: Air on a G String 3: Two-Part Invention in F Major 4: Two-Part Invention in B-Flat Major 5: Two-Part Invention in D Minor 6: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 7: Prelude and Fugue #7 in E-Flat Major [From Book I of the Well-Tempered 8: Prelude and Fugee #2 in C Minor [From Book I of the Well-Tempered ...] 9: Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf" 10: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major: I- Allegro 11: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major: II-Adagio [First 1968 Version] 12: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major: III-Allegro 13: Initial Experiments

Benjamin Folkman actually PLAYED it, Carlos hogs the credit.
"I was just kid when it came out. . " I had this on cassette and loved it, was the first time I was EXCITED about classical music. The (by now) "vintage" Moog synthesizer has a wonderful sound, pleasing to the ears. Walter/Wendy Carlos hogs all the credit, but Benjamin Folkman actually did the PLAYING and is unfairly overlooked.


S-OB is the best
The CD is absolutely perfect, the sounds are crisp, and you can hear every note. Still have my copy on vinyl, but with turntables becoming more of a pain to play, I hadn't set it up in 20 years. 100% great to hear S-OB again.

I bought the CD because this is not available on iTunes. Very good choice!.


Love the remake
Now it's like finding a new recording of something new. I purchased this record when it was first released and played it so many times it was scratched so badly I had not played it in years. I love it all over again! .


I remember this from an LP in Elementary Sch. Still fantastic!!
The teacher is telling the students about a new musical instrument called the Moog Synthesizer. The scene is an Elementary School music classroom circa 1972. It can make sounds and noises that could not be created before. One of the pioneers of this sound and instrument was Wendy Carlos, although I have to admit, I pictured the Bach guy on the cover behind the synth keyboard. The teacher then put the needle down on the LP and it took the students to a whole new level of music appreciation.

I'm not a musician or in a music related field of work. But this recording did for me exactly what my music teacher wanted it to. It grabbed my attention with the new strange sounds of the Moog while instilling some of the great classical music in my little mind.

Almost four decades later I happened upon this CD on Amazon. Would it still be good? Would it sound childish and immature like I was back then. Or would it be the mind opening sound I remembered?

Obviously, since I gave it five stars, it was the latter. The second I hit play and heard the first few bars, I was not only transported back to wonderful memories, but also opened to a new awareness that this music, in varied forms, had become part of my life. I recognized one song from a Disneyland Parade of Lights, another from a movie or commercial. It was a very cool RE-experience.

This recording has stood the test of time in my life and I have a feeling that I am not the only one who would experience this pleasant flashback. At first I switched off the last track which is Carlos explaining some of the processes and procedures she went through while finding just the right sounds for this album. After reveling in the music for a bit, I actually listened to the track and gained another increment of respect for this pioneer of music.

I highly recommend this disc not only as a piece of musical history and appreciation but as a collection of wonderful music!.


Can you give a Zero?
Cuz that's what I got from this seller-- A Big ZERO! Amazon, Lehman this Brother!!!.


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