Switched-On Bach II is a musical album by Wendy Carlos in 1973 on Columbia Records and produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind and is a sequel to the 1968 album Switched-On Bach.
In February 1974, Billboard reported that the album had sold over 70,000 copies in its first five weeks of release.[1]
Tracks
All composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (except that the four pieces from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach are either doubtful or spurious):
- Selections from Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067:
- Badinerie (1:25)
- Minuet (1:20)
- Bourrée (1:40)
- Two-Part Inventions:
- in A minor, BWV 784 (1:20)
- in A major, BWV 783 (1:10)
- "Sheep may safely graze", from Cantata No. 208, BWV 208 (5:00)
- Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook:
- Musette in D major, BWV Anh. 126 (1:10) – possibly by J.S. Bach
- Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 (1:40) – composed by Christian Petzold
- "Bist du bei mir", BWV 508 (2:15) – based on a song by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
- Marche in D major, BWV Anh. 122 (1:00) – possibly by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050:
- Allegro (10:45)
- Affetuoso (5:35)
- Allegro (4:50)
References
External links
- Switched-On Bach II, ESD 81622 at WendyCarlos.com
