Switched-On Brandenburgs

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Switched-On Brandenburgs
Switched-On Brandenburgs cover
Studio album by Wendy Carlos
Released 1979
Recorded 1968 – 1979
Genre Electronic music
Length 122:34
Label Columbia Records
Producer(s) Rachel Elkind
Professional reviews
Wendy Carlos chronology
By Request
(1975)
Switched-On Brandenburgs
(1979)
The Shining: Score Selections (soundtrack)
(1980)


Switched-On Brandenburgs is a 1979 double album by Wendy Carlos. It was the seventh album released by Carlos, and the fourth and final album in her project of classical music which also included Switched-On Bach (1968), The Well-Tempered Synthesizer (1969), and Switched-On Bach II (1974).

Switched-On Brandenburgs is a collection of all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos performed by Carlos on her Moog modular synthesizer. Concertos #1, #2, and #6 were recorded specifically for the album. Concertos #3, #4, and #5 had been previously released on Switched-On Bach, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, and Switched-On Bach II respectively. The first movement of the Second Concerto had been recorded for the album By Request, released in 1975.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F Major: Allegro"
  2. "Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F Major: Adagio"
  3. "Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F Major: Allegro"
  4. "Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F Major: Menuuetto/Trio I/Polocca/Trio II"
  5. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Allegro"
  6. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Andante"
  7. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Allegro Assai"
  8. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Allegro"
  9. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Adagio"
  10. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Allegro"

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Allegro"
  2. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Andante"
  3. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Presto"
  4. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Allegro"
  5. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Affettuoso"
  6. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Allegro"
  7. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Allegro"
  8. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Adagio Ma Non Tanto"
  9. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Allegro"