Going Baroque
1964 studio album by The Swingle Singers
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Going Baroque (released as Going Baroque: de Bach aux Baroques in France) is the second album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1965 Grammy Award winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus."[1]
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 24:37 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Producer | Pierre Fatosme | |||
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Tracks from this album are also included on the CD re-issue / compilation, Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? and on the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers.
Track listing
- "Badinerie" from Ouvertüre H-Moll, BWV 1067 (J.S. Bach) – 1:21
- "Aria And Variations" ("The Harmonious Blacksmith") from Cembalo suite in E-Dur (G.F. Händel) – 2:25
- "Gigue" from Cello suite Nr. 3 C-Dur, BWV 1009 (J.S. Bach) – 1:21
- "Largo" from Cembalo konzert F-Moll, BWV 1056 (J.S. Bach) – 3:02
- "Praeludium Nr. 19 A-Dur"[a] BWV 864 (J.S. Bach) – 1:11
- "Praeambulum" from Partita Nr. 5 G-Dur BWV 829 (J.S. Bach) – 2:27
- "Fuga" from Concerto Op. 3 'L'Estro Armonico' Nr. 11 D-Moll (Vivaldi) – 2:24
- "Allegro" from Concerto Grosso Op. 6 A-Moll (G.F. Händel) – 3:16
- "Praeludium Nr. 7 Es-Dur"[b] BWV 876 (J.S. Bach) – 2:42
- "Solfegietto C-Moll" (C.P.E. Bach) – 0:57
- "Frühling" (Spring) (W.F. Bach) – 1:35
- "Praeludium Nr. 24 H-Moll"[c] BWV 893 (J.S. Bach) – 1:56
Personnel
Vocals:
- Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
- Christiane Legrand – soprano
- Anne Germain – alto
- Claudine Meunier – alto
- Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
- Claude Germain – tenor
- Jean Cussac – bass
- Jean Claude Briodin – bass
Rhythm section:
- Guy Pedersen – double bass
- Gus Wallez – Percussion
Notes
- from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
- from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
- from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II