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1980 studio album by Wendy Carlos From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Switched-On Brandenburgs is a 1980 double album by Wendy Carlos.[3] It was the seventh album released by Carlos, and the fourth 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).[4] It was the first album she released under the name of Wendy Carlos rather than Walter Carlos.

Released1980
Recorded1968–1980
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Length122:34
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Switched-On Brandenburgs
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Wendy Carlos
Released1980
Recorded1968–1980
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Length122:34
LabelColumbia
ProducerRachel Elkind
Wendy Carlos chronology
By Request
(1975)		 Switched-On Brandenburgs
(1980)		 The Shining Score Selections
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Switched-On Brandenburgs is a collection of all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos performed by Carlos on her Moog modular synthesizer. Concerti #1, (most of) #2, and #6 were recorded specifically for the album. Concerti #3, #4, and #5 had been previously released on Switched-On Bach, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, and Switched-On Bach II respectively (though the second movement of #3 was re-recorded for this release). The first movement of the Second Concerto had been recorded for the album By Request, released in 1975, however an updated mix is on this album.

Track listing

The album was issued as a double LP when it was first released in 1980. Eight years later it was reissued as a pair of CDs.

Original LP format track order

  • Side 1:
  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: Menuet/Trio I/Polacca/Trio II"
  • Side 2:
  1. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Allegro"
  2. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Adagio" (see note)
  3. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Allegro"
  4. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Allegro"
  5. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Andante"
  6. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Presto"
  • Side 3:
  1. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Allegro"
  2. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Affettuoso"
  3. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Allegro"
  • Side 4:
  1. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Allegro"
  2. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Andante"
  3. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Allegro Assai"
  4. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Allegro"
  5. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Adagio Ma Non Tanto"
  6. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Allegro"

CD format track order

The CD release placed the concerti in numerical order.

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: Menuet/Trio I/Polacca/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" (see note)
  10. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Allegro"

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"

Notes

  • The Adagio of Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 is Carlos' own composition. J.S. Bach provided only a Phrygian cadence consisting of two chords (A minor and B) between the two movements in G major. The version on this album was composed and recorded in 1979 and differs from the 1968 track used for Switched-On Bach.

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