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Released
  
1963

Length
  
31:38

Artist
  
The Swingle Singers

Label
  
Philips Records

Recorded
  
1963

Bach's Greatest Hits (1963)
  
Going Baroque (1964)

Release date
  
1963

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Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
The Swingle Singers albums, Other albums

Bach s greatest hits vol 1 side 1


Bach's Greatest Hits (released as Jazz Sébastien Bach in France) is the debut album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1963 Grammy award winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus" and the group also won the 1963 Grammy award for "Best New Artist".

Contents

All tracks from the album are included on the CD reissue / compilation Jazz Sebastian Bach (together with all tracks from 1968's Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol. 2) and on the 11 disk Philips boxed set Swingle Singers.

Track listing

all compositions by J. S. Bach

Side 1:

  1. "Fugue in D Minor", Contrapunctus 9 from The Art of the Fugue – 2:14
  2. "Prelude for Organ Chorale No. 1" (Choral-Prelude BWV 645 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", from the Schübler Chorales) – 2:38
  3. "Aria" from Suite No 3 in D – 3:17
  4. "Prelude No 12 in F Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II" – 2:12
  5. "Bourrée II" from The English Suite No 2" – 1:44
  6. "Fugue No 2 in C Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I" – 1:16
  7. "Fugue No 5 in D" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I – 1:38

Side 2:

  1. "Prelude No 9 in E" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 3:19
  2. "Sinfonia" from The Partita No 2 – 4:54
  3. "Prelude No 1 in C" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 1:56
  4. "Canon" (4-Part Canon BWV 1073) – 1:53
  5. "Two Part Invention No 1 in C" – 1:22
  6. "Fugue No 5 in D" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 3:15

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:

  • Pierre Michelot – double bass
  • Gus Wallez – drums
  • Andre Arpino – drums

    • Songs

    1Fugue in D Minor2:14
    2Prelude for Organ Choral No 12:39
    3Aria3:19

    References

    Bach's Greatest Hits Wikipedia
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