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Released
  
1968

Length
  
30:56

Artist
  
The Swingle Singers

Label
  
Philips Records

Recorded
  
1968

Back to Bach (1968)
  
American Look (1969)

Release date
  
1968

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The Swingle Singers albums
  
Bach's Greatest Hits, Jazz Sebastian Bach, Anyone for Mozart?, Spanish Masters, American Look

Back to Bach (released as Jazz Sébastien Bach, Vol. 2 in France) is a 1968 album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers.

Contents

All tracks from this album are also included on the CD re-issue / compilation, Jazz Sebastian Bach (combined with all tracks from 1963's Bach's Greatest Hits a.k.a. Jazz Sébastien Bach (Vol. 1)) and also on the 11 disk Philips boxed set Swingle Singers.

Track listing

all compositions by J.S. Bach
  1. "Vivace" from Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 – 3:19
  2. "Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 10 in E minor" (WTC I), BWV 855 (BC L89) – 3:01
  3. "Choral" from Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) – 3:28
  4. "Gavotte" from Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 – 2:30
  5. "Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major" (WTC I), BWV 846 (BC L80) – 3:22
  6. "Fugue" from Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 541 (BC J22) – 3:19
  7. "Adagio" from Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016 – 3:56
  8. "Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 3 in C sharp major" (WTC I), BWV 848 (BC L82) – 3:18
  9. "Prelude" from "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (II), chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle No. 8), BWV 659 (BC K82) – 3:30
  10. "Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 21 in B flat major" (WTC I), BWV 866 (BC L100) – 1:24

Personnel

Vocals:

  • Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
  • Christiane Legrand – soprano
  • Hélène Devos – alto
  • Claudine Meunier – alto
  • Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
  • Joseph Noves – tenor
  • Jean Cussac – bass
  • Jose Germain – bass

    • Rhythm section:

  • Pierre Michelot – double bass
  • Bernard Lubat or Daniel Humair – drums

    • References

    Back to Bach Wikipedia
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