Switched-On Bach II

Released

1973

Length

40 minutes

East Side Digital

Switched-On Bach (1973)

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No.3, 4 & 5 (1975)

Switched-On Bach II is a musical album by Wendy Carlos, produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind and released in 1973.

Talking about Switched-On Bach II, American Record Guide in 2000 said "Switched-On Bach II has the Badinerie, Minuet, and Bourrée from Bach's orchestral suite in B minor, the Inventions in A and A minor, 'Sheep May Safely Graze,' four little pieces from Anna Magdalena's Notebook (including a heart-rending 'Bist du bei mir'), and Brandenburg 5."

In February 1974, Billboard reported that the album sold over 70,000 copies in its first five weeks of release.^[1]

Tracks

Selections from Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
- Badinerie (1:25)
- Minuet (1:20)
- Bourrée (1:40)
Two-Part Invention in A Minor, BWV 784 (1:20)
Two-Part Invention in A Major, BWV 783 (1:10)
"Sheep May Safely Graze", from Cantata No. 208, BWV 208 (5:00)
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook
- Musette in D. Major, Anh. 216 (1:10)
- Minuet in G Major, Anh. 114 (1:40)
- "Bist du bei mir", BWV 508 (2:15)
- Marche in D Major, Anh. 122 (1:00)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
- Allegro (10:45)
- Affetuoso (5:35)
- Allegro (4:50)

Wendy Carlos

Albums	Switched-On Bach The Well-Tempered Synthesizer Sonic Seasonings Switched-On Bach II Switched-On Brandenburgs Digital Moonscapes Beauty in the Beast Peter and the Wolf (with "Weird Al" Yankovic)

Soundtrack albums	A Clockwork Orange soundtrack Wendy Carlos's Clockwork Orange Tron

Musical tunings	Alpha scale Beta scale Gamma scale Harmonic Scale

Chamber music and Orchestral works by, and Transcriptions after, Johann Sebastian Bach

Solo	Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006 (Partita No. 1, No. 2, No. 3) Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012 Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013

Ensemble	Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029 Flute Sonatas: in B minor, BWV 1030, in E♭ major, BWV 1031 (doubtful), in A major, BWV 1032, in C major, BWV 1033 (doubtful), in E minor, BWV 1034, in E major, BWV 1035 Sonata for two flutes and continuo, BWV 1039 Canonic Trio Sonata, BWV 1040

Concertos	Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043 Triple Concerto, BWV 1044 Sinfonia for violin and orchestra, BWV 1045 Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051 Keyboard concertos, BWV 1052–1065

Suites	Orchestral Suites, BWV 1066–1069 Orchestral Suite in G minor, BWV 1070 (doubtful)

Various	Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (discography)

Adaptations	Air on the G String "Alphabet" "Ave Maria" Bach-Busoni Editions "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring "Lady Lynda" "They"

Albums	Bach's Greatest Hits Back to Bach Jazz Sebastian Bach Switched-On Bach Switched-On Bach II

List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach List of fugal works by Johann Sebastian Bach

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