''Switched-On Bach II'' is an album by

Wendy Carlos Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer known for electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New Y ...

, released in 1973 on Columbia Records and produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind. It is a sequel to the 1968 album ''

Switched-On Bach ''Switched-On Bach'' is the debut album by the American composer Wendy Carlos, released in October 1968 by Columbia Records. Produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind, the album is a collection of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Carlos ...

''. In February 1974, ''

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'' reported that the album had sold over 70,000 copies in its first five weeks of release.16 February 1974 edition of ''Billboard'' magazine, p. 27.
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Tracks

All composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

(except that the four pieces from the ''

Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach The title ''Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach'' () refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife, Anna Magdalena. Keyboard music (minuets, rondeaux, polonaises, ...

'' are either doubtful or spurious): * Selections from Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: ** Badinerie (1:25) ** Minuet (1:20) ** Bourrée (1:40) *

Two-Part Inventions The Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801, also known as the Two- and Three-Part Inventions, are a collection of thirty short keyboard compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 15 inventions, which are two-part contrapuntal pieces, and ...

: ** in A minor, BWV 784 (1:20) ** 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, (1:10) – possibly by J.S. Bach ** Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 (1:40) – composed by Christian Petzold ** "

Bist du bei mir "" (If you are with me, I go with joy) is an aria from Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel's opera ''Diomedes'', which was first staged on 16 November 1718. The aria is best known as "," Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, BWV 508, a version for voice and basso ...

", BWV 508 (2:15) – an arrangement of an opera aria by

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (13 January 1690 – 27 November 1749) was a German composer of the Baroque music, Baroque era. Biography Early life Stölzel was born in Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Grünstädtel in Saxony on 13 January 1690. His fath ...

** Marche in D major, (1:00) – possibly by

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German composer and musician of the Baroque and Classical period. He was the fifth ch ...

or J.S. Bach * Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: ** Allegro (10:45) ** Affetuoso (5:35) ** Allegro (4:50)

References

External links

''Switched-On Bach II'', ESD 81622
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