Switched on bach was the first classical album to go platinum in america, remaining at no 1 in the classical album charts for more than three years peaking at no 10 in the pop charts. Produced by carlos and rachel elkind, the album is a collection of pieces by johann sebastian bach performed by carlos and benjamin folkman on a moog synthesizer. Switched on bach is the first studio album by the american composer wendy carlos, released under the name walter carlos, in october 1968 by columbia records. In 1972 carlos underwent the final stage of gender reassignment and changed her name from walter to wendy carlos, though the transition from walter to wendy as credited on recordings and projects did not arrive until the release of switched on brandenburgs and the shining original motion picture soundtrack in 1980. When the moog synthesizer appeared in the late 60s, musicians didnt know what it was for, so they found some very creative uses for it. Wendy carlosswitched on bach available for download post by shepherd jim. Walter carlos 3 tracks released in 1973 electronic. Walter carlos switched on bach 1968 dati album artista. Wendy carlosswitched on bach available for download post by shepherd jim wed apr 16, 2014 9. The album won three grammys, bringing synthesizers out of electronics laboratories and into the musical mainstream. In a 2003 interview, carlos discussed how switchedon bach came together, in spite of the limitations of the moog modular synthesizer. This is actually side 2 of switchedon bach by wendy carlos. First experiments with synthesizer by walter carlos part 2 addeddate 20120519 18.
Still as incredible now as 47 years ago when this was released. November 1939 im kleinsten usbundestaat rhode island als. Collect the grammyaward family of switchedon bach, which propelled the synthesizer to fame in 1968 and became the first platinumselling classical album. Great album and historically importat, 1 star minus for the soundquality of the recording but still emotional hearing the cracks from the vinyl tracklist side 1 wikipedia is matching. Indeed, bach seems to bring out the most eclectic group. The moog synthesizer was used as a vehicle to achieve this goal. Switched on bach, wondering if i could even find it online to listen to it and here it is. Bach lends itself to tremendous interperetations on almost any instrument. Walter carlos switchedon bach full album free music.
Download walter carlos switched on bach in surround. I mean bach is incredible and timeless hearing his music, fast time, synthesizer will blow your mind. Get this torrent get torrent file description switched on bach is a musical album by wendy carlos originally released under the name of walter carlos. The 50th anniversary of switched on bach synthtopia. Synthesizerpionierin wendy carlos wird 80 jahre alt bytefm. This is actually side 1 of switched on bach by wendy carlos.
Wendy carlos has revealed the cosmic aspect of bachs music. It played a key role in bringing synthesizers to popular music, which had. Wendy carlos, benjamin folkman switchedon bach amazon. Wendy carlosswitchedon bach available for download.