Switched-On Bach II

Studio album by Wendy Carlos

Released

1973

Genre

Electronic, classical

Length

40 minutes

Label

East Side Digital

Producer

Rachel Elkind

Wendy Carlos chronology

Wendy Carlos's Clockwork Orange (1972)

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]

References

↑ 16 February 1974 edition of Billboard magazine, page 27.

External links

Switched-On Bach II --ESD 81622 at WendyCarlos.com

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

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