Switched On Brandenburgs

Switched-On Brandenburgs is a 1979 double album by Wendy Carlos. It was the seventh album released by Carlos, and the fourth and final album in her project of classical music which also included Switched-On Bach (1968), The Well-Tempered Synthesizer (1969), and Switched-On Bach II (1974).

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1979 - Double album - Wendy Carlos - Classical music - Switched-On Bach - The Well-Tempered Synthesizer

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Switched-On Brandenburgs is a collection of all six of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos performed by Carlos on her Moog modular synthesizer. Concertos #1, #2, and #6 were recorded specifically for the album. Concertos #3, #4, and #5 had been previously released on Switched-On Bach, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, and Switched-On Bach II respectively. The first movement of the Second Concerto had been recorded for the album By Request, released in 1975.

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Bach - Brandenburg Concerto - Moog - Modular synthesizer - 1975

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