The Well-Tempered Synthesizer

The Well-Tempered Synthesizer is a 1969 album released by Wendy Carlos following her groundbreaking Switched-On Bach in the previous year. The album consists of a selection of pieces by Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti, and Handel as well as Bach whose music was exclusively featured on the first album. The title of The Well-Tempered Synthesizer is a play on Bach's own collection of pieces entitled The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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1969 - Wendy Carlos - Switched-On Bach - Monteverdi - Domenico Scarlatti - Handel - Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier

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All selections were performed on a Moog modular synthesizer system. Like Switched On Bach, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer was recorded on an 8 track Ampex tape recorder using numerous takes and overdubs. This was long before the days of MIDI Sequencers and recording the album was by all accounts a laborious process.

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Moog - Modular synthesizer - Ampex - MIDI - Sequencers

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About Carlos's rendition of Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, renowned Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould had the following to say:

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 - Glenn Gould

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:Carlos's realization of the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto is, to put it bluntly, the finest performance of any of the Brandenburgs ? live, canned, or intuited ? I've ever heard. http://www.wendycarlos.com.

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