'Switched-On Bach' should delight both the fan of conventional classical music and enthusiasts of electronic music sound. Musician Wendy Carlos has worked hard to show off the vast range of sounds and sonorities available to modern synthesisers - you feel every instrument in the symphonic orchestra is faithfully reproduced/5().

rows · Listen free to Wendy Carlos – Switched-On Bach (Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29, Air on a G .

[Switched-On Bach has been reissued several times on CD, including an audiophile version and, in , an edition with one bonus track.] Track Listing Title/Composer Performer Time Stream; 1: Sinfonia to Cantata # Johann Sebastian Bach. Wendy Carlos. 7/

Feb 22,  · referencing Switched-On Bach, LP, Album, Mono, S , S The first record jacket for Carlos's "Switched-On Bach" featured what has been called the "constipated Bach jacket." That's because the character who is impersonating Bach looks as though he is straining at stool!4/5(1K).

Apr 15,  · This release is from and is a Second pressing with gray labels and " SOUND” STEREO “ SOUND " in white text. Essentially the same vinyl pressing as the First pressing Switched-On Bach which came in a different cover with "Bach" sitting on the bench. Often referred to as the "Constipated Bach" version.4/5().

Nov 02,  · “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). The album won three Grammys, bringing synthesizers out of .

rows · Wendy Carlos (born November 14, , in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is a composer and .

Jan 11,  · The "Switched-On Box Set" includes all four of Carlos' electronic Bach and Baroque albums released on Columbia, from the original "Switched-On Bach" in '68 to the final "Switched-On Brandenburgs" in The scrolled and bordered artwork of the boxed set reinforces the ironically antique image of the music, while two booklets (totaling nearly.