Switched-On Brandenburgs

Switched-On Brandenburgs
Studio album by Wendy Carlos
Released	1979
Recorded	1968–1979
Genre	Electronic music
Length	122:34
Label	Columbia
Producer	Rachel Elkind
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Wendy Carlos chronology
By Request (1975) Switched-On Brandenburgs (1979) The Shining: Score Selections (soundtrack) (1980)

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).

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 (though the second movement of #3 was re-recorded for this release). The first movement of the Second Concerto had been recorded for the album By Request, released in 1975, however a different version is on this album.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F Major: Allegro"
2. "Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F Major: Adagio"
3. "Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F Major: Allegro"
4. "Brandenburg Concerto # 1 in F Major: Menuuetto/Trio I/Polocca/Trio II"
5. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Allegro"
6. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Andante"
7. "Brandenburg Concerto # 2 in F Major: Allegro Assai"
8. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Allegro"
9. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Adagio" (see note)
10. "Brandenburg Concerto # 3 in G Major: Allegro"

Disc two

1. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Allegro"
2. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Andante"
3. "Brandenburg Concerto # 4 in G Major: Presto"
4. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Allegro"
5. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Affettuoso"
6. "Brandenburg Concerto # 5 in D Major: Allegro"
7. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Allegro"
8. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Adagio Ma Non Tanto"
9. "Brandenburg Concerto # 6 in B-Flat Major: Allegro"

• Note: the Adagio of Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 is Carlos' own composition. J.S. Bach provided only a Phrygian cadence consisting of two chords (A minor and B) between the two movements in G major. The version on this album was composed and recorded in 1979 and differs from the 1968 track used for Switched-On Bach.