Switched-On Boxed Set
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Composer: Johann Sebastian BachComposer: George Frederick Handel
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Composer: Recorded Sound
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti
Performer: Wendy Carlos
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Enhanced, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-10-26
Music Label: East Side Digital
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Sinfonia to Cantata #29
- Air on a G String
- Two-Part Invention in F Major
- Two-Part Invention in B-Flat Major
- Two-Part Invention in D Minor
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Prelude and Fugue #7 in E-Flat Major
- Prelude and Fugue #2 in C
- Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf" Bradenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
- Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: III. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: Initial Experiments
- Orfeo Suite: Toccata/Ritornello I/Choro II/Ritornello II/Choro II/Ritor
- Sonata in G Major
- Sonata in D Major
- Bourree
- Air
- Allegro Deciso
- Sonata in E Major
- Sonata in D Major
- Bradenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: I. Allegro
- Bradenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: II. Andante
- Bradenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: III. Presto
- Domine Ad Adjuvandum
- Stereo Allignment Tones
- Well-Tempered Experiments
- Badinerie
- Minuet
- Bourree
- Two-Part Invention in A-Minor
- Two-Part Invention in a Major
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Musette in D Major
- Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Minuet in G Major
- Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Bist du Bei Mir
- Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Marche in D Major
- Little Fugue in G Minor
- Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Allegro
- Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Affettuoso
- Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: III. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: IV. Menuuetto, Trio I, Polocca, Trio
- Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major: II. Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major: III. Allegro Assai
- Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat Major: II. Adagio Ma Non Tanto
- Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat Major: III. Allegro
Free Music Notes for Switched-On Boxed Set
Free Music Review: A few thoughts on the SOBoxed....
Hit: 5 Stars
I just happened upon this set of reviews on Amazon (although I had reviewed the original SOB separately years ago), and was delighted at the multitude of very favorable reviews by others. But then came the weeds amongst the fruit, namely those few reviews by people who just did not 'get it'. The Amazon 'editorial reviewer' should get an award for the most ignorant and condescending review ever given a classical album...."wacky and goofy" indeed...what a fool. Then there was a review that dismissed the entire set of recordings because the music was 'mechanical'. My God, Carlos' performances are anything BUT mechanical...the main reasons that Wendy's performances outshine the competition are that she skillfully orchestrated the original music to sound best given the limitations of the non-polyphonic, primitive, analog synthesizer, AND her great efforts to give the musical performance life and expressiveness. I can only gather that the reviewer must have been having a bad day. Finally, I can understand why someone might find Carlos' lectures to be annoying or an interruption to their listening enjoyment. However, there are a few things to remember about this boxed set:
- the same recordings are available individually without all the commentary...this is mostly a bonus found in the boxed set version...you can have it either way.
- a large part of the buying audience consists of people who have been Carlos fans since 1968, or they are devoted synth-heads (aka synthfools) who love Carlos's work, and these people have been waiting for years to hear these descriptions...dislike the additions if you will, but it is very unfair to dismiss the entire set because of it.
Switched-On Boxed Set Poster
In 1968, keyboardist-composer Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach, her bestselling LP featuring baroque music performed on the Moog synthesizer. Carlos intended to spread the gospel of electronic classical music through this quirky release; instead, she sold more albums than Karlheinz Stockhausen could ever dream of, released a few follow-ups, and paved the way for Hot Butter's "Popcorn." Carlos has since become well known for more than just these wacky classical interpretations--she recorded the soundtracks to A Clockwork Orange and Tron and released new works--but the Switched-Ons are the goofy synthesizer recordings that most of us still remember.No less than Glenn Gould proclaimed, "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." We're not sure what he meant by that, but if you have half the enthusiasm Gould did for this music, check out this box set. All four of Carlos's baroque-gone-space-age LPs from the '70s are included here--Switched-On Bach, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, Switched-On Bach II, and Switched-On Brandenburgs--completely remastered in all their stereophonic glory and containing bonus tracks (the fourth CD is even enhanced for use on your computer). The liner notes weigh in at around 150 pages, filled with photos and background information even on the evolution of Carlos's studio (you get the original LP notes in their entirety, too). The music? It's hilarious, absolutely riveting, and--whether Scarlatti, Bach, Handel, or Monteverdi--played successfully by Carlos and her battery of special effects. For the lover of the eclectic or the classical fan who knows how to let loose, this is a box set to get. --Jason Verlinde
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