Jazz Sebastian Bach

Swingle Singers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046WP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,505 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. L'Art De La Fugue: Fugue En Re Mineur

2. Prelude Pour Choral D'Orgue No.1

3. Suite En Re Majeur: Aria

4. Clavecin Bien Tempere, Vol.2: Prelude In Fa Majeur

5. Suite Anglaise No.2: Bourree

6. Clavecin Bien Tempere, Vol.1: Fugue En Do Mineur

7. Clavecin Bien Tempere, Vol.1: Fugue En Re Majeur

8. Clavecin Bien Tempere, Vol.2: Prelude No.9

9. Partita No.2: Sinfonia

10. Clavecin Bien Tempere, Vol.2: Prelude En Do Majeur

11. Canon

12. Invention En Do Majeur

13. Clavecin Bien Tempere, Vol.2: Fugue En Re Majeur

14. Concerto A 2 Violons En Re Mineur, BWV 1043: 1er Mouvement: Vivace

15. Clavecin Bien Tempere, Vol.1: Prelude Et Fugue En Mi Mineur No.10

16. Cantate 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Un Leben', BWV 147: Choral

17. Partita No.3 Pour Violon Seul, BWV 1006: Gavotte

18. Clavecin Bien Tempere, Vol.1: Prelude Et Fugue En Do Majeur, BWV 846

19. Prelude Et Fugue Pour Orgue: Fugue En Sol Majeur, BWV 541

20. Sonate No.3 Pour Violon Et Clavecin En Mi Majeur: Adagio, BWV 1016

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Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 100% Winning combination: JSB & Swingle Singers, October 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Jazz Sebastian Bach (Audio CD)

32 years ago I was petrified to hear this group for the first time on the LP. Old Johann Sebastian never sounded better (outside some magnificent cathedral's organ, of course). He (JSB)really swings, AND HOW! Now - lucky me! - I was so happy to discover this favorite recording of mine remastered on CD. God! it's just as great as it used to be - only even better, much better! I taught the college course of Music Appreciation (for non-majors, of course). Listening to the classic Bach's renditions my students were polite, but ... not exactly moved. But then I put on this very CD - and WHAM! Everybody was tapping, fingersnapping and swinging with great immortal first-class top-rate SWINGLE SINGERS! Thank YOU, Mr.Ward Swingle - an American(!), who made an enormous contribution to the sophisticated and classy world of REAL eternal MUSIC. And - for the reference and for the information to another reviewer - the rest of the group are FRENCHMEN, all graduates of the world famous Paris Conservatory of Music. By the way, when the same people sing JAZZ classics they call themselves "Double Six of Paris" They are tops in every category. Also - check out for the crystal-clear heavenly soprano solo: it's Christine Legrand, sister of of Michel. What a gifted family! Enlight yourself and Enjoy the greatest music on Earth! Boris Gontarev.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irresistable..., June 21, 1999

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This review is from: Jazz Sebastian Bach (Audio CD)

I heard this when I was only a boy. At that time I only listened to rock and roll, but this captured my attention and drew me right in. My gosh, how grateful I am! This has to be some of the most exciting and electric stuff ever produced... I remember how I subsequently encountered Bach in his natural settings and I have never stopped enjoying this man's incredible imagination. The singing is some of the best and technically brilliant I have ever encountered. I would love to be able to play bass like the cool dude who is playing on this album. Man, would I ever! This stuff really moves....

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swingle Singers Fan from California, August 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Jazz Sebastian Bach (Audio CD)

I first heard the Swingle Singers in a Washington, DC music store as a teen. While I did not stop listening to rock, I had found an alternative source of music that I played when I needed creative inspiration. I bought all of their albums but with CDs now the primary media, I searched for a few years before I found the orignial Swingle Singers on CD. Well, I just lost my first copy of this album on a plane, I am purchasing my second copy ... I just have to have this inspriational music! Bach was a genius!