Back to Bach

Back to Bach
Back to Bach
Studio album by The Swingle Singers
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	30:56
Label	Philips
Producer	Pierre Fatosme
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Back to Bach (released as Jazz Sébastien Bach, Vol. 2 in France) is a 1968 album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers.

All tracks from this album are also included on the CD re-issue / compilation, Jazz Sebastian Bach (combined with all tracks from 1963's Bach's Greatest Hits a.k.a. Jazz Sébastien Bach (Vol. 1)) and also on the 11 disk Philips boxed set Swingle Singers.

Track listing

all compositions by J.S. Bach

"Vivace" from Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 – 3:19
"Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 10 in E minor" (WTC I), BWV 855 (BC L89) – 3:01
"Choral" from Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) – 3:28
"Gavotte" from Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 – 2:30
"Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major" (WTC I), BWV 846 (BC L80) – 3:22
"Fugue" from Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 541 (BC J22) – 3:19
"Adagio" from Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016 – 3:56
"Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 3 in C sharp major" (WTC I), BWV 848 (BC L82) – 3:18
"Prelude" from "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (II), chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle No. 8), BWV 659 (BC K82) – 3:30
"Fugue" for keyboard No. 21 in B flat major" (WTC I), BWV 866 (BC L100) – 1:24

Personnel

Vocals:

Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
Christiane Legrand – soprano
Hélène Devos – alto
Claudine Meunier – alto
Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
Joseph Noves – tenor
Jean Cussac – bass
Jose Germain – bass

Rhythm section:

Pierre Michelot – double bass
Bernard Lubat or Daniel Humair – drums

References / external links

Philips PHS 600-288
Verve 542553
Jazz Sebastian Bach Vol. 2 at allmusic.com

v t e The Swingle Singers
Discography
The Swingle Singers / Les Swingle Singers	Jazz Sébastien Bach / Bach's Greatest Hits Going Baroque / de Bach aux Baroques Swinging Mozart / Anyone for Mozart? Les Romantiques / Getting Romantic Swingling Telemann / Rococo Á Go Go Place Vendôme / Encounter Sounds of Spain: Concerto d'Aranjuez / Spanish Masters Operazione San Pietro Noëls Sans Passeport / Christmastime Jazz Sébastien Bach, Vol. 2 / Back to Bach American Look Berio: Sinfonia (1968 w/New York Philharmonic) Les Quatre Saisons / The Joy of Singing Bitter Ending
Swingle II The Swingles The (New) Swingle Singers	Madrigals / Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys Words and Music Rags and All that Jazz
Notable compilations	Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? Compact Jazz: The Swingle Singers Jazz Sebastian Bach Swingle Singers (Philips boxed set)

v t e Chamber music and orchestral works by, and transcriptions after, Johann Sebastian Bach
Solo	Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006 Partita No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012 Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013
Ensemble	Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029 Flute Sonatas in B minor, BWV 1030 in E♭ major, BWV 1031 (doubtful) in A major, BWV 1032 in C major, BWV 1033 (doubtful) in E minor, BWV 1034 in E major, BWV 1035 Trio Sonatas Sonata for two flutes and continuo, BWV 1039 Canonic Sonata for oboe, violin and continuo, BWV 1040
Concertos	Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043 Triple Concerto, BWV 1044 Sinfonia for violin and orchestra, BWV 1045 Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051 No. 5 Keyboard concertos, BWV 1052–1065 No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053 No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055 For two harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060
Suites	Orchestral Suites, BWV 1066–1069 Orchestral Suite in G minor, BWV 1070 (doubtful)
Fugal	The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 discography
Adaptations	"Air on the G String" "Alphabet" "Ave Maria" Bach-Busoni Editions "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" "Feel My Rhythm" "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" "Joy" "Lady Lynda" "Sheep may safely graze" "They" Trio Sonata, BWV 525a "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Albums	Bach's Greatest Hits Back to Bach Jazz Sebastian Bach Switched-On Bach Switched-On Bach II
List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach