Jazz Sebastian Bach

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Jazz Sebastian Bach
Compilation album by
Released2000
Recorded1963 & 1968
GenreVocal jazz
Length62:45
LabelPhilips
2 CD ("two-fer") re-issue (c. 2000, ISBN 0731454255424)
Jazz Sébastien Bach + Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol. 2

Jazz Sebastian Bach is a compilation album/re-issue of music by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. It combines the tracks from two previous releases:

  • Tracks 1–13 from the 1963 album Bach's Greatest Hits, also known as Jazz Sébastien Bach Volume 1.
  • Tracks 14–23 from the 1968 album Back to Bach, also known as Jazz Sébastien Bach Volume 2.

Track listing

All compositions by J.S. Bach

  1. "Fugue in D Minor" from The Art of the Fugue – 2:14
  2. "Prelude for Organ Chorale No 1" – 2:38
  3. "Aria" from Suite No 3 in D – 3:17
  4. "Prelude No 12 in F Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (WTC II)" – 2:12
  5. "Bourrée II" from The English Suite No 2" – 1:44
  6. "Fugue No 2 in C Minor" (WTC I) – 1:16
  7. "Fugue No 5 in D" (WTC I) – 1:38
  8. "Prelude No 9 in E" (WTC II) – 3:19
  9. "Sinfonia" from The Partita No 2 – 4:54
  10. "Prelude No 1 in C" (WTC II) – 1:56
  11. "Canon" – 1:53
  12. "Two Part Invention No 1 in C" – 1:22
  13. "Fugue No 5 in D" (WTC II) – 3:15
  14. "Vivace" from Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 – 3:19
  15. "Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 10 in E minor" (WTC I), BWV 855 (BC L89) – 3:01
  16. "Choral" from Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) – 3:28
  17. "Gavotte" from Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 – 2:30
  18. "Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major" (WTC I), BWV 846 (BC L80) – 3:22
  19. "Fugue" from Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 541 (BC J22) – 3:19
  20. "Adagio" from Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 3 in E major, BWV 1016 – 3:56
  21. "Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 3 in C sharp major" (WTC I), BWV 848 (BC L82) – 3:18
  22. "Prelude" from "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (II), chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle No. 8), BWV 659 (BC K82) – 3:30
  23. "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
  • Claudine Meunier – alto
  • Anne Germain – alto (tracks 1 - 13)
  • Hélène Devos – alto (tracks 14 - 23)
  • Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
  • Claude Germain – tenor (tracks 1 - 13)
  • Joseph Noves – tenor (tracks 14 - 23)
  • Jean Cussac – bass
  • Jean Claude Briodin – bass (tracks 1 - 13)
  • Jose Germain – bass (tracks 14 - 23)

Rhythm section:

  • Pierre Michelot – double bass (tracks 1 - 13)
  • Guy Pedersen – double bass (tracks 14 - 23)
  • Gus Wallez or Andre Arpino – drums (tracks 1 - 13)
  • Bernard Lubat or Daniel Humair – drums (tracks 14 - 23)

References / external links

  • Philips 8247032 / Verve 824703