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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0021561814226 Format: Box set, Enhanced, Original recording remastered Label: East Side Digital Manufacturer: East Side Digital Number Of Discs: 4 Publisher: East Side Digital Release Date: October 26, 1999 Studio: East Side Digital Sales Rank: 25450 MPN: 618142
Amazon.com: 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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Rating: - Admit it, they're good!
I remember back in the late sixties the original LP of "Switched on Bach" started showing up in record stores and causing quite a storm. Of course, being the proper musical snob and "purist" I was, I ... Read More
Rating: - A few thoughts on the SOBoxed....
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 ... Read More
Rating: - All in one box set
I have been looking for these albums for a long time but never wanted to purchase them individually because of the cost. This is the perfect box set and the included book really gives insight in to the ... Read More
Rating: - GREAT remaster of a HISTORIC Recording
Year 2008 is the 40th anniversary of Switched-On-Bach. I wanted an special edition release in honor of the ocassion, BUT this edition was released for the 30th anniversary (1998). Perhaps, I got the bug ... Read More
Rating: - Awesome!
One of my favorite cd sets Ever! Its hard to describe, but I'm so glad I found this.. Huge fan of her work.. The music is timeless.. If you have never heard this, do yourself and pick it up, worth every penny..
- Admit it, they're good!