Back to Bach

1968 studio album by The Swingle Singers

Back to Bach

Studio album by

The Swingle Singers

Released| 1968
Recorded| 1968
Genre| Vocal jazz
Length| 30:56
Label| Philips
Producer| Pierre Fatosme
The Swingle Singers chronology
| Christmastime
(1968)  | Back to Bach
(1968)  | American Look
(1969)

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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

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all compositions by J.S. Bach

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

## Personnel

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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

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

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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)

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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

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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