The Swingle Singers - Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol.1 & 2 (2000)

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Artist: The Swingle Singers
Title: Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol.1 & 2
Year Of Release: 2000 (1963, 1968)
Label: Philips
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:03:04
Total Size: 349 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

Jazz Sébastien Bach (2000) {Philips 542 552-2}

01. Fugue in d minor (The Art Of The Fugue, BWV 1080) [2:17]
02. Choral n°1 (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645) [2:40]
03. Aria (Orchestral Suite No. 3 in d minor, BWV 1068) [3:19]
04. Prelude No. 11 in F (The Well-Tempered Clavier, 2nd Book, BWV 880) [2:13]
05. Bourrée (English Suite No. 2 in a minor) [1:46]
06. Fugue No. 2 in c minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 871) [1:18]
07. Fugue No. 5 in D (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 850) [1:40]
08. Prelude No. 9 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 878) [3:21]
09. Sinfonia (Partita No. 2 in c minor, BWV 826) [4:56]
10. Prelude No. 1 in C (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870) [1:58]
11. Canon [1:56]
12. Invention A 2 Voix No. 1 (BWV 772, in C) [1:24]
13. Fugue No. 5 in D (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 874) [3:16]

Jazz Sébastien Bach, Volume 2 (2000) {Philips ‎542 553-2}

01. Vivace (Concerto for two violins in d minor, BWV 1043) [3:18]
02. Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in e minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 855) [3:00]
03. Choral «Jesus bleibet meine Freude» (Cantate BWV 147) [3:20]
04. Gavotte (Partita No. 3 for Violin solo in E, BWV 1006) [2:31]
05. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846) [3:22]
06. Fugue in G (Prelude and Fugue for Organ, BWV 541) [3:16]
07. Adagio (Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Harpsichord in e minor, BWV 1016) [3:57]
08. Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C# (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 848) [3:19]
09. Choral «Nun komm der Heiden Heiland» (Leipzig Chorals, BWV 859) [3:31]
10. Fugue No. 21 in Bb (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 866) [1:26]

The Swingle Singers' scat vocal jazz swing arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach classics were among their most popular material, particularly in Europe (where they actually enjoyed some chart success in the U.K.). Accompanied by nothing more than double bass and drums, the octet distributed their vocal parts equally among two sopranos, two altos, two tenors, and two basses, favoring brisk tempos. Occasionally, indeed, they were so brisk they verged on hyperventilation, as on "Prelude No. 1 in C Major" and the version of "Fugue No. 5 in D Major" drawn from "The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1." They do slow things down once in a while on numbers like "Aria" (from the composer's "Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major") and parts of "Sinfonia," which tend to tilt the mood a little more toward the classical. The album's inventive but a little white bread in its relentlessly wholesome, upbeat tone. Pop fans might hear echoes of the Swingle Singers' work, whether direct or coincidental, in the harmonies of artists like the Association and the Beach Boys, and a U.K. rock group, the Belfast Gypsies, a spinoff of Them, actually based its "Aria of the Fallen Angels" on the Swingle Singers' reading of "Aria" on this album.

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