Switched-On Bach

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Switched-On Bach is a groundbreaking 1968 album of Johann Sebastian Bach compositions performed on Moog synthesizer, widely credited with popularizing electronic music.

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Switched-On Bach (production collaboration) 1

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instanceOf Moog synthesizer album
classical music album
electronic music album
studio album
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Classical Album NERFINISHED
Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra NERFINISHED
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Classical Recording NERFINISHED
basedOn compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
catalogCode MS 7194 NERFINISHED
certification RIAA Gold
chartPosition Billboard 200 top 10
composer Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtDesigner Columbia Records art department NERFINISHED
criticalReception highly positive
engineer Rachel Elkind NERFINISHED
Wendy Carlos NERFINISHED
followedBy The Well-Tempered Synthesizer NERFINISHED
format stereo
genre baroque music
classical crossover
electronic music
hasPart Air on the G String NERFINISHED
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 NERFINISHED
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring NERFINISHED
Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852 NERFINISHED
Two-Part Inventions NERFINISHED
hasSequel Switched-On Bach II NERFINISHED
influenced acceptance of synthesizers in popular music
development of electronic music
subsequent electronic interpretations of classical music
instrumentation Moog synthesizer NERFINISHED
language instrumental
mainPerformer Wendy Carlos NERFINISHED
movement electronic classical
notableFor popularizing electronic music
popularizing the Moog synthesizer
originalMedium vinyl record
performer Wendy Carlos NERFINISHED
precededBy Wendy Carlos’s early Moog demonstration recordings
producer Rachel Elkind NERFINISHED
publisher Columbia Records NERFINISHED
recordedAt Gotham Recording Studios, New York City NERFINISHED
recordedWith Moog modular synthesizer NERFINISHED
recordingPeriod 1968
recordLabel Columbia Masterworks NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1968
sales over one million copies
subjectOf musicological studies on electronic performance of Bach

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Rachel Elkind notableWork Switched-On Bach
this entity surface form: Switched-On Bach (production collaboration)
Wendy Carlos notableWork Switched-On Bach
Moog synthesizer notableWorkFeaturing Switched-On Bach
Rachel Elkind workedOn Switched-On Bach