Bach's Greatest Hits is the debut album

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 released by the Paris

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-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1963 Grammy award

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 winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus

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" and the group also won the 1963 Grammy award for "Best New Artist

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All tracks from this album are also included on the CD re-issue / compilation, Jazz Sebastian Bach

Jazz Sebastian Bach

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, 1963's Bach's Greatest Hits aka Jazz Sébastien Bach with 1968's Back to Bach aka Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol...

(together with all tracks from 1968's Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol. 2

Back to Bach

Back to Bach 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 Back to Bach (released as Jazz Sébastien Bach, Vol. 2 in France) is a 1968 album released by the Paris-based Swingle...

) and on the 11 disk Philips boxed set Swingle Singers

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Track listing

all compositions by J.S. Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Side 1:

1. "Fugue in D Minor", Contrapunctus 9 from The Art of the Fugue – 2:14
2. "Prelude for Organ Chorale No. 1" (Choral-Prelude BWV 645 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", from the Schübler Chorales
   Schübler Chorales
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   ) – 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" – 2:12
5. "Bourrée II" from The English Suite No 2" – 1:44
6. "Fugue No 2 in C Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I" – 1:16
7. "Fugue No 5 in D" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I – 1:38

Side 2:

1. "Prelude No 9 in E" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 3:19
2. "Sinfonia" from The Partita No 2 – 4:54
3. "Prelude No 1 in C" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 1:56
4. "Canon" (4-Part Canon BWV 1073) – 1:53
5. "Two Part Invention No 1 in C" – 1:22
6. "Fugue No 5 in D" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 3:15

Personnel

Vocals:

• Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
• Christiane Legrand
  Christiane Legrand
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   – soprano
• Anne Germain – alto
• Claudine Meunier – alto
• Ward Swingle
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   – tenor, arranger
• Claude Germain – tenor
• Jean Cussac – bass
• Jean Claude Briodin – bass

Rhythm section:

• Pierre Michelot – double bass
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• Gus Wallez – drums
• Andre Arpino – drums