Going Baroque
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Going Baroque is the second album
released by the Paris
-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1964 Grammy award
winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus."
Tracks from this album are also included on the CD re-issue / compilation, Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?
and on the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers
.
Rhythm section:
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
released by the Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1964 Grammy award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus."
Tracks from this album are also included on the CD re-issue / compilation, Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?
Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?
Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? is a CD compilation / re-issue of music by the Swingle Singers. It combines tracks from two previous LP releases, Going Baroque and Swinging Mozart .- Track listing :# "Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major" K. 545 Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? is...
and on the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers
Swingle Singers (Philips boxed set)
The 2005 Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers is a compilation of all eleven of the Paris-based Swingle Singers' recordings made for Philips between 1963 and 1972...
.
Track listing
- "Badinerie" from Ouvertüre H-Moll, BWV 1067 (J.S. BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
) – 1:21 - "Aria And Variations" ("The Harmonious Blacksmith") from Cembalo suite in E-Dur (G.F. HändelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
) – 2:25 - "Gigue" from Cello suite Nr. 3 C-Dur, BWV 1009 (J.S. Bach) – 1:21
- "Largo" from Cembalo konzert F-Moll, BWV 1056 (J.S. Bach) – 3:02
- "Praeludium Nr. 19 A-Dur" BWV 864 (J.S. Bach) – 1:11
- "Praeambulum" from Partita Nr. 5 G-Dur BWV 829 (J.S. Bach) – 2:27
- "Fuga" from Concerto Op. 3 'L'Estro Armonico' Nr. 11 D-Moll (VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
) – 2:24 - "Allegro" from Concerto Grosso Op. 6 A-Moll (G.F. Händel) – 3:16
- "Praeludium Nr. 7 Es-Dur" BWV 876 (J.S. Bach) – 2:42
- "Solfegietto C-Moll" (C.P.E. BachCarl Philipp Emanuel Bachright|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
) – 0:57 - "Frühling" (Spring) (W.F. BachWilhelm Friedemann BachWilhelm Friedemann Bach , the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer...
) – 1:35 - "Praeludium Nr. 24 H-Moll" BWV 893 (J.S. Bach) – 1:56
Personnel
Vocals:- Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
- Christiane LegrandChristiane LegrandChristiane Legrand was a French singer.Legrand was born in Paris, the daughter of film composer Raymond Legrand, who wrote "Irma la Douce."She studied piano and classical music from the time she was four...
– soprano - Anne Germain – alto
- Claudine Meunier – alto
- Ward SwingleWard SwingleWard Swingle is an American vocalist and jazz musician.Swingle was born in Mobile, Alabama. He studied music, particularly jazz, from a very young age. He was playing in Mobile-area Big Bands before finishing high school. After high school, Swingle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Cincinnati...
– tenor, arranger - Claude Germain – tenor
- Jean Cussac – bass
- Jean Claude Briodin – bass
Rhythm section:
- Guy Pedersen – double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
- Gus Wallez – Percussion