Switched-On Bach II is a musical album by Wendy Carlos, originally released under her birth name, Walter Carlos, in 1973 on Columbia Records and produced by Carlos and Rachel Elkind and is a sequel to the 1968 album Switched-On Bach.

Switched-On Bach II
Studio album by Wendy Carlos
Released	1973
Genre	Electronic, baroque
Length	40 minutes
Label	East Side Digital
Producer	Rachel Elkind
Wendy Carlos chronology
Walter Carlos' Clockwork Orange (1972) Switched-On Bach II (1973) By Request (1975)

In February 1974, Billboard reported that the album sold over 70,000 copies in its first five weeks of release.[1]

Tracks

All composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (except that the four pieces from the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach are either doubtful or spurious):

• Selections from Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067:
  • Badinerie (1:25)
  • Minuet (1:20)
  • Bourrée (1:40)
• Two-Part Inventions:
  • in A minor, BWV 784 (1:20)
  • in A major, BWV 783 (1:10)
• "Sheep may safely graze", from Cantata No. 208, BWV 208 (5:00)
• Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook:
  • Musette in D major, BWV Anh. 126 (1:10)
  • Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114 (1:40)
  • "Bist du bei mir", BWV 508 (2:15)
  • Marche in D major, BWV Anh. 122 (1:00)
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050:
  • Allegro (10:45)
  • Affetuoso (5:35)
  • Allegro (4:50)

References

External links

• Switched-On Bach II, ESD 81622 at WendyCarlos.com