Bach's Greatest Hits
Jazz Sébastien Bach is the debut album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1964 Grammy Award winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus" and the group also won the 1964 Grammy Award for "Best New Artist". It peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart during the week of 11 January 1964.
All tracks from the album are included on the CD reissue / compilation Jazz Sebastian Bach and on the 11 disk Philips boxed set Swingle Singers.
Track listing
Side 1:- "Fugue in D Minor", Contrapunctus 9 from The Art of the Fugue – 2:14
- "Prelude for Organ Chorale No. 1" – 2:38
- "Aria" from Suite No 3 in D – 3:17
- "Prelude No 12 in F Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 2:12
- "Bourrée II" from The English Suite No 2 – 1:44
- "Fugue No 2 in C Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I – 1:16
- "Fugue No 5 in D" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I – 1:38
- "Prelude No 9 in E" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 3:19
- "Sinfonia" from The Partita No 2 – 4:54
- "Prelude No 1 in C" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 1:56
- "Canon" – 1:53
- "Two Part Invention No 1 in C" – 1:22
- "Fugue No 5 in D" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 3:15
Personnel
Vocals:- Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
- Christiane Legrand – soprano
- Anne Germain – alto
- Claudine Meunier – alto
- Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
- Claude Germain – tenor
- Jean Cussac – bass
- Jean Claude Briodin – bass
- Pierre Michelot – double bass
- Gus Wallez – drums
- Andre Arpino – drums