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''The Well-Tempered Synthesizer'' is a 1969 album released by Wendy Carlos (originally credited as by Walter Carlos) following the groundbreaking ''Switched-On Bach'' in the previous year. The album consists of a selection of pieces by Monteverdi, Domenico Scarlatti, and Handel as well as Bach whose music was exclusively featured on the first album. The title of ''The Well-Tempered Synthesizer'' is a play on Bach's own collection of pieces entitled ''The Well-Tempered Clavier''. All selections were performed on a Moog modular synthesizer system. Like ''Switched On Bach'', ''The Well-Tempered Synthesizer'' was recorded on an 8-track Ampex tape recorder using numerous takes and overdubs. This was long before the days of MIDI sequencers and recording the album was by all accounts a laborious process. About Carlos' rendition of ''Brandenburg Concerto No. 4'', renowned Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould had the following to say: :''Carlos' realization of the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto is, to put it bluntly, the finest performance of any of the Brandenburgs—live, canned, or intuited—I've ever heard.'' 〔(Wendy Carlos website )〕 ==Track listing== #Stereo Test Tone #Monteverdi: "Orfeo Suite" (''Toccata''; ''Ritornello I''; ''Choro II''; ''Ritornello II''; ''Choro II''; ''Ritornello II'') #Scarlatti: "Sonata In G Major, L. 209/K. 455" #Scarlatti: "Sonata In D Major, L. 164/K. 491" #Handel: "Water Music: Bourrée" #Handel: "Water Music: Air" #Handel: "Water Music: Allegro Deciso" #Scarlatti: "Sonata In E Major, L. 430/K. 531" #Scarlatti: "Sonata In D Major, L. 465/K. 96" #Bach: "Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: Allegro" #Bach: "Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: Andante" #Bach: "Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: Presto" #Monteverdi: "Domine Ad Adjuvandum" (from the ''1610 Vespers'') 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Well-Tempered Synthesizer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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