Bach's Greatest Hits


Bach's Greatest Hits 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".
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:
  1. "Fugue in D Minor", Contrapunctus 9 from The Art of the Fugue – 2:14
  2. "Prelude for Organ Chorale No. 1" – 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" – 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:
Rhythm section: