Wendy Carlos
Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) is an American physicist, composer, and keyboardist best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University. Studying and working with various electronic musicians and technicians at the city's Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, she oversaw the development of the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown keyboard instrument designed by Robert Moog.
Carlos came to prominence with Switched-On Bach (1968), an album of music by Johann Sebastian Bach performed on a Moog synthesizer which helped popularize its use in the 1970s and won Carlos three Grammy Awards. Its commercial success led to several more keyboard albums from Carlos of varying genres including further synthesized classical music adaptations and experimental and ambient music. Carlos composed the score to two Stanley Kubrick films, A Clockwork Orange (1971) and The Shining (1980), and Tron (1982) for Walt Disney Productions.
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Air on the G String
Air on the G String is August Wilhelmj's arrangement of the second movement in Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068.
The arrangement differs from the original in that the part of the first violins is transposed down so that it can be played entirely on a violin's lowest string, i.e. the G string, it is played by a single violin (instead of by the first violins as a group), and that the rest of the music is reduced to an accompaniment that obfuscates most of the detail of the original.
Bach's original
Bach's third Orchestral Suite in D major, composed in the first half of the 18th century, has an "Air" as second movement, following its French overture opening movement. The suite is composed for three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, strings (two violin parts and a viola part), and basso continuo. In the second movement of the suite however only the strings and the continuo play. This is the only movement of the suite where all other instruments are silent.
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Podcasts:
Wendy Carlos
ALBUMS
- Tron released: 2006
- Rediscovering Lost Scores, Volume 2 released: 2005
- Rediscovering Lost Scores, Volume 1 released: 2005
- By Request released: 2003
- Switched-On Brandenburgs released: 2002
- Switched-On Bach II released: 2002
- The Well‐Tempered Synthesizer released: 2001
- Switched‐On Boxed Set released: 1999
- Sonic Seasonings released: 1998
- Tales of Heaven and Hell released: 1998
- A Clockwork Orange: Wendy Carlos’s Complete Original Score released: 1998
- Switched-On Bach 2000 released: 1992
- Switched-On Brandenburgs, Volume 2 released: 1990
- Switched‐On Brandenburgs, Volume 1 released: 1990
- Peter and the Wolf released: 1988
- Switched‐On Bach released: 1988
- Secrets of Synthesis released: 1987
- Beauty in the Beast released: 1986
- Digital Moonscapes released: 1984
- Walter Carlos’ Clockwork Orange released: 1972
- The Well‐Tempered Synthesizer released: 1969
Tron
Released 2006- Creation of Tron
- Only Solutions
- We’ve Got Company
- Wormhole
- Ring Game and Escape
- Water Music and Tronaction
- Tron Scherzo
- Miracle and Magician
- Magic Landings
- Theme From Tron
- 1990’s Theme
- Love Theme
- Tower Music - Let Us Pray
- The Light Sailer
- Sea of Simulation
- A New Tron and the MCP
- Anthem
- Ending Titles
- Tronaction (original version)
- Break In (For Strings, Flutes and Celesta)
- Anthem for Keyboard Solo
Rediscovering Lost Scores, Volume 2
Released 2005- Shining Title Music
- Paraphrase for ’Cello
- Where’s Jack?
- The Overlook
- Psychic Scream
- Day of Wrath
- Paraphrase for Brass
- Title Music “Dies”
- Clockworks “Dies”
- Creation of Tron v. I
- Creation of Tron v. II
- Lightcycle Games
- Anthem (studio version)
- Little Interludes
- Trinitron
- Visit to a Morgue
- Return to the Morgue
- Woundings Title Music
- Angela’s Walk
- Jimmy
- Louise
- Doug Does Angela
- Scattering Ashes
- Angela’s Aftermath
- Jimmy Kills Louise
- In a Cemetary
- Fly Away and End
- Bee Dee Bei Mir
- Tannhauser
Rediscovering Lost Scores, Volume 1
Released 2005- Colorado
- The Rocky Mountains
- Chase Music
- Nocturnal Valse Triste
- Greetings Ghosties
- Horror Show
- A Haunted Waltz
- Psychic Shout #237
- Danny
- Heartbeats and Worry
- Subliminal Ballroom
- Thought Clusters
- A Ghost Piano
- Visitors
- Dark Winds and Rusties
- Bumps in the Night
- Setting With Medea
- Two Polymoog Improvisations
- Fanfare and Drunken “Dies”
- Clockworks (Bloody Elevators)
- Danny Bells Ascending
- Postlude
- Stately Purcell
- Pop Purcell
- Trumpet Voluntary
- The Children of Peru
- Shanty Town and Farewell
- Daycare and the Colonel
- Two Distant Walks
- Ethiopian Life
- Tanzanian Scenes
- Three Hopeful Places
By Request
Released 2003- Russian Dance
- Dance of the Sugar‐Plum Fairy
- Dance of the Reed‐Pipes
- Dialogues for Piano and Two Loudspeakers
- Episodes for Piano and Electronic Sound
- Geodesic Dance (Electronic Etude)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major (1st Movement)
- "Little" Fugue in G Minor
- What’s New, Pussycat?
- Eleanor Rigby
- Wedding March
- Pompous Circumstances
Switched-On Brandenburgs
Released 2002- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: III. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: IV. Menuetto, Trio I, Polacca, Trio II
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: II. Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
Switched-On Bach II
Released 2002- From Suite No. 2 in B minor: Badinerie
- From Suite No. 2 in B minor: Minuet
- From Suite No. 2 in B minor: Bourrée
- Two‐Part Invention in A minor
- Two‐Part Invention in A major
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- From Anna Magdalena Notebook: Musette in D major
- From Anna Magdalena Notebook: Minuet in G major
- From Anna Magdalena Notebook: Bist du bei mir
- From Anna Magdalena Notebook: Marche in D major
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major: Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major: Affettuoso
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major: Allegro
The Well‐Tempered Synthesizer
Released 2001- Orfeo Suite
- Sonata in G major, L. 209/K. 455
- Sonata in D major, L. 164/K. 491
- Water Music: Bouree
- Water Music: Air
- Water Music: Allegro Deciso
- Sonata in E major, L. 430/K. 531
- Sonata in D major, L. 465/K. 96
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: II. Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: III. Presto
- Domine ad Adjuvandum (from the 1610 Vespers)
- Stereo Alignment Tones
- Well‐Tempered Experiments
Switched‐On Boxed Set
Released 1999- Stereo Alignment Tones
- Sinfonia to Cantata #29
- Air on a G String
- Two Part Invention in F major
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major: III. Allegro
- Monteverdi: Orfeo Suite: Toccata; Ritornello I; Choro II; Ritornello II; Choro II, Ritornello II
- Scarlatti: Sonata in G major, L. 209/K. 455
- Handel: Water Music: Allegro Deciso
- Scarlatti: Sonata in E major, L. 430/K. 531
- Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G major: III. Presto
- Monteverdi: Domine Ad Adjuvandum (From the 1610 Vespers)
- Selections From Suite #2 in B minor Badinerie
- Sheep May Safely Graze From "Cantata no. 208"
- Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D major: Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F major: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F major: III. Allegro assai
- Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-flat major: III. Allegro
Switched-On Bach 2000
Released 1992- Happy 25th, S‐OB
- Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt" ("Hunting Cantata"), BWV 208: Sinfonia in D major
- Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air on a G String
- Two Part Invention for Keyboard No. 8 in F major, BWV 779
- Two Part Invention for Keyboard No. 14 in B-flat major, BWV 785
- Two Part Invention for Keyboard No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775
- Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Well Tempered Clavier Book 1, No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852: I. Prelude
- Well Tempered Clavier Book 1, No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852: I. Fugue
- Well Tempered Clavier Book 1, No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: I. Prelude
- Well Tempered Clavier Book 1, No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: I. Fugue
- Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", BWV 140: Wachet Auf
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
- Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565
Switched-On Brandenburgs, Volume 2
Released 1990- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: II. Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: III. Presto
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: II. Affettuoso
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B‐flat major, BWV 1051: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B‐flat major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio ma non tanto
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B‐flat major, BWV 1051: III. Allegro
- Anna Magdalena Notebook: Musette in D major, Anh. 126
- Anna Magdalena Notebook: Minuet in G major, Anh. 114
- Anna Magdalena Notebook: Bist de bei mir, BWV 508
- Anna Magdalena Notebook: Marche in D major, Anh. 122
- "Little" Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Switched‐On Brandenburgs, Volume 1
Released 1990- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: III. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: IV. Menuetto
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: IV. Trio I
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: IV. Polacca
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: IV. Trio II
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: II. Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Menuett
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Bourrée
- Two Part Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784
- Two Part Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV 783
- Aria "Sheep May Safely Graze" from Cantata No. 208
Peter and the Wolf
Released 1988- Peter and the Wolf: Introduction
- Peter and the Wolf
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Introduction
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Aardvark
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Hummingbirds
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Snails
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Alligator
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Amoeba
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Pigeons
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Shark
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Cockroaches
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Iguana
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Vulture
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Unicorn
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Poodle
- The Carnival of the Animals, Part Two: Finale
Switched‐On Bach
Released 1988- Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29
- Air on the G String
- Two-Part Invention in F major
- Two-Part Invention in B-flat major
- Two-Part Invention in D minor
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Prelude and Fugue No. 7 (from Well-Tempered Clavier, book I)
- Prelude and Fugue No. 2 (from Well-Tempered Clavier, book I)
- Chorale Prelude "Wachet Auf"
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: II. Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3: III. Allegro
Secrets of Synthesis
Released 1987- Introduction
- Examples Of Analog Timbres
- Choral Tone, Vibrato, Articulation
- Vocal Synthesis
- Performance Values
- Simple Orchestration
- Electronic Pointillism & Hocketing
- For Spatial Motion
- Ensemble Performance Via Click‐Tracks
- Imitative Synthesis
- Musique Concrete Plus Synthesizer
- Orchestra With Synthesizer
- Digital Synthesis
- Digital vs. Analog
- Hybrid Timbres
- Alternative Tunings - The Future
Digital Moonscapes
Released 1984- Cosmological Impressions: Genesis
- Cosmological Impressions: Eden
- Cosmological Impressions: I.C. (Intergalactic Communications)
- Moonscapes: Luna
- Moonscapes: Phobos and Deimos
- Moonscapes: Ganymede
- Moonscapes: Europa
- Moonscapes: Io
- Moonscapes: Callisto
- Moonscapes: Rhea
- Moonscapes: Titan
- Moonscapes: Iapetus
The Well‐Tempered Synthesizer
Released 1969- Stereo Test Tone
- Orfeo Suite
- Sonata in G Major, L. 209/K. 455
- Sonata in D Major, L. 164/K. 491
- Water Music: Bouree
- Water Music: Air
- Water Music: Allegro Deciso
- Sonata in E Major, L. 430/K. 531
- Sonata in D Major, L. 465/K. 96
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: II. Andante
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049: III. Presto
- Domine ad Adjuvandum (from the 1610 Vespers)
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by Notwist
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by The Notwist
The String
by: NotwistThat was the day
They put that string into your head
It made such terrifying noises
That you wished that you were dead.
You've been thrown
To be the stone
That kills the people who once left you all alone.