Karl Richter was a German conductor, choirmaster, organist, and harpsichordist.
Trevor David Pinnock is a British harpsichordist and conductor.
The Swingles are an a capella vocal group. The Swingle Singers originally formed in 1962 in Paris under the leadership of Ward Swingle. In 1973, Swingle disbanded the French group, and formed an English group known initially as Swingle II and later as the New Swingle Singers, before settling on the Swingles name.
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach is a collection of keyboard music compiled by the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann. It is frequently referred to simply as Klavierbüchlein.
Isolde Ahlgrimm was an Austrian harpsichordist and fortepianist. In 1975 she was awarded the Austrian Gold Medal.
The Bach-Busoni Editions are a series of publications by the Italian pianist-composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) containing primarily piano transcriptions of keyboard music by Johann Sebastian Bach. They also include performance suggestions, practice exercises, musical analysis, an essay on the art of transcribing Bach's organ music for piano, an analysis of the fugue from Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' sonata, and other related material. The later editions also include free adaptations and original compositions by Busoni which are based on the music of Bach.
The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time, clavier referred to a variety of stringed keyboard instruments, most typically the harpsichord or clavichord, but not excluding the organ, although it is not a stringed keyboard.
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".
Anyone for Mozart? is the third album released by the Swingle Singers. The album was a 1965 Grammy award winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus."
Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? is a CD compilation re-issue of music by the Swingle Singers. It combines tracks from two previous LP releases, Going Baroque and Swinging Mozart.
Back to Bach is a 1968 album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers.
Jazz Sebastian Bach is a compilation album/re-issue of music by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. It combines the tracks from two previous releases:
Rococo Á Go Go is the fifth album released by the Swingle Singers. The album was nominated for a 1966 Grammy award.
Place Vendôme is an album released by the Swingle Singers performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet. The album was a 1967 Grammy award nominee.
The 2005 Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers is a compilation of all eleven of the Paris-based Swingle Singers' recordings made for Philips between 1963 and 1972. Ten of the eleven disks included in this boxed set had also been re-issued previously by Philips (Emarcy) in five "two-fer" compilation sets over the preceding five years.
The Joy of Singing, a.k.a.Les 4 Saisons is a 1972 album by the Swingle Singers on the Philips Records label. All tracks from this album are also included on the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers.
Ich habe meine Zuversicht, BWV 188, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the cantata in Leipzig for the 21st Sunday after Trinity and probably first performed it on 17 October 1728.
Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten, BWV 207.2, is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and likely premiered in 1735. It utilizes the music from the third movement of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major.
Miriam Feuersinger is an Austrian soprano.
