Released 1992 Artist P.D.Q. Bach | Length 52:52 Release date 1992 | |
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Recorded November 17, 1990April 17, 1992June 30, 1992 Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion(1992) Two Pianos Are Better Than One(1994) Awards Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album Similar Oedipus Tex and Other Ch, 1712 Overture and Other, WTWP Classical Talkity‑Ta, Two Pianos Are Better Th, The Short‑Tempered Clavier a | ||
Pdq bach music for an awful lot of winds and percussion track1 introduction
Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion was released in 1992 by Telarc Records. The album contains one piece by Professor Peter Schickele writing under his own name and several pieces by him as P. D. Q. Bach.
Contents
- Pdq bach music for an awful lot of winds and percussion track1 introduction
- Pdq bach music for an awful lot of winds and percussion track 25 closing
- Performers
- Track listing
- Songs
- References
This album won the Grammy Award for best comedy album in 1992. The runners-up were Naked Beneath My Clothes (Rita Rudner), Jonathan Winters is Terminator 3 (Jonathan Winters), An Evening with George Burns (George Burns), and Off the Deep End ("Weird Al" Yankovic).
Pdq bach music for an awful lot of winds and percussion track 25 closing
Performers
Track listing
1. Introduction (1:22)
Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion, S. 1000 (P.D.Q. Bach)2. I. Grand Entrance (1:41)3. II. Simply Grand Minuet (2:51)4. III. Romance in the Grand Manner (2:37)5. IV. Rondo Mucho Grando (4:04, including the Crasho Grosso at the beginning of the movement and created by dropping a lot of percussion equipment)6. Introduction (1:04)
"Dutch" Suite, S. -16 (P.D.Q. Bach)7. I. Mr. Minuit's Minuet (2:37)8. II. Panther Dance (2:46)9. III. Dance of the Grand Dams (2:49)10. IV. The Lowland Fling (2:13)11. Introduction (0:54)
Six Contrary Dances, S. 39 (P.D.Q. Bach)12. I. Maestoso animoso (2:37)13. II. Daintissimo (1:28)14. III. Allegro, but not too mucho (2:15)15. IV. Molto moderato (2:06)16. V. Vivace cucarace (0:44)17. VI. Moving right alongo (1:10)18. Introduction (0:56)
19. Lip My Reeds, S. 32' (P.D.Q. Bach) (4:31)
20. Door Prize Scene: Fanfare for Fred, S. F4F (P.D.Q. Bach) (2:20)
21. Introduction (0:48)
22. March of the Cute Little Wood Sprites, S. Onesy Twosy (P.D.Q. Bach) (3:51)
23. Introduction (0:50)
24. Last Tango in Bayreuth (Professor Schickele) (2:42)
25. Closing (0:32)
Songs
Introduction1:23
Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion - S 1000: I Grand Entrance1:45
Grand Serenade For an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion II Simply Grand Minuet2:53