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The Intimate
P. D. Q. Bach
(1974) Report from Hoople: P, Portrait of P D Q Bach, Black Forest Bluegrass, The Dreaded P D Q Bac, An Hysteric Return: PDQ Ba |
The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach is a collection of works by Peter Schickele under his comic pseudonym of P. D. Q. Bach originally recorded on the Vanguard Records label by the composer. It includes "lowlights" from four different Vanguard albums: An Evening with P. D. Q. Bach (1807–1742)?, An Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall, Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air, and P. D. Q. Bach's half-act opera The Stoned Guest. Wurst is the German word for sausage, with the album cover photograph set in a sausage shop.
Professor Peter Schickele, Hardart, Wine Bottle, conductor
Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Jorge Mester
The Royal P. D. Q. Bach Festival Orchestra, Jorge Mester, conductor
The Orchestra of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople Heavy Opera Company under the direction of John Nelson
The New York Pick-Up Ensemble
Marlene Kleinman, mezzanine-soprano
Lorna Haywood, off-coloratura
John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
William Woolf, bass
Bernice, houndentenor (Dog)
Will Jordan as Milton Host
Bill Macy as Paul Henry Lung
The Okay Chorale, John Nelson, director
I Virtuosi di Hoople
Amateur Musica Antiqua of Hoople
Robert Dennis, announcer and callioper
Ralph Froelich, French horn
Leonid Hambro, harpsichord
Seymour Platt, trumpet mouthpiece
1. Concerto for Horn and Hardart, S. 27 (P. D. Q. Bach)
Allegro
Tema con variazione
Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero
2. Cantata: Iphigenia in Brooklyn, S. 53162 (P. D. Q. Bach)
Aria
Recitative
Ground
Recitative
Aria
3. New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
4. Schleptet in E-flat major (P. D. Q. Bach)
Larghissimo – Allegro Boffo
Menuetto con Brio ma senza Trio
Adagio Saccharino
Yehudi Menuetto
Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
5. What's My Melodic Line?
6. Madrigal "My bonnie lass she smelleth" from The Triumphs of Thusnelda (P. D. Q. Bach)
1. "Unbegun" Symphony (Prof. Schickele)
IV. Andante – Allegro
2. Half-act opera: The Stoned Guest, excerpts (P. D. Q. Bach)
Introduction
Overture
Recitative and aria: "Now is the season"
Recitative and trio: "I'm sure I'd be"
Intermission feature: Opera Whiz
Plot Synopsis
Finale: "O saviour"
3. Fugue in C minor, from the "Toot" Suite for calliope four hands, S. 212° (P. D. Q. Bach)
4. Oratorio: The Seasonings, S. 1½ tsp. (P. D. Q. Bach)
Chorus: "Tarragon of virtue is full"
Recitative: "And there were in the same country"
Duet: "Bide thy thyme"
Recitative: "Then asked he"
Chorale: "By the leeks of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept"
Aria: "Open sesame seeds"
Recitative: "So saying"
Duet: "Summer is a cumin seed"
Chorus with Soloists: "To curry favor, favor curry"
1. Concerto for Horn and Hardart, S. 27 (P. D. Q. Bach)
Allegro
Tema con variazione
Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero
2. Cantata: Iphigenia in Brooklyn, S. 53162 (P. D. Q. Bach)
Aria
Recitative
Ground
Recitative
Aria
3. Schleptet in E-flat major (P. D. Q. Bach)
Larghissimo – Allegro Boffo
Menuetto con Brio ma senza Trio
Adagio Saccharino
Yehudi Menuetto
Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
4. Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Prof. Schickele)
Allegro
Romanze
Menuetto
Rondo
5. New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
6. What's My Melodic Line?
7. Madrigal "My bonnie lass she smelleth" from The Triumphs of Thusnelda (P. D. Q. Bach)
1Concerto for horn and hardart - S 27 (french horn: Ralph Froelich - hardart: Peter Schickele)15:44
2Iphigenia in Brooklyn - S 53162 (Chamber Orchestra feat conductor: Jorge Mester - bargain counter-tenor: John Ferrante - harpsichord: Leonid Hambro - trumpet mouthpiece: Seymour Platt - wine bottle: Peter Schickele)10:30
3New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (with Robert Dennis)8:50
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