The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach
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Composer: P.D.Q. [pseudonym of Peter Schickele] BachConductor: Peter Schickele
Conductor: Jorge Mester
Performer: John Ferrante
Performer: Chamber Orchestra
Performer: I Virtuosi Hoople
Performer: Heavy Opera Company
Performer: Leonid Hambro
Performer: Marlena Kleinman
Orchestra: Royal P.D.Q. Bach Festival Orchestra
Orchestra: University of Southern North Dakota Orchestra
Performer: Lorna Haywood
Performer: Will Jordan
Performer: Bill Macy
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-12-03
Music Label: Vanguard Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Allegro/Tema Con Variazione/Menuetto Con Panna E Zucchero
- Aria/Recitative/Ground/Recitative/Aria
- New Horizons In Music Appreciation Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
- Larghissimo-Allegro Boffo/Menuetto Con Brio Ma Senza Trio/Adagio Saccharino/Yehudi Menuetto/Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
- What's My Melodic Line?
- Madrigal, 'My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth'
- IV Andante-Allegro
- I. Introduction/II. Overture/III. Recitative And Aria, 'Now Is the Season'/IV. Trio, I'm Sure I'd Be'/V. Opera Whiz/VI. Synopsis Of Plot/VII. Finale Of Opera
- Fugue In C Minor (Fuga Vulgaris) For Calliope Four Hands
- Oratorio, 'The Seasonings', S. 1/2 Tsp.
Music reviews of The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach
Music Review: "Well, here we are again, with another program of fine music and P.D.Q. Bach."
Rating: 5 Stars
This double CD is a reissue of VANGUARD's 1971 two-LP set THE WURST OF P.D.Q. BACH (VSD 719/20), which was also available in rechanneled quadrophonic (VSQ 40007/8).
As heard here, Bach's errant son augmented standard orchestra arrangements with such unorthodox instruments as double reeds (sans instrument), bursting balloons, sandwich vending machine, kazoos, trumpet mouthpieces, shower hose and wine bottle. Besides P.D.Q.'s unequalled (some would say unnecessary) compositions, this gathering of retreads also includes a P.U. "original" from Peter Schickele, plus a musical quiz and the first movement of a famous symphony with narration and crowd noise better suited to a baseball game.
A reprint of liner notes from the original '71 gatefold cover P.D.Q. album:
Professor Peter Schickele of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople, has devoted his life to the discovery and study of works by P.D.Q Bach, the last but least of old J.S. Bach's twenty-odd children. Fifteen years ago musicologists completely ignored P.D.Q., whose existence had only been deduced from police records, tavern I.O.U.'s and the like. But in 1953, while visiting the lovely Lechendochschloss in Bavaria, Prof. Schickele discovered--quite by chance, in all fairness--a piece of manuscript being used as a strainer in the caretaker's percolator. This turned out to be the "Sanka" Cantata, the first autograph manuscript by P.D.Q. Bach ever found. It was given its first public performance shortly after. Almost overnight, what had been neglect turned into overwhelming avoidance on the part of music lovers everywhere. There was no turning back.
CONTENTS--
DISC ONE:
[15:44] CONCERTO FOR HORN AND HARDART, S. 27
1. Allegro; 2. Tema con variazione; 3. Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero
Ralph Froelich, French horn; Prof. Schickele, Hardart
[10:26] CANTATA, IPHEGENIA IN BROOKLYN, S. 53162
Aria -- Recitative -- Ground -- Aria
John Ferrante, bargain counter-tenor; Leonid Hambro, harpsichord; Seymour Platt, trumpet mouthpiece, Prof. Schickele, wine bottle
[8:48] NEW HORIZONS IN MUSIC APPRECIATION--BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH SYMPHONY
Prof. Schickele and Robert Dennis
[7:48] SCHLEPTET IN E FLAT MAJOR, S. 0
Larghissimo--Allegro boffo; Menuetto con Brio ma senza Trio; Adagio Saccharino; Yehudi Menuetto; Presto Hey Nonny Nonny
I Virtuoisi di Hoople; Prof. Peter Schickele conductor
[5:15] WHAT'S MY MELODIC LINE?
Prof. Schickele and I Virtuoisi di Hoople
[2:35] MADRIGAL, "MY BONNIE LASS SHE SMELLETH" FROM "THE TRIUMPHS OF THUSNELDA" S. 1601
Amateur Musica Antiqua of Hoople
DISC TWO:
[7:00] "UNBEGUN" SYMPHONY (PETER SCHICKELE)
Royal P.D.Q. Bach Festival Orchestra; Jorge Mester conductor
[20:20] HALF-ACT OPERA, "THE STONED GUEST" (HIGHLIGHTS)
1. Introduction; 2. Overture; 3. Recitative and aria, "Now is the Season"; 4. Trio, "I'm sure I'd be"; 5. Opera Whiz; 6. Synopsis of Plot; 7. Finale of Opera
Lorna Haywood, off-coloratura; Marlene Kleinman, mezzanine soprano; John Ferrante, bargain counter-tenor; Prof. Schickele, basso blotto
Orchestra of the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople and Heavy Opera Company directed by John Nelson
Will Jordan as Milton Host and Bill Macy as Paul Henry Lung
[2:46] FUGUE IN C MINOR, (FUGA VULGARIS) FOR CALLIOPE FOUR HANDS, FROM THE TOOT SUITE S. 3.14
Prof. Schickele and Robert Dennis
[22:15] ORATORIO, "THE SEASONINGS" S. ½ tsp.
Chorus, "Tarragon of virtue is full"
Recitative, "And there were in the same country"
Duet, "Bide thy thyme" (Soprano and Alto, with slide whistle, windbreaker and tromboon)
Recitative, "Then asked he"
Chorale, "By the leeks of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept"
Recitative, "Then she gave in"
Aria, "Open sesame seeds" (Bass with kazoos, windbreaker, and slide windbreaker)
Recitative, "So saying"
Duet, "Summer is a cumin seed" (Soprano and alto, with slide whistles and shower hose)
Chorus with Soloists, "To curry favor, favor curry"
Lorna Haywood, soprano; Marlene Kleinman, alto; John Ferrante, tenor; William Woolf, bass; The Okay Chorale, John Nelson director
Royal P.D.Q. Bach Festival Orchestra; Jorge Mester conductor
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