Triumphs & Travails of Orphan Mae [Import]

Triumphs & Travails of Orphan Mae [Import]

Track Listings

1. Jailhouse Fire

2. Up the River

3. John Henry Lives

4. Black-Eyed Susan

5. Orphan Mae

6. Blue Ink

7. Montague Road

8. Through December

9. Raven Marching Band

10. Movin' Along

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Laura Viers offers a haunting mix of deadpan folk and blues with sparse arrangements and Pacific Northwest flavors. Bella Union. 2005.

Tracks:

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'

Tracks:

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.

Customer Reviews:

This is a MUST for anyone who enjoys classical music ... .......2006-06-07

...BUT not if you take it SO seriously that you have lost your sense of humor.

Peter Schickele (with whom I am occasionally confused - we apparently look alike!) - has got to be one of my all-time favorite composers. When I was in graduate school, I took considerable abuse from my fellow music lovers for actually having MORE albums by P.D.Q Bach than by J. S. Bach (though I think it was barely a one-point margin, really...)

But the "New Horizons in Music Appreciation" approach to Beethoven's 5th symphony is not only a musical analysis of the piece as it is being played, but a slam on the constant "blah-blah-blah" that one hears during ANY sports event.

"My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth" has got to be my all-time favorite spoof of the overly pompous "art song" oratorio. I've encouraged one of my colleagues (who directs the college chorale where I teach) to include it in a program, to no avail. One of these days, I'll put my money where my mouth is - and buy sheet music for the entire chorale.

This is one of only two albums that I have in (a) vinyl, (b) tape, and (c) CD format. That should be some indication of how very, very special I believe this to be. [The other, for those who are interested, is Joan Baez' "Diamonds and Rust."]

This has been around for years, and there's a good reason. Schickele is not only funny when he wants to be, but a supremely accomplished composer and musician, with dozens and dozens of serious musical scores to his credit as well.

PDQ Bach -- The Spike Jones of Classical Music.......2006-03-16

For the classical music lover, this is an amazing spoof. For those who do not know classical music well, this is still highly entertaining.

Recaptured (Twisted) Youth.......2003-03-31

My friend and I saw the good Prof. Schickele here in Pasadena last night (March 29th-- AND the conductor of the Pasadena Symphony is Jorge Meister!)-- and the last number on the program was the WONDERFUL "The Seasonings"-- I had a very hard time even after all these years of first hearing this on a REAL record of not singing along with every little tune!!! This piece last night, being sung by singers whom I do not doubt were not even born when I first heard a recording of it, were as good as the ones I remember from my decadent youth on the original recording. Buy this C.D. if only for this piece!

I store it in the CD changer in my car........2002-10-06

My favorite single line of music from this is from "The Unbegun Symphony". Who would think to combine "You are my sunshine", a
tune I have always thought of as sappy sweet, played on violins,
with a background of horns, (I don't know what piece, but it
makes me thing of something noble and civilized) making it a
definitive statement of a benevolent sense of life.
PDQ Bach's other works are delighfully absurd, as are Peter
Schickele's commentaries. (Well I have a new set of friends now)

New Horizons in Music Appreciation Indeed..........2002-08-08

It was while sitting in Music Appreciation in college that I was first introduced to the work of P.D.Q. Bach, specifically the track "New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony," in which Professor Peter Schickele and Robert Dennis serve as the announcers for a spirited game involving the first movement of that particular work. Not only was it funny ("He's playing a cadenza! He's out of his mind! He thinks its an oboe concerto!") it was also more informative than the professor ("I get the feeling we are going to hear a lot of that four note motif, Bob").

One of the things about P.D.Q. Bach is that the more I learned about classical music the funnier I found it. Yes, I have enough memories of my mother insisting on playing the Texaco Opera quiz throughout the house on a Saturday afternoon to appreciate why "What's my Melodic Line?" and its exploration of the mysteries of the Baroque is funny, but it was not until I saw "Amadeus" and listened to "The Marriage of Figaro" that I understood why the recitatias in the Cantata "Iphigenia in Brooklyn" were hysterical (I was tempted to share this story of Iphigenia with my Classical Mythology class, but given their tentativeness to explore Euripides I did not think it wise to have them get neck deep in Schickele). Then again, the Madrigal "My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth" really needs no explanation, so there is something for everybody here, no matter what you level of understanding of classical music.

In discussing the works of P.D.Q. Bach with others it becomes clear that you can no more put together an idea collection of his "best" work than you can for lesser composers like Mozart or Beethoven. But you are certainly going to find a few old favorites and maybe one or two pieces that you have hitherto managed to avoid.

Now, if we can only get a University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople t-shirt...

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
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F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.!

At LAST the complete series ORIGINAL soundtrack, the wait is over!

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2

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Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Television Classic

The Saint/Secret Agent

ASIN: B0006SSQ8E
Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

First Season Main Title
Vulcan Affair
Deadly Games Affair
Double Affair
Project Strigas Affair
King of Knaves Affair
Fiddlesticks Affair
Meet Mr. Solo
First Season End Title
Second Season End Title
Alexander the Greater Affair

Tracks:

Foxes and Hounds Affair
Discotheque Affair
Re-Collectors Affair
Arabian Affair
Tigers Are Coming Affair
Cherry Blossom Affair
Dippy Blonde Affair
Third Season End Title
Her Master's Voice Affair
Monks of St. Thomas Affair
Pop Art Affair
Fourth Season (Main Title)
Summit-Five Affair
"J" for Judas Affair

Customer Reviews:

F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.!.......2006-02-02

I've got the original music (including v2 and v3), the books (the best is Heitland's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book; still in print);
the 22 VHS tapes issued in the early 1990's (a haphazard collection issued in no particular order of episodes that boasted famous guest stars). Can I please get the whole series on DVD? I have not seen Mother Fear toying with Illya (The Children's Day Affair) in over 40 years.

At LAST the complete series ORIGINAL soundtrack, the wait is over!.......2005-07-12

Many of us have always thought The Man From UNCLE had the best music for a TV series ever, and this three double CD release confirms this. Wow! I'd be just happy with one CD, but having SIX (three double CDs packages) is absolutely out of this world, I mean, a lifetime wait come true.

Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.

And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.

Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.

This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.

Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.

So, throw away your Hugo Montenegro Man From Uncle CD, this is the REAL thing.

Bach: The Stoned Guest; Two Madrigals from The Triumph Of Thusnelda

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Five thumbs up!
Opera Buffa

Bach: The Stoned Guest; Two Madrigals from The Triumph Of Thusnelda

Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000EEQ
Release Date: 1990-01-25

Tracks:

Intro
The Stoned Guest
Opera Whiz
Plot Synopsis
The Stoned Guest (Completion)
The Triumph Of Thusnelda: Two Madrigals - Amateur Musica Antiqua Of Hoople

Customer Reviews:

Five thumbs up!.......2000-07-19

I bought this CD last spring because I needed to learn the music quickly in order to perform "Don Octave" onstage with none other than Peter Schickele conducting! This is classic, irreverent, tongue-in-cheek PDQ at his best, and Mozart fans will especially enjoy the approach...no doubt Wolfgang would have approved. I'm proud to have met and worked with this satirical genius of our time, and can assure you that as entertaining as he is on CD, he is even funnier face-to-face! ENJOY!

Opera Buffa.......1999-09-24

This Cd is very funny with such a cast Donna Ribalda - mezzanine-soprano Carmen Ghia - off-coloratura Don Octave - bargan counter tenor and much more if you like opera period, this is a good, fun CD and not a bad price either

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The Triumphs & Travails of Orphan Mae
Laura Veirs
Manufacturer: Kill Rock Stars
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FUF89I
Release Date: 2006-07-25

Tracks:

Jailhouse Fire
Up the River
John Henry Lives
Black-Eyed Susan
Orphan Mae
Blue Ink
Montague Road
Through December
Raven Marching Band
Moving Along

Album Description

Originally released in 2001 on Laura's own imprint, Raven Marching Band, "The Triumphs" is a semi-autobiographical, epic musical saga of a young woman traveling the old American west. Mixing Americana with electronic effects and modern percussion, Veirs has created a sparse and haunting record with a clear and original vision.

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What a wonderful CD!
The triumphs of I Fagiolini

The Triumphs of Oriana

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YUGY
Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Lady Oriana - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Sing, Shepherds All - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Lightly She Whipped O'er The Dales - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Calm Was The Air And Clear The Sky - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fantasia No.2 (Hirsch No.46) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hence Stars Too Dim Of Light - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Come, Gentle Swains And Shephards' Dainty Daughters - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Angel's Face And Brightness - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Nymphs And Shepherds Danced - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: All Creatures Now Are Merry Merry-Minded - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Nymphs, I Heard One Telling - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Oriana, Seeming To Wink At Folly - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Fauns And Satyrs Tripping - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard No.8 'Jest' Or 'Clark's Galliard' (Hirsch No.15) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Round About Her Charret, With All-admiring Strains - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Wreaths Of Rose And Laurel - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Thus Bonny-boots The Birthday Celebrated - Anna Crookes
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Long Live Fair Oriana - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fantasia No.3 (Hirsch No.49) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Arise, Awake, Awake - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hark! Did Ye Ever Hear So Sweet A Singing? - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Orian In The Morn - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Angel's Face And Brightness - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Come, Blessed Bird - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard (Hirsch No.2) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hard By A Crystal Fountain - Anna Crookes
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Oriana, Beauty's Queen - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Cytherea Presents Her Doves - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending - Matthew Brook

Customer Reviews:

What a wonderful CD!.......2003-07-15

This really is a beautiful collection of music. "The Triumphs of Oriana" was published in 1601 by famous English composer Thomas Morley as a collection of songs honoring Queen Elizabeth (Oriana). 25 major English composers' songs are in here, except for William Byrd. The vocals are beautiful and really take the listener back to the golden age of European civilization. There are also several lute pieces inserted into the CD to add to the Renaissance feeling. This is an excellent CD!

The triumphs of I Fagiolini.......2002-08-25

The Triumphs of Oriana are a collection of polyphonic songs of the Elisabethian period published by Morley to honour Oriana (poetic nickname of Queen Elisabeth I). Therefore he collected songs composed by 25 wellknown English composers of his time (only William Byrd is missing) which all end with the words "Long life fair Oriana".
I already heard the Triumphs of Oriana sung by the King's Singers. This version by I Fagiolini sounds differently, as they are 7 men and 3 women instead of 6 men, but the result is very interesting: the female voices give indeed more brilliant to the sound.
Because this series was famous in its time among the amateurs, for private concerts, this CD includes various lute pieces in order to sound like an Elisabethian private concert.
Today, the listener has other standards and I don't find this idea is really good: it deforces the a cappella songs by a kind of intermezzo.
Anyway, the listener has yet the possibility to skip the lute pieces if he likes thanks to the miracle of the CD player.
In that case, the CD is really very good.

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The Triumphs of Oriana

Manufacturer: Signum UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000I5YVT8
Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

Hence, Stars, Too Dim Of Light
With Angel's Face And Brightness
Lightly She Whipped O'er The Dales
Long Live Fair Oriana
All Creatures Now Are Merry-Minded
Fair Oriana, Beauty's Queen
The Nmphs And Shepherds Danced
Calm Was The Air And Clear The Sky
Thus Bonny-Boots The Birthday Celebrated
Sing, Shepherds All, And In Your Rounddelays
The Fauns And Satyrs Tripping
Come, Gentle Swains
With Wreaths Of Rose And Laurel
Arise, Awake, Awake
Fair Nymphs, I Heard One Telling
The Lady Oriana
Hark! Did Ye Ever Hears So Sweet A Singing?
As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending
Fair Orion, In The Morn
Round About Her Charret
Bright Phoebus Greets Most Clearly
Fair Oriana, Seeming To Wink At Folly
Fair Cytherea Presents Her Doves
Hard By A Crystal Fountain
Come, Blessed Byrd

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... recalls the primordial sounds of Shrek
Brilliantly mixes Nu Jazz, Downtown, Noir, & White Noise
buy it now
Poor effort - Not my cup of tea...

Scelsi Morning

Manufacturer: Tzadik
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000ADXG4
Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

Bataille
Scelsi Morning
And Then She Fell...
Earth
Pennies From Hell
Geese
Our Daily Bread
Identity I-Shmentity
The Youth Brigade Triumphs Again (And Again)
Kabukitsch

Customer Reviews:

... recalls the primordial sounds of Shrek.......2004-05-16

Scelsi Morning finds guitarist Marc Ribot exploring the possibilities of "classical" forms in adherence to the rhythms of modern dance. The tracks on this album are taken from scores Ribot wrote to accompany both Wim Vanderheybus dance piece Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed and Yoshiko Chuma's Reverse Psychology. Tribal percussion, brittle electric guitar, ominous pump organs and droning clarinets all combine to make a sound not unlike Marc's old band - Shrek.

In the mid-80's, Ribot found himself in demand as THE avant garde guitarist for personalities like Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and the Lounge Lizards. Currently, just about any John Zorn gig needing a guitar features Ribot. In between, Ribot founded Shrek, a powerful unit that transposed the energy of Albert Ayler's 1960's free-jazz maelstrom into a rock guitar context. After signing with Atlantic Records for a few albums to explore his more accessible Los Cubano's Postizos band, it seemed as though Ribot had abandoned Shrek's primal sound. Apparently not; if anything, this album is a throwback of sorts.

Opening with blistering guitar work and settling into a familiar tribal pattern of ritualistic percussion, Scelsi Morning takes the listener back to Ribot's Shrek days with a vengeance. Further tracks reveal a compositional maturity un-hinted at in those halcyon days. Clarinets play interweaving harmonies, organs bubble and drone while Ribot coaxes out ethereal as well as discordant shards from his guitar. Although having been conceived as music to accompany dance, these pieces more than stand on their own.

Brilliantly mixes Nu Jazz, Downtown, Noir, & White Noise.......2003-10-15

Most definitely not for everyone, Scelsi Morning presents some of the most interesting and challenging music being performed and recorded today.

Originally composed for two different dance pieces, the music resonates with other performance-oriented music, such as soundtrack recordings, having suite-like sensibilities and a vingnette-like feel. Dedicated to Giancento Scelsi, a modern Italian composer, who also creates uniquely atmospheric soundscapes, this discs stands out by virtue of its drama, menace, and beauty.

What I especially like about Scelsi Morning is its gloriously varied and unusual sound palette. Ribot not only employs a wide variety of instruments, he places them in unique settings. Thus you get Ned Rothenberg making his bass clarinet sound like a didjeridu and honking goose on "Geese," backed by intriguing string and pump organ voicings interspersed with mesmerizing fugue-like passages. Much of it is very atmospheric, like a soundtrack to a noirish sci-fi movie (check out esp. "Our Daily Bread," with its blasts of fuzz guitar, Chinese-water-torture percussion, and very in-your-face violin playing). I especially like the faux-anthemic, Chinese-tinged "The Youth Brigade Triumphs Again (and Again)." All in all, garage-soundtrack-Nu Jazz might best describe what's going on here.

As I say, not for everyone, but highly recommended for those with big ears and not afraid to encounter a truly different music experience.

buy it now.......2003-10-14

i must say that this album is one of my favorite ribot works...his guitar playing is top notch and the compositions display yet another side of the musical chameleon that he is...no more words, buy the record.

Poor effort - Not my cup of tea..........2003-08-28

I've been a big fan of Ribot's (even met him once) especially in the Zorn realm. Filmworks 8, his Cubanos project - both ablums are very good, even some of his other Tzadik releases are intersting but this album just seems to fail on many levels. I don't understand this type of stuff. First of all, it's been done already and secondly, here it's not done all that well.
For a real Ribot album try Filmworks 8 or Circle Maker by John Zorn. Ribot tears up the fret board on those - or look for Los Cubanos projects he did for Atlantic. All are great. He even did some great things with James Carter on "Layin' in the cut" - and his "Saints" album isn't bad either... Pass this one up though. It's not likely I will listen to this album again in the near future. I couldn't even get all the way thru it the first time...

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Triumphs
David Gillingham , Walter S. Hartley , Richard Peaslee , Samuel Barber , Percy Grainger , and University of Georgia Wind Symphony
Manufacturer: Summit(Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YIVS
Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

Gillingham: Cantus Laetus: Initium
Gillingham: Cantus Laetus: Calamus
Gillingham: Cantus Laetus: Aes
Gillingham: Cantus Laetus: Ictus
Gillingham: Cantus Laetus: Finis
Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds: Andante/Allegro
Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds: Vivace
Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds: Lento
Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds: Allegro
Peaslee: Arrows Of Time: Up
Peaslee: Arrows Of Time: Slow-Freely
Peaslee: Arrows Of Time: Fast
Barber: Commando March
Grainger: The Warriors

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The Triumphs of Maximilian

Manufacturer: Signum
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00000IFSR
Release Date: 1999-04-01

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Hours of Strange and Wonderful Enjoyment
PDQ Bach lifts the standard of musical humor
Essential for any classical fan with a sense of humor
calamity in high C
Totally corny and totally classic!

The Dreaded P.D.Q. Bach

Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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ASIN: B000000EDK
Release Date: 1996-08-27

Tracks:

In the Vanguard Vault, Part 1
Introduction
Allegro
Tema con variazione
Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero
Introduction
Aria
Recitative
Ground
Recitative
Aria
Introduction
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Introduction
Sehr unruhig mit schmalz
Andante senza moto
Presto nicht schleppend
Introduction
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)
Fugue for Orchestra
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
Chorus with Soloists: "To curry flavor, favor curry"

Tracks:

'Unbegun' Symphony, By Professor Schickele - Introduction
'Unbegun' Symphony, By Professor Schickele - III. Minuet
'Unbegun' Symphony, By Professor Schickele - IV. Andante - Allegro
Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Introduction
Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Allegro Moulto
Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Romanze II (Adagio Sereno)
Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Minaret And Trio
Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Romanze I (Chi Largo)
Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Ballons (S. 66) - Presto Changio
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Signature Theme- Intro
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Echo Sonata For Two Unfriendly Groups Of Instruments - Tag
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Station Break
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Commercial: 'Do You Suffer?'
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Intro
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: New Horizons In Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Time - Weather - News
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Intro
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Traumarei For Unaccompained Piano
Radio Log, Bright And Early Show: Station Break - Tag - Signature Theme
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Signature Theme - Intro - Schleptet In E Flat Major
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Larghissimo - Allegro Boffo
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Menuetto Con Brio Ma Senza Trio
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Adagio Saccharino
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Yehudi Menuetto
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Schleptet In E Flat Major: Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Tag - Station Break
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: What' My Melodic Line?
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Time - News - Intro
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Fugue In C Mnor (From The Toot Suite For Calliope Four Hands)
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Tag - Station Break
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: What's Happening In Home Economics (Beethoven's Revenge)
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Commercial: 'If You Have Never'
Radio Log, Dull And Late Show: Sign-Off - Signature Theme

Tracks:

Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Introduction
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Overture
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Aria: 'Let's Face It-I'm Lost'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Recitative: 'Boy!'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Aria: 'Now Is The Season'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Recitative: 'Gesundheit!'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Duet: 'Woe'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Recitative: 'Hark!'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Aria: 'Look At Me'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Recitative: 'That's The End'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Trio: 'I'm Sure I'd Be'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 1: Intermission Feature: Opera Whiz
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 2: Plot Synopsis
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 2: Recitative: 'I Hate To Interrupt'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 2: Quartet: 'Don Octave'
Program Of Broadcast: The Stoned Guest, Part 2: Finale: 'O Saviour'
Program Of Broadcast: Announcement
Program Of Broadcast: Two Madrigals From The Triumphs Of Thusnelda: 'The Queen To Me A Royal Pain Doth Give'
Program Of Broadcast: Two Madrigals From The Triumphs Of Thusnelda: 'My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth'
Program Of Broadcast: Final Announcement

Tracks:

Introduction
Overture
Aria: 'I Am A Quaint Old Innkeeper'
Aria: 'Like A Lonely Pilgrim'
Aria: 'My Name Is Hansel Hunter'
Aria: 'I'm The Village Idiot'
Aria: 'Et Expecto'
Aria: 'There's Something About A Monk'
Duet: 'Do You Love Me?'
Interlude: Medical Examination
Aria: 'I Hope You'll Take This Friendly Advice'
Aria: 'Teddy Nice Is My Name'
Duet: 'Jump Not To Conclusions'
Finale: 'Just Tell Me What You Name Is'
The O.K. Chorale From The Toot Suite For Calliope Four Hands (S. 212) - P. Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach), David Oei
Introduction 'Erotica' Variations (S.36Ee) For Banned Instruments And Piano
Theme: Windbreaker
Variation I: Balloons
Variation II: Slide Whistle
Variation III: Slide Windbreaker
Variation IV: Lasso D'amore
Variation V: Foghorn, Bell, Kazoo, Gargle
Introduction: The Art Of The Ground Round (S. 1.19 Per Lb) For Three Baritones And Discontinuo
Loving Is As Easy
Please, Kind Sir
Jane, My Jane
Golly Golly Oh
Nelly Is A Nice Girl
Encore (Nelly Is A Nice Girl)
In The Vanguard Vault, Part 2
The 'Sanka' Cantata
In The Vanguard Vault, Part 3

Customer Reviews:

Hours of Strange and Wonderful Enjoyment.......2006-07-19

This is a fine collection of the work of the "oddest of Bach's 20-odd children." The intros and commentary by Professor Peter Schickele (University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople) are as sidesplitting as the "music" itself. One learns, for example, that PDQ Bach is the only composer to have written for double reeds -- without the use of oboes or bassoons. . . . Just four of the high(low)lights on this 4-disc set include: "Concerto for Horn and Hardart," "Iphigenia in Brooklyn," "Unbegun Symphony," and "Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle, and Balloons." The PDQ Bach corpus is (fortunately) not exhausted with this box set, so there will likely be others, but this one is terrific and will provide hours of strange and wonderful enjoyment.

PDQ Bach lifts the standard of musical humor.......2005-09-16

Excellent 4 CD album from PDQ Bach. Although most music is meant to be humoresque, it is also brilliantly composed/'borrowed' from other composer. Nice item for music lovers that do have sense of, almost British, humor.

Essential for any classical fan with a sense of humor.......2005-08-09

This recording is a treasure trove of PDQ Bach music. It is good for many, many laughs, and even my husband who is not well-versed in classical enjoys it to bits. A must-own for anyone who loves the wit of Peter Schickele!

calamity in high C.......2003-04-10

if you cant sing and laugh at the same time just wait til he tries to do a Rap song. look for my favorite song of his "o little town of hackensack" for christmas time

Totally corny and totally classic!.......2002-11-29

What can I say? These attempts to poke fun at classical music and aficionados of the genre are silly, puerile, well-informed, beloved by said aficionados, and utterly hilarious. With a style of humor that is something like a cross between Garrison Keillor, Victor Borge and Monty Python, "Professor" Peter Schickele has been perpetrating the P.D.Q. Bach phenomenon since 1959. "Researching" and sometimes even dressing up as the alleged "last and least" of Johann Sebastian Bach's many children, Schickele has composed, conducted and performed send-ups of various composers and musical styles. This four CD set compiles some the best (or should I say "worst"?) of his efforts. Included are "The O.K. Chorale", "The Unbegun Symphony", "My Bonnie Lass, She Smelleth", "The Seasonings", "Schleptet in E flat minor", "Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments", "Concerto for Horn and Hardart", and my two personal favorites: "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" (with commentary by sports analysts discussing the "competition" between the conductor and the orchestra) and the hilarious cantata "Iphigenia in Brooklyn". I can remember my father rolling on the floor in hysterics upon first hearing "Iphigenia", and anyone who is familiar with the Baroque oratorio style of such ubiquitous works as Handel's "Messiah" or J.S. Bach's cantatas will undoubtedly howl too at all the "in jokes". If you're serious about Baroque or classical music, do yourself a favor--let your hair down, get un-serious, and listen to these CDs every once in a while. And may every genre of music be fortunate enough to have a "P.D.Q. Bach" invented for it!

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