S1 & Illmind [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
This collaboration project is the birth of a musical relationship expanding from the grimy organic sounds of Illmind's tri-state roots (New Jersey, Philly, and NYC), as well as the soulful hip-hop swing style of Texas's own producer, S1. The Art Of One Mind project features an array of music from soul to R&B to Hip-Hop. Artists featured include Ghostface Killah (Wu-Tang Clan), Little Brother, El Da Sensei (formerly of The Artifacts), Chip Fu (formerly of the Fu-Shnickens), Strange Fruit Project, Supastition, Darien Brockington (Foreign Exchange), and a host of other talented artists. With a variety of urban music, all beat fanatics and soul music lovers alike will talk about this compilation for quite some time. BBE. 2005.

S1 & Illmind,Art of One Mind,Rap

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.

Tracks:

Introduction
I. Prologue: Tragedy
Recitative: Well
II. Aria: Howdy There
Recitative: And It Wasn't Long
III. Duet: My Heart
Recitative: But
IV. Aria: You Murdered Your Father
Recitative: When Billie Jo Heard
V. Aria: Goodbye
Recitative: When Oedipus Heard
VI. Chorale And Finale
Introduction
Classical Rap
Introduction
I. Recitative: Knock, Knock
II. Recitative: How Many Psychiatrists
III. Recitative: What Is The Question?
VI. Recitative: So This Guy
Introduction
Birthday Ode To 'Big Daddy Bach'

Customer Reviews:

One of the great Classics!.......2006-08-03

Oedipus Tex & Other Choral Calamities is one of the must haves from PDQ Bach. This album has some of his best stuff on it including the title tracks and one of the funniest songs he has composed "classical rap" this is well worth one's time to check out.

hilarity in music.......2002-10-25

Virtually every CD that Peter Schickele has put out under the name of PDQ Bach has been absolutely hilarious. This is one of his best albums - it will have you in stitches in no time flat.

"Oedipus Tex," the title piece, is a stunning parody of (of course) Sophocles "Oedipus Rex" - from the line "the gods are ticked off and now someone must pay" to the ending chorus of "the eyes of Texas are upon you" (set to the tune of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"), the piece is one of the funniest things I have ever heard.

"Classical Rap" - this track alone is worth the whole cost of the album. This "Yuppie" rap combines the stereotypes of rap music with Vivaldi and Bach, and has as its setting the upper West side of Manhattan.

"Knock Knock Cantata" - some of the worst jokes you'll ever hear set to some of the worst music you'll ever hear. The combination of text and setting is really hilarious - talk about form meeting content.

"Birthday Ode for Big Daddy Bach" - the more you know about music, the funnier this piece is.

BUY THIS CD.

Irreverent hilarity.......2002-08-09

Oedipus Tex is both my favorite Country/Western ballad and one of my favorite oratorios!

Classical Rap is, IMHO, the only Rap piece worth listening to.

This is one of "The Bad Boy of Classical Music", Peter Schickele's best recordings.

I am a PDQ junkie!.......2002-08-08

This was my first PDQ recording and it has kept me coming back for more.My father who hates music even LOVES it!It does take a special musician or music lover to appreciate the genius of such a man as Peter Shickele. Being a musician, I have performed numerous PDQ works in the past and they are extremely difficult.Oedipus Tex is by far the most ingenious album created, in my belief, in as far as its contents and musical professionalism.

Brilliant parody.......1999-10-16

Oedipus Tex is a brilliant parody... I had a teacher listen to it once and then it circulated around the entire English department. "Classical Rap" is a wonderful piece as well.

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Witty and Charming

Ill-Conceived PDQ Bach Anthology

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Percussion | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000FDBK
Release Date: 1998-11-24

Tracks:

This Is Professor Pete
1712 Overture (S. 1712)
Introduction
II. Aria With Chorus: 'Howdy There'
Recitative: 'It Wasn't Long'
III. My Heart
Recitative: 'When Oedipus Heard'
VI. Chorale And Finale
Introduction
Love Me
WTWP Station ID
Oo-La-La Introduction
Oo-La-La: Cookin' French Like The French Cook French - Dana Krueger
Introduction: The Musical Sacrifice (S. 50% Off)
I. Fuga Meshuga - Susan Palma
Introduction
Classical Rap (S. 1-2-3) - Grandmaster Flab
Introduction
I. C Major - Christopher O'Riley
Introduction
II. Simply Grand Minuet
Introduction
Little Bunny Hop Hop Hop
Introduction
Minuet Militaire
Enough Already

Customer Reviews:

Witty and Charming.......2000-08-15

This CD is fun and action packed as much as you could hope for in a CD. He uses quotes from many famous folk and classical songs and implements them into his own compositions with a bit of a twist. For example, in Classical rap, where he raps about being the best rapper in the world with terrific brass interludes between the verses. The orchestra plays a clip from Vivaldi's "Spring" and then he twists it into a record "wicky-wicky" to the same tune. He introduces every peice before it is played in a hilarious manner in which he talks about the peice and something else that was going on in the composers mind as he wrote the peice. Starting at the begining-

This is Professor Pete- Peter Schickele introduces himself as well as P.D.Q.

1712 Overture- A takeoff of the 1812 overture of course, with snatches of some famous folktunes thrown in here and there.

Oedipus Tex- A parady of the Greek Myth Oedipus Rex where he murders his father who is the King. Oedipus Tex lives a life like his brother but in Texas style.

The next tracks are more comedy than exactly music like the WTWP station giving options over the phone about how you would like to hear a certain peice of music. Cooking French... is a woman cooking a French gourmet meal but flubbing up the entire time.

Tracks:

Oratorio: The Seasonings, S. 1/2 Tsp.: Chor: 'Tarragon Of Viture Is Full/Recitative: 'And... - Lorna Haywood/John Gerrante/Marlena Kleinman/William Woolf/the Okay Chorale/John Nelson
'Unbegun' Sym: III. Minuet/IV. Andante-Allegro - Professor Peter Shickele
Pervertimento For Bagpipes, Bicycle And Balloons, S. 66: Allegro Moulto-Romanze II... - Maurice Eisenstadt/Robert Lewis/Peter Schickele

Customer Reviews:

hysterically funny.......2005-08-11

This was the second PDQ Bach album I ever heard (after The Intimate PDQ Bach), and I can never decide which is best. At times I can't get The Seasonings or The Unbegun Symphony out of my head. The live audience makes it even better---hearing other people get the jokes makes you feel you're at the show.

Bruce.......2005-08-02

I must differ with the others only to the extent of mentioning my favorite part of "The Seasonings": the aria, "If You've Got the Money, Honey, I've Got the Thyme!" :-)

The Apotheosis of the Dunce.......2004-11-16

Complaint #1: Schickele made the self-congratulatory mistake of recording it with an audience. And thus drowning out his genius with unwanted noise. Complaint #2: Schickele's weakness for puns led to the dull self-congratulatory title. Which is a parody of Vladimir Horowitz's HISTORIC RETURN.

I'm flabbergasted by the crack musicianship that executed THE SEASONINGS. For instance, the unison trumpet & timpani at the start of OPEN SESAME SEED. And for some reason, that single bit of Beethovenian shtick means more to me that the entire banal oeuvre of Herr Ludwig himself. Have you ever noticed that the word "banal" consists of the letter "b" combined with the word "anal"? That's what the "b" in "banal" stands for, as a matter of fact: Beethoven. Anthony Burgess once confessed to being bored to tears by Beethoven's simplistic and painfully predicable harmonies. And I know for a fact that Schickele is just as bored-by-Beethoven as Burgess is. Schickele indicated this via the great wracked sobs of boredom in the BABYLON parody of OLD MCDONALD. Wherein Babylon is a code word for Beethoven. (Trust me on this one.)

A wonderful way to spend your thyme, er, time.......2004-10-11

All the bases have been covered, but I can't resist adding my voice to the chorus of approval. I have loved this music ever since I was very young, and find it still funnier, wittier,
and musically fine after being on the other side of a few college courses in musical theory. THE SEASONINGS is perhaps Shickele's most brilliant parody - the orchestra and soloists are superb. And how can we forget the brilliant contributions of the O.K. Chorale, particularly in the boisterous Handelian closing chorus, "To curry favor, favor curry"?

"Vintage" P.D.Q. Bach.......2003-07-04

I was first introduced to the "artistry" of P.D.Q. Bach in the late '70s via "The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach" compilation. That album is long gone, so, now that I'm going through my mid-life "transition", I'm rediscovering good ol' P.D.Q. via the original Vanguard recordings. This is, to my knowledge, the second of the P.D.Q. Bach recordings, and it is truly a side-splitting classic. If you have "The Wurst", you may still want this recording, too, as it contains the complete "The Seasonings" as well as the full introduction and third movement of the "Unbegun" Symphony. WARNING: if you listen to this while driving, make sure you're on a road with a good, wide paved shoulder. You will likely need it so you can pull off to recover from a fit of hysterical laughter.

Average customer rating:

My favorite coat, look what you've done!
excellent!

P.D. Q. Bach: A Little Nightmare Music

Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000000ELY
Release Date: 1990-01-25

Tracks:

Opera in one irrevocable act (S. 13) Aria: 'What sweet music' - James Billings/Peter Schlafer/Bruce Ford/Gerald Tarack/Peter Schickele
Opera in one irrevocable act (S. 13) Aria: 'Nature gave us eyes - James Billings/Peter Schlafer/Bruce Ford/Gerald Tarack/Peter Schickele
Opera in one irrevocable act (S. 13) Duet: 'Uh oh' - James Billings/Peter Schlafer/Bruce Ford/Gerald Tarack/Peter Schickele
Opera in one irrevocable act (S. 13) Finale: 'What hutzpah!' - James Billings/Peter Schlafer/Bruce Ford/Gerald Tarack/Peter Schickele
Octoot: Vite, tout de suite - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Octoot: Lent, tout au moins - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Octoot: Minuet et, tout a l'heure, trio - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Octoot: Chanson: 'Toute l'annee, hey, hey, hey' - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Octoot: Tout a coup le bout - Paul Dunkel/Susan Palma/Steve Taylor/Pamela Epple/Charles Russo/John Moses/Lauren Goldstein...
Royal Firewater Musick: Long; neat; long - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens
Royal Firewater Musick: March on the rocks - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens
Royal Firewater Musick: Minute with a twist - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens
Royal Firewater Musick: Sarabande straight up - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens
Royal Firewater Musick: One for the road - Professor Peter Schickele/The New York Pick-Up Ens

Customer Reviews:

My favorite coat, look what you've done!.......2002-07-08

This always happens to me. I can never hear "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees w/o seeing Robert Hayes & Julie Hagerty in "Airplane". "My Girl" conjures images of Belushi as Beethoven on SNL. Likewise, every time "Ein Kleine Nachtmusik" comes on NPR I have to sing along. This album is excellent, as is just about everything else from the PDQ Bach camp. BTW, even the liner notes are a hoot.

excellent!.......1999-06-22

The first time I heard "A Little Nightmare Music" I just about died laughing. "A Little Nightmare Music" is Eine Kleine Nachtmusik set to words.and after listening to this I picked up a few phrases such as "Up I am Fed" and "what hutzpah". This is definitely one to add to the collection!

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Definitive Scarlatti
An amazing accomplishment

Scarlatti: The Keyboard Sonatas

Manufacturer: Warner Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009MWAVQ
Release Date: 2005-10-11

Customer Reviews:

Definitive Scarlatti.......2007-05-26

I've been a Scarlatti fan since I discovered the Ralph Kirkpatrick recordings on Columbia when I was in high school--some 40 years ago. Over the years I have played some of them on the piano and collected numerous recordings, performed on both harpsichord and piano. I first purchased Scott Ross's complete collection after sampling the 3-CD Scarlatti Anthologie and being pleased with what I heard. After listening to about a third of the 34 CDs on which the 555 sonatas are recorded I can say that Scott Ross's performances equal or exceed anything I've heard from any other performer on harpsichord. There are recordings by other performers I rate very highly--Wanda Landowska's characterful pre-WW II recordings and Andras Schiff's superb piano recordings of the sonatas come to mind--but Scott Ross has it all. Meticulous accuracy, a truly engaging sense of rhythm--so critical in bringing out the character of the sonatas, a superb sense of the Spanish idiom Scarlatti uses, elegant ornamentaion, a masterful selection of stops, and the wonderful recorded harpsichord sound all make this set a thoroughly satisfying musical experience for the Scarlatti lover. Bringing all of this quality to the formidable task of recording all of Scarlatti's 555 sonatas is a tremendous achievement and a true service to the music loving public. In addition to the pleasure of having such a treasure trove of great Scarlatti performances, the complete collection has afforded me the oppotunity to discover many elegant gems among Scarlatt's lesser known sonatas--the kind that stay in my head days after hearing them. That Ross died at the relatively early age of 38 was a real loss. If you're a Scarlatti fan, treat yourself to this complete collection. You won't be disappointed.

An amazing accomplishment.......2005-10-20

This recent re-release of Scott Ross's complete recordings of Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas is truly a great a accomplishment. The 34 CDs contain all 555 sonatas. The vast majority are played by Ross on the harpsichord, or harpsichord's I should say. Four different harpsichords were used, one Italian and three French. While various groups of Sonatas might sound a bit different it doesn't take away from the experience at all.

And what an experience it is. Ross's harpsichord playing is bright and lively when required, relaxed and subdued at other times. While it's hard to imagine that Ross was able to become intimately familiar with 555 sonatas over the year it took to record them, his performances do not show any signs of boredom. The sonatas are overall focused and well performed.

In addition to the hundreds of harpsichord sonatas, there are also recordings of Scarlatti's five sonatas with string and woodwing accompaniment as well as his three organ sonatas. All keyboard parts are played by Ross.

The packaging of this set is very compact. Each CD is in a thick paper cover, the whole of the set in a single box. There is also a 255 page booklet that contains a short description of nearly every sonata. Additionally there is an interview with Ross from 1986.

This is a wonderful set for any fan of Scarlatti and Ross. And at the price, it would even be worth it for anyone who enjoys Baroque harpsichord music but isn't familiar with Scarlatti. I highly recommend this set.

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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
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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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!

Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works - Scott Ross

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Think of it as an investment
Sorry it's $800, but it's worth it!
So much bang for your buck...
A masterwork!
Great fun!

Domenico Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works - Scott Ross
Domenico Scarlatti , and Scott Ross (Harpsichord)
Manufacturer: Erato
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005E6B
Release Date: 1992-05-01

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Amazon.com

The late Scott Ross recorded this monumental set as a series of weekly programs for French radio during 1985, the 300th anniversary of Scarlatti's birth. Learning and recording so much music weekly had some disadvantages, and not every one of these performances maintains the same high level. But most of them do; Ross gives us generally fine playing of this magnificent body of music, in its only complete recording ever. I never lost my interest while listening through the entire set. Erato offers 34 discs for the price of 20, as it should; the music could have easily fit onto 25 discs and saved us some shelf space. --Leslie Gerber

Amazon.com

One of the monuments in the history or recording, the late Scott Ross recorded this epoch-making set of 555 keyboard sonatas as part of a series of recitals given on Radio France. The music is amazing. After starting out as a slightly run-of-the-mill Italian Baroque composer, the middle-aged Domenico left his father's baleful influence and became the teacher of Princess Maria Barbara of Portugal, later Queen of Spain. While in her service, he created this fantastic body of short pieces, each a little gem encapsulating the sites and sounds of Spain in the 18th century. I don't recommend that you listen to them at one sitting, but taken individually, there is no music more charming or delicious. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Think of it as an investment.......2006-05-22

I bought this set when it came out almost twenty years ago. It was a big chunk of change even then, but I have never regretted it. Scarlatti is the Tigger of music. However low you feel, he'll cheer you up.

The performance? Some say "Scott Ross just plays the notes." Well at least he plays *all* of them, in every sonata, which is more than some contenders can do. This is not easy stuff. I also think he and Domenico are a perfect match. Ross's Bach can feel slightly perfunctory, but to this music he brings a rhythmic panache, superlative technique, period knowledge and "Look at me, Ma" attitude - particularly in those crunchy dissonances that make no sense at all in 18th century musical theory - that fits the bill perfectly. The recording is also excellent throughout, particularly in the later sonatas.

For a completely different approach to this music, I recommend Mikhail Pletnev's set on Virgin. This was originally to have been a single CD, but Pletnev was enjoying himself so much that he just kept on playing. The recording session ended about 3am, and the result is about as close as we're ever going to get to hearing how Chopin - who loved these works, and regretted that his public wouldn't let him program such fusty old stuff - might have sounded when he played them for his friends after dinner.

Sorry it's $800, but it's worth it!.......2006-02-24

Boy, was I lucky to buy this back in 1992. I had followed various other harpsichordists' (e.g., Valenti's) attempts to scale this musical equivalent of Nanga Parbat, and must say, after about 15 hearings of the set, that I am very pleased that Ross was the one who planted the flag on the summit. The only performer I would rather have done it is Landowska. The music is fantastic, with at least half of the pieces qualifying as small masterpieces, and Ross brings out the character of each individual piece with energy and style.

So much bang for your buck..........2001-03-29

Contrary to Leslie Gerber's review, I believe that every single one of these performances is top-notch - pick any disc, go to any single track, and you'll find something well worth a listen! Domenico Scarlatti may not have had the contrapuntal skills of Bach, but his music exhibits a tremendous amount of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic invention that can be far easier (though certainly no less rewarding) to digest than your typical keyboard masterpiece by JSB. Scott Ross brings all of these pieces to beautiful, shimmering life, and while he may be now dead, these recordings will forever testify to his considerable skills in both interpretation and performance of early keyboard music on a vintage harpsichord.

My only complaint is that the music, or more precisely, perhaps, the instrument on which it is played, develops a certain "sameness" after about 30 minutes of listening pleasure; one can only listen to the tinkling of a harpsichord for so long, IMHumbleO! (And it is a _beautiful_ harpsichord being played!) I have been dousing myself in these discs for about ten years now, as I bought the set just after it was released, and I can honestly say that there's more good music here, and enough musical variety from piece to piece, to keep another music lover just as happy as I've been. Few boxed sets that I've purchased over the last decade (exceptions: Lionel Rogg's Bach organ music and the Borodin Shostakovich Quartets on Melodiya) have had the same staying power that this one has.

A masterwork!.......2000-06-10

This is a delightful body of work, and I must say I am overwhelmed by the variety. I had wondered if 555 sonatas was not a bit much, whether it would all sound alike, but listening to the different pieces I find very little repitition.

There is, of course, a style that is obvious, and recognizable. If I were to qualify this music, I would say that, above all, it sounds like music of a composer who really enjoyed playing his instrument. When you think that this represents about 30 years of Scarlatti's life, during which time he composed almost no other music, you understand that he put everything into it.

He wrote most of these works in Spain, after leaving his native Italy and not looking back. Being a tutor for Princess Maria Barbara of Braganza, his job, it seems, was to write music and teach. What is amazing is that he focused on just one instrument, and just one style, exploring every possibility of melody and rhythm, and never does it sound repetitive.

The works are all very short, the longest being 7 minutes or so. These are not sonatas as we tend to think of the word, as multi-movement pieces built around a specific theme. These are short, concise pieces, where the melody and rhythm speak out instantly. Most of them are binary works, where there is a AABB repeat structure (I am simplifying a bit), and listening to them you can easily hear the structure of each piece.

Many of the pieces are rather fast, showing a certain exuberence, but even the slower pieces, and the few fugues, are energetic in their own way.

In short, this is a major body of work that must be heard. While the 34 CD set is perhaps prohibitive, there is a 3 CD anthology, a sort of best-of of this set (and I have a copy to sell or trade, if anyone is interested). By all means, check out this music.

Great fun!.......1998-12-03

Think of this collection as a huge anthology of short stories, full of entertaining plot twists, character quirks, and other forms of wit. You will not find the kind of serene depth that you would in, say, Bach, but the music is continuously entertaining and the performance is superb.

If you have a CD player in your car, this collection is ideal commuting music: always upbeat, never fades away or blasts you out of your seat (harpsichords are like that), and short enough that you don't have to sit for long in a parking spot waiting for the piece to end. But using these pieces as background doesn't do them justice; they inevetably reward careful listening.

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ASIN: B000CAKTD6
Release Date: 2005-11-08