Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach Single CD
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The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach (Single CD Version) (Vanguard CD-72015):  Lowlights from four different Vanguard albums:  An Evening With P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?, Report from Hoople:  P.D.Q. Bach on the Air, P.D.Q. Bach's Half-Act Opera, “The Stoned Guest”, and Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach.  Not to be confused with the 2-disk set The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach, which has these same selections plus another whole disk, but not quite.

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Performers

bullet Professor Peter Schickele, Hardart, Wine Bottle, conductor
bullet Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Jorge Mester
bullet The New York Pick-Up Ensemble
bullet John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
bullet I Virtuosi di Hoople
bulletAmateur Musica Antiqua of Hoople
bulletRobert Dennis, announcer
bullet Ralph Froelich, French Horn
bullet Leonid Hambro, Harpsichord
bulletSeymour Platt, Trumpet Mouthpiece
 

Track Listing

[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)
         

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Unfortunately, this Single CD version of The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach is out-of-print and it is no longer possible to order it through this Web site.  The two-disk version of The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach is still available.
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