The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach

Infobox Album
Name = The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach
Type = compilation
Artist = P. D. Q. Bach


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Label = Vanguard
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Last album = "Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach"
(1977)
This album = "The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach"
(1978)
Next album = "Black Forest Bluegrass"
(1979)

"The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach" is a collection of works by P. D. Q. Bach originally recorded on the Vanguard Records label by Professor Peter Schickele. It includes "lowlights" from four different Vanguard albums: An Evening with P.D.Q. Bach (1807–1742)?, , , P.D.Q. Bach's Half-Act Opera, "The Stoned Guest", and Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach. "Wurst" is the German word for sausage.

Performers

*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

Track Listing (Two Disc Version)

Disc One

1. "Concerto for Horn and Hardart", S. 27 (P.D.Q. Bach)::*Allegro::*Tema con variazione::*Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero2. "Cantata: Iphigenia in Brooklyn", S. 53162 (P.D.Q. Bach)::*Aria::*Recitative::*Ground::*Recitative::*Aria3. "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 Nonnio4. "Eine Kleine Nichtmusik" (Prof. Schickele)::*Allegro::*Romanze::*Menuetto::*Rondo5. New Horizon's 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)

Disc Two

1. "Unbegun" Symphony" (Prof. Schickele)::*IV. Andante — Allegro2. 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. 1 1/2 tsp. (P.D.Q. Bach)::*Chorus: "Tarragon of virtue is full"::*Recitative: "And there were in the same country"::*Duet: "Bide thy thyme"::*Fugue::*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"

Track Listing (Single Disc Version)

1. "Concerto for Horn and Hardart", S. 27 (P.D.Q. Bach)::*Allegro::*Tema con variazione::*Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero2. "Cantata: Iphigenia in Brooklyn", S. 53162 (P.D.Q. Bach)::*Aria::*Recitative::*Ground::*Recitative::*Aria3. "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 Nonnio4. "Eine Kleine Nichtmusik" (Prof. Schickele)::*Allegro::*Romanze::*Menuetto::*Rondo5. New Horizon's 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)

ources

* [http://www.schickele.com/shoppe/pdqrec/singlewurst.htm The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach (Single Disc Version)]
* [http://www.schickele.com/shoppe/pdqrec/wurst.htm The Wurst of P.D.Q. Bach (Two Disc Set)]