The Intimate P.D.Q. Bach
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Performer: Peter SchickeleComposer: P.D.Q. [pseudonym of Peter Schickele] Bach
Performer: John Ferrante
Performer: David Oei
Performer: John Nelson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-01-25
Music Label: Vanguard Records
Soundtracks:
- Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice, opera, S2n-1
- Toot Suite for calliope, 4 hands, S212ยง, (O. K Chorale)
- Erotica Variations for Banned Instruments & Piano, S36ee
- Art of the Ground Round for 3 baritones & discontinuo, S. $1. 19/lb
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Free Music Review: Multiple-personality opera
Hit: 5 Stars
If you've never experienced the music of P.D.Q. Bach, the album THE INTIMATE P.D.Q. BACH is a great place to start. Professor Peter Schickele (of the University of Southern North Dakota, at Hoople) is a master of the comic lyric. His verse is easily as complex and witty as Tom Lehrer's best. Additionally, Schickele is so deeply steeped in the classical genre he can facilely twist, combine and parody music from any era, and with remarkable results.
"Bargain-counter" tenor John Ferrante had a voice and talent like no other. The initial success of Schickele's efforts are due in large part to Ferrante's unique vocal contributions.
"Hansel And Gretel And Ted And Alice" is a superlative work-- a one act comic opera with seven characters, performed by Ferrante and Schickele, along with a solo piano. The play is by turns jolly, convoluted, silly, "shocking," but always melodious. In the opera's finale, the two performers are required to sing FOUR parts almost simultaneously, a feat complicated by Schickele's deftly donning and removing a wolf's head to play his two characters. Visually, this piece was an hysterical sight.
What can be said about the "O.K. Chorale"? The calliope-four-hands has never sounded as sweet.
The intro to the "Erotica Variations" is nearly as hilarious as the music itself. That the instruments involved were "banned" is a gift to us all!
"The Art Of The Ground Round" is the one selection from this album that everyone seems to remember. This is due in large part to punnish and impudent lyrics-- and our natural love of Row, Row, Row your boat-type group sings.
THE INTIMATE P.D.Q. BACH is highly recommended for all classical music lovers, fans of madcap comedy, and anyone who happens to live in Hoople, North Dakota.
TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 50:14
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