Portrait of P.D.Q. Bach (Vanguard CD-79399, LP-79399):  An audio portrait consisting of three works of P.D.Q. Bach, each one representing a different milieu in which the composer spent some time, plus Prof. Schickele's own quotation piece Eine Kleine Nichtmusik.

Performers

• The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Professor Peter Schickele, conductor
• John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
• Harris Poor, basso blotto
• Ransom Wilson and Diva Goodfriend-Koven, tape recorders, hand flutes, corrugahorn, nose flutes
• Early Anderson, trombonus interruptus
• Duh Brooklyn Boys Chorus, James McCarthy, director
• John Solum, flute
• Leonard Arner, oboe
• Lorin Glickman, bassoon
• Theodore Weis, trumpet
• William G. Brown, French horn
• Neal Di Biase, trombone

Track Listing

[1]  Introduction

Missa Hilarious, S. N₂O (P.D.Q. Bach)

[2]  Yriekay

[3]  Gloria

[4]  Credo

[5]  Sanctus

[6]  Angus Dei

[7]  Introduction

[8]  Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Prof. Schickele)
          Allegro
          Romanze
          Menuetto
          Rondo (Allegro)

[9]  Introduction

[10]  Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments, S. 9999999999 (P.D.Q. Bach)

[11]  Introduction

[12]  A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols, S. 359 (P.D.Q. Bach)
          Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John
          O Little Town of Hackensack
          Good King Kong Looked Out

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