P.D.Q. Bach: Liebeslieder Polkas (Vanguard CD-79438, CS-79438, LP-79438): The first opus of P.D.Q. Bach to be discovered in which he inflicted his music on the work of well-known poets, or even known poets, for that matter, plus the ambitious zodiac song cycle, the Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs.
Performers
- Professor Peter Schickele, basso blotto, piano (fifth hand)
- The Swarthmore College Chorus, Peter Gram Swing, conductor
- John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
- David Oei, piano, calliope, harpsichord, push-button chord organ
- Anne Epperson, piano
Track Listing
Liebeslieder Polkas for Mixed Chorus and Piano Five Hands, S. 2/4 (P.D.Q. Bach)
[1] To His Coy Mistress (Andrew Marvell)
[2] To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time (Robert Herrick)
[3] The Passionate Shepherd To His Love (Christopher Marlowe)
[4] Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover? (Sir John Suckling)
[5] It Was a Lover and His Lass (William Shakespeare)
[6] The Constant Lover (Sir John Suckling)
[7] Song To Celia (Ben Johnson, adapted by P.D.Q. Bach)
[8] Interlude (piano alone)
[9] Farewell, Ungrateful Traitor (John Dryden)
[10] Who Is Sylvia? (William Shakespeare)
Twelve Quite Heavenly Songs (Arie Proprio Zodicale), S. 16o (P.D.Q. Bach)
[11] Gemini (“Now Diddle had a twin”)
[12] Cancer (“Henry the crab”)
[13] Leo (“Now Leo the lion”)
[14] Virgo (“Virginia, fairest Virginia”)
[15] Libra (“Scales are very handy”)
[16] Scorpio (“When the Lord was handling weapons out”)
[17] Sagittarius (“Come all ye lads and lasses”)
[18] Capricorn (“When William the Conqueror was a child”)
[19] Aquarius (“Water bearer”)
[20] Pisces (“O holy mackerel”)
[21] Aries (“Once there was a sheep”)
[22] Taurus (“Can you lend me twenty quid?”)
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