Classical Comedy: Wagner's Rinse Cycle

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Tracks:

DISC 1
1. P. D. Q. BACH (1807-1742)
Eine kleine Nichtmusik: Allegro 3:57 - The New York Pick-Up Ensemble Professor Peter Schickele, conductor

2. LEROY ANDERSON (1908-1975)
The Typewriter 1:39 - Eastman-Rochester 'POPS' Orchestra Frederick Fennell, typewriter and conductor

3. THE CAMBRIDGE BUSKERS
The Nine Symphonies (Beethoven) 3:11 - The Cambridge Buskers Michael Copley, flute, recorders, crumhorns Dag Ingram, accordion

4. ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Concerto 'Alla Rustica', RV151a (original version) 1:21 - Musica Antiqua di Roma Fabio Antonini, director

5. CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
The Swan 2:55

6. SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Vocalise 3:44 - Clara Rockmore, theremin Nadia Reisenberg, piano

7. FRIEDRICH HOLLAENDER (1896-1976)
Kazoostücke I (Falling in Love Again) 2:12

8. Kazoostücke II (Illusions) 1:39 - Torello de Balzac, kazoo Pianist unknown Recorded 1929
9. ALAN HOVHANESS (b. 1911)
And God Created Great Whales (excerpt) 5:52 - Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz, conductor

10. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Adagio in C, KV 356/617a for glass harmonica 3:53 - Bruno Hoffman, glass harmonica

11. CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Carnival of the Animals: Fossils 1:20 - Queensland Symphony Orchestra Bernard Heinze, conductor

12. GEORGE MALCOLM (b. 1917)
Bach before the mast 2:59 - George Malcolm, harpsichord

13. P. D. Q. BACH (1807-1742)
New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony 7:58 - I Virtuosi Di Hoople Peter Schickele, conductor

14. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Rage over a lost penny (Rondo a capriccio in G Minor, Op. 129) 6:21 - Wilhelm Kempff, piano

15. DMITRY BORISOVICH KABALEVSKY (1904-1984) Comedians' Galop 1:34

16. PYTOR IL'YICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Sleeping Beauty 0:47 - Unnamed orchestra conducted by Serge Kondrashin

17. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Ein musikalischer Spass, K522: Presto 4:49 - (A Musical Joke) Vienna Mozart Ensemble Willi Boskovsky, conductor

18. HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER (c.1644-1704)
Sonata violino solo representativa: Die Katz 0:40 - (Imitative sonata for solo violin: The Cat) Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin Roseanne Hunt, cello

19. arr. AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
I bought me a cat 2:13 - Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano English Chamber Orchestra Carl Davis, conductor

20. LEROY ANDERSON (1908-1975)
The Waltzing Cat 2:22 - Eastman-Rochester 'POPS' Orchestra Frederick Fennell, conductor

21. attr. GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Duetto buffo di due gatti (Comic duet for two cats) 3:13 - Victoria de los Angeles, soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano Gerald Moore, piano

DISC 2
1. HENRY MANCINI (1924-1994)
Loeki the Lion on the Trail of the Pink Panther 3:06 Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

2. DONALD FRASER
Piano Concerto in F major 'Rerun', in the style of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I Hill Street Blues 5:23

3. II M.*A*S*H* 4:24

4. III The Brady Bunch
4:51 Hollywood Chamber Symphony Orchestra Grant Gershon, piano and conductor

5. FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
arr. Teary Die Weather 1:10 Robert Teary, tenor Jane Slavine, piano Recorded March 1993 in the Brisbane Town Hall

6. NICOLA MATTEIS (d. 1707 or later)
Alemanda ad imitatione d'un tartaglia 1:27 (Allemande in imitation of a stutterer) Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

7. JOHANN PACHELBEL (1653-1706)
arr. Johnson Canon in D 3:23 Colin Clansey, highland bagpipes

8. JOHANN PACHELBEL (1653-1706) Canon (Enough is Enough) 0:46

9. WILLIAM ELDIN BOLCOLM (b. 1938)
Ghost Rags: The Graceful Ghost (1971) 4:56 Donna Coleman, piano

[10] – [12] WAGNER'S RINSE CYCLE

10. THE CAMBRIDGE BUSKERS
Ride of the Valkyries 1:36 Michael Copley, flute, recorders Dag Ingram, accordion

11. BENDIX THOR
The Rinse Cycle 0:38 Bendix Thor Frontloader, washing machine

12. ALEX TEMPLETON (1909-1963)
As Brunnhilde's Battle Cry Might be Sung by an American Crooner 2:32 Alex Templeton, vocals and piano

13. DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Taiti Trot, Op. 16 3:59 Queensland Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Verbitsky, conductor

14. JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise': Andante 6:06 Ensemble of the Classic Era

15. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Duet for viola and cello in E-flat major, WoO 32: Allegretto 3:38 (Duet for two obbligato eyeglasses) Veronika Hagen, viola Clemens Hagen, cello

16. ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945)
Camptown Races in Memoriam A. S. [Arnold Schoenberg] 0:50 Octavus Lapine, piano

17. ORLANDE DI LASSUS (1532-1594)
Chi chilichi (Cock-a-doodle do) 2:59 The Song Company

18. ALAN STOCKS
Australian Customs and Quarantine Regulations 5:34 The Quodlibet Singers Recorded 1973

19. THE CAMBRIDGE BUSKERS
1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) 5:21 The Cambridge Buskers Michael Copley, flute, recorders Dag Ingram, accordion

20. JOHN CAGE (1912-1992)
4'33'' (original version, first movement) 0:32 The New York School of Composers Ensemble

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