Oedipus Tex And Other Choral Calamities

''Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities'' was released in 1990 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by Peter Schickele under his alter-ego of P. D. Q. Bach and won a 1990 Grammy Award for 'Best Comedy Performance'.

Performers

* Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass
* The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Weyland, conductor
* The Okay Chorale
* Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic
* Pamela South, soprano (Billie Jo Casta)
* Dana Krueger, mezzo-soprano (Madame Peep)
* Frank Kelley (tenor)
* Brice Andrus, horn

Track listing

*Introduction
*'' Oedipus Tex, opera/dramatic oratorio, S. 150''
**Prologue: "Tragedy"
**Recitative: "Well"
**Aria with chorus: "Howdy there"
**Recitative: "And it wasn't long"
**Duet with chorus: "My heart"
**Recitative: "But"
**Aria: "You murdered your father"
**Recitative: "When Billie Jo heard"
**Aria with chorus: "Goodbye"
**Recitative: "When Oedipus heard"
**Chorus and Finale
*Introduction
*''Classical Rap, S. 1-2-3''
*Introduction
*''Knock, Knock, choral cantata, S. 4/1''
**Recitative and chorus: "Knock, knock"
**Recitative and chorus: "How many psychiatrists"
**Recitative and chorale: "What is the question?"
**Recitative and chorus: "So this guy"
*Introduction
*''Birthday Ode to "Big Daddy" Bach, S. 100''

References

P. D. Q. Bach albums
1990 albums
Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
1990s comedy albums

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