Two Pianos Are Better Than One

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Two Pianos Are Better Than One
Studio album by
Released1994
GenreClassical music
LabelTelarc
P. D. Q. Bach chronology
Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
(1992)
Two Pianos Are Better Than One
(1994)
The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard
(1995)

Two Pianos Are Better Than One was released in 1994 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by Peter Schickele, sometimes under the pseudonym P. D. Q. Bach, including the "Concerto for Two Pianos vs. Orchestra, and three other works that don't require even one piano."

Performers[edit]

  • Professor Peter Schickele, piano
  • Jon Kimura Parker, piano
  • The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Jorge Mester, conductor
  • Wayne Hedrick, flute
  • Grace Lingen, flute
  • Peter DuBeau, tuba
  • Richard Fitz, tambourine
  • Lowell Graham, finger snapper
  • Susan Palma, flute/piccolo
  • Stephen Taylor, oboe
  • Lauren Goldstein, bassoon
  • Early Anderson, trombone
  • Gerald Tarack, violin
  • Michael Willens, contrabass

Track listing[edit]

  • Introduction
  • Concerto for Two Pianos vs. Orchestra, S. 2 are better than one
  • Introduction
  • Trio (sic) Sonata, S. 3(4)
    • Antemezzo
    • Mezzo
    • Intermezzo
    • l'Altro Mezzo
  • Introduction
  • Chaconne à son Goût (Schickele)
  • Introduction
  • The Musical Sacrifice, S. 50% off
    • Fuga Meshuga
    • Sort of Little Trio Sonata
      • Andante
      • Allegro molto
      • Lento
      • Vivace
    • Three Canons
    • Chorale Prelude: "Da kommit ja der Schurke"
    • Four More Canons
    • The Grossest Fugue
  • Closing

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