P.D.Q. Bach: Black Forest Bluegrass

P.D.Q. Bach:  Black Forest Bluegrass (Vanguard CD-79427, CS-79427, LP-79427):  A bluegrass band with a Baroque orchestra, a wind octet with toys, a commercial with a snake—this album has it all!   Performers Professor Peter Schickele, bass, conductor, snake (that’s an instrument) The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Robert Bernhardt, conductor John Ferrante, tenor Eric Weisberg, mandolin and harmonica Bill Keith, banjo and harmonica Happy Traum, guitar and harmonica Donald “Don” Palma, bass and harmonica Track Listings Cantata:  Blaues Gras (Bluegrass Cantata), S. 6 string (P.D.Q. Bach) [1]  Recitative and Aria:  “Blaues Gras” [2]  Recitative:  “O”       Aria:  “Du Bist Im Land” [3]  Recitative:  “O”       Duet:  “Ich Sehe” [4]  Chorale:  “Ich Gehe”       Duet:  “Sag’ Mir” No-no Nonette for assorted winds and toys, S. 86 (P.D.Q. Bach) [5]  First Movement  [6]  Second Movement [7]  Third Movement [8]  Fourth Movement [9]  Last Movement [10] “Hear Me Through” from Diverse Ayres on Su