Beethoven's wig. 3 [sound recording] : many more sing along symphonies / [concept, lyrics, and lead vocals by Richard Perlmutter].
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 1166181252 | Rounder RecordsPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p2006.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1579401147
- Many more sing along symphonies
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's CD
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's CD | Perlmutter, Richard | Available | 33111004469033 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Beethoven's Wig, Vol. 3 is a strange mixture of classic send-up and purposely ham-handed performances loosely related to classical music. The liner notes refer to the project as "zany lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music," which sounds about right save for the idea that classical music ever made it onto Billboard. Similar to P.D.Q. Bach, it's the perfect disc for the man or woman who doesn't mind poking fun at his or her own pretension, for the NPR fanatic who knows better than to take himself or herself too seriously. Of course this is all very silly: imagine Toccata and Fugue in D Minor beginning with two singers exchanging, "Hello anybody in there?" Obviously, this is the kind of thing one would put on the hi-fi after a couple friends had dropped by on Sunday afternoon to sample a new bottle of chardonnay. Perhaps the laughter would only be polite chuckles between sips of wine, but it would have to beat listening to Live from Mountain Stage again. Officially, of course, Beethoven's Wig, Vol. 3 is labeled as children's music, though it seems a strange way to indoctrinate kids into the pleasures of the fine arts. Still, the series has thus far earned two Grammy Award nominations, and with two nominations under its belt, the series is bound to be doing something right. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
Compact disc.
Includes instrumental performances of the songs.
Lyrics in booklet.
Sing along symphonies. Bull in a china shop: Toreador song from Carmen / Bizet -- Chap in a cap: Horn concerto no. 4 in E flat major / Mozart -- Play my song: Works for mandolin / Beethoven -- Manly man: Elephant from Carnival of the animals / Saint-Saens -- Whistling happily: William Tell overture / Rossini -- Where oh where: Funeral march of a marionette / Gounod -- Silver winds: Dance of the reed flutes from the Nutcracker suite / Tchaikovsky -- They're there: The sorcerer's apprentice / Dukas -- Here lies Homer Jones: Fossils from Carnival of the animals / Saint-Saens -- How to succeed as royalty: The trophy from the 4th book of harpsichord pieces / F. Couperin -- King Henry: Recorder concerto in C major / Telemann -- Sawdust: Gavotte from Cello suite no. 6 in D major / J.S. Bach -- Ramona: Minuet & trio from Concerto in D major / M. Haydn -- When the angels play Harp concerto in B flat / Handel -- Anybody in there?: Toccata and fugue in D minor / J.S. Bach -- Take me to your leader: Also sprach Zarathustra / R. Strauss -- Instrumental performances.
Richard Perlmutter, vocals ; with vocal and instrumental acc.