Schickele: Hornsmoke / Schickele, Chestnut Brass Company

Peter Schickele (Composer), Peter Schickele (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Peter Schickele
• Composer: Peter Schickele
• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Newport Classic
• ASIN: B00000DCQL
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,830 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Piano Concerto No.2 in F major (Olé): Largo maestoso; Allegro moderato

2. Piano Concerto No.2 in F major (Olé): Andante moderato (Medium Waltz)

3. Piano Concerto No.2 in F major (Olé): Presto

4. Variations on a Joke (from the opening of Mozart's A Musical Joke)

5. Brass Calendar: January: New Year's Day

6. Brass Calendar: February: Valentine's Day

7. Brass Calendar: March: St. Patrick's Day

8. Brass Calendar: April: Income Tax Day

9. Brass Calendar: May: Memorial Day Picnic

10. Brass Calendar: June: Flag Day

11. Brass Calendar: July: Independence Day Parade

12. Brass Calendar: August: Dude ranch Vacation

13. Brass Calendar: September: Labor Day Weekend Dance

14. Brass Calendar: October: Halloween

15. Brass Calendar: November: Thanksgiving

16. Brass Calendar: December: Alone on New Year's Eve

17. A Little Mosey Music

18. Hornsmoke (A Horse Opera): Prologue

19. Hornsmoke (A Horse Opera): Narration

20. Hornsmoke (A Horse Opera): Waltz

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Schickele, Chestnut Brass - A Grammy Winning Combination, March 28, 2000

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This review is from: Schickele: Hornsmoke / Schickele, Chestnut Brass Company (Audio CD)

HORNSMOKE, featuring the brass music of Peter Schickele and the Chestnut Brass Company, is a combination of Schickele's trademark musical humor, perfectly complemented by the energetic finesse of the Chestnut Brass. The Piano Concerto #2 in F, "Ol é", features the composer as the piano soloist, accompanied by the brass quintet. Schickele's technical prowess as a pianist is as impressive as his composing for the instrument. Variations on a Joke features Marian Hesse as the horn soloist. While the virtuosity of this horn solo is no joke in this parody of Mozart's "Musical Joke", Ms. Hesse portrays the tongue-in-cheek Classical Style with elegance, flair, and truly virtuosic horn playing. The Chestnut Brass reveals their stylistic versatility in Brass Calendar, a light anthology of music depicting various seasons and holidays. The music in this collection ranges from the most delicate in style to the bombastic. Finally, Hornsmoke - A Horse Opera, (narrated by Peter Schickele), is the apex of musical humor in this recording. From Schickele's matter-of-fact narrating, accompanied by the sweet lull of the heroine trumpet, and the drone of the tuba-preacher, to the arrival of the evil villain and the unbridled energy of the barn dancers, and finally, the invention of the Modern Sunset, this humorous and creative masterpiece is the perfect way to top off this Grammy Winning recording by these first rate artists.