I recommend this to anyone who loves classical music. They are very funny parodies of classical works composed by the fictitious P.D.Q. Bach and published under that name.
Some of PDQ'S CDs include "Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion," "Oedipus Tex," and "The Wurst of PDQ Bach." There's also a VHS of his opera, which I can't remember the title of (but I do own it) and a book.
My personal favorite is "When Iphiginia Was in Brooklyn," a piece featuring a counter-tenor. It's an absolute riot for any fan of classical music.
I also wrote a paper in college on how PDQ Bach and Peter Schickele, his creator, are actually examples of the 20th-century Dada movement.
I particularly enjoyed the 1712 Overture.
The problem is, the 1712 Overture was one of his earlier works. The stuff he wrote later, in the 1600s is much better
Whoops! My mistake! PDQ Bach (1804-1742(?))
I had a friend in Bible School who got a group
together to sing some of P.D.Q.'s madrigals at
a class meeting once,he ended up cracking up so
bad.....wellllll...you can guess what happened!