Welcome to Week 61 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode, which should be out soon.
The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores, opera libretto and synopsis, and other helpful information. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 61.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 - score
recommended recordings: Casadesus with Cleveland Orchestra/Szell; Perahia with English Chamber Orchestra; many others!
Franz Peter Schubert
Selected Lieder (links coming soon):
Im Abendrot, D. 799 - score - text and translation
Der Einsame, D. 800 - score - text and translation
Dithyrambe, D. 801 - score - text and translation
Abendstern, D. 806 - score - text and translation
Auflosung, D. 807 - score - text and translation
Nacht und Traume, D. 827 - score - text and translation
Die Junge Nonne, D. 828 - score - text and translation
Des Sangers Habe, D. 832 - score - text and translation
Der Blinde Knabe, D. 833 - score - text and translation
Totengrabers Heimweh, D. 842 - score - text and translation
Die Allmacht, D. 852 - score - text and translation
Auf der Bruck, D. 853 - score - text and translation
Lied der Delphine, D. 857 - score - text and translation
An Mein Herz, D. 860 - score - text and translation
Der Liebliche Stern, D. 861 - score - text and translation
Der Wanderer an den Mond, D. 870 - score - text and translation
Das Zugenglocklein, D. 871 - score - text and translation
(various recordings are recommended)
Vladimir Ussachevsky and Otto Luening
Poem in Cycles and Bells
Rhapsodic Variations
Louis Armstrong
Selected tracks from 1947-1957 as collected in the compilation album, Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography