Welcome to Week 14 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode. We review last week's works, talk about which composers will be most often found throughout this project, and look ahead to this week's playlist.
Here is the Spotify playlist for week 14.
Here are this week's pieces, along with links to the scores where available, and album information:
Giacomo Carissimi
Jephte
text and translation here
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni
synopsis, libretto and translation here
If you don't listen to the whole opera, at least listen to “Là ci darem la mano” and maybe some of the other tracks from the highlights album.
Edvard Grieg
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Pierre Boulez
Répons
Roy Orbison
selected songs
Ricky Nelson
selected songs
Jerry Lee Lewis
Live at the Star Club, Hamburg (1964) - only part of the album is available on Spotify. Also listen to the original studio versions of a few of his most important songs.