Week 71: Not Just Cacophony

Welcome to Week 71 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores and other helpful information. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 71.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Selected Songs:
My Genius, My Angel, My Friend - score
from 6 Romances, Op. 6 - score
     Not a Word, O My Friend
     Why?
     None but the Lonely Heart
I Should Like in a Single Word - score
from 6 Romances, Op. 28 - score
     Why Did I Dream of You?
     The Frightening Moment
from 6 Romances, Op. 38 - score
     Don Juan's Serenade
     It Was in the Early Spring
     Amid the Din of the Ball
from 6 Romances, Op. 63 - score
     I Opened the Window
     First Meeting
     The Fires in the Room Were Already Out
from 6 Romances, Op. 73 - score
     We Sat Together
     The Sun Has Slipped from Sight
     Again, As Before, Alone
recommended recordings: Hvorostovsky; Larin; Kazarnovskaya; Borodina

Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata, Hob. XVI:37 - score
Piano Sonata, Hob. XVI:40 - score
Piano Sonata, Hob. XVI:49 - score
Piano Sonata, Hob. XVI:52 - score
     recommended recordings: Brendel; Bilson; Odiaga; Schiff

Grazyna Bacewicz
Piano Sonata No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 2 - score [not public domain in all countries]
     recommended recordings: Jablonski; Zimerman

Manuel de Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat - score
     recommended recordings: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ansermet; Philharmonia Orchestra/Burgos

John Coltrane
Meditations (recorded 1965)
Interstellar Space (recorded 1967)

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