Welcome to Week 72 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.
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 72.
Sergei Prokofiev
The Love for Three Oranges - score - libretto & synopsis (in German)
recommended audio recording: conducted by Gergiev
video: I'm watching a video of the Lyon Opera, conducted by Nagano
Orchestral suite from The Love for Three Oranges - score
recommended recording: London Smphony/Dorati
Lieutenant Kijé (orchestral suite from the film score) - score [not public domain in USA]
recommended recording: Chicago Symphony/Abbado
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue, BWV 538 - score
recommended recordings: Weinberger; Vuola
Fantasia & Fugue ("Great"), BWV 542 - score
recommended recordings: Vuola; Murray; Koopman
Passacaglia & Fugue, BWV 582 - score
recommended recordings: Hurford; Richter; Murray
Carl Maria von Weber
Symphony No. 1 - score
recommended recordings: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner; Bavarian Radio Symphony/Sawallisch
Peter Maxwell Davies
Miss Donnithorne's Maggot - notes
recommended recording: Mary Thomas with Fires of London/Davies
The Animals
Selected songs, 1964-68