Welcome to Week 38 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 38.
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Officium Defunctorum - score with text and translation
recommended recording: Tallis Scholars
Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen Suite - scores
recommended recordings: Iceland Symphony/Sakari; Gothenburg Symphony/Jarvi; Lahti Symphony/Vanska
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Choros No. 6 - score
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - score - text and translation
recommended recording: Gomez/Pleeth Cello Octet
note: Villa-Lobos' works are not in the public domain in all countries, so please follow your own country's laws when deciding whether to download the scores.
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci - score - libretto and synopsis
recommended audio recording: conducted by Cellini
video recommendation: Zefirelli film, conducted by Pretre
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Message
Run-DMC
Run-DMC
Raising Hell