Welcome to Week 54 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 54.
Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov - score - synopsis
recommended audio recording: Vaneev/Kirov Opera/Gergiev
video recommendation: Lloyd/Kirov Opera/Gergiev
Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 44 - score
Symphony No. 45 - score
recommended recordings: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Bruggen; English Concert/Pinnock; Radio Zagreb Symphony/Janigro
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 3 - score
recommended recordings: Hough; Grimaud
Ralph Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge - score (not public domain in EU countries)
recommended recordings: Partridge/Music Group of London; Ainsley/Nash Ensemble
Serenade to Music - score (not public domain in most countries)
recommended recordings: conducted by Boult; Best
Queen Latifah
All Hail the Queen
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising