Welcome to Week 57 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 57.
Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens - score - libretto and synopsis
recommended audio recording: Covent Garden conducted by Davis with Vickers, Veasey, Lindholm
video recommendation: Met conducted by Levine with Troyanos, Norman, Domingo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 19 - score
recommended recordings: Perahia with English Chamber Orchestra; Bilson with English Baroque/Gardiner
Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor - score
recommended recordings: Arrau; Brendel; Richter
Olivier Messiaen
Des Canyons aux Etoiles
recommended recordings: Loriod with Ensemble Ars Nova/Constant; Hardink with Utah Symphony/Fischer
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven (or his Hot Five; or his Orchestra)
Selected 78 rpm singles from 1927-28