Welcome to Week 66 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 66.

Christopher Tye
The Western Wind Mass - score
     recommended recordings: Choir of New College, Oxford; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Tallis Scholars [you can get to this album from the week 62 playlist]

Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto - score
     recommended recordings: Kovacevich with BBC Symphony; Perahia with Bavarian Radio Symphony [both conducted by Sir Colin Davis]; many others

Steve Reich
Different Trains
      recommended recordings: Kronos Quartet; London Steve Reich Ensemble

Leonard Bernstein
On the Waterfront (1954 film score) - also symphonic suite from the film score

John Coltrane
My Favorite Things (1961 album; recorded in 1960)
Live at the Village Vanguard (1962 album; recorded in 1961)

Welcome to Week 65 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. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 65.

Claudio Monteverdi
Orfeo - score - libretto and synopsis
     recommended audio recording: Concerto Vocale conducted by Rene Jacobs
     video recommendation: Nederlandse Opera conducted by Stephen Stubbs

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 - score
     recommended recordings: Bilson (fortepiano) with English Baroque/Gardiner; Curzon with London Symphony/Kertesz

Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto - score
      recommended recordings: Ma; Casals; Du Pre; Isserlis

Lukas Foss
Renaissance Concerto

Tan Dun
On Taoism [recorded by the BBC Scottish Symphony but not available on Spotify]

John Coltrane
Blue Train (1957 album)
Giant Steps (1960 album)

Welcome to Week 63 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. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 63.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte - score - libretto & synopsis
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Solti
     video recommendation: I will be watching one conducted by Harnoncourt.
Piano Concerto No. 22 - score
     recommended recordings: Schiff with Camerata Salzburg; Zacharias with Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 2 “Antar” - score
      recommended recordings: Rotterdam Philharmonic/Zinman; Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel [neither of these seems to be available on Spotify]

Witold Lutoslawski
String Quartet - program notes
      recommended recording: Arditti Quartet [this does not seem to be available on Spotify]

The Beatles
Selected non-album songs from 1968: Lady Madonna; The Inner Light; Hey Jude; Revolution
The Beatles (aka The White Album, 1968)
Selected songs from the Yellow Submarine album 1969): Only a Northern Song; All Together Now; Hey Bulldog; It's All Too Much

Welcome to Week 61 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 61.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 - score
     recommended recordings: Casadesus with Cleveland Orchestra/Szell; Perahia with English Chamber Orchestra; many others!

Franz Peter Schubert
Selected Lieder:
     Im Abendrot, D. 799 - score - text and translation
     Der Einsame, D. 800 - score - text and translation
     Dithyrambe, D. 801 - score - text and translation
     Abendstern, D. 806 - score - text and translation
     Auflosung, D. 807 - score - text and translation
     Nacht und Traume, D. 827 - score - text and translation
     Die Junge Nonne, D. 828 - score - text and translation
     Des Sangers Habe, D. 832 - score - text and translation
     Der Blinde Knabe, D. 833 - score - text and translation
     Totengrabers Heimweh, D. 842 - score - text and translation
     Die Allmacht, D. 852 - score - text and translation
     Auf der Bruck, D. 853 - score - text and translation
     Lied der Delphine, D. 857 - score (this song is No. 2 from these “2 Scenes”) - text and translation
     An Mein Herz, D. 860 - score - text and translation
     Der Liebliche Stern, D. 861 - score - text and translation
     Der Wanderer an den Mond, D. 870 - score - text and translation
     Das Zugenglocklein, D. 871 - score - text and translation
(various recordings are recommended)

Vladimir Ussachevsky and Otto Luening
Poem in Cycles and Bells
Rhapsodic Variations

Louis Armstrong
Selected tracks from 1947-1957 as collected in the compilation album, Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography

Welcome to Week 60 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 60.

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 11 - score
     recommended recordings: Guarneri Quartet; Quartetto Italiano

Georges Bizet
Symphony in C - score
      recommended recordings: French National Radio Symphony/Beecham; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit - score
Le tombeau de Couperin (piano version) - score
     recommended recordings: Pogorelich; Lortie; Gieseking; Casadesus

The Beatles
Revolver (1966 UK album)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967 UK/US album)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967 US album)
Selected non-album songs from 1966: Paperback Writer; Rain

Welcome to Week 59 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 59.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 - score
     recommended recordings: Curzon with English Chamber Orchestra/Britten; Uchida with English Chamber Orchestra/Tate

Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces:
     Book 5 (Op.  54) - score
     Book 6 (Op.  57) - score
     Book 7 (Op.  62) - score
      recommended recordings: Gieseking; Austbo; Katsaris; Gilels; Andsnes

Wolfgang Rihm
Kein Firmament - score preview
Gesungene Zeit - program notes and score preview

The Beatles
Beatles For Sale (1964 UK album)
Help! (1965 UK album)
Rubber Soul (1965 UK album)
Selected non-album songs from 1964-65: I Feel Fine; She's A Woman; Yes It Is; I'm Down; Day Tripper; We Can Work It Out

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

Welcome to Week 56 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 56.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio - score - libretto and synopsis
     recommended recording: conducted by Klemperer
     video recommendation: conducted by Haitink

Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonatas: K. 24, 426, 427, 158, 159, 46, 30, 120, 213, 140, 224, 87, 219 - scores
     recommended recordings: Kipnis; Parmentier

Franz Peter Schubert
Fantasie in C Major, “Wanderer” (D760) - score
     recommended recording: Pollini

Gerald Finzi
Clarinet Concerto - score (this work is NOT public domain in most countries)
      recommended recording: Plane/Northern Sinfonia

Malcolm Arnold
English Dances, Set 1 (1950) and Set 2 (1951)

The Beatles
Please Please Me (1963 UK album)
With the Beatles (1963 UK album)
A Hard Day's Night (1964 UK album)
Selected non-album songs from 1963: From Me to You; Thank You Girl; She Loves You; I'll Get You; I Want to Hold Your Hand; This Boy

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) - text
      recommended recordings: Partridge/Music Group of London; Ainsley/Nash Ensemble
Serenade to Music - score (not public domain in most countries) - text
      recommended recordings: conducted by Boult; Best

Queen Latifah
All Hail the Queen

De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising

Welcome to Week 53 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 53.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suites Nos. 3 and 4 - score (3) - score (4)
     recommended recordings: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner; Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 - score
     recommended recordings: Bilson (fortepiano) with English Baroque/Gardiner; Anda with Camerata Salzburg

John Philip Sousa
Selected Marches - see playlist for the specific marches.
Most scores are available on Sousa's IMSLP page, and there are many free recordings there as well.

Hans Werner Henze
Symphony No. 6

A Tribe Called Quest
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
The Low End Theory

Welcome to Week 52 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 52.

Giuseppe Verdi
Aida - score - libretto & synopsis
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Solti
     video recommendation: Metropolitan Opera/Levine

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 30 - score
     recommended recordings: Philharmonia Hungarica/Dorati; Camerata Rhenania/Gmur
Symphony No. 31 - score
     recommended recordings: Orchestra of St. Luke's/Mackerras; Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt
Symphony No. 43 - score
     recommended recordings: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Weil; English Concert/Pinnock

Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1 - score
      recommended recordings: Biret; Richter

Hans Werner Henze
Symphony No. 4
      recommended recording: Berlin Philharmonic/Henze

Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill

Arrested Development
3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of…

Welcome to Week 51 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 51.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suites Nos. 1 and 2 - score (1) - score (2)
     recommended recordings: English Concert/Pinnock; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner; English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 16 - score
     recommended recordings: Barenboim with Berlin Philharmonic; Uchida with English Chamber Orchestra/Tate

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade - score
      recommended recordings: Royal Philharmonic/Beecham; Concertgebouw/Kondrashin; many others!

Hans Werner Henze
El Cimarron - program notes - score (preview version)

Ice-T
O.G. Original Gangster

Dr. Dre
The Chronic

Welcome to Week 50 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 50.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 - score
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 - score
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 - score
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 1121 - score
     recommended recordings: Weinberger; Hurford; Koopman; Biggs; Goode; Montero (bonus)

Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 2 - score
     recommended recordings: Vogt; Ax
Bonus: Scherzo, Op. 4 - score

Peter Maxwell Davies
Vesalii Icones
      recommended recording: Fires of London

Max Steiner
King Kong (film score, 1933)

Miles Davis
Get Up With It

Welcome to Week 49 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. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 49.

Giacomo Puccini
La Boheme - score - libretto and synopsis
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Karajan
     video recommendation: Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Levine

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 15 - score
     recommended recordings: Bilson (fortepiano) with English Baroque/Gardiner; Brendel with Academy of St. Martinin the Fields/Marriner

Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Quintet - score
      recommended recordings: Brunner/Hagen Quartet; Shifrin/Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Olivier Messiaen
Sept haikai
     recommended recordings: Donohoe (piano)/de Leeuw; Loriod (piano)/Boulez
Et exspecto resurrectionem motuorum
     recommended recordings: conducted by de Leeuw; conducted by Boulez

Digital Underground
Sex Packets

LL Cool J
Mama Said Knock You Out

Welcome to Week 47 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 47.

Georges Bizet
Carmen - score - libretto & synopsis
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Abbado
     video recommendations: conducted by Levine; Rosi film

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 14 - score
     recommended recording: Bilson (fortepiano) with English Baroque/Gardiner

Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Quartet, Op. 41 - score

Charles Ives
Three Places in New England - score
     recommended recordings: Boston Symphony/Tilson Thomas; Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi
Central Park in the Dark - score
     recommended recording: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein
The Unanswered Question - score
     recommended recordings: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein; Chicago Symphony/Tilson Thomas

Miles Davis
E.S.P.
Miles Smiles
Nefertiti

Welcome to Week 45 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores and texts/translations where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 45.

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 9 (Op. 59 No. 3) - score
     recommended recordings: Tokyo Quartet; Guarneri Quartet; The Lindsays

Franz Peter Schubert
Selected Lieder:
     Suleika, D. 720 - score - text and translation
     An die Leier, D. 737 - score - text and translation
     Im Haine, D. 738 - score - text and translation
     Am See, D. 746 - score - text and translation
     Die Liebe hat gelogen, D. 751 - score - text and translation
     Nachtviolen, D. 752 - score - text and translation
     Heliopolis II, D. 754 - score - text and translation
     Der Musensohn, D. 764 - score - text and translation
     Wandrers Nachtlied II, D. 768 - score - text and translation
     Der Zwerg, D. 771 - score - text and translation
     Wehmut, D. 772 - score - text and translation
     Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774 - score - text and translation
     Dass sie hier gewesen, D. 775 - score - text and translation
     Du bist die Ruh, D. 776 - score - text and translation
     Lachen und Weinen, D. 777 - score - text and translation
     Viola, D. 786 - score - text and translation
(various recordings are recommended)

Muzio Clementi
Piano Sonata, Op. 24 No. 2 (sometimes called Op. 41 No. 2 or Op. 47 No. 2) - score
Piano Sonata, Op. 25 No. 5 (sometimes called Op. 26 No. 2) - score
Piano Sonata, Op. 33 No. 3 - score
     recommended recordings: Demidenko; Horowitz

John Cage
Imaginary Landscape No. 4
Williams Mix
Fontana Mix
Rozart Mix

Miles Davis
Selected tracks from The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965 (starting with the 6 tracks released as Highlights from the Plugged Nickel)

Welcome to Week 43 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 43.

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 (Op. 59 No. 1) - score
     recommended recordings: Lindsay Quartet; Guarneri Quartet

Hector Berlioz
Requiem (Grande messe des morts) - score
     recommended recordings: conducted by Ozawa; Davis; Shaw; Munch

Erik Satie
Cinema - score
      This piece is the score to a silent film (available here with no score) entitled Entr'Acte because it was to be shown between the acts of Satie's ballet Relache.

Steve Reich
Piano Phase
Pendulum Music - score

Miles Davis
Two live sets recorded in Stockholm on March 22, 1960, later released on several compilations.

Here is a list of all pieces in The Works project that are for one or more keyboard soloists with orchestra. Under each type of keyboard instrument, the list is arranged roughly chronologically.

If the work doesn't have a title beyond “X Concerto” or “Concerto for X and Orchestra”, then only the composer's name is mentioned. If the composer has more than one such concerto, the number or numbers are listed (see Arne under organ for an example).

HARPSICHORD
J. S. Bach: BWV 1052-58 (for one harpsichord); BWV 1060-1062 (for two harpsichords); BWV 1063-1064 (for three harpsichords); BWV 1065 (for four harpsichords)

PIANO AND HARPSICHORD
Elliott Carter: Double Concerto

ORGAN
G. F. Handel: Op. 4 Nos. 1-5; Op. 7 Nos. 1-6
Thomas Arne: Nos. 1-6
Francis Poulenc
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Annunciations

PIANO
W. A. Mozart: Nos. 9-27 (No. 10 is for two pianos)
F. J. Haydn: Concerto in D Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Nos. 1-5
John Field: Nos. 1-7
Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstuck J. 282
Frederic Chopin: Nos. 1-2; Variations on “La ci darem la mano”; Andante spinato; Grande polonaise brillant
Felix Mendelssohn: Nos. 1-2
Franz Liszt: Nos. 1-2; Totentanz; Hungarian Fantasia
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms: Nos. 1-2
Camille Saint-Saens: Nos. 2, 4, 5
Edvard Grieg
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Nos. 1-3
Antonin Dvorak
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Cesar Franck: Les Djinns; Variations Symphoniques
Edward MacDowell: No. 2
Vincent d'Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Richard Strauss: Burleske in D Minor
Gabriel Faure: Ballade in F-sharp Minor
Leos Janacek: Concertino; Capriccio (for left hand)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Nos. 1-4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Ferrucio Busoni
Max Reger
Sergei Prokofiev: Nos. 1-5
Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Erwin Schulhoff
Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds; Capriccio; Movements
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Piano Concerto
Bela Bartok: Nos. 1-3
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Aaron Copland
Nikolai Medtner: No. 2
Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand; Concerto in G Major
Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos
Dmitri Shostakovich: Nos. 1-2
Aram Khachaturian
Witold Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto
Arnold Schoenberg
John Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano; Concert [sic] for Piano and Orchestra
Olivier Messiaen: Reveil de oiseaux; Sept haikai
Bohuslav Martinu: No. 4
Michael Tippett
Alberto Ginastera: No. 1
Samuel Barber
Elliott Carter
George Perle: Concertino; Concerti Nos. 1-2
Charles Wuorinen: No. 3
Milton Babbitt
Gyorgy Ligeti

Welcome to Week 42 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores and an opera synopsis. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 42.

Giaochino Rossini
L'Italiana in Algeri - score - synopsis

Alessandro Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonatas: K. 141, 118, 119, 454, 455, 198, 203, 501, 108, 490, 491, 492 - scores

Antonin Dvorak
Piano Concerto - score

Joaquin Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Fantasia Par Un Gentilhombre

Beastie Boys
Licensed to Ill
Paul's Boutique

Welcome to Week 41 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores and the libretto of the oratorio. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 41.

George Frideric Handel
Deborah - score - libretto

Robert Schumann
Papillons - score
Waldszenen - score

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Concerto Grosso 1985
[Tenor] Trombone Concerto
Bass Trombone Concerto - recordings of 1st - 2nd - 3rd movements (not on Spotify)

Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
Sketches of Spain (with arranger Gil Evans)

Welcome to Week 40 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 40.

Giovanni Batista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater - score
     recommended recording: Academy of Ancient Music

Vincenzo Bellini
I Puritani - score - libretto and synopsis

Gabriel Faure
String Quartet - score
      recommended recording: Ad Libitum Quartet

William Duckworth
The Time Curve Preludes

Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
Planet Rock: The Album

Boogie Down Productions
By All Means Necessary

Welcome to Week 39 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 39.

Josquin Desprez
[His last name is sometimes spelled “Despres” or similar, but he is almost always known (and alphabetized) by his first name]
Missa Pange Lingua - score
Missa de Beata Virgine - score

Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces:
     Book 1 (Op. 12) - score
     Book 2 (Op. 38) - score
     Book 3 (Op. 43) - score
     Book 4 (Op. 47) - score

Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety”

Miles Davis
Miles Ahead (with arranger Gil Evans)
Milestones
Porgy and Bess (with arranger Gil Evans)

Welcome to Week 28 of The Works! This post is a little late again (the week goes from Jan. 5-11, 2026), and there may or may not be a podcast episode this week [update: there wasn't].

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores, text and translation. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 28.

Franz Josef Haydn
Symphony No. 16 - score
Symphony No. 22 - score
Symphony No. 26 - score

Felix Mendelssohn
St. Paul (Paulus) - score - text and translation

Erik Satie
Pieces froides ("cold pieces") - score
Trois morceaux en forme de poire ("three pear-shaped pieces") - score
Preludes flasques (pour un chien) ("flabby preludes (for a dog)") - score 
     — [these are the tracks with Japanese text on the playlist]
3 veritables preludes flasques, pour un chien ("3 true flabby preludes, for a dog") - score
Embryons desseches ("desiccated embryos") - score
Sports et divertissements ("sports and pastimes") - score

Thelonious Monk
Brilliant Corners (1957, recorded 1956)
Monk's Music (1957)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1961, recorded 1957)

Welcome to Week 25 of The Works! There may or may not be a podcast episode this week.

Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 25.

Here are this week's pieces:

Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo [aka Don Carlos] - score - synopsis, libretto and translation

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 13 - score

Gabriel Faure
Elegie for Cello and Piano - score
Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano - score
Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano - score

Erik Satie
Vexations - score (not in the public domain in the US)

Duke Ellington
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
This One's for Blanton

Welcome to Week 23 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 23.

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 13 - score
Symphony No. 14 - score
Symphony No. 15 - score

Frederyk Chopin
Ballade No. 3 - score
Ballade No. 4 - score
     recommended recordings: Rubinstein; Horowitz; Cortot; Zimerman

Michael Tippett
Triple Concerto (Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Orchestra)

Frank Zappa
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life

John Barry
Dances with Wolves (film score)