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 62 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 62.

William Byrd
Selected Keyboard Works:
     Pavan & Galliard, BK16
     Pavan & Galliard, BK23
     Ground, BK43
     Pavan & Galliard, BK14
     Pavan & Galliards “The Earle of Salisbury”, BK15 - score
     Pavan & Galliard “Sir William Petre”, BK3 - score
     Galliard “Mistress Mary Brownlo”, BK34 (T460) - score
[scores for all of the above can be found in volume one of this edition - BK numbers refer to the order they are presented in this collection]
     recommended recordings: Leonhardt; Moroney

John Taverner
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas - score
     recommended recording: The Sixteen
Western Wind Mass - score
     recommended recording: Tallis Scholars

Cesar Franck
String Quartet - score

Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1
     recommended recording: Rostropovich with Philadelphia Orchestra

Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954 album)
“What a Wonderful World” (1967 single)

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
The Great Summit (originally issued as two albums: Together for the First Time (1961) and The Great Reunion (1963), both from the same recording sessions in 1961)

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 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 55 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

Bonus playlists mentioned in the podcast: Hip-hop 1979-1992; Hip-hop 1993-2000

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores, song texts and translations. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 55.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 18 - score
     recommended recordings: Goode with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Andsnes with Norwegian  Chamber Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 1 - score
Leonore Overture No. 2 - score
Leonore Overture No. 3 - score
Fidelio Overture - score (this is the page for the whole opera)
     recommended recordings: Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan; Cleveland Orchestra/Szell; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Masur

Franz Peter Schubert
Selected Lieder:
     Der Wanderer, D. 489 - score - text and translation
     Ganymed, D. 544 - score - text and translation
     An die Musik, D. 547 - score - text and translation
     Auf der Donau, D. 553 - score - text and translation
     Liebhaber in allen Gestalten, D. 558 - score - text and translation
     Der Strom, D. 565 - score - text and translation
     Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D. 583 - score - text and translation
     Blondel zu Marien, D. 626 - score - text and translation
     Der Wanderer, D. 649 - score - text and translation
     Abendbilder, D. 650 - score - text and translation
     Nachtstuck, D. 672 - score - text and translation
     Fruhlingsglaube, D. 686 - score - text and translation
     Die Vogel, D. 691 - score - text and translation
     Des Frauleins Liebeslauschen, D. 698 - score - text and translation
     Im Walde, D. 708 - score - text and translation
     Lob der Tranen, D. 711 - score - text and translation
     Versunken, D. 715 - score - text and translation
     Geheimes, D. 719 - score - text and translation
(various recordings are recommended)

Hans Werner Henze
Symphony No. 7
     recommended recordings: City of Birmingham Symphony/Rattle

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five (or Hot Seven)
Selected 78 rpm singles from 1926-27

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 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 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 46 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode, which includes a quick overview of the nationalities of the composers in the project.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores where available. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 46.

William Byrd
The Great Service - score
     recommended recordings: Tallis Scholars; Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Niccolo Paganini
Le Streghe - score
Moto perpetuo - score

Bela Bartok
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta - score
      recommended recordings: Chicago Symphony/Reiner; Chicago Symphony/Solti

Malcolm Arnold
The Bridge on the River Kwai (film score)

N.W.A.
Straight Outta Compton

Ice Cube
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Here is a list of all the pieces in The Works project that are titled as some sort of a concerto but don't fit into any of the previous lists of solo (or small group) concerti. Many of them are concerti grossi, which is a special baroque form that made a small comeback in the 20th century. Two are concerti for unusual solo groups that didn't fit into any of the previous lists. The next group is a special genre of piece called “Concerto for Orchestra” that emerged in the 20th century. All pieces in this group are titled Concerto for Orchestra except the last one. There is a final list of miscellaneous pieces that don't quite fit into any of the other categories.

As with the other lists, each section is arranged roughly chronologically.

Concerto Grosso
Giuseppe Torelli: Op. 8 Nos. 1-12
G.F. Handel: Op. 3 Nos. 1-6; Op. 6 Nos. 1-12; "Alexander's Feast" Concerto
Antonio Vivaldi: Op. 3 Nos. 1, 2, 7, 10, 11
Arcangelo Corelli: Op. 6 Nos. 1-12
G.P. Telemann: TWV 54:D3
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerti Nos. 1-6
Francesco Geminiani: Op. 2 Nos. 1-6; Op. 3 Nos. 1-6; Op. 7 Nos 1-6
Igor Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto
Bohuslav Martinu: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and TImpani
Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Concerto Grosso 1985

Concerti for Multiple Instruments
Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto (piano, violin, and cello)
Gunther Schuller: Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra

Concerto for Orchestra
Bela Bartok
Elliott Carter
Witold Lutoslawski
Roger Sessions
Michael Tippett
Joan Tower
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 10

Pieces called “Concerto” that don't fit into any of the above categories
Giuseppe Torelli: 12 Concerti Musicali, Op. 6
Michael Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra

Here is a list of all pieces in The Works project that are for one or more string instrument soloists (other than violin only) with orchestra. 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 (see Walton under viola for an example). If the composer has more than one such concerto, the number or numbers are listed (see Haydn under cello for an example).

The list under each instrument heading is organized roughly chronologically.

Viola
G.P. Telemann: Concerto, TWV 51:G9
Hector Berlioz: Harold en Italie
William Walton
Paul Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher; Trauermusik
Bela Bartok
Luciano Berio: Chemins 2; Chemins 3
Morton Feldman: The Viola in My Life IV

Cello
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti, R. 413, 424
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto, H. 439
Luigi Boccherini: Concerti, G. 476, 479, 480, 482, 483
F.J. Haydn: Nos. 1-2
Robert Schumann
Camille Saint-Saens: No. 1
P.I. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Antonin Dvorak
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote
Edward Elgar
Ernst Bloch: Schelomo
Frank Bridge: Oration
Paul Hindemith
William Walton
Dmitri Shostakovich: No. 1
Benjamin Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Gyorgy Ligeti
Witold Lutoslawski
Henri Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain…
John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 2

Double Bass
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 7

Harp
G.F. Handel: Concerto, Op. 4 No. 6
Claude Debussy: Danse sacree et danse profane
Alberto Ginastera
Luciano Berio: Chemins 1

Mandolin
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, R. 425

Guitar
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto, R. 93 (guitar or lute)
Joachim Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fantasia para un gentilhombre
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Luciano Berio: Chemins 5

Multiple String Instruments
W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 (violin and viola)
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto (violin and cello)
Michael Tippett: Triple Concerto (violin, viola, and cello)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 5 (violin and viola)

Welcome to Week 44 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 44.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro - score - libretto and synopsis
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Giulini
     video recommendations: conducted by Haitink; conducted by Gardiner (with authentic instruments)

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 8 (Op. 59 No. 2) - score
     recommended recordings: The Lindsays; Guarneri Quartet

Edouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole - score
      recommended recordings: Mutter; Heifetz

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 - score
     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.

Public Enemy
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Fear of a Black Planet

Here is a list of all pieces in The Works project that are for one or more violin soloists with orchestra (or other large ensemble in a few cases). The list is arranged roughly chronologically. 

If the work doesn't have a title beyond “Violin Concerto” or “Concerto for Violin 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 Mozart for an example).

Baroque Era
Antonio Vivaldi: Op. 3 Nos. 3, 6, 9, 12 (single violin); Nos. 5, 8 (two violins); No 4 (four violins); Op. 8 Nos. 1-4 ("The Four Seasons")
J. S. Bach: BWV 1041-1042; BWV 1043 (two violins)
G. P. Telemann: TWV 53:F1 (three violins)

Classical Era
Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto in D minor
W. A. Mozart: Nos. 1-3
Ludwig van Beethoven

Romantic Era
Niccolo Paganini: La Streghe; Moto perpetuo; Concerti Nos. 1-6
Felix Mendelssohn
Robert Schumann
Henri Vieuxtemps: No. 5
Henryk Wieniawski: No. 2
Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso; Concerto No. 3; Havanaise
Max Bruch: No. 1
Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
P. I. Tchaikovsky
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Johannes Brahms
Ernest Chausson: Poeme
Jean Sibelius
Edward Elgar

Modern Era
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Karol Szymanowski: Nos. 1-2
Sergei Prokofiev: Nos. 1-2
Kurt Weill
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Igor Stravinsky
Roger Sessions
Alban Berg
Arnold Schoenberg
Bela Bartok: No. 2
Ernst Bloch
Benjamin Britten
William Walton
Walter Piston: No. 1
Lou Harrison: Koncherto por la Violino kun Perkuta Orkestra; Suite for Violin and Gamelan
Samuel Barber
Aram Khachaturian
Erich Wolfgang von Korngold
William Schuman
Dmitri Shostakovich: No. 1
Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa (two violins)
Sofia Gubaidulina: Offertorium
Luciano Berio: Corale
Witold Lutoslawski: Chain 2
Philip Glass: No. 1
Elliott Carter
Wolfgang Rihm: Gesungene Zeit
Gyorgy Ligeti
John Adams
Nicholas Maw

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

Here is a list of all pieces in The Works project that are for wind or percussion soloist with orchestra, plus a few that are for multiple soloists that are mainly or exclusively wind instruments. They are listed first by instrument in score order (with the multiple-instrument concerti last), then approximately chronologically.

Concerti grossi, although they are for multiple soloists, are not on this list. There will be a separate list for them.

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 Mozart under flute for an example).

FLUTE
Antonio Vivaldi: Op. 10 Nos. 1-6
Christoph Willibald von Gluck (spurious work)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: No. 1
Carl Nielsen
Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Poem for Flute and Orchestra
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto Pastoral
Lukas Foss: Renaissance Concerto
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 6

OBOE
Tomaso Albinoni: Op. 7 Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12; Op. 9 Nos. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 (in both sets, nos. 2, 5, 8, 11 are for two oboes)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (his Oboe Concerto is also called Flute Concerto No. 2)
Richard Strauss
Eugene Goossens
Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10
Bohuslav Martinu
Heinz Holliger: Siebengesang
Luciano Berio: Chemins 4
Elliott Carter
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 1

CLARINET
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carl Maria von Weber: Concertino; Concerti Nos. 1-2
Carl Nielsen
Aaron Copland
Gerald Finzi
John Corigliano
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 4

BASSOON
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti R. 466, 467, 469, 470, 474
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carl Maria von Weber
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 8

SAXOPHONE
Claude Debussy: Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
Luciano Berio: Chemins 7 (also called Recit)

HORN
Franz Joseph Haydn No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Nos. 1-4
Robert Schumann: Konzertstuck for 4 Horns and Orchestra
Richard Strauss Nos. 1-2
Thea Musgrave

TRUMPET
Georg Philip Telemann: Concerto TWV51:D7
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti (arrangements of RV103, 548 and 20); Concerti for Two Trumpets RV 537 and 563 (781)
Franz Joesph Haydn
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
Peter Maxwell Davies
Luciano Berio: Chemins 6 (also called Kol Od)

TROMBONE
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Trombone Concerto; Bass Trombone Concerto

TUBA
Ralph Vaughan Williams

PERCUSSION
Darius Milhaud: Concerto for Percussion and Chamber Orchestra
Bruno Maderna: Quadrivium (for 4 percussionists)
James MacMillan: Veni, veni, Emmanuel

MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra
Aaron Copland: Quiet City (trumpet and English horn)
Frank Martin: Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone)
Toru Takemitsu: November Steps (shakuhachi and biwa)
Olivier Messiaen: Des canyons aux etoiles (horn, piano, percussion)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 3 (horn and trumpet)
Peter Maxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto No. 9 (piccolo, alto flute, English horn, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabassoon)

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 36 of The Works! Start with his 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 36.

John Dunstaple (Dunstable)
Missa Rex seculorum - score
Motets:
     Preco preheminenciae - score
     Veni Sancte Spiritus - score
     Quam pulchra es - score
     Ave regina celorum - score
Recommended recordings: Orlando Consort; Hilliard Ensemble; Clemencic Consort

Franz Peter Schubert
Selected Lieder:
     Erlkonig, D. 328 - score - text and translation
     Am Tage Aller Seelen, D. 343 - score - text and translation
     Sehnsucht, D. 359 - score - text and translation
     Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren, D. 360 - score - text and translation
     Am Bach im Fruhling, D. 361 - score - text and translation
     Sprache der Liebe, D. 410 - score - text and translation
     Seligkeit, D. 433 - score - text and translation
     Erntelied, D. 434 - score - text and translation
     Gott im Fruhlinge, D. 448 - score - text and translation
     An die untergehende Sonne, D. 457 - score - text and translation
     Ruckweg, D. 476 - score - text and translation
     Geheimnis, D. 491 - score - text and translation
     Wiegenlied, D. 498 - score - text and translation
     Am Grabe Anselmos, D. 504 - score - text and translation
     Die abgebluhte Linde, D. 514 - score - text and translation
     Der Schiffer, D. 536 - score - text and translation
     Am Strome, D. 539 - score - text and translation
     Auf dem See, D. 543 - score - text and translation
     Die Forelle, D. 550 - score - text and translation
(various recordings are recommended)

Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Trumpet Concerto “Nobody Knows the Trouble I See”

George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess - synopsis
     recommended recording: Glyndebourne Chorus/London Symphony/Rattle
     also the symphonic suite Catfish Row, recorded by St. Louis Symphony/Slatkin

Sonic Youth
Sister
Daydream Nation

Welcome to Week 35 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 35.

Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonatas: K. 82, 266, 284, 507, 214, 404, 124, 536, 494, 113, 26, 548, 37 - scores
     recommended recordings: Benjamin Frith (piano); Scott Ross (harpsichord)

Claude Debussy
String Quartet - score
     recommended recordings: Cleveland Quartet; Emerson Quartet

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 - score
      recommended recording: cellos of the Nashville Symphony
Guitar Concerto - score
     recommended recording: Julian Bream/London Symphony
     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.

Pierre Schaeffer
Etude aux chemins de fer
Symphonie pour un homme seule (with Pierre Henry)

Otto Luening
Fantasy in Space
Low Speed

Vladimir Ussachevsky
Sonic Contours
Reverberation (with Luening)
Transposition (with Luening)

Miles Davis
6 tracks recorded March 6, 1954
originally released as 10” LP, Miles Davis Volume 3; later included in the Miles Davis Volumes 1 & 2 compilations (1956 on 12” LPs)

Bags' Groove – 12” LP released in 1957 from recording sessions on June 29 and December 24, 1954

4 tracks recorded July 9, 1955
originally released as 12” LP Blue Moods; later included on double-LP Collectors' Items (1973)

'Round About Midnight – 12” LP released in 1957 from recording sessions on October 26, 1955, June 5 and September 10, 1956

Welcome to Week 34 of The Works! This Thursday, February 19, we commemorate Gyorgy Kurtag's 100th birthday. Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 34.

Gyorgy Kurtag
Kafka-Fragmente - text

John Dowland
Lachrimae or Seven Tears - score

C.P.E. Bach
Cello Concerto, H. 439, Wq. 172 - score
Magnificat - score

Henri Vieuxtemps
Violin Concerto No. 5 - score

Miles Davis
4 tracks recorded January 21, 1949
4 tracks recorded April 22, 1949
4 tracks recorded March 9, 1950
all of the above later compiled as Birth of the Cool (1957)

2 tracks recorded October 5, 1951
originally released on Miles Davis: The New Sounds; later included on double-LP Collectors' Items (1973)

6 tracks recorded May 9, 1952
originally released as 10” LP, Young Man with a Horn; later included in the Miles Davis Volumes 1 & 2 compilations (1956 on 12” LPs)

3 tracks recorded January 30, 1953
originally released on 12” LP, Collectors' Items (1956); later included on double-LP Collectors' Items (1973)

6 tracks recorded April 20, 1953
originally released as 10” LP, Miles Davis Volume 2; later included in the Miles Davis Volumes 1 & 2 compilations (1956 on 12” LPs)

Welcome to Week 30 of The Works! Start with this week's podcast episode.

The pieces for this week are listed below, along with links to scores, texts, and translations. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 30.

Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonatas: K. 460, 461, 478, 479, 502, 516, 517, 518, 519, 529, 544, 545, 546, 547 - scores
     recommended recording: Pinnock (the Spotify playlist includes this entire album, which does not follow the order of K numbers; there is also an alternate recording of each sonata)

Franz Peter Schubert
Selected Lieder:
     An Emma, D. 113 - score - text and translation
     Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 - score - text and translation
     Trost in Tranen, D. 120 - score - text and translation
     Schafers Klagelied, D. 121 - score - text and translation
     Rastlose Liebe, D. 138 - score - text and translation
     Als ich sie erroten sah, D. 153 - score - text and translation
     Nahe des Geliebten, D. 162 - score - text and translation
     An den Mond, D. 193 - score - text and translation
     Seufzer, D. 198 - score - text and translation
     Meeres Stille, D. 216 - score - text and translation
     Wandrers Nachtlied, D. 224 - score - text and translation
     Der Fischer, D. 225 - score - text and translation
     Erster Verlust, D. 226 - score - text and translation
     Heidenroslein, D. 257 - score - text and translation
     Wonne der Wehmut, D. 260 - score - text and translation
     An die Sonne, D. 270 - score - text and translation
     An den Fruhling, D. 283 - score - text and translation
     Lied (Es ist so angenehm), D. 284 - score - text and translation
     An den Mond, D. 296 - score - text and translation
     Augenlied, D. 297 - score - text and translation
     Der Jungling an der Quelle, D. 300 - score - text and translation
     Der Tod und das Madchen, D. 531 - score - text and translation
     (various recordings are recommended)

Philip Glass
Violin Concerto
      recommended recordings: Anthony; McDuffie; Kremer

Thelonious Monk
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall
Big Band and Quartet in Concert

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