Welcome to Week 21 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 21.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin - score - libretto & synopsis
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Levine
     video recommendation: Kirov Opera 1950

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 12 - score
     recommended recordings: Bilson (fortepiano) with English Baroque/Gardiner; Kocsis with Liszt Chamber Orchestra/Rolla

Frederyk Chopin
Ballade No. 1 - score
      recommended recordings: Egorov; Pollini
Ballade No. 2 - score
     recommended recordings: Cortot; Rubinstein

Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet
Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra

Duke Ellington
Ellington at Newport (1956) - the complete concert is on the playlist.
Such Sweet Thunder - the tracks of the original LP are on the playlist first; bonus tracks are found after the extra recordings of Mozart and Chopin.
Money Jungle - same as with Such Sweet Thunder.