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 33 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 33.

John Dowland
selected solo lute music - scores
     recommended recordings: McFarlane; Lindberg; O'Dette

Cesar Franck
Les Eolides - score
     recommended recording: Liege Philharmonic/Paul Strauss

Gyorgy Kurtag
The Sayings of Peter Bornemisza - texts - link to publisher's site with score samples

Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata - score - synopsis and libretto
     recommended audio recordings: conducted by Kleiber; conducted by Bonynge
     recommended videos: stage performance conducted by Patane; Zefirelli film conducted by Levine

Brian Eno
Ambient 1: Music for Airports

Brian Eno and David Byrne
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Laurie Anderson
Big Science

Welcome to Week 32 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 32.

John Dowland
Thou Mighty God - score
In Darkness Let Me Dwell - score - text
selections from Second Booke of Songes or Ayres - score - texts
selections from Third and Last Booke of Songes or Ayres - score - texts

Cesar Franck
6 Pieces d'Orgue - score

Francis Poulenc
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra - score
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani - score
     note: Poulenc's 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.

Richard Strauss
Elektra - score - synopsis and libretto

Brian Eno
Here Come the Warm Jets
Another Green World
Before and After Science

Welcome to Week 31 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. Here is the Spotify playlist for Week 31.

Franz Peter Schubert
String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden” - score

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Rondo in C minor, H 283 (Wq 59:4) - score
Sonata in F major (Prussian Sonata No. 1), H 24 (Wq 48:1) - score
Sonata in B-flat major (Prussian Sonata No. 2), H 25 (Wq 48:2) - score
Rondo in A major, H 276 (Wq 58:1) - score
Sonata in F minor, H 75 (Wq 63:6) - score
Sonata in A minor (Wurttemberg Sonata No. 1), H 30 (Wq 49:1) - score
*The Hogwood recording of H 75 is on a clavichord - see this video about how this instrument works; it's discussed in podcast episode 32.

John Dowland
First Booke of Songes or Ayres - scores - texts

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 - score
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 - 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.

Thelonious Monk
Monk Alone: The Complete Columbia Recordings (selections)
Selections from other performers' recordings of some of Monk's compositions