Welcome to Week 72 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 72.

Sergei Prokofiev
The Love for Three Oranges - score - libretto & synopsis (in German)
     recommended audio recording: conducted by Gergiev
     video: I'm watching a video of the Lyon Opera, conducted by Nagano
Orchestral suite from The Love for Three Oranges - score
     recommended recording: London Smphony/Dorati
Lieutenant Kijé (orchestral suite from the film score) - score [not public domain in USA]
     recommended recording: Chicago Symphony/Abbado

Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue, BWV 538 - score
     recommended recordings: Weinberger; Vuola
Fantasia & Fugue ("Great"), BWV 542 - score
     recommended recordings: Vuola; Murray; Koopman
Passacaglia & Fugue, BWV 582 - score
     recommended recordings: Hurford; Richter; Murray

Carl Maria von Weber
Symphony No. 1 - score
      recommended recordings: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner; Bavarian Radio Symphony/Sawallisch

Peter Maxwell Davies
Miss Donnithorne's Maggot - notes
     recommended recording: Mary Thomas with Fires of London/Davies

The Animals
Selected songs, 1964-68

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