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Week 59: Lots of Strings 

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

Week 58: Tours de Force 

Welcome to Week 58 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 58.

Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 10 “Harp” - score
     recommended recordings: Juilliard Quartet; Guarneri Quartet

Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Strings Op. 22 - score
     recommended recordings: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner; Vienna Philharmonic/Chung

Ralph Shapey
String Quartet No. 6 - score - program notes
      recommended recording: Lexington Quartet, from the Radical Traditionalism compilation

Wolfgang Rihm
String Quartet No. 3, Im Innersten - program notes and score preview

Louis Armstrong
Selected singles from 1930-1956, primarily from the complete RCA Victor