An edited version of the regular Building a Library slot where guest experts review available recordings of a work from the classical music repertoire and give a recommendation.
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Samir Savant surveys recordings of Fauré's Requiem and makes a top recommendation.
Pianist Keelan Carew picks his favourite recording of Liszt's Transcendental Studies.
Charlotte Gardner's personal recommendation from recordings of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Conductor Ben Gernon picks his favourite recordings of Respighi's La Boutique Fantasque.
Yshani Perinpanayagam chooses her favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.9.
Sir Nicholas Kenyon recommends a top recording of Haydn's 6th, 7th and 8th Symphonies.
Iain Burnside's personal recommendation for Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.
Allyson Devenish picks her favourite recording of Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata Op.53.
Kate Kennedy picks her top recording of Vaughan Williams' 'A London Symphony'.
Nigel Simeone surveys recordings of Janacek's Sinfonietta and makes a top recommendation.
Mark Lowther surveys recordings of Handel's Dixit Dominus, and makes a recommendation.
Professor Laura Tunbridge surveys recordings of Dvorak's String Quintet Op.97.
Marina Frolova-Walker recommends her favourite recording of Weber's opera Der Freischutz.
Pianist Kathryn Stott picks her favourite recording of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2.
William Mival recommends his favorite recording of Sibelius's Symphony no.5.
Kenneth Hamilton picks his favourite of Brahms's Paganini Variations.
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of J. S. Bach's Cantata BWV.147.
David Owen Norris picks his favourite recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto.
Conductor Alice Farnham's personal recommendation for Copland's Symphony no.3.
Tasmin Little makes a top recommendation of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K.364
Pianist Lucy Parham with a personal recommendation for Schumann's Kreisleriana.
Jonathan Cross picks his top recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.1 'Winter Daydreams'
Joseph McHardy chooses his favourite recording of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo.
Jeremy Sams' personal recommendation from recordings of Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande.
Flora Willson picks her top recording of Berlioz's Harold in Italy.
Katy Hamilton's personal recommendation of Beethoven's String Quartet no.15 in A minor.
Joanna MacGregor's top recommendation of Bartok's Piano Concerto no.2.
Ben Gernon picks his favourite recording of Gershwin's An American in Paris.
Keelan Carew makes his top pick of recordings of Rachmaninov's Etudes Tableaux.
William Mival with his personal choice of the best recording of Brahms' Symphony no.4.
Yshani Perinpanayagam picks her favourite recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.
Nicholas Kenyon with his personal recommendation from Purcell's numerous anthems.
Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutte.
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme.
Kirsten Gibson's personal recommendation of the Concerti grossi by Arcangelo Corelli.
Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5.
Kathryn Stott's personal recommendation of Satie's Sports et divertissements.
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Seasons.
Joanna MacGregor picks her favourite recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto no.21 K.467
Marina Frolova-Walker's recommendation for Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
Richard Wigmore's recommendation for Beethoven's Piano Trio no.7 Op.97 'Archduke'.
Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's Les Noces.
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