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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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.
Allyson Devenish picks her favourite recording of Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor.
Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
Joseph McHardy picks his favourite recording of Mozart's Coronation Mass.
Kate Molleson's recommendation for Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
Mark Lowther's personal recommendation for Handel's opera Acis and Galatea.
Tasmin Little picks her favourite recording of Brahms's String Sextet no.1.
Edward Seckerson's personal choice of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony.
Lucy Parham chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Carnaval.
William Mival joins Andrew to discuss Bruckner's Symphony no.4 in Building a Library.
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Dvořák's 8th Symphony.
Laura Tunbridge joins Andrew to discuss lieder by Clara Schumann in Building a Library.
Pianist Iain Burnside choses his favourite recording of Liszt's Totentanz.
eremy Sams chooses his favourite version of Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites.
Flora Willson chooses her favourite version of Puccini's La Bohème.
Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton.
Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite version of Mozart's Piano Sonata no.15 K.533/494
David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Op.77.
Marina Frolova-Walker's recommendation for Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture.
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Holst's The Planets.
Joanna MacGregor chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto.
Conductor Ben Gernon's personal recommendation for Aaron Copland's Rodeo.
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite version of Britten's seasonal Ceremony of Carols.
Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Wagner's orchestral piece, Siegfried Idyll.
Simon Heighes' recommendation of Bach's Concerto for flute, violin & harpsichord BWV.1044
Jeremy Sams selects his favourite version of Poulenc's Stabat Mater.
Nicholas Kenyon selects his favourite version of Mozart's Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550.
Flora Willson selects her favourite version of Berlioz's song cycle, Les nuits d'été.
Roger Parker picks his favourite version of Verdi's opera Il trovatore.
Jonathan Cross selects his favourite version of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no.2.
Schumann's Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.63 in Building a Library with Allyson Devenish.
Kirsten Gibson chooses her favourite recording of Handel's dramatic oratorio Theodora.
Tasmin Little selects her favourite version of Franz Schubert's Octet in F Major D.803.
Richard Wigmore selects his favourite version of Beethoven's Symphony no.4.
Katy Hamilton selects her favourite recording of Brahms' Symphony no.1 in C minor.
Lucy Parham selects her favourite piano version of JS Bach's 6 English Suites BWV.806-811
Nigel Simeone selects his favourite version of Richard Strauss's Don Quixote.
Edward Seckerson chooses his favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.5.
William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto.
Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite recording of Chopin's four Ballades.
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