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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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.
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
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