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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.

BBC Radio 3


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    Beethoven's Piano Trio no.7 'Archduke'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 47:23


    Richard Wigmore's recommendation for Beethoven's Piano Trio no.7 Op.97 'Archduke'.

    Stravinsky's Les Noces

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 49:43


    Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's Les Noces.

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    Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor D.958

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 47:54


    Allyson Devenish picks her favourite recording of Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor.

    Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 50:13


    Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.

    Mozart's Coronation Mass

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 41:35


    Joseph McHardy picks his favourite recording of Mozart's Coronation Mass.

    Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 47:26


    Kate Molleson's recommendation for Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.

    Handel's Acis and Galatea

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 46:00


    Mark Lowther's personal recommendation for Handel's opera Acis and Galatea.

    Brahms's String Sextet no.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 48:37


    Tasmin Little picks her favourite recording of Brahms's String Sextet no.1.

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    Shostakovich's 10th Symphony

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 45:44


    Edward Seckerson's personal choice of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony.

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    Schumann's Carnaval

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 49:21


    Lucy Parham chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Carnaval.

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    Bruckner's Symphony no.4

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 47:35


    William Mival joins Andrew to discuss Bruckner's Symphony no.4 in Building a Library.

    Dvořák's 8th Symphony

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 42:36


    Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Dvořák's 8th Symphony.

    Clara Schumann's lieder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 51:45


    Laura Tunbridge joins Andrew to discuss lieder by Clara Schumann in Building a Library.

    Liszt'z Totentanz (Dance of Death)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 44:43


    Pianist Iain Burnside choses his favourite recording of Liszt's Totentanz.

    Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 47:56


    eremy Sams chooses his favourite version of Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites.

    Puccini's La Bohème

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 51:08


    Flora Willson chooses her favourite version of Puccini's La Bohème.

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    Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 45:38


    Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton.

    Mozart's Piano Sonata no.15 K.533/494

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 42:19


    Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite version of Mozart's Piano Sonata no.15 K.533/494

    Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Op.77

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 49:22


    David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Op.77.

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    Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 47:28


    Marina Frolova-Walker's recommendation for Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture.

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    Holst's The Planets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 48:11


    Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Holst's The Planets.

    Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 47:30


    Joanna MacGregor chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto.

    Aaron Copland's Rodeo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 44:38


    Conductor Ben Gernon's personal recommendation for Aaron Copland's Rodeo.

    Britten's Ceremony of Carols

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 49:24


    Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite version of Britten's seasonal Ceremony of Carols.

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    Wagner's Siegfried Idyll

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 43:54


    Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Wagner's orchestral piece, Siegfried Idyll.

    Bach's Concerto for flute, violin & harpsichord in A minor BWV.1044

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 47:02


    Simon Heighes' recommendation of Bach's Concerto for flute, violin & harpsichord BWV.1044

    Poulenc's Stabat Mater

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 45:00


    Jeremy Sams selects his favourite version of Poulenc's Stabat Mater.

    Mozart's Symphony no.40 in G minor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 46:34


    Nicholas Kenyon selects his favourite version of Mozart's Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550.

    Berlioz's song cycle, Les nuits d'été

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 51:28


    Flora Willson selects her favourite version of Berlioz's song cycle, Les nuits d'été.

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    Verdi's Il trovatore

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 48:12


    Roger Parker picks his favourite version of Verdi's opera Il trovatore.

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    Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 49:40


    Jonathan Cross selects his favourite version of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no.2.

    Schumann's Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.63

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 48:14


    Schumann's Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.63 in Building a Library with Allyson Devenish.

    Handel's Theodora

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 46:45


    Kirsten Gibson chooses her favourite recording of Handel's dramatic oratorio Theodora.

    Franz Schubert's Octet in F major D.803

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 46:39


    Tasmin Little selects her favourite version of Franz Schubert's Octet in F Major D.803.

    Beethoven's Symphony no.4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 47:52


    Richard Wigmore selects his favourite version of Beethoven's Symphony no.4.

    Brahms' Symphony no.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 48:16


    Katy Hamilton selects her favourite recording of Brahms' Symphony no.1 in C minor.

    JS Bach's English Suites

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 46:08


    Lucy Parham selects her favourite piano version of JS Bach's 6 English Suites BWV.806-811

    Richard Strauss's Don Quixote

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 46:17


    Nigel Simeone selects his favourite version of Richard Strauss's Don Quixote.

    Shostakovich's Symphony no.5 in D minor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 43:13


    Edward Seckerson chooses his favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.5.

    Korngold's Violin Concerto

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 46:21


    William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto.

    Chopin's Ballades

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 47:19


    Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite recording of Chopin's four Ballades.

    Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 45:56


    Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra

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