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Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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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.
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