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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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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.
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