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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Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite version of Mozart's Piano Sonata no.15 K.533/494By BBC Radio 3
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David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Op.77.By BBC Radio 3
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Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
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47:28Marina Frolova-Walker's recommendation for Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture.By BBC Radio 3
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Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Holst's The Planets.By BBC Radio 3
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Joanna MacGregor chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto.By BBC Radio 3
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Conductor Ben Gernon's personal recommendation for Aaron Copland's Rodeo.By BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite version of Britten's seasonal Ceremony of Carols.By BBC Radio 3
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Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Wagner's orchestral piece, Siegfried Idyll.By BBC Radio 3
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Bach's Concerto for flute, violin & harpsichord in A minor BWV.1044
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47:02Simon Heighes' recommendation of Bach's Concerto for flute, violin & harpsichord BWV.1044By BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Sams selects his favourite version of Poulenc's Stabat Mater.By BBC Radio 3
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Nicholas Kenyon selects his favourite version of Mozart's Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550.By BBC Radio 3
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Flora Willson selects her favourite version of Berlioz's song cycle, Les nuits d'été.By BBC Radio 3
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Roger Parker picks his favourite version of Verdi's opera Il trovatore.By BBC Radio 3
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Jonathan Cross selects his favourite version of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no.2.By BBC Radio 3
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Schumann's Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.63
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48:14Schumann's Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.63 in Building a Library with Allyson Devenish.By BBC Radio 3
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Kirsten Gibson chooses her favourite recording of Handel's dramatic oratorio Theodora.By BBC Radio 3
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Tasmin Little selects her favourite version of Franz Schubert's Octet in F Major D.803.By BBC Radio 3
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Richard Wigmore selects his favourite version of Beethoven's Symphony no.4.By BBC Radio 3
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Katy Hamilton selects her favourite recording of Brahms' Symphony no.1 in C minor.By BBC Radio 3
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Lucy Parham selects her favourite piano version of JS Bach's 6 English Suites BWV.806-811By BBC Radio 3
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Nigel Simeone selects his favourite version of Richard Strauss's Don Quixote.By BBC Radio 3
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Edward Seckerson chooses his favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.5.By BBC Radio 3
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William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto.By BBC Radio 3
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Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite recording of Chopin's four Ballades.By BBC Radio 3
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Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Also sprach ZarathustraBy BBC Radio 3
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Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A majorBy BBC Radio 3
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Mark Lowther's personal choice of recording of Elgar's Symphony no.1.By BBC Radio 3
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Joanna MacGregor's ultimate recording of JS Bach's Keyboard Partitas BWV 825-830By BBC Radio 3
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Flora Willson's ultimate recommendation for Debussy's ballet Jeux.By BBC Radio 3
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Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Stravinsky's The FirebirdBy BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.By BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite version of Monteverdi's Vespers.By BBC Radio 3
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Iain Burnside chooses his favourite recording of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.By BBC Radio 3
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Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Brahms' 3rd Symphony.By BBC Radio 3
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Vaughan Williams's Symphony no.1 'A Sea Symphony'.
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46:14David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony.By BBC Radio 3
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Elin Manahan Thomas's recommendation for the ultimate recording of Britten's War Requiem.By BBC Radio 3
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Nigel Simeone's ultimate recommendation for Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly.By BBC Radio 3
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Joseph McHardy chooses his favourite recording of Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6.By BBC Radio 3
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Katy Hamilton's ultimate recommendation for Schubert's Symphony no.9.By BBC Radio 3
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Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Symphony No 100 in G Major ‘Military’By BBC Radio 3
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Ben Gernon chooses his favourite recording of the complete ballet of Ravel's Mother GooseBy BBC Radio 3
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Saint-Saëns's Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 'Organ Symphony'
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48:37Anna Lapwood chooses her favourite recording of Saint-Saëns's Organ SymphonyBy BBC Radio 3
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Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Stravinsky's Soldier's TaleBy BBC Radio 3
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Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux"
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44:45Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, 'Les Adieux'By BBC Radio 3
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Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in CBy BBC Radio 3
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Laura Tunbridge chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Cello ConcertoBy BBC Radio 3
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Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's four Orchestral SuitesBy BBC Radio 3
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Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Creation.By BBC Radio 3
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Pianist Allyson Devenish picks the ultimate version of Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise.By BBC Radio 3
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Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite version of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty.By BBC Radio 3
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