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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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Dr Katy Hamilton picks her top recording of Mendelssohn's 3rd Symphony, the 'Scottish'.
Jonathan Cross makes a recommendation from recordings of Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat.
Lucy Parham surveys recordings of Brahms' Op.116-119 and makes a top recommendation.
Joseph McHardy surveys recordings of JS Bach's Cello Suites and makes a recommendation.
Flora Willson makes a top recommendation from recordings of Verdi's Rigoletto.
Alice Farnham surveys recordings of Mahler's Symphony no.5 and makes a top recommendation
Jeremy Sams picks his favourite recording of Schubert's String Quartet in G major D.887.
Joanna MacGregor's picks her top recording of Brahms' Piano Concerto no.2.
Samir Savant surveys recordings of Fauré's Requiem and makes a top recommendation.
Pianist Keelan Carew picks his favourite recording of Liszt's Transcendental Studies.
Charlotte Gardner's personal recommendation from recordings of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Conductor Ben Gernon picks his favourite recordings of Respighi's La Boutique Fantasque.
Yshani Perinpanayagam chooses her favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.9.
Sir Nicholas Kenyon recommends a top recording of Haydn's 6th, 7th and 8th Symphonies.
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.
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