Synopsis
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.
Episodes
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![Building a Library: Vaughan Williamss London Symphony]()
Building a Library: Vaughan Williams's London Symphony
12/11/2016 Duration: 47minMark Lowther makes a recommendation from the available recordings.
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![Building a Library: Stravinskys The Rakes Progress]()
Building a Library: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
05/11/2016 Duration: 52minAnna Picard compares recordings on CD and DVD of Stravinsky's operatic morality tale.
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![Building a Library: Brahms String Sextet No 1 in B flat]()
Building a Library: Brahms' String Sextet No 1 in B flat
29/10/2016 Duration: 48minKaty Hamilton recommends a recording of Brahms's String Sextet No.1, composed in 1860.
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![Building a Library: Mateo Flechas ensaladas]()
Building a Library: Mateo Flecha's ensaladas
22/10/2016 Duration: 49minTess Knighton compares recordings of 'Ensaladas' of the early 16th century Mateo Flecha
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![Elgar: Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68]()
Elgar: Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68
08/10/2016 Duration: 47minDavid Nice surveys recordings of Elgar's Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68
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![Tallis Spem in alium]()
Tallis Spem in alium
06/10/2016 Duration: 54minSimon Heighes recommends a recorded version of Tallis's Spem in alium
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![Building a Library: Chopins Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor]()
Building a Library: Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
27/09/2016 Duration: 47minSara Mohr-Pietsch on Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1, live from Southbank Centre
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![Building a Library:Vivaldis The Four Seasons]()
Building a Library:Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
17/09/2016 Duration: 47minMahan Esfahani comes up with a personal recommendation for Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
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![Proms Composer: Jonathan Dove]()
Proms Composer: Jonathan Dove
12/09/2016 Duration: 27minThe final Proms Composer of this season is British composer Jonathan Dove
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![Proms Composer: Max Reger]()
Proms Composer: Max Reger
05/09/2016 Duration: 29minOur weekly Proms Composer is German composer, organist, pianist, and teacher Max Reger.
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![Proms Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky]()
Proms Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky
30/08/2016 Duration: 28minThis week's Proms Composer is Austrian late Romantic Alexander Zemlinsky.
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![Proms Composer: Emily Howard]()
Proms Composer: Emily Howard
21/08/2016 Duration: 27minBritish composer Emily Howard (born in Liverpool in 1979) is this week's Proms Composer.
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![Proms Composer: Thomas Adès]()
Proms Composer: Thomas Adès
16/08/2016 Duration: 32minSummer Record Review's weekly look at a Proms Composer explores recordings of Thomas Adès
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![Proms Composer: Kurt Schwertsik]()
Proms Composer: Kurt Schwertsik
08/08/2016 Duration: 31minSummer Record Review's Proms Composer explores the recordings of Kurt Schwertsik
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![Proms Composer: Wolfgang Rihm]()
Proms Composer: Wolfgang Rihm
30/07/2016 Duration: 28minSummer Record Review's weekly Proms Composer explores recordings by Wolfgang Rihm
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![Proms Composer: Galina Ustvolskaya]()
Proms Composer: Galina Ustvolskaya
28/07/2016 Duration: 32minSummer Record Review explores recordings of music by Galina Ustvolskaya
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![Proms Composer: Galina Usvolskaya]()
Proms Composer: Galina Usvolskaya
16/07/2016 Duration: 32minSummer Record Review's Proms Composer slot explores recordings of music by Ustvolskaya
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![Building a Library: Faures Requiem in D minor, Op. 48]()
Building a Library: Faure's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
14/07/2016 Duration: 40minRichard Morrison compares recordings of Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
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![Offenbach Orphée aux enfers]()
Offenbach Orphée aux enfers
09/07/2016 Duration: 52minSarah Lenton recommends a recorded version of Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers
