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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![Brahms Four Serious Songs]()
Brahms Four Serious Songs
12/02/2011 Duration: 41minBaL: Brahms Four Serious Songs. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording of the composer's great swansong.
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![Berlioz Romeo et Juliette with David Nice]()
Berlioz Romeo et Juliette with David Nice
05/02/2011 Duration: 45minBAL: Berlioz Romeo et Juliette; a Dramatic Symphony - David Nice recommends a recording of one of the most daringly original works of the whole nineteenth century
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![Liszt Annees Bk.2]()
Liszt Annees Bk.2
29/01/2011 Duration: 40minDavid Owen Norris with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Liszt's Annees de Pelerinage, Book Two (Italy)
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![Strauss Alpensinfonie]()
Strauss Alpensinfonie
22/01/2011 Duration: 36minWilliam Mival with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Richard Strauss's massive tone poem Alpensinfonie
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![Tchaikovsky Piano Trio Op.50 15-Jan-11]()
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio Op.50 15-Jan-11
15/01/2011 Duration: 41minDavid Fanning compares the available recordings of Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio Op 50, subtitled "In memory of a great artist" for his close friend and mentor Nikolai Rubinstein.
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![Monteverdi Vespers 18-Dec-10]()
Monteverdi Vespers 18-Dec-10
18/12/2010 Duration: 43minSimon Heighes compares the available recordings of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 in this anniversary year.
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![Beethoven Sonata Op.7]()
Beethoven Sonata Op.7
11/12/2010 Duration: 37minIain Burnside with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Beethoven's fourth published piano sonata, Op.7
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![Wolf Morike Lieder]()
Wolf Morike Lieder
01/12/2010 Duration: 48minBaL Wolf Morike Lied. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording of Wolf's settings of poems by Eduard Morike
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![Wolf Morike Songbook]()
Wolf Morike Songbook
27/11/2010 Duration: 28minBaL Wolf Morike Songbook. Richard Wigmore recommends recordings of Wolfs's fifty or so Morike settings
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![Honegger Symphony no.3]()
Honegger Symphony no.3
13/11/2010 Duration: 41minJonathan Swain with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Honegger's Symphony no.3
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![Mahler Ruckert-Lieder]()
Mahler Ruckert-Lieder
06/11/2010 Duration: 30minHilary Finch with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Mahler's set of Ruckert-Lieder
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![Bach Organ Music]()
Bach Organ Music
30/10/2010 Duration: 56minBaL Bach Organ music - Stephen Farr offers a few tips for assembling a collection of Bach organ music recordings
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![Beethoven Violin Sonatas update of recent recordings]()
Beethoven Violin Sonatas update of recent recordings
23/10/2010 Duration: 42minBAL: Beethoven Violin Sonatas update. Ivan Hewett listens to some recent recordings
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![Schumann The Paradise and the Peri]()
Schumann The Paradise and the Peri
16/10/2010 Duration: 38minBal: Schumann The Paradise and the Peri – Peter Quantrill’s personal recommendation of the best available version
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![Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op.46]()
Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op.46
09/10/2010 Duration: 41minRob Cowan compares the available recordings of Dvorak's first set of Slavonic Dances (Op.46) which he orchestrated from his original set of dances for piano duet.
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![Mussorgsky Boris Godunov]()
Mussorgsky Boris Godunov
02/10/2010 Duration: 39minBAL: Mussorgsky Boris Godunov Stephen Walsh recommends a recording of this Pushkin inspired epic
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![Brahms Quartet in c minor Op 51 no 1]()
Brahms Quartet in c minor Op 51 no 1
25/09/2010 Duration: 40minBAL: Brahms Quartet in c minor Op 51 no 1 - Piers Burton Page recommends a recording
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![Sibelius Symphony no.7]()
Sibelius Symphony no.7
18/09/2010 Duration: 39minStephen Johnson with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Sibelius' seventh symphony
