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
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
Ben Gernon picks his favourite recording of Gershwin's An American in Paris.
Keelan Carew makes his top pick of recordings of Rachmaninov's Etudes Tableaux.
William Mival with his personal choice of the best recording of Brahms' Symphony no.4.
Yshani Perinpanayagam picks her favourite recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.
Nicholas Kenyon with his personal recommendation from Purcell's numerous anthems.
Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutte.
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme.
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.