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Saturday 21st November 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Mozart's Magic Flute in Building a Library with Flora Willson.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Flora Wilson chooses her favourite recording of The Magic Flute. Mozart's opera is a wonderful but challenging combination of the high moral seriousness of the two young lovers Tamino and Pamina with the low knockabout comedy of Papageno and his feathered girlfriend Papagena. It can be difficult to bring off because of these different levels - and some of the female and racial stereotypes have not aged well. But this quintessential piece of late Mozart distils all the humanity and beauty that people love in his operas. 10.30 Mark Lowther reviews a new box set of the complete works of Ravel on the Warner Classics label. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Mozart's Magic Flute in Building a Library with Flora Willson.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Flora Wilson chooses her favourite recording of The Magic Flute. Mozart's opera is a wonderful but challenging combination of the high moral seriousness of the two young lovers Tamino and Pamina with the low knockabout comedy of Papageno and his feathered girlfriend Papagena. It can be difficult to bring off because of these different levels - and some of the female and racial stereotypes have not aged well. But this quintessential piece of late Mozart distils all the humanity and beauty that people love in his operas. 10.30 Mark Lowther reviews a new box set of the complete works of Ravel on the Warner Classics label. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 28th November 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Copland Clarinet Concerto with Mark Simpson and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Mark Simpson makes a personal recommendation from available recordings of Copland's Clarinet Concerto to buy, download or stream. 10.40 As part of Radio 3's New Generation Thinker Weekend, scheme alumnus Leah Broad joins Andrew to talk about recent discs of Sibelius symphonies, the latest release of music by his compatriot Kalevi Aho, and chamber music from Estonian maverick Erkki-Sven Tuur. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Copland Clarinet Concerto with Mark Simpson and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Mark Simpson makes a personal recommendation from available recordings of Copland's Clarinet Concerto to buy, download or stream. 10.40 As part of Radio 3's New Generation Thinker Weekend, scheme alumnus Leah Broad joins Andrew to talk about recent discs of Sibelius symphonies, the latest release of music by his compatriot Kalevi Aho, and chamber music from Estonian maverick Erkki-Sven Tuur. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 5th December 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No 2 in Building a Library with Sarah Willis and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Sarah Willis chooses her favourite recording of Richard Strauss's Horn Concerto No 2. No composer knew the horn and its possibilities like Richard Strauss. Throughout a career beginning in the late 19th-century and spanning eight decades, Strauss's orchestral and operatic scores are littered with hundreds of wonderful horn moments, exploiting every aspect of the instrument's range and character. In 1942, 60 years after he had written his first horn concerto (for his father Franz, Europe's foremost horn virtuoso), Strauss dedicated his second `to the memory my father". It's a nostalgic work and, like the first concerto, fiendishly difficult to play. But it sums up Strauss's long and affectionate relationship with the instrument. 10.45 Jeremy Sams listens to this year's crop of Christmas albums and recommends stocking fillers for friends and family. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No 2 in Building a Library with Sarah Willis and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Sarah Willis chooses her favourite recording of Richard Strauss's Horn Concerto No 2. No composer knew the horn and its possibilities like Richard Strauss. Throughout a career beginning in the late 19th-century and spanning eight decades, Strauss's orchestral and operatic scores are littered with hundreds of wonderful horn moments, exploiting every aspect of the instrument's range and character. In 1942, 60 years after he had written his first horn concerto (for his father Franz, Europe's foremost horn virtuoso), Strauss dedicated his second `to the memory my father". It's a nostalgic work and, like the first concerto, fiendishly difficult to play. But it sums up Strauss's long and affectionate relationship with the instrument. 10.45 Jeremy Sams listens to this year's crop of Christmas albums and recommends stocking fillers for friends and family. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 12th December 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Franck's Three Organ Chorales in Building a Library with Anna Lapwood and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Anna Lapwood chooses her favourite recordings of Franck's Three Organ Chorales. Cesar Franck composed his Three Organ Chorales in 1890, the year he died. They were clearly intended to be played on a French symphonic organ like the Cavaillé-Coll instrument at Sainte-Clotilde in Paris, where he was organist. Franck was a great musical architect and helped innovate the `cyclic style". But he was also a great master of melody and harmony, as this recording will prove. 10.45 Harriet Smith reviews some new releases of chamber music by Beethoven Brahms, Bartok and Ravel. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Franck's Three Organ Chorales in Building a Library with Anna Lapwood and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Anna Lapwood chooses her favourite recordings of Franck's Three Organ Chorales. Cesar Franck composed his Three Organ Chorales in 1890, the year he died. They were clearly intended to be played on a French symphonic organ like the Cavaillé-Coll instrument at Sainte-Clotilde in Paris, where he was organist. Franck was a great musical architect and helped innovate the `cyclic style". But he was also a great master of melody and harmony, as this recording will prove. 10.45 Harriet Smith reviews some new releases of chamber music by Beethoven Brahms, Bartok and Ravel. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 19th December 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Gillian Moore chooses her favourite recording of Mahler's Symphony No 1. Of all his symphonies, it was the First which gave Mahler the most trouble. Was it a two-part symphonic poem, did it have a programme, or was it just a symphony...? Should it have four or five movements? By the time Mahler published it as Symphony No 1 in 1899 he'd been working on it for more than 10 years, constantly revising it since its 1888 premiere in front of an indifferent Budapest audience. For a long time the symphony's lukewarm reception continued to perplex and disappoint Mahler. But at under an hour, full of good tunes and orchestral drama, it's one of the shortest and most often performed and recorded of all his symphonies. 10.15 End of Year Round-Up. The Record Review production team share their top picks of 2020. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Gillian Moore chooses her favourite recording of Mahler's Symphony No 1. Of all his symphonies, it was the First which gave Mahler the most trouble. Was it a two-part symphonic poem, did it have a programme, or was it just a symphony...? Should it have four or five movements? By the time Mahler published it as Symphony No 1 in 1899 he'd been working on it for more than 10 years, constantly revising it since its 1888 premiere in front of an indifferent Budapest audience. For a long time the symphony's lukewarm reception continued to perplex and disappoint Mahler. But at under an hour, full of good tunes and orchestral drama, it's one of the shortest and most often performed and recorded of all his symphonies. 10.15 End of Year Round-Up. The Record Review production team share their top picks of 2020. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 26th December 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, written for performance in church during the Christmas season of 1734. It incorporates music from earlier compositions and is in six parts, one part for each of the major feast days of the Christmas period. It is full of wonderfully invigorating choruses and expressive arias and is a seasonal favourite. 10.30 Katy Hamilton reviews an exciting mixed bag of new piano releases including music by Rzewski, Dvorak and Beethoven recorded on a replica of his Erard piano. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, written for performance in church during the Christmas season of 1734. It incorporates music from earlier compositions and is in six parts, one part for each of the major feast days of the Christmas period. It is full of wonderfully invigorating choruses and expressive arias and is a seasonal favourite. 10.30 Katy Hamilton reviews an exciting mixed bag of new piano releases including music by Rzewski, Dvorak and Beethoven recorded on a replica of his Erard piano. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 2nd January 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Hannah French. 9.30 - Building a Library. Natasha Loges recommends her favourite recording of Brahms's Trio in E flat for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op 40. 10.40 - New Year New Music with Ivan Hewitt. As part of Radio 3's New Year New Music season, critic Ivan Hewitt reviews a selection of new recordings featuring contemporary music. 11.25 - Record of the Week. Hannah showcases an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Hannah French. 9.30 - Building a Library. Natasha Loges recommends her favourite recording of Brahms's Trio in E flat for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op 40. 10.40 - New Year New Music with Ivan Hewitt. As part of Radio 3's New Year New Music season, critic Ivan Hewitt reviews a selection of new recordings featuring contemporary music. 11.25 - Record of the Week. Hannah showcases an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 9th January 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in Building a Library with David Owen Norris and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Rachmaninov's 3rd Piano Concerto. Composed in 1909, the Rach 3 has become known as one of the most technically challenging concertos in the repertoire - a reputation that became even more widespread after the 1996 film Shine, based on the life of pianist David Helfgott. Rachmaninov himself was the soloist in the first performance in New York, practising on a silent keyboard that he brought with him while en route to the United States. 10.30 Jeremy Summerly reviews new releases of choral music by Gombert, Monteverdi, Schutz, Kuhnau and JS Bach. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in Building a Library with David Owen Norris and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Rachmaninov's 3rd Piano Concerto. Composed in 1909, the Rach 3 has become known as one of the most technically challenging concertos in the repertoire - a reputation that became even more widespread after the 1996 film Shine, based on the life of pianist David Helfgott. Rachmaninov himself was the soloist in the first performance in New York, practising on a silent keyboard that he brought with him while en route to the United States. 10.30 Jeremy Summerly reviews new releases of choral music by Gombert, Monteverdi, Schutz, Kuhnau and JS Bach. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 16th January 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Handel's Tamerlano in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Roger Parker chooses his favourite version of Handel's Tamerlano. Tamerlano is one of the three operatic masterpieces that Handel wrote in 1724, a year in which he also composed Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda. Handel operas used to be considered a very specialist interest, but in recent decades changes in taste and the rise of many new singers who specialise in the interpretation of this music has led to a golden age for recordings of baroque opera. 10.30 Simon Heighes reviews new releases of chamber and orchestral music by Mozart and Beethoven. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Handel's Tamerlano in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Roger Parker chooses his favourite version of Handel's Tamerlano. Tamerlano is one of the three operatic masterpieces that Handel wrote in 1724, a year in which he also composed Giulio Cesare and Rodelinda. Handel operas used to be considered a very specialist interest, but in recent decades changes in taste and the rise of many new singers who specialise in the interpretation of this music has led to a golden age for recordings of baroque opera. 10.30 Simon Heighes reviews new releases of chamber and orchestral music by Mozart and Beethoven. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 23rd January 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel in Building a Library with Mark Lowther and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Mark Lowther recommends his favourite recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Songs of Travel. 10.40 Marina Frolova-Walker discusses several new orchestral releases, featuring music by Russian and American composers. 11.25 Record of the Week. Andrew chooses an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel in Building a Library with Mark Lowther and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Mark Lowther recommends his favourite recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Songs of Travel. 10.40 Marina Frolova-Walker discusses several new orchestral releases, featuring music by Russian and American composers. 11.25 Record of the Week. Andrew chooses an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 30th January 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel in Building a Library with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel. Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera has never been out of the repertoire since its 1893 premiere. The perfectly crafted, post-Wagnerian music effortlessly evokes the careless joys and dreams of childhood, as well as the sinister darkness of the forest and the forces of evil, As seven decades of recordings demonstrate, it provides the ideal vehicle for starry ensemble casts, top-notch orchestras and classy conductors. 10.45 Katy Hamilton recommends new chamber music recordings including rarities by 19th-century composers Russian Georgy Catoire and Swede Helena Mathilda Munktell. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel in Building a Library with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel. Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera has never been out of the repertoire since its 1893 premiere. The perfectly crafted, post-Wagnerian music effortlessly evokes the careless joys and dreams of childhood, as well as the sinister darkness of the forest and the forces of evil, As seven decades of recordings demonstrate, it provides the ideal vehicle for starry ensemble casts, top-notch orchestras and classy conductors. 10.45 Katy Hamilton recommends new chamber music recordings including rarities by 19th-century composers Russian Georgy Catoire and Swede Helena Mathilda Munktell. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 6th February 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No 5 in Building a Library with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Béla Bartók's String Quartet No 5. Throughout his career Bartók was obsessed with folk music, attracted by the invigorating irregularity its rhythms, its modes and its deep-rooted connection to landscape and people. By the time of the First World War, folk music pervasively and profoundly informed Bartók's own music and its nevertheless uncompromising modernist style and rigorous formal organisation. By 1934, the year he wrote his fifth and penultimate string quartet, Bartók's musical style had become more approachable and this work is among the great string quartets of any century. 10.45 Erica Jeal recommends new recordings of solo piano music from Piotr Anderszewski, Clare Hammond and Stephen Hough, among others. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No 5 in Building a Library with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Béla Bartók's String Quartet No 5. Throughout his career Bartók was obsessed with folk music, attracted by the invigorating irregularity its rhythms, its modes and its deep-rooted connection to landscape and people. By the time of the First World War, folk music pervasively and profoundly informed Bartók's own music and its nevertheless uncompromising modernist style and rigorous formal organisation. By 1934, the year he wrote his fifth and penultimate string quartet, Bartók's musical style had become more approachable and this work is among the great string quartets of any century. 10.45 Erica Jeal recommends new recordings of solo piano music from Piotr Anderszewski, Clare Hammond and Stephen Hough, among others. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 13th February 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky: Pulcinella.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Jonathan Cross compares recordings of Stravinsky's Pulcinella. For Diaghilev's Ballets russes, Stravinsky travelled back in time and rediscovered music by 18th-century composer Pergolesi and his contemporaries, weaving a brand new ballet but nevertheless giving it a distinctive 20th-century flavour. Jonathan Cross has been listening to recordings of the ballet - and of the suite Stravinsky crafted therefrom - and works his way towards choosing the ultimate Pulcinella. 10.40 Laura Tunbridge talks to Andrew about a revealing selection of string quartet recordings, including late Haydn and early Beethoven. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky: Pulcinella.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Jonathan Cross compares recordings of Stravinsky's Pulcinella. For Diaghilev's Ballets russes, Stravinsky travelled back in time and rediscovered music by 18th-century composer Pergolesi and his contemporaries, weaving a brand new ballet but nevertheless giving it a distinctive 20th-century flavour. Jonathan Cross has been listening to recordings of the ballet - and of the suite Stravinsky crafted therefrom - and works his way towards choosing the ultimate Pulcinella. 10.40 Laura Tunbridge talks to Andrew about a revealing selection of string quartet recordings, including late Haydn and early Beethoven. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 20th February 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Bruckner Symphony No 6 in Building a Library with Tom Service and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Tom Service chooses his favourite recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 6 in A. Bruckner described the sixth, for a long time the least performed of his mature symphonies, as the `boldest and sauciest". But this bold and saucy Bruckner is now much less of a repertoire rarity, reflected in a clutch of recent recordings from conductors who perhaps relish the lack of the performing traditions that cling so doggedly to the symphony's successors. 10.45 Yshani Perinpanayagam listens to new 20th and 21st-century orchestral, percussion and piano recordings from Iceland, Lithuania and beyond. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Bruckner Symphony No 6 in Building a Library with Tom Service and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Tom Service chooses his favourite recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No 6 in A. Bruckner described the sixth, for a long time the least performed of his mature symphonies, as the `boldest and sauciest". But this bold and saucy Bruckner is now much less of a repertoire rarity, reflected in a clutch of recent recordings from conductors who perhaps relish the lack of the performing traditions that cling so doggedly to the symphony's successors. 10.45 Yshani Perinpanayagam listens to new 20th and 21st-century orchestral, percussion and piano recordings from Iceland, Lithuania and beyond. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 6th March 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Josquin with Elin Manahan Thomas and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas listens to a selection of recordings by French Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez, looking to choose the ultimate release to buy, download or stream. 10.40 Composer and teacher William Mival reviews the latest release by the Berlin Philharmonic, a set of Mahler symphonies under the batons of eight composers including Claudio Abbado and Gustavo Dudamel. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Josquin with Elin Manahan Thomas and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas listens to a selection of recordings by French Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez, looking to choose the ultimate release to buy, download or stream. 10.40 Composer and teacher William Mival reviews the latest release by the Berlin Philharmonic, a set of Mahler symphonies under the batons of eight composers including Claudio Abbado and Gustavo Dudamel. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends a new release.
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Saturday 13th March 2021
Time: 09:00 to 10:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Presented by Andrew McGregor 9.30 Building a Library - Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet. In turn-of-the-century Paris, harp wars raged between two rival manufacturers, but what could have been an arcane footnote in the history of an often dull solo instrument left the repertoire enriched by two of the leading French composers of the day. Claude Debussy's 1904 Danses sacrée et profane for solo harp was written for Pleyel. A year later Maurice Ravel's commission came from the firm of Érard and the result was his Introduction and Allegro pour Harpe avec accompagnement de Quatuor à cordes, Flûte et Clarinette', as the score puts it. Ravel's genius is in the amazing variety he gets out of the accompanying instruments, from the barest whisper to the richest and most sumptuous textures. And whatever the relative merits of Ravel's and Debussy's music, of the two it's Ravel's Introduction and Allegro that has become the most frequently recorded repertoire staple (and it was the Érard instrument which triumphed over its rival). 10.15 Record of the Week: an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 10:30 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Presented by Andrew McGregor 9.30 Building a Library - Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet. In turn-of-the-century Paris, harp wars raged between two rival manufacturers, but what could have been an arcane footnote in the history of an often dull solo instrument left the repertoire enriched by two of the leading French composers of the day. Claude Debussy's 1904 Danses sacrée et profane for solo harp was written for Pleyel. A year later Maurice Ravel's commission came from the firm of Érard and the result was his Introduction and Allegro pour Harpe avec accompagnement de Quatuor à cordes, Flûte et Clarinette', as the score puts it. Ravel's genius is in the amazing variety he gets out of the accompanying instruments, from the barest whisper to the richest and most sumptuous textures. And whatever the relative merits of Ravel's and Debussy's music, of the two it's Ravel's Introduction and Allegro that has become the most frequently recorded repertoire staple (and it was the Érard instrument which triumphed over its rival). 10.15 Record of the Week: an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 20th March 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Building a Library on Monteverdi: madrigals.
Presented by Hannah French. 9.30 Building a Library. Kirsten Gibson chooses her favourite recordings of Monteverdi's madrigals. 10.45 Berginald Rash talks to Hannah about new recordings of music for the clarinet, from standard repertoire pieces such as the clarinet concertos by Mozart and Copland, to more unusual repertoire for the instrument by Reger, Hindemith and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. 11.20 Record of the Week. Hannah recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Building a Library on Monteverdi: madrigals.
Presented by Hannah French. 9.30 Building a Library. Kirsten Gibson chooses her favourite recordings of Monteverdi's madrigals. 10.45 Berginald Rash talks to Hannah about new recordings of music for the clarinet, from standard repertoire pieces such as the clarinet concertos by Mozart and Copland, to more unusual repertoire for the instrument by Reger, Hindemith and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. 11.20 Record of the Week. Hannah recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 27th March 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Building a Library on Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Lucy Parham chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491. Mozart composed his much-loved Piano Concerto in the winter of 1785-86, shortly before the premiere of the Marriage of Figaro. Despite the compositional proximity of the two works, they reveal very different sides to Mozart's compositional personality, the opera being bright and upbeat while the piano concerto is much darker and is one of only two minor key piano concertos in his entire output. The Piano Concerto in C minor is also different from the earlier concertos because it uses a much larger orchestra including oboes and clarinets. The premiere is thought to have taken place at Vienna's Burgtheater in April 1786. Beethoven is known to have greatly admired Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 and exclaimed to his friend Cramer that he would never be able to do anything like that. 10.45 Simon Heighes reviews new and recent recordings of Baroque music including a new release of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Building a Library on Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Lucy Parham chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491. Mozart composed his much-loved Piano Concerto in the winter of 1785-86, shortly before the premiere of the Marriage of Figaro. Despite the compositional proximity of the two works, they reveal very different sides to Mozart's compositional personality, the opera being bright and upbeat while the piano concerto is much darker and is one of only two minor key piano concertos in his entire output. The Piano Concerto in C minor is also different from the earlier concertos because it uses a much larger orchestra including oboes and clarinets. The premiere is thought to have taken place at Vienna's Burgtheater in April 1786. Beethoven is known to have greatly admired Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 and exclaimed to his friend Cramer that he would never be able to do anything like that. 10.45 Simon Heighes reviews new and recent recordings of Baroque music including a new release of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 3rd April 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Tchaikovsky's's Fifth with William Mival and Andrew McGregor.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Composer William Mival has been submerged in recordings of Tchaikovsky's dramatic Fifth Symphony, from historic versions by Mravinsky and Karajan to recent performances by Dudamel, Gergiev and Nelsons. 10.40 Pianist Allyson Devenish joins Andrew to review recent Schubert lieder discs, including not one but three new readings of Winterreise. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew picks the best new release of the last seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Tchaikovsky's's Fifth with William Mival and Andrew McGregor.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Composer William Mival has been submerged in recordings of Tchaikovsky's dramatic Fifth Symphony, from historic versions by Mravinsky and Karajan to recent performances by Dudamel, Gergiev and Nelsons. 10.40 Pianist Allyson Devenish joins Andrew to review recent Schubert lieder discs, including not one but three new readings of Winterreise. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew picks the best new release of the last seven days.
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Saturday 10th April 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky 50 - with Nigel Simeone, Gillian Moore & Andrew McGregor.
Andrew McGregor presents an edition marking the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's death. 9.30 Building a Library: Nigel Simeone joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Stravinsky's vibrantly sparkling violin concerto, ultimately recommending the must-have version to buy, download or stream. 10.40 Andrew is joined by Gillian Moore, author of an acclaimed history of The Rite of Spring, who has been exploring Warner Classics' new 23-CD box-set gathering together Stravinsky recordings from its archives as well as historic recordings by the composer himself and his contemporaries. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's pick of the best new release this week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky 50 - with Nigel Simeone, Gillian Moore & Andrew McGregor.
Andrew McGregor presents an edition marking the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's death. 9.30 Building a Library: Nigel Simeone joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Stravinsky's vibrantly sparkling violin concerto, ultimately recommending the must-have version to buy, download or stream. 10.40 Andrew is joined by Gillian Moore, author of an acclaimed history of The Rite of Spring, who has been exploring Warner Classics' new 23-CD box-set gathering together Stravinsky recordings from its archives as well as historic recordings by the composer himself and his contemporaries. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's pick of the best new release this week.
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Years ago I heard a 2 piano version of the Rite of spring but could never find a recording. For me this version was better than the usual orchestral version. In case anyone is interested there is now a 2 piano version on the Hyperion label (one of the pianists is Marc Andre Hamelin). The BBC should add it to their "Building a library" programme.
22antimuzak
Thanks for the recommendation comsat. Today:
Saturday 17th April 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Katy Hamilton joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat. Schumann composed the piece in 1842 and it is an energetic, life-affirming piece, seen as one of his finest works and a significant milestone in the history of the piano quintet. 10.40 Andrew is joined by Rob Cowan to explore a big box of reissues of work by Belgian violinist Arthur Grumiaux. Seen by many as one of the great violinists of the 20th century, Grumiaux was well known for his beautiful tone and perfect intonation. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's pick of the best new release this week.
Saturday 17th April 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Katy Hamilton joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat. Schumann composed the piece in 1842 and it is an energetic, life-affirming piece, seen as one of his finest works and a significant milestone in the history of the piano quintet. 10.40 Andrew is joined by Rob Cowan to explore a big box of reissues of work by Belgian violinist Arthur Grumiaux. Seen by many as one of the great violinists of the 20th century, Grumiaux was well known for his beautiful tone and perfect intonation. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's pick of the best new release this week.
23antimuzak
Saturday 24th April 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky 50 - with Nigel Simeone, Gillian Moore & Andrew McGregor.
Andrew McGregor presents an edition marking the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's death. 9.30 Building a Library: Nigel Simeone joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Stravinsky's vibrantly sparkling violin concerto, ultimately recommending the must-have version to buy, download or stream. 10.40 Andrew is joined by Gillian Moore, author of an acclaimed history of The Rite of Spring, who has been exploring Warner Classics' new 23-CD box-set gathering together Stravinsky recordings from its archives as well as historic recordings by the composer himself and his contemporaries. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's pick of the best new release this week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky 50 - with Nigel Simeone, Gillian Moore & Andrew McGregor.
Andrew McGregor presents an edition marking the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's death. 9.30 Building a Library: Nigel Simeone joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Stravinsky's vibrantly sparkling violin concerto, ultimately recommending the must-have version to buy, download or stream. 10.40 Andrew is joined by Gillian Moore, author of an acclaimed history of The Rite of Spring, who has been exploring Warner Classics' new 23-CD box-set gathering together Stravinsky recordings from its archives as well as historic recordings by the composer himself and his contemporaries. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's pick of the best new release this week.
24antimuzak
Saturday 1st May 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Richard Wigmore joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Haydn: Symphony No 92 - Oxford. Haydn supposedly conducted the symphony at the end of a ceremony in 1791, conferring on him the degree of Doctor of Music by Oxford University. In fact, the symphony had been written two years earlier for performance in Paris. His trip to Oxford symbolises the international success Haydn attained in his late fifties. And this symphony is full of all the wit, energy and joy of life that flows out of his greatest works. 10.40 Andrew is joined by Keval Shah to explore new releases of English song, German lieder and French melodie. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's pick of the best new release this week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Richard Wigmore joins Andrew to discuss different recordings of Haydn: Symphony No 92 - Oxford. Haydn supposedly conducted the symphony at the end of a ceremony in 1791, conferring on him the degree of Doctor of Music by Oxford University. In fact, the symphony had been written two years earlier for performance in Paris. His trip to Oxford symbolises the international success Haydn attained in his late fifties. And this symphony is full of all the wit, energy and joy of life that flows out of his greatest works. 10.40 Andrew is joined by Keval Shah to explore new releases of English song, German lieder and French melodie. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's pick of the best new release this week.
25antimuzak
Saturday 8th May 2021
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Smetana's Ma Vlast in Building a Library with Harriet Smith.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Anna Picard chooses her favourite recording of Bedrich Smetana's Ma Vlast. Dedicated to the city of Prague, it is a series of six orchestral tone poems depicting Bohemian legends, landscapes and history, replete with nationalistic and political meaning for Smetana and his Czech audiences. Its second movement Vltava is the best known, a thrilling portrayal of the journey of Bohemia's longest river and one of music's greatest landscape paintings. 10.30 Harriet Smith reviews new releases of chamber music by Brahms, Weinberg and Saint-Saëns. 11.20 Record of the Week: An outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Smetana's Ma Vlast in Building a Library with Harriet Smith.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Anna Picard chooses her favourite recording of Bedrich Smetana's Ma Vlast. Dedicated to the city of Prague, it is a series of six orchestral tone poems depicting Bohemian legends, landscapes and history, replete with nationalistic and political meaning for Smetana and his Czech audiences. Its second movement Vltava is the best known, a thrilling portrayal of the journey of Bohemia's longest river and one of music's greatest landscape paintings. 10.30 Harriet Smith reviews new releases of chamber music by Brahms, Weinberg and Saint-Saëns. 11.20 Record of the Week: An outstanding new release.
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