Richard Sisson compares recordings of Kander and Ebb's 1966 musical 'Cabaret'
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Building a Library: Mateo Flecha's ensaladas
Tess Knighton compares recordings of 'Ensaladas' of the early 16th century Mateo Flecha
Building a Library: Brahms' String Sextet No 1 in B flat
Katy Hamilton recommends a recording of Brahms's String Sextet No.1, composed in 1860.
Building a Library: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
Anna Picard compares recordings on CD and DVD of Stravinsky's operatic morality tale.
Building a Library: Vaughan Williams's London Symphony
Mark Lowther makes a recommendation from the available recordings.
Building a Library: Bach's Lutheran Masses
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood surveys recordings of Lutheran Masses by JS Bach.
Building a Library: Survey of Barbara Strozzi
Dr Hannah French surveys recordings of music of 17th-century Venetian Barbara Strozzi.
Building a Library: Haydn's Symphony no. 99
Symphony No.99 is an example of late, great Haydn. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording
Building a Library: Puccini's La fanciulla del West
Flora Willson pans for gold in available recordings of Puccini's California-based opera
Building a Library: Lassus's Lagrime di San Pietro
Caroline Gill compares recordings of Lassus's depiction of the sorrows of St Peter.
Building a Library: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 21
David Owen Norris sifts through the available recordings of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21
Building a Library: Bruckner's Third Symphony
Dedicated to his hero Wagner, Bruckner revised his Third Symphony several times.
Building a Library: Schubert's Fantasy in C, D934, for violin and piano.
Harriet Smith compares recordings of Schubert's piece, which baffled its 1828 audience.
Building a Library: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Rob Cowan sifts through "Tchaik 4," a piece written at a time of emotional turmoil.
Building a Library: Beethoven's String Quartet No 12, Op. 127
Stephen Johnson compares recordings of the first of Beethoven's late string quartets.
Building a Library: Sibelius's Tapiola
Tapiola is Sibelius's final masterpiece for orchestra. Andrew Mellor recommends a version
Building a Library: Rossini's The Barber of Seville
Ben Walton compares recordings of Rossini's hugely popular opera on Beaumarchais's play.
Building a Library: Bach's B Minor Mass
Bach completed this piece by refashioning music he'd composed throughout his career
Building a Library: Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
Tom McKinney heads to Spain with the ever-popular Rodrigo Guitar Concerto.
Building a Library: Ives's Second Symphony
Edward Seckerson joins Andrew McGregor to assess recordings of Ives Symphony No. 2.
Building a Library: Survey of Ethel Smyth recordings
Explore the music of an underrated composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement
Building a Library: Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
Nicholas Baragwanath guides us through Schoenberg's epic Romantic cantata, Gurrelieder.
Building a Library: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
Messaien's piece was premiered at a prisoner of war camp, outdoors in the rain, in 1941.
Building a Library: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
Mozart's final instrumental work was written for his friend, clarinettist Anton Stadler.
Building a Library: Verdi's Aida
Set in the Egypt of the Pharaohs, Verdi's Aida premiered at the Cairo opera house in 1871
Building a Library: Kodaly's Dances of Galanta
Kodaly's joyful work is based on the Hungarian dances of Galanta where he lived as a boy.
Building a Library: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata
Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata was overshadowed by the success of his Piano Concerto No. 2.
Building a Library: Mahler's Second Symphony
Bill Mival assesses recordings of the epic 'Resurrection' symphony, live from Spiritland.
Building a Library: Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 24
Liederkreis was written in the year he devoted to song composition after marrying Clara.
Building a Library: Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto
Prokofiev was soloist at the concerto's 1921 premiere, which has become his most popular.
Building a Library: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Jeremy Summerly joins Andrew for a live review of recordings of Monteverdi's opera.