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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: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Rob Cowan sifts through "Tchaik 4," a piece written at a time of emotional turmoil.
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: Bruckner's Third Symphony
Dedicated to his hero Wagner, Bruckner revised his Third Symphony several times.
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: Lassus's Lagrime di San Pietro
Caroline Gill compares recordings of Lassus's depiction of the sorrows of St Peter.
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: Haydn's Symphony no. 99
Symphony No.99 is an example of late, great Haydn. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording
Building a Library: Survey of Barbara Strozzi
Dr Hannah French surveys recordings of music of 17th-century Venetian Barbara Strozzi.
Building a Library: Bach's Lutheran Masses
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood surveys recordings of Lutheran Masses by JS Bach.
