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Andrew McGregor hosts a special Record Review day celebrating the very best classical recordings of the last 25 years, with guests and mini-Building a Library features.

Andrew McGregor, presenter of Radio 3's Record Review, hosts the first part of a special Bank Holiday day-long celebration of the very best classical recordings of the last 25 years.

Across the day, Andrew will be joined live in the studio by some of Record Review's regular guest contributors, including three mini-Building a Library slots: slimmed-down versions of Record Review鈥檚 regular feature, comparing some of the most recent versions of a key classical work.

In this first part of the day, Andrew is joined by singer and pianist Allyson Devenish, who introduces some of her favourite recordings of the 21st Century, and by Radio 3 Breakfast presenter Tom McKinney for a mini-Building a Library on some of the best recent recordings of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata. We'll hear Tom's top choice in full.

Plus, celebrity classical music fans reveal their favourite album of the century, and the day is packed with lots of the very best recordings of the very best classical music to make a great soundtrack for your Bank Holiday.

3 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 21 Apr 2025 09:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 1 in C (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid

    Performer: Joseph Moog. Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov.
    • Naive.

  • Rune Tonsgaard S酶rensen

    Shine you no more

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring, RV.269 [The Four Seasons]

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Joseph Colombo

    Indifference

    Composer: Tony Murena. Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Orchestra: Double Sens.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Trad.

    Hommage 脿 Jean Carignan (Medley)

    Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Orchestra: Double Sens.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    Rounds

    Performer: Awadagin Pratt. Ensemble: A Far Cry.
    • New Amsterdam.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Bekken (Lyric Pieces Op. 62 No. 4)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 801.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Alfedans (Lyric Pieces Op. 12 No. 4)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 901.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Tungsinn (Lyric Pieces Op. 65 No. 3)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 1001.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 in E minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets Op. 13 in A minor, Op. 80 in F minor:.
    • Virgin.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarme dich (St Matthew Passion BWV.244)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM RECORDS.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.9

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Cello Sonata no.7 in D - mov.3 largo and mov. 4 presto

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Fred Thomas. Music Arranger: Abel Selaocoe.
    • Where is 蜜芽传媒 / Hae Ke Kae.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Trad.

    City Called Heaven

    Performer: Christian Reif. Music Arranger: Hall Johnson. Singer: Julia Bullock.
    • Walking in the Dark.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 4.

  • Billy Taylor

    I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

    Performer: Christian Reif. Music Arranger: Jeremy Siskind. Singer: Julia Bullock.
    • Walking in the Dark.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    La prima vez

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Karim Sulayman. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman.
    • Broken Branches.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor Op.13 "Pathetique"

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 8.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Flying (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: The Berlin Concert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.

  • Henry Purcell

    Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens Z.632)

    Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 102.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus (from The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace)

    Performer: Timothy Hugh. Singer: Malakai. Choir: Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Decca.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • GERSHWIN Lincoln Mayorga - Harmonie Ensemble/NY - Steven Richman.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus HWV.232 (opening chorus)

    Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • Alpha.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Apr 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3