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Part 3

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

Andrew McGregor hosts the first part of a special Bank Holiday day-long celebration of the very best classical recordings of the last 25 years. Andrew will be joined in the studio by some of Record Review's regular guest contributors, and there will be three mini-Building a Library slots across the day - slimmed-down versions of Record Review’s regular feature, comparing some of the most recent versions of a particular key classical work.

In this final segment, Andrew will be joined by writer and broadcaster Gillian Moore, (Associate Artist at the Southbank Centre), who will introduce some of her favourite recordings of the 21st Century, and by Radio 3 presenter Kate Molleson for a mini-Building a Library on some of the best recent recordings of Mahler's epic Symphony No.2, the Resurrection Symphony. A complete performance of Kate's top choice will form the climax to the day, starting at 19.30.

Plus, celebrity classical music fans reveal their favourite album of the century, a specially curated sequence of 21st Century recordings in the Classical Mixtape at 19.00, 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.

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.
  • Kenneth Leighton

    Laudes animantium; No. 8. Every Living Creature

    Lyricist: Michael Drayton. Singer: Nina Bennett. Singer: Ciara Hendrick. Singer: Nick Pritchard. Choir: Finchley Childrens Music Group. Choir: Londinium. Conductor: Andrew Griffiths.
    • Every Living Creature.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 8.
  • Johann Strauss II

    An der schonen blauen Donau, Walzer, Op. 314

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 8.
  • Julia Wolfe

    Fire in my mouth - III. Protest

    Lyricist: Julia Wolfe. Choir: Young People's Chorus of New York City. Choir: The Crossing. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.
    • Julia Wolfe: Fire in my mouth.
    • UMC - Decca Gold.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: I. Allegro ma non troppo - Poco sosten

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Veronika Eberle. Performer: Hanna Weinmeister. Performer: Julian Steckel.
    • Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 / String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 3.
    • AVI.
    • 1.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus factus est 1884 version

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Frank Merrick

    Suite in the 18th Century Style (Gigue)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • British Solo Cello Music.
    • HYPERION.
    • 29.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (from Giulio Cesare)

    Performer: Hector McDonald. Singer: Marijana Mijanovic. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Handel: Julius Caesar (highlights): Mackerras.
    • Archiv.
    • 25.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in C minor, Op 10 No 12 (Revolutionary Study)

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5 in D Major: III. Romanza - Lento

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5 / Symphony No.6.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F Major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Ravel: String Quartet.
    • Platoon.
    • 104.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mass - theatre piece for singers, players and dancers: Part 6; Gloria

    Singer: Jubilant Sykes. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 416.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act I: Scene of the Drunken

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Apr 2025 16:00