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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.
Building a Library: Vaughan Williams's London Symphony
Mark Lowther makes a recommendation from the available recordings.
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: 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: Mateo Flecha's ensaladas
Tess Knighton compares recordings of 'Ensaladas' of the early 16th century Mateo Flecha
Cabaret
Richard Sisson compares recordings of Kander and Ebb's 1966 musical 'Cabaret'
Elgar: Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68
David Nice surveys recordings of Elgar's Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68