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Schubert’s Impromptus in Building a Library with Iain Burnside and Andrew McGregor

Pianist Iain Burnside chooses the ultimate recording of Schubert’s Impromptus, D935, in Building a Library, and cellist Natalie Clein shares her personal pick of new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Cellist Natalie Clein’s personal pick of new releases which have caught her ear, plus her 'On Repeat' track – a recording which she is currently listening to again and again.

10.30 am
Building a Library
Pianist Iain Burnside chooses the ultimate recording of Schubert’s Impromptus, D.935 to buy, download or stream.
Some of Schubert’s last masterpieces, this set of four exquisite pieces was only published after the composer’s death with a dedication to the then very young Franz Liszt.
A number of observers feel they come together to form a multi-movement sonata – what do you think?

Iain's choice:
Radu Lupu (piano)
Decca 4609752

Period instrument choice:
Alexei Lubimov (fortepiano)
Zigzag ZZT100102

11.20 am
Record of the Week
Andrew's pick of the best of the best from the last seven days.
Send us your On Repeat recommendations at recordreview@bbc.co.uk or tweet us @±«ÓătvRadio3

2 hours, 47 minutes

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Exsultate, jubilate, K165 iv) Alleluia, alleluia

    Singer: Karine Deshayes. Ensemble: Les Paladins. Conductor: Jérôme Corréas.
    • ´ˇ±č˛ą°ůłŮĂ©.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Suor Angelica: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Orpheus' Comet

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Delyana Lazarova.
    • Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Sinphonia No. 5 for strings & continuo in F, Op. 1.10 i) Allegro - Adagio

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Signum.

  • BĂ©la BartĂłk

    Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, BB 115, Sz. 110 iii) Allegro non troppo

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Camille Baslé. Performer: Jean-Claude Gengembre.
    • Erato.

  • Aleksander Michalowski

    Mazurka in E flat major

    Performer: Ludmil Angelov.
    • Frederick Chopin Institute.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No.10 in B minor: Adagio - Allegro - Piu presto

    Orchestra: dogma chamber orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Gurewitsch.
    • MDG.

  • Vivian Fung

    String Quartet No. 4: Insects and Machines

    Ensemble: Jasper String Quartet.
    • Dorian Sono Luminus.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.38 in D major K.504 'Prague' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • BĂ©la BartĂłk

    Sonata for Violin Solo, Sz. 117: IV. Presto

    Performer: Nurit Stark.
    • BartĂłk, Ligeti and Others: Works for Violin & Viola.
    • BIS.
    • 104.

  • Percy Grainger

    Children's March - Over the Hills and Far Away

    Performer: Martin Jones.
    • Nimbus.

  • Charlo

    Sin Lágrimas

    Singer: Leonel Capitano. Ensemble: Cuarteto SolTango.
    • ±Ę´Ç±đ˛őĂ­˛ą.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 12.

  • Oliver Tarney

    Prayer to the Mother of God

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Conductor: Rory McCleery.
    • Linn.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mikko Franck.
    • Alpha.

  • Nicola Matteis Sr.

    Ayres for the Violin: Fantasia

    Performer: Isabelle Faust.
    • Solo: Matteis - Pisendel - Biber - Guillemain - Vilsmayr.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Johann Georg Pisendel

    Sonata for Solo Violin in A Minor ii) Allegro

    Performer: Isabelle Faust.
    • Solo: Matteis - Pisendel - Biber - Guillemain - Vilsmayr.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15: ii) Adagio. Mit größter Ruhe, stets äußerst gebunden und ausdrucksvoll

    Performer: Severin von Eckardstein. Ensemble: Alma Quartet.
    • Korngold: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 16 _ Piano Quintet Op. 15.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.

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