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Beethoven's Quartet Op.132 in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton & Andrew McGregor

A personal recommendation for Beethoven's epic, penultimate string quartet, plus the best of the week's new releases.

A personal recommendation for Beethoven's epic, penultimate string quartet, plus the best of the week's new releases.

Presented by Andrew McGregor.

2.00pm
Nicholas Kenyon brings in a handful of his choices of new releases.

3.00pm
Building a Library
Katy Hamilton's personal recommendation of Beethoven's Quartet no.15 in A minor with, at its heart, the slow movement he wrote in convalescence: 'Holy song of thanksgiving of a convalescent to the Deity'.
Recommended version:
Quatuor Ébène
Erato 9029533981

3.45pm
Record of the Week
Andrew's pick of the best of the best.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 22 Nov 2025 14:00
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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String quartet in G major Op.76 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Quatuor Arod.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Cello Sonata in G minor Op.65 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 8.
    • Chandos.
    • 118.

  • Giuseppe Cenci

    Fuggi da questo cielo "La Mantovana"

    Singer: Gwendoline Blondeel. Performer: Quito Gato. Performer: Mathilde Vialle.
    • Amor eterno.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 105.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius Op.38 (Part 1; Sanctis fortis)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • LPO.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A major D.951 (opening)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass in C minor K.427 'Great' (Credo; Et resurrexit)

    Singer: Elionor Martínez. Choir: Capella Nacional de Catalunya. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.30 in E major Op.109 (3rd mvt - extract)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Caprice

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Antonio Brunelli

    Non avea Febo ancora

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Maurizio Cazzati

    Ballo delle ombre

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Thomas Adès

    Violin Concerto 'Concentric Paths' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Adès: The Exterminating Angel Symphony & Violin Concerto.
    • Pentatone.
    • 105.

  • Franz Schubert

    Das Wandern (Die Schöne Müllerin D.795)

    Music Arranger: Markus Kraler. Music Arranger: Andreas Schett. Singer: Florian Boesch. Ensemble: Franui.
    • Col Legno.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Repudiation of Falstaff, and his death (Falstaff Op.68)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells - Elgar: Falstaff.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.

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