Building a Library: Bach's Lutheran Masses

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood surveys recordings of Lutheran Masses by JS Bach.

• 53 mins

Building a Library: Survey of Barbara Strozzi

Dr Hannah French surveys recordings of music of 17th-century Venetian Barbara Strozzi.

• 51 mins

Building a Library: Haydn's Symphony no. 99

Symphony No.99 is an example of late, great Haydn. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording

• 50 mins

Building a Library: Puccini's La fanciulla del West

Flora Willson pans for gold in available recordings of Puccini's California-based opera

• 49 mins

Building a Library: Lassus's Lagrime di San Pietro

Caroline Gill compares recordings of Lassus's depiction of the sorrows of St Peter.

• 57 mins

Building a Library: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 21

David Owen Norris sifts through the available recordings of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21

• 48 mins

Building a Library: Bruckner's Third Symphony

Dedicated to his hero Wagner, Bruckner revised his Third Symphony several times.

• 46 mins

Building a Library: Schubert's Fantasy in C, D934, for violin and piano.

Harriet Smith compares recordings of Schubert's piece, which baffled its 1828 audience.

• 50 mins

Building a Library: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony

Rob Cowan sifts through "Tchaik 4," a piece written at a time of emotional turmoil.

• 47 mins

Building a Library: Beethoven's String Quartet No 12, Op. 127

Stephen Johnson compares recordings of the first of Beethoven's late string quartets.

• 53 mins

Building a Library: Sibelius's Tapiola

Tapiola is Sibelius's final masterpiece for orchestra. Andrew Mellor recommends a version

• 44 mins

Building a Library: Rossini's The Barber of Seville

Ben Walton compares recordings of Rossini's hugely popular opera on Beaumarchais's play.

• 51 mins

Building a Library: Bach's B Minor Mass

Bach completed this piece by refashioning music he'd composed throughout his career

• 55 mins

Building a Library: Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez

Tom McKinney heads to Spain with the ever-popular Rodrigo Guitar Concerto.

• 47 mins

Building a Library: Ives's Second Symphony

Edward Seckerson joins Andrew McGregor to assess recordings of Ives Symphony No. 2.

• 58 mins

Building a Library: Survey of Ethel Smyth recordings

Explore the music of an underrated composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement

• 49 mins

Building a Library: Schoenberg's Gurrelieder

Nicholas Baragwanath guides us through Schoenberg's epic Romantic cantata, Gurrelieder.

• 47 mins

Building a Library: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time

Messaien's piece was premiered at a prisoner of war camp, outdoors in the rain, in 1941.

• 48 mins

Building a Library: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto

Mozart's final instrumental work was written for his friend, clarinettist Anton Stadler.

• 50 mins

Building a Library: Verdi's Aida

Set in the Egypt of the Pharaohs, Verdi's Aida premiered at the Cairo opera house in 1871

• 55 mins

Building a Library: Kodaly's Dances of Galanta

Kodaly's joyful work is based on the Hungarian dances of Galanta where he lived as a boy.

• 49 mins

Building a Library: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata

Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata was overshadowed by the success of his Piano Concerto No. 2.

• 50 mins

Building a Library: Mahler's Second Symphony

Bill Mival assesses recordings of the epic 'Resurrection' symphony, live from Spiritland.

• 70 mins

Building a Library: Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 24

Liederkreis was written in the year he devoted to song composition after marrying Clara.

• 43 mins

Building a Library: Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto

Prokofiev was soloist at the concerto's 1921 premiere, which has become his most popular.

• 48 mins

Building a Library: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo

Jeremy Summerly joins Andrew for a live review of recordings of Monteverdi's opera.

• 66 mins

Building a Library: Sofia Gubaidulina

Gillian Moore surveys recordings of music by Russia's greatest living composer.

• 49 mins

Building a Library: The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan

Sarah Lenton recommends the best recording of The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan.

• 43 mins

Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten

Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten

• 43 mins

Building a Library: Survey of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor recordings

Ivan Hewett and Andrew survey recordings of the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

• 46 mins