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A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations.

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation.

Record Review: Haydn's Harmoniemesse in Building a Library with Richard Wigmore and Andrew McGregor

Haydn's Harmoniemesse in Building a Library with Richard Wigmore and Andrew McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Haydn's Harmoniemesse in Building a Library with Richard Wigmore and Andrew McGregor

Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Harmoniemesse.

In Building a Library, Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Harmoniemesse, and Emily MacGregor rounds up some of the best new classical releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Emily MacGregor brings a selection of new releases to the studio, and in On Repeat she shares a track with Andrew and explains her current preoccupation with it.

10.30 am
Building a Library
Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Joseph Haydn's Harmoniemesse in B flat.

In 1802, when Haydn completed the Harmoniemesse (having, as he put it, "toiled wearily and laboriously"), the 70-year-old was acknowledged as Europe's greatest living composer. The mass setting, Haydn's last major completed work, never gained the same popularity as his two late oratorios The Creation and The Seasons. But it has long been recognised as one of Haydn's supreme achievements into which, despite old age and failing health, he poured a lifetime of experience to create music both fresh and inspiring. The orchestra is the largest Haydn used for any of his six masses and its name comes from its large section of wind ('harmonie') instruments.

11.20 am
Record of the Week
An exceptional new release.

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