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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: Britten's Peter Grimes with Kate Kennedy and Andrew McGregor

Britten's Peter Grimes with Kate Kennedy and Andrew McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Britten's Peter Grimes with Kate Kennedy and Andrew McGregor

Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of Britten's Peter Grimes.

Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of  Britten's Peter Grimes in Building a Library, and conductor Ben Gernon reviews a box of reissues from conductor Bernard Haitink

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
The conductor, Ben Gernon reviews a box of reissues from conductor Bernard Haitink and shares his 'On Repeat' track – a recording which he is currently listening to again and again.

10.30 am
Building a Library: Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of  Britten's Peter Grimes

The opera Peter Grimes is set in a fictional small town that bears some resemblance to Britten's home of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on England's east coast. It is a drama about outsiders and oppression.  As Britten himself said, it was "a subject very close to my heart – the struggle of the individual against the masses. The more vicious the society, the more vicious the individual". The score is full of great orchestral descriptions of the Suffolk coast and highly dramatic confrontations.

11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick.

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