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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: Janáček's String Quartet No 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata', in Building a Library with Erik Levi and Andrew McGregor

Janáček's String Quartet No 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata', in Building a Library with Erik Levi and Andrew McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Janáček's String Quartet No 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata', in Building a Library with Erik Levi and Andrew McGregor

Erik Levi chooses his favourite recording of Janáček's 'Kreutzer Sonata' String Quartet.

In Building a Library, Erik Levi chooses his favourite recording of Janáček's String Quartet No 1, 'Kreutzer Sonata', plus a round-up of the best new classical releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Emily MacGregor discusses some new releases that have caught her ear and shares her 'On Repeat' track – a recording which she is currently listening to again and again.

10.30 am
Building a Library: Erik Levi chooses his favourite recording of Leoš Janáček's String Quartet No 1 'Kreutzer Sonata'

Composed in only nine days in 1923, Janáček's compact, emotionally supercharged String Quartet No 1 takes its title from Leo Tolstoy’s 1889 novella where a wife and her violinist lover play Beethoven’s 'Kreutzer' Sonata together before the jealous husband murders his adulterous wife. Janáček's music roils with the conflicted passions of tormented love, desire and jealously of Tolstoy's story. But there was emotional turmoil in Janáček's life, too. Long-fed up with his wife, in 1915 Janáček had fallen deeply in love with Kamila Stösslová who, happily married and 40 years his junior, made sure that Janáček's love remained unrequited. And if that was unfortunate for Janáček, it was surely lucky for us as he poured his feelings for Stösslová into music which blazes with a truly exceptional emotional intensity.    

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

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