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

Record Review: Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A in Building a Library with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor

Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A in Building a Library with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A in Building a Library with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor

Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major.

In Building a Library, Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, and Roger Parker reviews a selection of new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

2.00 pm
Roger Parker reviews a selection of new releases, including music by Bruckner, Bach and Dvorak.

3.00 pm
Building a Library

Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major.

This is one of Mozart’s most lyrical and poignant works, especially in the central slow movement. Mozart created the prototype of the piano concerto as we know it with the concertos he wrote for Vienna in the 1780s. He wrote it in 1786, the year of his great opera, The Marriage of Figaro. It is the most chamber-musical of Mozart’s mature piano concertos. The slow movement written in siciliano style reaches operatic depths of heartbreak. But all that dissolves in a finale of rollicking high spirits.

Recommended version
Murray Perahia (piano/director)
English Chamber Orchestra
Sony Classical 88697757852

3.45 pm
Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick.

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