Record Review Podcast Podcast
Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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C茅sar Franck - Symphony in D minor
Sat 23 Sep 2017
Mahan Esfahani recommends a recorded version of C茅sar Franck's Symphony in D minor
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Mozart Horn Quintet
Sat 16 Sep 2017
Sarah Walker recommends a recorded version of Mozart's Horn Quintet
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Building a Library: Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Alexandra Coghlan recommends the best recording of Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem
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Building a Library:Jan谩膷ek's Sinfonietta
Sat 1 Jul 2017
Richard Morrison recommends the best recording of Jan谩膷ek's Sinfonietta.
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Building a Library: Telemann's 'Water Music'
Sat 24 Jun 2017
Simon Heighes recommends the best recording of Telemann's 'Water Music'
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Building a Library: Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Iain Burnside recommends the best recording of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations.
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Building a Library: Survey of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor recordings
Sat 10 Jun 2017
Ivan Hewett and Andrew survey recordings of the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten
Sat 3 Jun 2017
Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten
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Building a Library: The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Sat 27 May 2017
Sarah Lenton recommends the best recording of The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
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Building a Library: Sofia Gubaidulina
Sat 20 May 2017
Gillian Moore surveys recordings of music by Russia's greatest living composer.
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Building a Library: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Mon 15 May 2017
Jeremy Summerly joins Andrew for a live review of recordings of Monteverdi's opera.
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Building a Library: Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto
Sat 6 May 2017
Prokofiev was soloist at the concerto's 1921 premiere, which has become his most popular.
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Building a Library: Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 24
Sat 29 Apr 2017
Liederkreis was written in the year he devoted to song composition after marrying Clara.
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Building a Library: Mahler's Second Symphony
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Bill Mival assesses recordings of the epic 'Resurrection' symphony, live from Spiritland.
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Building a Library: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata
Sat 15 Apr 2017
Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata was overshadowed by the success of his Piano Concerto No. 2.
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Building a Library: Kodaly's Dances of Galanta
Sat 8 Apr 2017
Kodaly's joyful work is based on the Hungarian dances of Galanta where he lived as a boy.
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Building a Library: Verdi's Aida
Sat 1 Apr 2017
Set in the Egypt of the Pharaohs, Verdi's Aida premiered at the Cairo opera house in 1871
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Building a Library: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
Sat 25 Mar 2017
Mozart's final instrumental work was written for his friend, clarinettist Anton Stadler.
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Building a Library: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
Tue 21 Mar 2017
Messaien's piece was premiered at a prisoner of war camp, outdoors in the rain, in 1941.
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Building a Library: Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
Sat 11 Mar 2017
Nicholas Baragwanath guides us through Schoenberg's epic Romantic cantata, Gurrelieder.
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Building a Library: Survey of Ethel Smyth recordings
Sat 4 Mar 2017
Explore the music of an underrated composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement
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Monteverdi Il ritorno d'Ulisse
Sat 13 Jun 2015
Comparing recordings of Monteverdi's least-known opera, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
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Nielsen 3rd Symphony
Sat 6 Jun 2015
Andrew Mellor compares recordings of Nielsen's 'Sinfonia Espansiva' and makes a...
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Mendelssohn Piano Trio Op.49
Sat 30 May 2015
Harriet Smith compares recordings of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, Op.
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Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann
Sat 23 May 2015
Sarah Lenton recommends a recording from the available versions of Offenbach's opera,...
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Mozart - Horn Concertos
Mon 18 May 2015
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood compares recordings of Mozart鈥檚 Horn Concertos
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Walton's Cello Concerto
Sat 9 May 2015
Helen Wallace compares recordings of Walton's Cello Concerto and makes a personal...
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Scriabin's Prometheus
Sat 2 May 2015
William Mival recommends a version from the available recordings of Scriabin's Prometheus
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Verdi Macbeth
Sat 25 Apr 2015
Roger Parker compares recordings of Verdi's first Shakespearean opera Macbeth and a...
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Purcell Funeral Music
Sat 18 Apr 2015
Kirsten Gibson recommends a recording from the available versions of Purcell鈥檚 Music...
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