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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Proms Composer: Max Reger
Mon 5 Sep 2016
Our weekly Proms Composer is German composer, organist, pianist, and teacher Max Reger.
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Proms Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky
Tue 30 Aug 2016
This week's Proms Composer is Austrian late Romantic Alexander Zemlinsky.
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Proms Composer: Emily Howard
Sun 21 Aug 2016
British composer Emily Howard (born in Liverpool in 1979) is this week's Proms Composer.
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Proms Composer: Thomas Ad猫s
Tue 16 Aug 2016
Summer Record Review's weekly look at a Proms Composer explores recordings of Thomas Ad猫s
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Proms Composer: Kurt Schwertsik
Mon 8 Aug 2016
Summer Record Review's Proms Composer explores the recordings of Kurt Schwertsik
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Proms Composer: Wolfgang Rihm
Sat 30 Jul 2016
Summer Record Review's weekly Proms Composer explores recordings by Wolfgang Rihm
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Proms Composer: Galina Ustvolskaya
Thu 28 Jul 2016
Summer Record Review explores recordings of music by Galina Ustvolskaya
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Proms Composer: Galina Usvolskaya
Sat 16 Jul 2016
Summer Record Review's Proms Composer slot explores recordings of music by Ustvolskaya
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Building a Library: Faure's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Richard Morrison compares recordings of Faur茅's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
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Offenbach Orph茅e aux enfers
Sat 9 Jul 2016
Sarah Lenton recommends a recorded version of Offenbach's Orph茅e aux enfers
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Victoria - Masses
Sat 25 Jun 2016
Tess Knighton gives a recommendation for Victoria's Masses from among available versions.
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Mahler Symphony 5
Tue 21 Jun 2016
William Mival's live traversal of recordings of Mahler's 5th Symphony
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JS Bach's 鈥楩uneral Ode鈥� for the Queen of Poland BWV198
Sat 11 Jun 2016
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood recommends a recording of Bach's 鈥楩uneral Ode鈥�
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Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (Op. 74) 'Path茅tique'
Sat 4 Jun 2016
Marina Frolova-Walker recommends a recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6, 'Path茅tique'
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Schumann's Fantasie in C, Op. 17
Sat 28 May 2016
Kenneth Hamilton recommends a recording of Schumann's Fantasie in C, Op. 17
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Handel's Alcina
Sat 21 May 2016
Berta Joncus recommends a recording of Handel's Alcina from among available versions.
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Haydn String Quartet in G Op.77 No.1
Sat 14 May 2016
Caroline Gill recommends a recording of Haydn's String Quartet Op.77 No.1
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Bohuslav Martinu's Symphony No. 6
Mon 9 May 2016
Jonathan Swain recommends a recording of Bohuslav Martinu's Symphony No. 6
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Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D.929
Sat 30 Apr 2016
Iain Burnside compares recordings of Schubert's E flat Piano Trio D.929.
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Verdi's Falstaff
Wed 27 Apr 2016
Andrew is joined by Roger Parker live in Stratford-upon-Avon to discuss Verdi's opera.
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Hildegard of Bingen survey
Sat 16 Apr 2016
Sara Mohr-Pietsch surveys music by Hildegard of Bingen & makes a personal recommendation
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Bach's Concerto for Oboe, Violin and strings in C minor BWV1060R
Thu 14 Apr 2016
David Vickers recommends a version of this ever-popular Bach Concerto.
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Brahms's Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78
Sat 2 Apr 2016
Katy Hamilton recommends a recording from the available versions.
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Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben
Sat 26 Mar 2016
Erica Jeal recommends a recording from the available versions of this great song cycle.
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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, 'Pathetique'
Sat 19 Mar 2016
Sarah Walker recommends a recording from the available versions.
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Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3
Mon 14 Mar 2016
Sarah Devonald recommends a recording of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3.
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Delius Sea Drift
Sat 5 Mar 2016
Daniel Grimley recommends a version from the available recordings of Delius's Sea Drift
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Shostakovich Symphony No 9
Sat 20 Feb 2016
David Nice recommends a recorded version of Shostakovich's 9th Symphony
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Guillaume de Machaut
Sat 13 Feb 2016
Simon Heighes recommends recordings which represent the music of Guillaume de Machaut.
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