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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Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata
Sun 4 Jul 2021
Musicologist Natasha Loges chooses her favourite recording of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata
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Mozart Quintet for Piano and Wind K.452
Sun 27 Jun 2021
Pianist Iain Burnside reviews recordings of Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Wind K.452.
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Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde
Sun 20 Jun 2021
Dr Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
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Building a Library: Carmina Burana
Sun 13 Jun 2021
Conductor Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recordings of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.
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Sibelius Violin Concerto
Sun 6 Jun 2021
Dr Leah Broad chooses her favourite recordings of Sibelius' Violin Concerto.
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Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mon 24 May 2021
Pianist Yshani Perinpanayagam reviews recordings of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2.
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CPE Bach Cello Concerto in A
Mon 17 May 2021
Broadcaster Hannah French examines recordings of CPE Bach's Cello Concerto in A Major.
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Smetana - M谩 Vlast
Tue 11 May 2021
Writer Anna Picard chooses from her favourite recordings of Bed艡ich Smetana's M谩 Vlast.
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Haydn: Symphony No. 92 (Oxford)
Mon 3 May 2021
Writer Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Oxford Symphony.
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Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Nigel Simeone picks his favourite recording of Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D
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Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44
Sun 18 Apr 2021
Katy Hamilton picks her favourite recording of R Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat major
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64
Mon 5 Apr 2021
William Mival picks his favourite recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E minor
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Lucy Parham picks her favourite recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor
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Monteverdi: Madrigals
Sat 20 Mar 2021
Kirsten Gibson selects her favourite recordings of Monteverdi's Madrigals
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Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
Mon 15 Mar 2021
Jeremy Sams selects his favourite recordings of Ravel's Introduction and Allegro
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Josquin des Prez: 500th Anniversary
Mon 1 Mar 2021
Elin Manahan Thomas selects her favourite recordings of the music of Josquin des Prez
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Bruckner: Symphony No 6
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Tom Service selects his favourite recordings of Bruckner's Sixth Symphony
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's Pulcinella.
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Bartok: String Quartet No 5
Mon 8 Feb 2021
Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Bela Bartok's String Quartet No 5
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Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Mon 1 Feb 2021
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel.
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Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Mark Lowther picks his favourite recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Songs of Travel
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Handel's Tamerlano
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Roger Parker chooses his favourite version of Handel's Tamerlano.
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Mon 18 Jan 2021
David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto
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Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
Fri 8 Jan 2021
Natasha Loges recommends recordings of Brahms's Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
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Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Boxing Day 2020
Nicholas Kenyon recommends recordings of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
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Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Gillian Moore recommends recordings of Mahler's First Symphony
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Franck: Three Organ Chorales
Tue 15 Dec 2020
Anna Lapwood recommends recordings of C茅sar Franck's Three Organ Chorales
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Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Fri 11 Dec 2020
Mark Simpson recommends recordings of Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto
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