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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Mozart: Serenade No.10 in B-flat, 'Gran Partita', K.361/370a
Mon 14 Oct 2019
Sarah Devonald recommends recordings of Mozart's 'Gran Partita', K.361/370a
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Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Tom Service recommends recordings of Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben.
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Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 'Classical'
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Marina Frolova-Walker recommends recordings of Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No 1
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Strauss: Four Last Songs
Mon 15 Jul 2019
Iain Burnside recommends recordings of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Sat 6 Jul 2019
Jonathan Cross recommends recordings of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
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Mozart: Piano Quartets
Mon 1 Jul 2019
Laura Tunbridge recommends recordings of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Quartets
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Handel: Israel in Egypt
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Suzanne Aspden recommends recordings of George Frideric Handel's Israel in Egypt
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Elgar: Violin Sonata
Mon 17 Jun 2019
David Owen Norris recommends recordings of Edward Elgar's Violin Sonata in E minor
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Jan谩膷ek: Glagolitic Mass
Mon 10 Jun 2019
Elin Manahan Thomas recommends recordings of Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek's Glagolitic Mass
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 'Italian'
Mon 3 Jun 2019
Oliver Condy recommends recordings of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 'Italian'.
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Bach: Ascension Oratorio
Mon 27 May 2019
Hannah French recommends recordings of Bach's Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11.
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Sibelius: Lemmink盲inen Suite
Sat 18 May 2019
Andrew Mellor recommends recordings of Sibelius's Lemmink盲inen Suite, Op. 22
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Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos
Sat 11 May 2019
Tom McKinney recommends recordings of Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor, FP 61
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Beethoven: Op.1 Piano Trios
Tue 7 May 2019
Helen Wallace recommends recordings of Beethoven's Piano Trios Op.1 Nos.1-3
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Edward Seckerson recommends recordings of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
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R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Sat 20 Apr 2019
Lucy Parham recommends recordings of Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor
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Brahms: Cellos Sonata No.1 in E minor
Sat 13 Apr 2019
Katy Hamilton recommends recordings of Brahms's Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor
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Mahler: Symphony No.4
Sat 6 Apr 2019
Nicholas Baragwanath recommends recordings of Mahler's Symphony No.4 in G major
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Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
Sat 30 Mar 2019
Ivan Hewett recommends recordings of Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G minor
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2
Sat 16 Mar 2019
Tom Service recommends recordings of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat Major
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Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Sat 9 Mar 2019
Richard Wigmore recommends recordings of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A major
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Sat 2 Mar 2019
Stephen Johnson recommends recordings of Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence
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Verdi: La forza del destino
Mon 25 Feb 2019
Flora Willson recommends recordings of Verdi's opera, La forza del destino
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major 'Emperor'
Sat 9 Feb 2019
Nicholas Kenyon recommends recordings of Beethoven's Emperor concerto
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Schubert: Schwanengesang
Sat 2 Feb 2019
Natasha Loges recommends recordings of Schubert's Schwanengesang
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Schumann: String Quartet Op. 43 No. 3 in A Major
Sat 26 Jan 2019
Erica Jeal recommends recordings of Schumann鈥檚 String Quartet Op. 43 No. 3 in A Major
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