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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Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
Sat 27 Jan 2018
Sarah Devonald recommends recordings of Dvorak's Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22.
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Donizetti L'elisir d'amore
Sat 20 Jan 2018
Sarah Lenton recommends a recording of Donizetti's opera L'elisir d'amore
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Mozart Prague Symphony
Sat 30 Dec 2017
Tom Service recommends a recorded version of Mozart's Prague Symphony - No. 38 in D, K504
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Bach Brandenburg Concertos
Sat 23 Dec 2017
Sara Mohr-Pietsch recommends a recorded version of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
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Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat major
Thu 21 Dec 2017
David Owen Norris recommends a recorded version of Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat D960
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Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Mon 11 Dec 2017
Mark Lowther chooses his preferred recording of Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius'
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Bruckner - Motets
Sat 2 Dec 2017
Bruckner wrote about 40 motets: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood reviews recordings.
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Brahms String Quartet No.3 Op.67
Sat 25 Nov 2017
Katy Hamilton chooses the best recording of Brahms' String Quartet No.3 in B flat major.
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Rodgers & Hammerstein Oklahoma!
Sat 18 Nov 2017
Richard Sisson recommends the best recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma!
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Shostakovich Symphony No.11 in G minor, 'The Year 1905'
Wed 15 Nov 2017
Gerard McBurney recommends the best recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No.11 in G minor
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Building a Library: Vivaldi's La Stravaganza, Op.4
Sat 4 Nov 2017
Simon Heighes recommends the best recording of Vivaldi's La Stravaganza, Op.4
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Giacomo Puccini - Il Tabarro
Sat 21 Oct 2017
Anna Picard recommends a recorded version of Puccini's Il Tabarro
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Henry Purcell - My heart is inditing Z.30
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Jeremy Summerly recommends a recorded version of Henry Purcell's My heart is inditing Z30
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Handel - Concerti Grossi Op.3
Sat 7 Oct 2017
These 6 lively concertos were compiled into a set and published by John Walsh in 1734.
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Richard Wagner - Wesendonck-Lieder
Sat 30 Sep 2017
Natasha Loges recommends a recorded version of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder
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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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