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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

UK Only

Updated: weekly

Episodes available: indefinitely

Dvorak's American Quartet

Sat 10 Jan 2015

Robert Philip makes a recommendation from the available recordings of Dvorak's Quartet...
Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli

Sat 3 Jan 2015

Caroline Gill compares the available recordings of Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli a...
RCM Session Report

Sat 3 Jan 2015

Simon Heighes visits an unusual recording session at the Royal College of Music
Haydn The Creation

Sun 28 Dec 2014

Iain Burnside with a personal recommendation from recordings of Haydn's oratorio The...
Schubert Symphony no.8

Sat 27 Dec 2014

Chris De Souza with a personal recommnedation from recordings of Schubert's Eighth...
27 12 14: Alfred Brendel interview

Sat 27 Dec 2014

In a CD Review exclusive, Andrew McGregor talks to legendary pianist Alfred Brendel.
Beethoven's Ghost Piano Trio

Sat 20 Dec 2014

Harriet Smith recommends a recording from the available versions of Beethoven's Ghost...
Bruckner 7th Symphony

Sat 13 Dec 2014

John Deathridge recommends a version from the available recordings of Bruckner's 7th...
Bach Orchestral Suites

Sat 6 Dec 2014

Mark Lowther surveys the available recordings of Bach's four orchestral suites and his...
Schumann Symphony no.2

Sat 29 Nov 2014

Richard Wigmore with a personal recommendation from recordings of Schumann's but...
Purcell Hail! Bright Cecilia

Sat 22 Nov 2014

Simon Heighes compares recordings of Purcell's Ode Hail! Bright Cecilia and makes a...
Rossini William Tell

Sat 15 Nov 2014

Richard Osborne compares recordings of Rossini's final opera and makes a personal...
Stravinsky Petrushka

Sat 8 Nov 2014

Martin Cotton compares recordings of Stravinsky鈥檚 ballet Petrushka, and makes a...
Chopin Preludes

Sat 1 Nov 2014

Recorded live at Sage Gateshead in conversation with Andrew McGregor, Kenneth Hamilton...
Strauss Oboe Concerto

Sat 25 Oct 2014

Sarah Devonald with a personal recommendation from recordings of Strauss's joyful,...
Mozart Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail

Sat 18 Oct 2014

Berta Joncus with a personal recommendation from the many recordings of Mozart鈥檚 aus...
Shostakovich 10th Symphony

Sat 11 Oct 2014

Stephen Johnson recommends a version from the available recordings of Shostakovich's...
Interview - Vasily Petrenko

Tue 7 Oct 2014

Andrew talks to conductor Vasily Petrenko about completing his cycle of Shostakovich's...
Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor

Sat 4 Oct 2014

Ivan Hewett with a personal recommendation from recordings of Brahms's piano quartet G...
Holst The Planets

Sat 27 Sep 2014

David Owen Norris compares recordings of Holst's The Planets and makes a personal...
Emma Kirkby and Catherine Mackintosh on recording Handel's Messiah with Christopher Hogwoo

Fri 26 Sep 2014

In an interview originally broadcast in April 2014 Andrew talks to soprano Emma Kirkby...
Handel Orlando

Sat 20 Sep 2014

Anna Picard recommends a version from the available recordings of Handel's opera Orlando
Summer Interview - Kristjan Jarvi

Tue 16 Sep 2014

Andrew talks to the conductor Kristjan J盲rvi about the reinvention of core the in his...
Proms Composer - Harrison Birtwistle

Tue 9 Sep 2014

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
Summer Interview - Andrew Litton

Sat 6 Sep 2014

Andrew talks to American conductor Andrew Litton about recording Prokofiev and Wagner...
Summer Review - Gluck Operas

Mon 1 Sep 2014

Andrew talks to Simon Heighes about a box set of operas by Gluck from Decca.
Summer Interview - Jessye Norman

Sat 23 Aug 2014

Andrew talks to soprano Jessye Norman about her new memoir, the extraordinary career,...
Proms Composer - Kodaly

Fri 22 Aug 2014

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
Proms Composer - Adams

Fri 22 Aug 2014

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer. This week's Proms...
Summer Review - recent re-releases from the RCA label

Mon 18 Aug 2014

Andrew talks to Rob Cowan about the recently-released collection of RCA's 'Living a in...