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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Building a Library: Schubert's Fantasy in C, D934, for violin and piano.
Sat 7 Jan 2017
Harriet Smith compares recordings of Schubert's piece, which baffled its 1828 audience.
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Building a Library: Bruckner's Third Symphony
Sat 31 Dec 2016
Dedicated to his hero Wagner, Bruckner revised his Third Symphony several times.
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Building a Library: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 21
Christmas Eve 2016
David Owen Norris sifts through the available recordings of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21
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Building a Library: Lassus's Lagrime di San Pietro
Sat 17 Dec 2016
Caroline Gill compares recordings of Lassus's depiction of the sorrows of St Peter.
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Building a Library: Puccini's La fanciulla del West
Sat 10 Dec 2016
Flora Willson pans for gold in available recordings of Puccini's California-based opera
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Building a Library: Haydn's Symphony no. 99
Sat 3 Dec 2016
Symphony No.99 is an example of late, great Haydn. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording
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Building a Library: Survey of Barbara Strozzi
Sat 26 Nov 2016
Dr Hannah French surveys recordings of music of 17th-century Venetian Barbara Strozzi.
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Building a Library: Bach's Lutheran Masses
Sat 19 Nov 2016
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood surveys recordings of Lutheran Masses by JS Bach.
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Building a Library: Vaughan Williams's London Symphony
Sat 12 Nov 2016
Mark Lowther makes a recommendation from the available recordings.
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Building a Library: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
Sat 5 Nov 2016
Anna Picard compares recordings on CD and DVD of Stravinsky's operatic morality tale.
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Building a Library: Brahms' String Sextet No 1 in B flat
Sat 29 Oct 2016
Katy Hamilton recommends a recording of Brahms's String Sextet No.1, composed in 1860.
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Building a Library: Mateo Flecha's ensaladas
Sat 22 Oct 2016
Tess Knighton compares recordings of 'Ensaladas' of the early 16th century Mateo Flecha
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Cabaret
Sat 15 Oct 2016
Richard Sisson compares recordings of Kander and Ebb's 1966 musical 'Cabaret'
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Elgar: Falstaff 鈥� Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68
Sat 8 Oct 2016
David Nice surveys recordings of Elgar's Falstaff 鈥� Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68
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Tallis Spem in alium
Thu 6 Oct 2016
Simon Heighes recommends a recorded version of Tallis's Spem in alium
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Building a Library: Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
Tue 27 Sep 2016
Sara Mohr-Pietsch on Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1, live from Southbank Centre
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Building a Library:Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Sat 17 Sep 2016
Mahan Esfahani comes up with a personal recommendation for Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
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Proms Composer: Jonathan Dove
Mon 12 Sep 2016
The final Proms Composer of this season is British composer Jonathan Dove
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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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All episodes since 2010, listed alphabetically by composer surname.
