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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JS Bach: Keyboard Concertos
Sat 20 Oct 2018
Mark Lowther recommends recordings of Bach's Keyboard Concertos
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Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Sat 13 Oct 2018
Mahan Esfahani recommends recordings of Franck's Violin Sonata in A major
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Ravel: L鈥檈nfant et les sortil猫ges
Sat 29 Sep 2018
Anna Picard recommends recordings of Ravel's L鈥檈nfant et les sortil猫ges
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Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Sat 22 Sep 2018
David Owen Norris recommends recordings of Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge
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Mozart: Concerto for two pianos E-flat major
Sat 15 Sep 2018
Sarah Walker recommends recordings of Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat major
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Finzi: Dies Natalis
Sat 30 Jun 2018
Elin Manahan Thomas recommends recordings of Finzi's Dies Natalis
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Debussy: Violin Sonata
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Caroline Rae recommends recordings of Debussy's Violin Sonata
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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Sat 16 Jun 2018
Marina Frolova-Walker recommends recordings of Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
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Schubert: Die Sch枚ne M眉llerin
Sat 9 Jun 2018
Laura Tunbridge recommends recordings of Franz Schubert's Die Sch枚ne M眉llerin
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Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor
Mon 4 Jun 2018
William Mival recommends recordings of Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D minor.
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Sat 26 May 2018
Kate Molleson recommends a recorded version of Igor Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.
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Handel: Concerti a due cori
Sat 19 May 2018
Simon Heighes recommends a recorded version of Handel's Concerti a due cori.
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Britten: Winter Words
Sat 12 May 2018
Kate Kennedy recommends a recorded version of Benjamin Britten's Winter Words.
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Corelli: Violin Sonata Op. 5
Sat 5 May 2018
Hannah French recommends a recorded version of Arcangelo Corelli's Violin Sonata Op. 5.
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Sat 28 Apr 2018
Ivan Hewett recommends a recorded version of Brahms' Symphony No. 1.
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Leonard Bernstein: Candide
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Edward Seckerson recommends a recorded version of Leonard Bernstein's musical Candide.
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Dvorak: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op 81
Sat 14 Apr 2018
Richard Morrison recommends recordings of Dvorak鈥檚 Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op 81
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Widor: Organ Symphony No. 5
Sat 7 Apr 2018
Andrew Mellor recommends recordings of Charles-Marie Widor's Organ Symphony No. 5
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Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Tue 3 Apr 2018
Alexandra Coghlan recommends recordings of Thomas Tallis' The Lamentations of Jeremiah.
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Debussy: Piano Preludes Book 1
Wed 28 Mar 2018
Iain Burnside recommends a recorded version of Debussy's Piano Preludes Book 1.
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Britten: Piano Concerto, Op 13
Tue 13 Mar 2018
Erica Jeal recommends a recorded version of Britten's Piano Concerto, Op 13.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Sat 3 Mar 2018
Stephen Johnson recommends a recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 7.
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Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
Sat 24 Feb 2018
Nicholas Baragwanath recommends a recorded version of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust.
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Haydn: String Quartet Op. 20 No. 3 in G minor
Sat 17 Feb 2018
Helen Wallace recommends a recording of Haydn's String Quartet Op. 20 No. 3 in G minor.
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Boulez: Le Marteau sans ma卯tre
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Tom McKinney recommends recordings of Le Marteau sans ma卯tre by Pierre Boulez
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Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Sat 3 Feb 2018
Harriet Smith recommends recordings of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op 109.
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