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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Episodes to download
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Schumann: Dichterliebe Op.48
Mon 6 Jan 2020
Laura Tunbridge recommends recordings of Schumann's poignant song cycle "Dichterliebe"
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Mon 6 Jan 2020
Edward Seckerson recommends recordings of Tchaikovsky's ballet music, The Nutcracker
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Schubert: Quintet in A major, D.667 "Trout"
Mon 16 Dec 2019
David Owen Norris recommends recordings of Schubert’s Trout Quintet D.667
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Tue 3 Dec 2019
Kirsten Gibson recommends recordings of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas Z.626
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Haydn: Symphony No.102 in B flat major
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Sarah Walker recommends recordings of Haydn's Symphony No.102 in B flat major, H.1:102
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Tue 19 Nov 2019
Jeremy Summerly recommends recordings of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Tue 12 Nov 2019
William Mival recommends recordings of Mahler's Symphony no. 3
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Bach: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
Tue 5 Nov 2019
Mark Lowther recommends recordings of J. S. Bach's Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
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Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky"
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Katy Hamilton recommends recordings of Dvořák's Piano Trio no.4 in E minor "Dumky" Op.90
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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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JanáÄek: Glagolitic Mass
Mon 10 Jun 2019
Elin Manahan Thomas recommends recordings of LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek'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: Lemminkäinen Suite
Sat 18 May 2019
Andrew Mellor recommends recordings of Sibelius's Lemminkäinen 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