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
Episodes to download
-
![]()
Mahler Symphony No.10 19-Feb-11
Sat 19 Mar 2011
In this Building a Library on Mahler's 10th Symphony the discussion of a recommended a...
-
![]()
Liszt Annees Bk.1
Sat 5 Mar 2011
Stephen Plaistow with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of de...
-
![]()
Ravel Alborada del gracioso 19-Feb-11
Sat 19 Feb 2011
Ravel's Alborada del gracioso: a 7-minute piano solo-turned-spectacular orchestral...
-
![]()
Brahms Four Serious Songs
Sat 12 Feb 2011
BaL: Brahms Four Serious Songs. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording of the great...
-
![]()
Berlioz Romeo et Juliette with David Nice
Sat 5 Feb 2011
BAL: Berlioz Romeo et Juliette; a Dramatic Symphony - David Nice recommends a of one...
-
![]()
Liszt Annees Bk.2
Sat 29 Jan 2011
David Owen Norris with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of de...
-
![]()
Strauss Alpensinfonie
Sat 22 Jan 2011
William Mival with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Richard...
-
![]()
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio Op.50 15-Jan-11
Sat 15 Jan 2011
David Fanning compares the available recordings of Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio Op 50, "In...
-
![]()
Monteverdi Vespers 18-Dec-10
Sat 18 Dec 2010
Simon Heighes compares the available recordings of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 in...
-
![]()
Beethoven Sonata Op.7
Sat 11 Dec 2010
Iain Burnside with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of fourth...
-
![]()
Wolf Morike Lieder
Wed 1 Dec 2010
BaL Wolf Morike Lied. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording of Wolf's settings of by...
-
![]()
Wolf Morike Songbook
Sat 27 Nov 2010
BaL Wolf Morike Songbook. Richard Wigmore recommends recordings of Wolfs's fifty or so...
-
![]()
Honegger Symphony no.3
Sat 13 Nov 2010
Jonathan Swain with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of no...
-
![]()
Mahler Ruckert-Lieder
Sat 6 Nov 2010
Hilary Finch with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Mahler's...
-
![]()
Bach Organ Music
Sat 30 Oct 2010
BaL Bach Organ music - Stephen Farr offers a few tips for assembling a collection of...
-
![]()
Beethoven Violin Sonatas update of recent recordings
Sat 23 Oct 2010
BAL: Beethoven Violin Sonatas update. Ivan Hewett listens to some recent recordings
-
![]()
Schumann The Paradise and the Peri
Sat 16 Oct 2010
Bal: Schumann The Paradise and the Peri – Peter Quantrill’s personal of the best...
-
![]()
Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op.46
Sat 9 Oct 2010
Rob Cowan compares the available recordings of Dvorak's first set of Slavonic Dances (Op.
-
![]()
Mussorgsky Boris Godunov
Sat 2 Oct 2010
BAL: Mussorgsky Boris Godunov Stephen Walsh recommends a recording of this Pushkin...
-
![]()
Brahms Quartet in c minor Op 51 no 1
Sat 25 Sep 2010
BAL: Brahms Quartet in c minor Op 51 no 1 - Piers Burton Page recommends a recording
-
![]()
Sibelius Symphony no.7
Sat 18 Sep 2010
Stephen Johnson with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of...
-
![]()
Building a Library: Ives's Second Symphony
Mon 27 Feb 2017
Edward Seckerson joins Andrew McGregor to assess recordings of Ives Symphony No. 2.
-
![]()
Building a Library: Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
Sat 18 Feb 2017
Tom McKinney heads to Spain with the ever-popular Rodrigo Guitar Concerto.
-
![]()
Building a Library: Bach's B Minor Mass
Sat 11 Feb 2017
Bach completed this piece by refashioning music he'd composed throughout his career
-
![]()
Building a Library: Rossini's The Barber of Seville
Sat 4 Feb 2017
Ben Walton compares recordings of Rossini's hugely popular opera on Beaumarchais's play.
-
![]()
Building a Library: Sibelius's Tapiola
Sat 28 Jan 2017
Tapiola is Sibelius's final masterpiece for orchestra. Andrew Mellor recommends a version
-
![]()
Building a Library: Beethoven's String Quartet No 12, Op. 127
Sat 21 Jan 2017
Stephen Johnson compares recordings of the first of Beethoven's late string quartets.
-
![]()
Building a Library: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Sat 14 Jan 2017
Rob Cowan sifts through "Tchaik 4," a piece written at a time of emotional turmoil.
-
![]()
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.
-
![]()
Building a Library: Bruckner's Third Symphony
Sat 31 Dec 2016
Dedicated to his hero Wagner, Bruckner revised his Third Symphony several times.
Browse previous episodes of the Record Review Podcast
All episodes since 2010, listed alphabetically by composer surname.
