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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Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2
Sat 16 Mar 2019
Tom Service recommends recordings of Brahms's Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat Major
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Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Sat 9 Mar 2019
Richard Wigmore recommends recordings of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A major
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Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Sat 2 Mar 2019
Stephen Johnson recommends recordings of Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence
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Verdi: La forza del destino
Mon 25 Feb 2019
Flora Willson recommends recordings of Verdi's opera, La forza del destino
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major 'Emperor'
Sat 9 Feb 2019
Nicholas Kenyon recommends recordings of Beethoven's Emperor concerto
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Schubert: Schwanengesang
Sat 2 Feb 2019
Natasha Loges recommends recordings of Schubert's Schwanengesang
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Schumann: String Quartet Op. 43 No. 3 in A Major
Sat 26 Jan 2019
Erica Jeal recommends recordings of Schumann’s String Quartet Op. 43 No. 3 in A Major
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1
Sat 12 Jan 2019
Kate Molleson recommends recordings of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, Op.19
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Debussy: String Quartet
Sat 5 Jan 2019
Laura Tunbridge recommends recordings of Debussy's String Quartet
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Wed 2 Jan 2019
Marina Frolova-Walker recommends recordings of Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto
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Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Sat 15 Dec 2018
William Mival compares recordings of Richard Strauss's tone poem, Till Eulenspiegel
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Haydn: Piano Sonata in E-flat major
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Iain Burnside compares recordings of Haydn's Piano Sonata in E-flat major Hob.XVI:52
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DvoΕ™Γ΅k: Wind Serenade
Sat 1 Dec 2018
Sarah Devonald recommends recordings of DvoΕ™Γ΅k's Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op.44
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Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.13
Sat 24 Nov 2018
Harriet Smith recommends recordings of Mendelssohn's String Quartet No.2 in A minor
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Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Sat 17 Nov 2018
Ben Walton recommends recordings of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle
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Couperin: Trois Leçons de Ténèbres
Sat 10 Nov 2018
Simon Heighes recommends recordings of Couperin's Trois Leçons de Ténèbres
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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’enfant et les sortilèges
Sat 29 Sep 2018
Anna Picard recommends recordings of Ravel's L’enfant et les sortilèges
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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