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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

Updated: weekly

Episodes available: indefinitely

Summer Interview - Andrew Litton

Sat 6 Sep 2014

Andrew talks to American conductor Andrew Litton about recording Prokofiev and Wagner...
Summer Review - Gluck Operas

Mon 1 Sep 2014

Andrew talks to Simon Heighes about a box set of operas by Gluck from Decca.
Summer Interview - Jessye Norman

Sat 23 Aug 2014

Andrew talks to soprano Jessye Norman about her new memoir, the extraordinary career,...
Proms Composer - Kodaly

Fri 22 Aug 2014

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
Proms Composer - Adams

Fri 22 Aug 2014

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer. This week's Proms...
Summer Review - recent re-releases from the RCA label

Mon 18 Aug 2014

Andrew talks to Rob Cowan about the recently-released collection of RCA's 'Living a in...
Proms Composer - Leifs

Mon 18 Aug 2014

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
Proms Composer - Alwyn

Mon 11 Aug 2014

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
Summer Interview - Sir Neville Marriner

Mon 11 Aug 2014

Sir Neville Marriner reflects on half-a-century of recording history with the ensemble...
Proms Composer - Casella

Mon 4 Aug 2014

Each week during the 蜜芽传媒 Proms Andrew recommends recordings of music by a composer at...
Summer Review - Baroque recordings on the L' Oiseau-Lyre label

Mon 4 Aug 2014

Caroline Gill joins Andrew live to discuss a 50-CD box set dedicated to founding 鈥�...
Proms Composer - Beamish

Tue 29 Jul 2014

Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
Summer Session Report - Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

Sat 26 Jul 2014

A session report from Istanbul. Andrew talks to the conductor and players from The as...
Proms Composer - Moeran

Sat 19 Jul 2014

Each week during the Proms Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer...
Summer Interview - Kristian Bezuidenhout

Sat 19 Jul 2014

Andrew talks to Kristian Bezuidenhout about his cycle of Mozart keyboard works and the...
Wagner's Siegfried Idyll

Sat 12 Jul 2014

Martin Cotton with a personal recommendation from recordings of Wagner's intimate gift...
Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice

Sat 5 Jul 2014

Simon Heighes compares recordings of Gluck's great reform opera on both CD and DVD and...
Ravel La Valse

Sat 28 Jun 2014

William Mival compares recordings of Ravel's La Valse and makes a personal recommendation
Elgar Cello Concerto

Sat 21 Jun 2014

Helen Wallace with a personal recommendation from recordings of Elgar's autumnal Cello...
Rameau Pieces de Clavecin

Sat 14 Jun 2014

Nicholas Kenyon compares recordings on both harpsichord and piano of Rameau's volumes...
Der Rosenkavalier

Sat 7 Jun 2014

Richard Osborne considers the available recordings of Strauss's opera Der and his...
Schumann's Kreisleriana

Sat 31 May 2014

Kenneth Hamilton considers the available versions of Schumann's Kreisleriana and his...
Beethoven's 2nd Symphony

Sat 24 May 2014

Rob Cowan joins Andrew McGregor in the studio to make a recommendation from the of 2nd...
Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death

Sat 17 May 2014

Nicholas Baragwanath makes a recommendation from the available recordings of Songs and...
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro on DVD

Sat 10 May 2014

Sarah Lenton with a personal recommendation from the many DVD versions of Mozart's the...
Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto

Sat 3 May 2014

Chris De Souza recommends a version from the available recordings of Tchaikovsky's 1st...
Haydn Symphony 101

Sat 26 Apr 2014

Misha Donat recommends a version from the available recordings of Haydn's Symphony No.
Nielsen 2nd Symphony

Sat 19 Apr 2014

David Fanning recommends a version from the available recordings of Nielsen's 2nd...
Schubert Impromptus D899

Sat 12 Apr 2014

Robert Philip with a personal recommendation from nearly 80 years of recordings of set...
Vivaldi Stabat mater

Sat 5 Apr 2014

Caroline Gill with a personal recommendation from recordings of Vivaldi's intensely...