Record Review Podcast Episodes Episode guide
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Chopin Mazurkas 120512
David Owen Norris recommends a version from recordings of Chopin's Mazurkas
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Chopin Ballades
Jessica Duchen compares recordings of Chopin's four Ballades and makes a recommendation
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César Franck - Symphony in D minor
Mahan Esfahani recommends a recorded version of César Franck's Symphony in D minor
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CD Review Interview: Marin Alsop
Andrew McGregor talks to Marin Alsop about her recordings and career
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Cabaret
Richard Sisson compares recordings of Kander and Ebb's 1966 musical 'Cabaret'
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Building a Library:Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Mahan Esfahani comes up with a personal recommendation for Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
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Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten
Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten
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Building a Library:Janáček's Sinfonietta
Richard Morrison recommends the best recording of Janáček's Sinfonietta.
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Building a Library: Vivaldi's La Stravaganza, Op.4
Simon Heighes recommends the best recording of Vivaldi's La Stravaganza, Op.4
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Building a Library: Verdi's Aida
Set in the Egypt of the Pharaohs, Verdi's Aida premiered at the Cairo opera house in 1871
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Building a Library: Vaughan Williams's London Symphony
Mark Lowther makes a recommendation from the available recordings.
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Building a Library: Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem
Alexandra Coghlan recommends the best recording of Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem
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Building a Library: The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Sarah Lenton recommends the best recording of The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
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Building a Library: Telemann's 'Water Music'
Simon Heighes recommends the best recording of Telemann's 'Water Music'
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Building a Library: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Rob Cowan sifts through "Tchaik 4," a piece written at a time of emotional turmoil.
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Building a Library: Survey of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor recordings
Ivan Hewett and Andrew survey recordings of the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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Building a Library: Survey of Ethel Smyth recordings
Explore the music of an underrated composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement
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Building a Library: Survey of Barbara Strozzi
Dr Hannah French surveys recordings of music of 17th-century Venetian Barbara Strozzi.
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Building a Library: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
Anna Picard compares recordings on CD and DVD of Stravinsky's operatic morality tale.
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Building a Library: Sofia Gubaidulina
Gillian Moore surveys recordings of music by Russia's greatest living composer.
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Building a Library: Sibelius's Tapiola
Tapiola is Sibelius's final masterpiece for orchestra. Andrew Mellor recommends a version
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Building a Library: Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 24
Liederkreis was written in the year he devoted to song composition after marrying Clara.
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Building a Library: Schubert's Fantasy in C, D934, for violin and piano.
Harriet Smith compares recordings of Schubert's piece, which baffled its 1828 audience.
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Building a Library: Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
Nicholas Baragwanath guides us through Schoenberg's epic Romantic cantata, Gurrelieder.
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Building a Library: Rossini's The Barber of Seville
Ben Walton compares recordings of Rossini's hugely popular opera on Beaumarchais's play.
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Building a Library: Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
Tom McKinney heads to Spain with the ever-popular Rodrigo Guitar Concerto.
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Building a Library: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata
Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata was overshadowed by the success of his Piano Concerto No. 2.
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Building a Library: Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3
Sarah Devonald recommends a recording of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3 in A minor.
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Building a Library: Puccini's La fanciulla del West
Flora Willson pans for gold in available recordings of Puccini's California-based opera
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Building a Library: Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto
Prokofiev was soloist at the concerto's 1921 premiere, which has become his most popular.