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Record Review Podcast Episodes

  1. Chopin Mazurkas 120512

    David Owen Norris recommends a version from recordings of Chopin's Mazurkas

  2. Chopin Ballades

    Jessica Duchen compares recordings of Chopin's four Ballades and makes a recommendation

  3. C茅sar Franck - Symphony in D minor

    Mahan Esfahani recommends a recorded version of C茅sar Franck's Symphony in D minor

  4. CD Review Interview: Marin Alsop

    Andrew McGregor talks to Marin Alsop about her recordings and career

  5. Cabaret

    Richard Sisson compares recordings of Kander and Ebb's 1966 musical 'Cabaret'

  6. Building a Library:Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

    Mahan Esfahani comes up with a personal recommendation for Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

  7. Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten

    Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten

  8. Building a Library:Jan谩膷ek's Sinfonietta

    Richard Morrison recommends the best recording of Jan谩膷ek's Sinfonietta.

  9. Building a Library: Vivaldi's La Stravaganza, Op.4

    Simon Heighes recommends the best recording of Vivaldi's La Stravaganza, Op.4

  10. Building a Library: Verdi's Aida

    Set in the Egypt of the Pharaohs, Verdi's Aida premiered at the Cairo opera house in 1871

  11. Building a Library: Vaughan Williams's London Symphony

    Mark Lowther makes a recommendation from the available recordings.

  12. Building a Library: Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem

    Alexandra Coghlan recommends the best recording of Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem

  13. Building a Library: The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan

    Sarah Lenton recommends the best recording of The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan.

  14. Building a Library: Telemann's 'Water Music'

    Simon Heighes recommends the best recording of Telemann's 'Water Music'

  15. Building a Library: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony

    Rob Cowan sifts through "Tchaik 4," a piece written at a time of emotional turmoil.

  16. Building a Library: Survey of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor recordings

    Ivan Hewett and Andrew survey recordings of the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

  17. Building a Library: Survey of Ethel Smyth recordings

    Explore the music of an underrated composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement

  18. Building a Library: Survey of Barbara Strozzi

    Dr Hannah French surveys recordings of music of 17th-century Venetian Barbara Strozzi.

  19. Building a Library: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress

    Anna Picard compares recordings on CD and DVD of Stravinsky's operatic morality tale.

  20. Building a Library: Sofia Gubaidulina

    Gillian Moore surveys recordings of music by Russia's greatest living composer.

  21. Building a Library: Sibelius's Tapiola

    Tapiola is Sibelius's final masterpiece for orchestra. Andrew Mellor recommends a version

  22. Building a Library: Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 24

    Liederkreis was written in the year he devoted to song composition after marrying Clara.

  23. 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.

  24. Building a Library: Schoenberg's Gurrelieder

    Nicholas Baragwanath guides us through Schoenberg's epic Romantic cantata, Gurrelieder.

  25. Building a Library: Rossini's The Barber of Seville

    Ben Walton compares recordings of Rossini's hugely popular opera on Beaumarchais's play.

  26. Building a Library: Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez

    Tom McKinney heads to Spain with the ever-popular Rodrigo Guitar Concerto.

  27. Building a Library: Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata

    Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata was overshadowed by the success of his Piano Concerto No. 2.

  28. Building a Library: Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3

    Sarah Devonald recommends a recording of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3 in A minor.

  29. Building a Library: Puccini's La fanciulla del West

    Flora Willson pans for gold in available recordings of Puccini's California-based opera

  30. Building a Library: Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto

    Prokofiev was soloist at the concerto's 1921 premiere, which has become his most popular.

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