Record Review Podcast

Building a Library: Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 21 24.12.2016 48:58 ↓

David Owen Norris sifts through the available recordings of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21

Building a Library: Lassus's Lagrime di San Pietro 17.12.2016 57:37 ↓

Caroline Gill compares recordings of Lassus's depiction of the sorrows of St Peter.

Building a Library: Puccini's La fanciulla del West 10.12.2016 49:42 ↓

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

Building a Library: Haydn's Symphony no. 99 03.12.2016 50:04 ↓

Symphony No.99 is an example of late, great Haydn. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording

Building a Library: Survey of Barbara Strozzi 26.11.2016 51:28 ↓

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

Building a Library: Bach's Lutheran Masses 19.11.2016 53:15 ↓

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood surveys recordings of Lutheran Masses by JS Bach.

Building a Library: Vaughan Williams's London Symphony 12.11.2016 47:08 ↓

Mark Lowther makes a recommendation from the available recordings.

Building a Library: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress 05.11.2016 52:33 ↓

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

Building a Library: Brahms' String Sextet No 1 in B flat 29.10.2016 48:11 ↓

Katy Hamilton recommends a recording of Brahms's String Sextet No.1, composed in 1860.

Building a Library: Mateo Flecha's ensaladas 22.10.2016 49:34 ↓

Tess Knighton compares recordings of 'Ensaladas' of the early 16th century Mateo Flecha

Cabaret 15.10.2016 47:32 ↓

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

Elgar: Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 08.10.2016 47:00 ↓

David Nice surveys recordings of Elgar's Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68

Tallis Spem in alium 06.10.2016 54:20 ↓

Simon Heighes recommends a recorded version of Tallis's Spem in alium

Building a Library: Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor 27.09.2016 47:21 ↓

Sara Mohr-Pietsch on Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1, live from Southbank Centre

Building a Library:Vivaldi's The Four Seasons 17.09.2016 47:30 ↓

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

Proms Composer: Jonathan Dove 12.09.2016 27:46 ↓

The final Proms Composer of this season is British composer Jonathan Dove

Proms Composer: Max Reger 05.09.2016 29:14 ↓

Our weekly Proms Composer is German composer, organist, pianist, and teacher Max Reger.

Proms Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky 30.08.2016 28:42 ↓

This week's Proms Composer is Austrian late Romantic Alexander Zemlinsky.

Proms Composer: Emily Howard 21.08.2016 27:29 ↓

British composer Emily Howard (born in Liverpool in 1979) is this week's Proms Composer.

Proms Composer: Thomas Adès 16.08.2016 32:04 ↓

Summer Record Review's weekly look at a Proms Composer explores recordings of Thomas Adès

Proms Composer: Kurt Schwertsik 08.08.2016 31:32 ↓

Summer Record Review's Proms Composer explores the recordings of Kurt Schwertsik

Proms Composer: Wolfgang Rihm 30.07.2016 28:25 ↓

Summer Record Review's weekly Proms Composer explores recordings by Wolfgang Rihm

Proms Composer: Galina Ustvolskaya 28.07.2016 32:51 ↓

Summer Record Review explores recordings of music by Galina Ustvolskaya

Proms Composer: Galina Usvolskaya 16.07.2016 32:59 ↓

Summer Record Review's Proms Composer slot explores recordings of music by Ustvolskaya

Building a Library: Faure's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 14.07.2016 40:53 ↓

Richard Morrison compares recordings of Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48