BBC Radio 3

Record Review Podcast

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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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BBC Radio 3

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Music

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Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Bach Brandenburg Concertos 23.12.2017

Sara Mohr-Pietsch recommends a recorded version of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat major 21.12.2017

David Owen Norris recommends a recorded version of Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat D960

Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius 11.12.2017

Mark Lowther chooses his preferred recording of Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius'

Bruckner - Motets 02.12.2017

Bruckner wrote about 40 motets: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood reviews recordings.

Brahms String Quartet No.3 Op.67 25.11.2017

Katy Hamilton chooses the best recording of Brahms' String Quartet No.3 in B flat major.

Rodgers & Hammerstein Oklahoma! 18.11.2017

Richard Sisson recommends the best recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma!

Shostakovich Symphony No.11 in G minor, 'The Year 1905' 15.11.2017

Gerard McBurney recommends the best recording of Shostakovich's Symphony No.11 in G minor

Building a Library: Vivaldi's La Stravaganza, Op.4 04.11.2017

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

Record Review 28.10.2017

Kirsten Gibson recommends a recorded version of Dowland's Lachrimae.

Giacomo Puccini - Il Tabarro 21.10.2017

Anna Picard recommends a recorded version of Puccini's Il Tabarro

Henry Purcell - My heart is inditing Z.30 17.10.2017

Jeremy Summerly recommends a recorded version of Henry Purcell's My heart is inditing Z.30 in a live edition of Building a Library

Handel - Concerti Grossi Op.3 07.10.2017

These 6 lively concertos were compiled into a set and published by John Walsh in 1734. Richard Wigmore surveys recordings and makes a recommendation.

Richard Wagner - Wesendonck-Lieder 30.09.2017

Natasha Loges recommends a recorded version of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder

César Franck - Symphony in D minor 23.09.2017

Mahan Esfahani recommends a recorded version of César Franck's Symphony in D minor

Mozart Horn Quintet 16.09.2017

Sarah Walker recommends a recorded version of Mozart's Horn Quintet

Building a Library: Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem 10.07.2017

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

Building a Library:Janáček's Sinfonietta 01.07.2017

Richard Morrison recommends the best recording of Janáček's Sinfonietta.

Building a Library: Telemann's 'Water Music' 24.06.2017

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

Building a Library: Beethoven's Diabelli Variations 19.06.2017

Iain Burnside recommends the best recording of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations.

Building a Library: Survey of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor recordings 10.06.2017

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

Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten 03.06.2017

Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten

Building a Library: The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan 27.05.2017

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

Building a Library: Sofia Gubaidulina 20.05.2017

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

Building a Library: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo 15.05.2017

Jeremy Summerly joins Andrew for a live review of recordings of Monteverdi's opera.

Building a Library: Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto 06.05.2017

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

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