BBC Radio 3
Record Review 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
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Episodes
Bach Brandenburg Concertos 23.12.2017 45:10
Sara Mohr-Pietsch recommends a recorded version of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
Schubert Piano Sonata in B flat major 21.12.2017 53:21
David Owen Norris recommends a recorded version of Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat D960
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius 11.12.2017 48:39
Mark Lowther chooses his preferred recording of Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius'
Bruckner - Motets 02.12.2017 57:03
Bruckner wrote about 40 motets: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood reviews recordings.
Brahms String Quartet No.3 Op.67 25.11.2017 48:00
Katy Hamilton chooses the best recording of Brahms' String Quartet No.3 in B flat major.
Rodgers & Hammerstein Oklahoma! 18.11.2017 46:33
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 1:01:25
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 49:41
Simon Heighes recommends the best recording of Vivaldi's La Stravaganza, Op.4
Record Review 28.10.2017 39:07
Kirsten Gibson recommends a recorded version of Dowland's Lachrimae.
Giacomo Puccini - Il Tabarro 21.10.2017 49:34
Anna Picard recommends a recorded version of Puccini's Il Tabarro
Henry Purcell - My heart is inditing Z.30 17.10.2017 28:23
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 51:55
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 47:49
Natasha Loges recommends a recorded version of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder
César Franck - Symphony in D minor 23.09.2017 46:42
Mahan Esfahani recommends a recorded version of César Franck's Symphony in D minor
Mozart Horn Quintet 16.09.2017 48:28
Sarah Walker recommends a recorded version of Mozart's Horn Quintet
Building a Library: Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem 10.07.2017 48:16
Alexandra Coghlan recommends the best recording of Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem
Building a Library:Janáček's Sinfonietta 01.07.2017 45:35
Richard Morrison recommends the best recording of Janáček's Sinfonietta.
Building a Library: Telemann's 'Water Music' 24.06.2017 47:01
Simon Heighes recommends the best recording of Telemann's 'Water Music'
Building a Library: Beethoven's Diabelli Variations 19.06.2017 47:42
Iain Burnside recommends the best recording of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations.
Building a Library: Survey of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor recordings 10.06.2017 46:17
Ivan Hewett and Andrew survey recordings of the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten 03.06.2017 43:56
Building a Library:Sinfonia da Requiem by Benjamin Britten
Building a Library: The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan 27.05.2017 43:38
Sarah Lenton recommends the best recording of The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Building a Library: Sofia Gubaidulina 20.05.2017 49:46
Gillian Moore surveys recordings of music by Russia's greatest living composer.
Building a Library: Monteverdi's L'Orfeo 15.05.2017 1:06:30
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 48:51
Prokofiev was soloist at the concerto's 1921 premiere, which has become his most popular.
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