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
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
Offenbach Orphée aux enfers 09.07.2016 52:47
Sarah Lenton recommends a recorded version of Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers
Victoria - Masses 25.06.2016 48:36
Tess Knighton gives a recommendation for Victoria's Masses from among available versions.
Mahler Symphony 5 21.06.2016 1:04:11
William Mival's live traversal of recordings of Mahler's 5th Symphony
JS Bach's ‘Funeral Ode’ for the Queen of Poland BWV198 11.06.2016 52:56
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood recommends a recording of Bach's ‘Funeral Ode’
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (Op. 74) 'Pathétique' 04.06.2016 51:59
Marina Frolova-Walker recommends a recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6, 'Pathétique'
Schumann's Fantasie in C, Op. 17 28.05.2016 38:41
Kenneth Hamilton recommends a recording of Schumann's Fantasie in C, Op. 17
Handel's Alcina 21.05.2016 45:26
Berta Joncus recommends a recording of Handel's Alcina from among available versions.
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