BBC Radio 3

Record Review Podcast

Music EN ↓ 703 episodes

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

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: www.bbc.co.uk

Author

BBC Radio 3

Category

Music

Podcast website

www.bbc.co.uk

Latest episode

Oct 19, 2026

Where to listen?

Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soon

Podcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts

Get it on Google Play Install for free Android almost 10M downloads · 4.8 rating iOS soon

Episodes

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

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

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

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

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

Building a Library: Bach's Lutheran Masses 19.11.2016

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

Building a Library: Vaughan Williams's London Symphony 12.11.2016

Mark Lowther makes a recommendation from the available recordings.

Building a Library: Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress 05.11.2016

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

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

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

Cabaret 15.10.2016

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

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

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

Tallis Spem in alium 06.10.2016

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

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

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

Proms Composer: Jonathan Dove 12.09.2016

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

Proms Composer: Max Reger 05.09.2016

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

Proms Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky 30.08.2016

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

Proms Composer: Emily Howard 21.08.2016

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

Proms Composer: Thomas Adès 16.08.2016

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

Proms Composer: Kurt Schwertsik 08.08.2016

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

Proms Composer: Wolfgang Rihm 30.07.2016

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

Proms Composer: Galina Ustvolskaya 28.07.2016

Summer Record Review explores recordings of music by Galina Ustvolskaya

Proms Composer: Galina Usvolskaya 16.07.2016

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

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

Offenbach Orphée aux enfers 09.07.2016

Sarah Lenton recommends a recorded version of Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers

Listen to the Record Review Podcast podcast in Replaio

Radio and podcasts in one app - free, with no sign-up. Install today and do not miss the launch

Get it on Google Play

Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.