Record Review Podcast

Haydn String Quartet in G Op.77 No.1 14.05.2016 49:27 ↓

Caroline Gill recommends a recording of Haydn's String Quartet Op.77 No.1

Bohuslav Martinu's Symphony No. 6 09.05.2016 44:12 ↓

Jonathan Swain recommends a recording of Bohuslav Martinu's Symphony No. 6

Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D.929 30.04.2016 47:29 ↓

Iain Burnside compares recordings of Schubert's E flat Piano Trio D.929.

Verdi's Falstaff 27.04.2016 51:31 ↓

Andrew is joined by Roger Parker live in Stratford-upon-Avon to discuss Verdi's opera.

Hildegard of Bingen survey 16.04.2016 46:18 ↓

Sara Mohr-Pietsch surveys music by Hildegard of Bingen & makes a personal recommendation

Bach's Concerto for Oboe, Violin and strings in C minor BWV1060R 14.04.2016 43:57 ↓

David Vickers recommends a version of this ever-popular Bach Concerto.

Brahms's Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78 02.04.2016 41:22 ↓

Katy Hamilton recommends a recording from the available versions.

Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben 26.03.2016 45:42 ↓

Erica Jeal recommends a recording from the available versions of this great song cycle.

Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, 'Pathetique' 19.03.2016 50:27 ↓

Sarah Walker recommends a recording from the available versions.

Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3 14.03.2016 50:50 ↓

Sarah Devonald recommends a recording of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 3.

Delius Sea Drift 05.03.2016 46:23 ↓

Daniel Grimley recommends a version from the available recordings of Delius's Sea Drift

Mozart's Requiem 29.02.2016 53:23 ↓

Nicholas Kenyon recommends a recording of Mozart's Requiem.

Shostakovich Symphony No 9 20.02.2016 41:24 ↓

David Nice recommends a recorded version of Shostakovich's 9th Symphony

Guillaume de Machaut 13.02.2016 47:00 ↓

Simon Heighes recommends recordings which represent the music of Guillaume de Machaut.

Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.5 ‘Reformation’ 06.02.2016 46:17 ↓

Andrew Mellor compares recordings of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.5, the ‘Reformation’. It was written to mark the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession in 1530, a critical event of the Protestant Reformation

Jerome Kern: Show Boat 01.02.2016 55:32 ↓

Edward Seckerson joins Andrew live to recommend a recording of Jerome Kern's Show Boat.

Debussy's Nocturnes 25.01.2016 48:44 ↓

Julian Johnson recommends a recording of Debussy's Nocturnes.

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana 16.01.2016 48:48 ↓

Anna Picard compares recordings of Mascagni's perennially popular 'Cavalleria Rusticana'

Dutilleux survey 09.01.2016 56:08 ↓

Ivan Hewett surveys recordings of music by Henri Dutilleux, a composer with a unique voice who took inspiration from the tradition of Ravel, Debussy and Roussel, but created a sound world of sensuous harmony and colour that was all his own.

Beethoven: Symphony No 5 02.01.2016 49:54 ↓

Nicholas Baragwanath recommends a version of Beethoven's 5th Symphony

Poulenc Organ Concerto 26.12.2015 49:47 ↓

Oliver Condy recommends a version of Poulenc's Organ Concerto

Nielsen Symphony No. 6 19.12.2015 55:30 ↓

Stephen Johnson surveys recordings of Nielsen's Symphony No.6, his "Sinfonia semplice"

Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 12.12.2015 46:06 ↓

Gillian Moore recommends a recorded version of Sibelius's 1st Symphony in E minor

Schubert Mass No. 6 in E flat, D950 09.12.2015 52:53 ↓

Jeremy Summerly compares recordings of Mass No. 6 in E flat, D950, by Schubert - a powerful masterpiece, written during the final year of the composer's life.

Bellini Norma 28.11.2015 57:44 ↓

Roger Parker recommends a recording of Bellini's opera Norma