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
MOZART Symphony no 25 in g minor 26.03.2011 43:08
BaL: Mozart Symphony no 25 in g minor -Chris de Souza recommends a recording of this dramatic early symphony
Mahler Symphony No.10 19-Feb-11 19.03.2011 55:03
In this Building a Library on Mahler's 10th Symphony the discussion of a recommended recording is inseparable from a discussion of which 'performing version' each conductor has chosen to work from. Stephen Johnson discusses the relative merits of ten recordings in conversation with Andrew McGregor.
Liszt Annees Bk.1 05.03.2011 35:35
Stephen Plaistow with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Liszt's Annees de Pelerinage, Book One
Ravel Alborada del gracioso 19-Feb-11 19.02.2011 42:02
Ravel's Alborada del gracioso: a 7-minute piano solo-turned-spectacular orchestral showpiece. If ever a ‘small but perfectly formed’ masterpiece suggests worlds way beyond its scale, then Alborada is it.
Brahms Four Serious Songs 12.02.2011 41:27
BaL: Brahms Four Serious Songs. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording of the composer's great swansong.
Berlioz Romeo et Juliette with David Nice 05.02.2011 45:06
BAL: Berlioz Romeo et Juliette; a Dramatic Symphony - David Nice recommends a recording of one of the most daringly original works of the whole nineteenth century
Liszt Annees Bk.2 29.01.2011 40:55
David Owen Norris with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Liszt's Annees de Pelerinage, Book Two (Italy)
Strauss Alpensinfonie 22.01.2011 36:25
William Mival with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Richard Strauss's massive tone poem Alpensinfonie
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio Op.50 15-Jan-11 15.01.2011 41:57
David Fanning compares the available recordings of Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio Op 50, subtitled "In memory of a great artist" for his close friend and mentor Nikolai Rubinstein.
Monteverdi Vespers 18-Dec-10 18.12.2010 43:29
Simon Heighes compares the available recordings of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 in this anniversary year.
Beethoven Sonata Op.7 11.12.2010 37:46
Iain Burnside with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Beethoven's fourth published piano sonata, Op.7
Wolf Morike Lieder 01.12.2010 48:18
BaL Wolf Morike Lied. Richard Wigmore recommends a recording of Wolf's settings of poems by Eduard Morike
Wolf Morike Songbook 27.11.2010 28:41
BaL Wolf Morike Songbook. Richard Wigmore recommends recordings of Wolfs's fifty or so Morike settings
Honegger Symphony no.3 13.11.2010 41:58
Jonathan Swain with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Honegger's Symphony no.3
Mahler Ruckert-Lieder 06.11.2010 30:49
Hilary Finch with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Mahler's set of Ruckert-Lieder
Bach Organ Music 30.10.2010 56:14
BaL Bach Organ music - Stephen Farr offers a few tips for assembling a collection of Bach organ music recordings
Beethoven Violin Sonatas update of recent recordings 23.10.2010 42:13
BAL: Beethoven Violin Sonatas update. Ivan Hewett listens to some recent recordings
Schumann The Paradise and the Peri 16.10.2010 38:30
Bal: Schumann The Paradise and the Peri – Peter Quantrill’s personal recommendation of the best available version
Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op.46 09.10.2010 41:50
Rob Cowan compares the available recordings of Dvorak's first set of Slavonic Dances (Op.46) which he orchestrated from his original set of dances for piano duet.
Mussorgsky Boris Godunov 02.10.2010 39:17
BAL: Mussorgsky Boris Godunov Stephen Walsh recommends a recording of this Pushkin inspired epic
Brahms Quartet in c minor Op 51 no 1 25.09.2010 40:13
BAL: Brahms Quartet in c minor Op 51 no 1 - Piers Burton Page recommends a recording
Sibelius Symphony no.7 18.09.2010 39:15
Stephen Johnson with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Sibelius' seventh symphony
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