BBC Radio 3

Record Review Podcast

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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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BBC Radio 3

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Music

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Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Puccini's Madame Butterfly 26.03.2024

Nigel Simeone's ultimate recommendation for Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly.

Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 18.03.2024

Joseph McHardy chooses his favourite recording of Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6.

Schubert's Symphony no.9 12.03.2024

Katy Hamilton's ultimate recommendation for Schubert's Symphony no.9.

Haydn's Symphony No 100 04.03.2024

Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Symphony No 100 in G Major ‘Military’

Ravel's Mother Goose 26.02.2024

Ben Gernon chooses his favourite recording of the complete ballet of Ravel's Mother Goose

Saint-Saëns's Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 'Organ Symphony' 19.02.2024

Anna Lapwood chooses her favourite recording of Saint-Saëns's Organ Symphony

Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale 12.02.2024

Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux" 05.02.2024

Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, 'Les Adieux'

Mozart's String Quintet No.3 29.01.2024

Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in C

Schumann's Cello Concerto 22.01.2024

Laura Tunbridge chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Cello Concerto

Bach's Orchestral Suites 17.01.2024

Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's four Orchestral Suites

Haydn's The Creation 08.01.2024

Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Creation.

Schubert’s Winterreise 02.01.2024

Pianist Allyson Devenish picks the ultimate version of Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise.

Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty 02.01.2024

Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite version of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty.

Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss with Jeremy Sams 18.12.2023

Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Fairy's Kiss

Bruckner's Symphony No 8 in C minor 11.12.2023

Tom Service chooses his favourite recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin 04.12.2023

Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Béla Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin

Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin 27.11.2023

Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of the piano version of Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 20.11.2023

William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Dvořák's Symphony No 9 in E minor 13.11.2023

Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Dvořák's 'New World' Symphony

JS Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 06.11.2023

Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of JS Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor.

Schubert’s Four Impromptus, D935 06.11.2023

Pianist Iain Burnside chooses the ultimate recording of Schubert’s Impromptus, D935

Brahms's Clarinet Trio in A minor 23.10.2023

Natasha Loges chooses her favourite version of Brahms's Clarinet Trio

Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major 16.10.2023

Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Beethoven's Symphony No 8 in F.

Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade 09.10.2023

Nigel Simeone discusses his favourite recordings of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade

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