Record Review Podcast 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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27 12 14: Alfred Brendel interview
Sat 27 Dec 2014
In a CD Review exclusive, Andrew McGregor talks to legendary pianist Alfred Brendel.
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Beethoven's Ghost Piano Trio
Sat 20 Dec 2014
Harriet Smith recommends a recording from the available versions of Beethoven's Ghost...
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Bruckner 7th Symphony
Sat 13 Dec 2014
John Deathridge recommends a version from the available recordings of Bruckner's 7th...
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Bach Orchestral Suites
Sat 6 Dec 2014
Mark Lowther surveys the available recordings of Bach's four orchestral suites and his...
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Schumann Symphony no.2
Sat 29 Nov 2014
Richard Wigmore with a personal recommendation from recordings of Schumann's but...
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Purcell Hail! Bright Cecilia
Sat 22 Nov 2014
Simon Heighes compares recordings of Purcell's Ode Hail! Bright Cecilia and makes a...
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Rossini William Tell
Sat 15 Nov 2014
Richard Osborne compares recordings of Rossini's final opera and makes a personal...
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Stravinsky Petrushka
Sat 8 Nov 2014
Martin Cotton compares recordings of Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka, and makes a...
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Chopin Preludes
Sat 1 Nov 2014
Recorded live at Sage Gateshead in conversation with Andrew McGregor, Kenneth Hamilton...
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Strauss Oboe Concerto
Sat 25 Oct 2014
Sarah Devonald with a personal recommendation from recordings of Strauss's joyful,...
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Mozart Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
Sat 18 Oct 2014
Berta Joncus with a personal recommendation from the many recordings of Mozart’s aus...
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Shostakovich 10th Symphony
Sat 11 Oct 2014
Stephen Johnson recommends a version from the available recordings of Shostakovich's...
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Interview - Vasily Petrenko
Tue 7 Oct 2014
Andrew talks to conductor Vasily Petrenko about completing his cycle of Shostakovich's...
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Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor
Sat 4 Oct 2014
Ivan Hewett with a personal recommendation from recordings of Brahms's piano quartet G...
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Holst The Planets
Sat 27 Sep 2014
David Owen Norris compares recordings of Holst's The Planets and makes a personal...
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Emma Kirkby and Catherine Mackintosh on recording Handel's Messiah with Christopher Hogwoo
Fri 26 Sep 2014
In an interview originally broadcast in April 2014 Andrew talks to soprano Emma Kirkby...
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Handel Orlando
Sat 20 Sep 2014
Anna Picard recommends a version from the available recordings of Handel's opera Orlando
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Summer Interview - Kristjan Jarvi
Tue 16 Sep 2014
Andrew talks to the conductor Kristjan Järvi about the reinvention of core the in his...
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Proms Composer - Harrison Birtwistle
Tue 9 Sep 2014
Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
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Summer Interview - Andrew Litton
Sat 6 Sep 2014
Andrew talks to American conductor Andrew Litton about recording Prokofiev and Wagner...
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Summer Review - Gluck Operas
Mon 1 Sep 2014
Andrew talks to Simon Heighes about a box set of operas by Gluck from Decca.
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Summer Interview - Jessye Norman
Sat 23 Aug 2014
Andrew talks to soprano Jessye Norman about her new memoir, the extraordinary career,...
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Proms Composer - Kodaly
Fri 22 Aug 2014
Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
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Proms Composer - Adams
Fri 22 Aug 2014
Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer. This week's Proms...
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Summer Review - recent re-releases from the RCA label
Mon 18 Aug 2014
Andrew talks to Rob Cowan about the recently-released collection of RCA's 'Living a in...
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Proms Composer - Leifs
Mon 18 Aug 2014
Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
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Proms Composer - Alwyn
Mon 11 Aug 2014
Each week Andrew recommends recordings of music by a Proms composer whose music to be...
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Summer Interview - Sir Neville Marriner
Mon 11 Aug 2014
Sir Neville Marriner reflects on half-a-century of recording history with the ensemble...
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Proms Composer - Casella
Mon 4 Aug 2014
Each week during the BBC Proms Andrew recommends recordings of music by a composer at...
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Summer Review - Baroque recordings on the L' Oiseau-Lyre label
Mon 4 Aug 2014
Caroline Gill joins Andrew live to discuss a 50-CD box set dedicated to founding –...
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