Record Review Podcast
BBC
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
Location:
United Kingdom
Networks:
BBC
Description:
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
Language:
English
Episodes
Handel's Acis and Galatea
4/22/2025
Mark Lowther's personal recommendation for Handel's opera Acis and Galatea.
Duration:00:46:00
Brahms's String Sextet no.1
4/14/2025
Tasmin Little picks her favourite recording of Brahms's String Sextet no.1.
Duration:00:48:37
Shostakovich's 10th Symphony
4/7/2025
Edward Seckerson's personal choice of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony.
Duration:00:45:44
Schumann's Carnaval
3/31/2025
Lucy Parham chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Carnaval.
Duration:00:49:21
Bruckner's Symphony no.4
3/24/2025
William Mival joins Andrew to discuss Bruckner's Symphony no.4 in Building a Library.
Duration:00:47:35
Dvořák’s 8th Symphony
3/17/2025
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Dvořák’s 8th Symphony.
Duration:00:42:36
Clara Schumann's lieder
3/10/2025
Laura Tunbridge joins Andrew to discuss lieder by Clara Schumann in Building a Library.
Duration:00:51:45
Liszt'z Totentanz (Dance of Death)
3/4/2025
Pianist Iain Burnside choses his favourite recording of Liszt's Totentanz.
Duration:00:44:43
Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites
2/24/2025
Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite version of Bizet's L'Arlesienne Suites.
Duration:00:47:56
Puccini's La Bohème
2/17/2025
Flora Willson chooses her favourite version of Puccini's La Bohème.
Duration:00:51:08
Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
2/10/2025
Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton.
Duration:00:45:38
Mozart's Piano Sonata no.15 K.533/494
2/3/2025
Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite version of Mozart's Piano Sonata no.15 K.533/494
Duration:00:42:19
Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Op.77
1/27/2025
David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Op.77.
Duration:00:49:22
Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
1/22/2025
Marina Frolova-Walker's recommendation for Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture.
Duration:00:47:28
Holst's The Planets
1/13/2025
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Holst's The Planets.
Duration:00:48:11
Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto
1/6/2025
Joanna MacGregor chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto.
Duration:00:47:30
Aaron Copland's Rodeo
1/2/2025
Conductor Ben Gernon's personal recommendation for Aaron Copland's Rodeo.
Duration:00:44:38
Britten's Ceremony of Carols
12/23/2024
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite version of Britten's seasonal Ceremony of Carols.
Duration:00:49:24
Wagner's Siegfried Idyll
12/17/2024
Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Wagner's orchestral piece, Siegfried Idyll.
Duration:00:43:54
Bach's Concerto for flute, violin & harpsichord in A minor BWV.1044
12/9/2024
Simon Heighes' recommendation of Bach's Concerto for flute, violin & harpsichord BWV.1044
Duration:00:47:02