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
Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no.2
11/4/2024
Jonathan Cross selects his favourite version of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no.2.
Duration:00:49:40
Handel's Theodora
10/25/2024
Kirsten Gibson chooses her favourite recording of Handel's dramatic oratorio Theodora.
Duration:00:46:45
Franz Schubert's Octet in F major D.803
10/22/2024
Tasmin Little selects her favourite version of Franz Schubert's Octet in F Major D.803.
Duration:00:46:39
Beethoven's Symphony no.4
10/14/2024
Richard Wigmore selects his favourite version of Beethoven's Symphony no.4.
Duration:00:47:52
Brahms' Symphony no.1
10/7/2024
Katy Hamilton selects her favourite recording of Brahms' Symphony no.1 in C minor.
Duration:00:48:16
JS Bach's English Suites
9/30/2024
Lucy Parham selects her favourite piano version of JS Bach's 6 English Suites BWV.806-811
Duration:00:46:08
Richard Strauss's Don Quixote
9/23/2024
Nigel Simeone selects his favourite version of Richard Strauss's Don Quixote.
Duration:00:46:17
Shostakovich's Symphony no.5 in D minor
7/15/2024
Edward Seckerson chooses his favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.5.
Duration:00:43:13
Korngold's Violin Concerto
7/8/2024
William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto.
Duration:00:46:21
Chopin's Ballades
7/1/2024
Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite recording of Chopin's four Ballades.
Duration:00:47:19
Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra
6/15/2024
Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra
Duration:00:45:56
Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major
6/10/2024
Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major
Duration:00:47:51
Elgar's Symphony no.1
6/4/2024
Mark Lowther's personal choice of recording of Elgar's Symphony no.1.
Duration:00:45:34
JS Bach's Keyboard Partitas BWV 825-830
5/27/2024
Joanna MacGregor's ultimate recording of JS Bach's Keyboard Partitas BWV 825-830
Duration:00:51:31
Debussy's Jeux
5/20/2024
Flora Willson's ultimate recommendation for Debussy's ballet Jeux.
Duration:00:46:11
Stravinsky's The Firebird
5/13/2024
Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Stravinsky's The Firebird
Duration:00:46:20
Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
5/7/2024
Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.
Duration:00:44:30
Monteverdi's Vespers
4/29/2024
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite version of Monteverdi's Vespers.
Duration:00:45:47
Mahler's Kindertotenlieder
4/26/2024
Iain Burnside chooses his favourite recording of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.
Duration:00:42:29
Mahler's Kindertotenlieder
4/22/2024
Iain Burnside chooses his favourite recording of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.
Duration:00:42:29