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
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
Record Review: Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A in Building a Library with Lucy Parham and Andrew McGregor
6/8/2024
Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A major.
Duration:02:00:00
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
Brahms' 3rd Symphony
4/15/2024
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Brahms' 3rd Symphony.
Duration:00:43:11
Vaughan Williams's Symphony no.1 'A Sea Symphony'.
4/8/2024
David Owen Norris chooses his favourite version of Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony.
Duration:00:46:14
Britten's War Requiem
4/2/2024
Elin Manahan Thomas's recommendation for the ultimate recording of Britten's War Requiem.
Duration:00:48:54
Puccini's Madame Butterfly
3/26/2024
Nigel Simeone's ultimate recommendation for Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly.
Duration:00:45:48
Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
3/18/2024
Joseph McHardy chooses his favourite recording of Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6.
Duration:00:42:31
Schubert's Symphony no.9
3/12/2024
Katy Hamilton's ultimate recommendation for Schubert's Symphony no.9.
Duration:00:48:16
Haydn's Symphony No 100
3/4/2024
Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Symphony No 100 in G Major ‘Military’
Duration:00:45:52
Ravel's Mother Goose
2/26/2024
Ben Gernon chooses his favourite recording of the complete ballet of Ravel's Mother Goose
Duration:00:44:35
Saint-Saëns's Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 'Organ Symphony'
2/19/2024
Anna Lapwood chooses her favourite recording of Saint-Saëns's Organ Symphony
Duration:00:48:37
Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale
2/12/2024
Gillian Moore chooses her favourite version of Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale
Duration:00:45:37