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
Purcell's Anthems
10/13/2025
Nicholas Kenyon with his personal recommendation from Purcell's numerous anthems.
Duración:00:48:29
Mozart's Cosi fan tutte
10/6/2025
Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutte.
Duración:00:48:01
Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme
9/22/2025
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme.
Duración:00:38:55
Corelli's Concerti grossi
7/14/2025
Kirsten Gibson's personal recommendation of the Concerti grossi by Arcangelo Corelli.
Duración:00:49:26
Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5
7/7/2025
Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5.
Duración:00:51:09
Satie's Sports et divertissements
6/30/2025
Kathryn Stott's personal recommendation of Satie's Sports et divertissements.
Duración:00:52:30
Haydn's The Seasons
6/23/2025
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Seasons.
Duración:00:49:01
Mozart's Piano Concerto no.21 K.467
6/16/2025
Joanna MacGregor picks her favourite recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto no.21 K.467
Duración:00:50:01
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
6/9/2025
Marina Frolova-Walker's recommendation for Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
Duración:00:47:04
Beethoven's Piano Trio no.7 'Archduke'
6/2/2025
Richard Wigmore's recommendation for Beethoven's Piano Trio no.7 Op.97 'Archduke'.
Duración:00:47:23
Stravinsky's Les Noces
5/29/2025
Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's Les Noces.
Duración:00:49:43
Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor D.958
5/19/2025
Allyson Devenish picks her favourite recording of Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor.
Duración:00:47:54
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
5/12/2025
Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.
Duración:00:50:13
Mozart's Coronation Mass
5/6/2025
Joseph McHardy picks his favourite recording of Mozart's Coronation Mass.
Duración:00:41:35
Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
4/28/2025
Kate Molleson's recommendation for Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
Duración:00:47:26
Handel's Acis and Galatea
4/22/2025
Mark Lowther's personal recommendation for Handel's opera Acis and Galatea.
Duración: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.
Duración:00:48:37
Shostakovich's 10th Symphony
4/7/2025
Edward Seckerson's personal choice of Shostakovich's 10th Symphony.
Duración:00:45:44
Schumann's Carnaval
3/31/2025
Lucy Parham chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Carnaval.
Duración: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.
Duración:00:47:35