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
Brahms' 3rd Symphony
4/15/2024
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Brahms' 3rd Symphony.
Duration:00:43:11
Record Review: Brahms' 3rd Symphony in Building a Library with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor
4/13/2024
Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite version of Brahms' 3rd Symphony
Duration:02:00:00
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
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 "Les Adieux"
2/5/2024
Lucy Parham chooses her favourite version of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, 'Les Adieux'
Duration:00:44:45
Mozart's String Quintet No.3
1/29/2024
Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in C
Duration:00:44:36
Schumann's Cello Concerto
1/22/2024
Laura Tunbridge chooses her favourite recording of Schumann's Cello Concerto
Duration:00:47:40
Bach's Orchestral Suites
1/17/2024
Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's four Orchestral Suites
Duration:00:47:37
Haydn's The Creation
1/8/2024
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Creation.
Duration:00:50:02
Schubert’s Winterreise
1/2/2024
Pianist Allyson Devenish picks the ultimate version of Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise.
Duration:00:46:50
Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty
1/2/2024
Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite version of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
Duration:00:46:50
Stravinsky's The Fairy's Kiss with Jeremy Sams
12/18/2023
Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Fairy's Kiss
Duration:00:46:39
Bruckner's Symphony No 8 in C minor
12/11/2023
Tom Service chooses his favourite recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Duration:00:50:39