Record Review Podcast

BBC Radio 3

Zemlja Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo

Žanrovi Music

Jezik EN

Epizode 693

Posljednja 08.06.2026

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.

Epizode

Mahler's Symphony no.5 08.06.2026 49min

Alice Farnham surveys recordings of Mahler's Symphony no.5 and makes a top recommendation
Schubert's String Quartet in G major D.887 04.06.2026 46min

Jeremy Sams picks his favourite recording of Schubert's String Quartet in G major D.887.
Brahms' Piano Concerto no.2 26.05.2026 49min

Joanna MacGregor's picks her top recording of Brahms' Piano Concerto no.2.
Fauré's Requiem 18.05.2026 53min

Samir Savant surveys recordings of Fauré's Requiem and makes a top recommendation.
Liszt's Transcendental Studies 18.05.2026 51min

Pianist Keelan Carew picks his favourite recording of Liszt's Transcendental Studies.
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons 05.05.2026 50min

Charlotte Gardner's personal recommendation from recordings of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Respighi's La Boutique Fantasque 27.04.2026 43min

Conductor Ben Gernon picks his favourite recordings of Respighi's La Boutique Fantasque.
Shostakovich's Symphony no.9 20.04.2026 48min

Yshani Perinpanayagam chooses her favourite recording of Shostakovich's Symphony no.9.
Haydn's Matin, Midi and Soir Symphonies 13.04.2026 54min

Sir Nicholas Kenyon recommends a top recording of Haydn's 6th, 7th and 8th Symphonies.
Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana 07.04.2026 45min

Iain Burnside's personal recommendation for Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.
Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata 30.03.2026 47min

Allyson Devenish picks her favourite recording of Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata Op.53.
Vaughan Williams' 'A London Symphony' 23.03.2026 48min

Kate Kennedy picks her top recording of Vaughan Williams' 'A London Symphony'.
Janacek's Sinfonietta 16.03.2026 50min

Nigel Simeone surveys recordings of Janacek's Sinfonietta and makes a top recommendation.
Handel's Dixit Dominus HWV.232 09.03.2026 48min

Mark Lowther surveys recordings of Handel's Dixit Dominus, and makes a recommendation.
Dvorak's String Quintet Op.97 02.03.2026 46min

Professor Laura Tunbridge surveys recordings of Dvorak's String Quintet Op.97.
Weber's Der Freischutz 23.02.2026 51min

Marina Frolova-Walker recommends her favourite recording of Weber's opera Der Freischutz.
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2 16.02.2026 50min

Pianist Kathryn Stott picks her favourite recording of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2.
Sibelius's Symphony no.5 09.02.2026 47min

William Mival recommends his favorite recording of Sibelius's Symphony no.5.
Brahms's Paganini Variations 02.02.2026 44min

Kenneth Hamilton picks his favourite of Brahms's Paganini Variations.
J. S. Bach's Cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV.147 26.01.2026 49min

Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of J. S. Bach's Cantata BWV.147.