Record Review Podcast

With Andrew McGregor, an edited version of the regular CD Review slot.

Kate Molleson recommends a version of Berg's Violin Concerto

Building a Library: Richard Wigmore compares recordings of Mozart's Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425, known as the Linz Symphony, which was written in just four days during the Mozarts' stopover in the Austrian town of Linz whilst travelling in late 1783. When the local count heard of their arrival he announced a concert, and the composer had very little time to provide a symphony for it!

Helen Wallace recommends a recorded version of Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata

As part of BBC Music's Ten Pieces Secondary, which aims to open up the world of classical music to children aged 11 and above, Hannah French compares available versions of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E flat major and makes a personal recommendation. A favourite of the trumpet repertoire and possibly Haydn's most popular concerto, this work was composed in 1796 while the composer was working on The Creation. It was written for his long-time friend Anton Weidinger who had developed a keyed trumpet which could play chromatically, unlike the natural trumpet which had a more limited choice of notes.

Flora Willson recommends a recorded version of Verdi's Requiem

Rob Cowan recommends a recorded version of Beethoven's 4th Symphony.

Estonian-born Arvo Part is the final Proms Composer for 2015 Summer CD Review

Andrew McGregor talks to Marin Alsop about her recordings and career

This week's Proms Composer is Austrian composer and cellist Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)

American composer Henry Cowell (1897-1965) is this week's Proms Composer.

Andrew McGregor explores recordings of music by Icelandic composer Jon Leifs

Andrew McGregor explores recordings of music by John Foulds

This week's Proms Composer is Australian Brett Dean.

CD Review explores recordings of music by French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.

Andrew talks to the celebrated and versatile soprano Carolyn Sampson

Andrew McGregor explores recordings of music by the many-faceted composer HK Gruber

Katy Hamilton recommends a recording of Brahms's Cello Sonata No.2, Op.99

Edward Seckerson recommends a recording of Richard Rodgers' Carousel

Erica Jeal recommends a recorded version of Britten's Les Illuminations

Nicholas Baragwanath recommends a recorded version of Wagner's Die Meistersinger

Tess Knighton compares recordings of Monteverdi's least-known opera, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, and makes a personal recommendation

Andrew Mellor compares recordings of Nielsen's 'Sinfonia Espansiva' and makes a personal recommendation

Harriet Smith compares recordings of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, Op.49, and makes a personal recommendation

Sarah Lenton recommends a recording from the available versions of Offenbach's opera, The Tales of Hoffmann

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood compares recordings of Mozart’s Horn Concertos and makes a personal recommendation.

Helen Wallace compares recordings of Walton's Cello Concerto and makes a personal recommendation

William Mival recommends a version from the available recordings of Scriabin's Prometheus

Roger Parker compares recordings of Verdi's first Shakespearean opera Macbeth and makes a personal recommendation

Kirsten Gibson recommends a recording from the available versions of Purcell’s Music for Queen Mary’s Funeral and Funeral Sentences

Marina Frolova-Walker makes a recommendation from the available recordings of Tchaikovsky's ballet, Swan Lake.

David Nice recommends a version from the available recordings of Sibelius's 4th Symphony.

Richard Morrison recommends a recording from the available versions of Elgar's 2nd Symphony.

Jeremy Summerly discusses Haydn's Nelson Mass, his Missa in angustiis, live in the studio with Andrew McGregor

Flora Willson recommends a recording from the available versions of Bizet's opera Carmen

David Owen Norris recommends a recording from the available versions of Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio.

Sarah Walker recommends a recording from the available versions of Schubert's Piano Sonata in A major D. 959

Simon Heighes recommends a version from the available recordings of Bach's Magnificat

Jonathan Swain recommends a version from the available recordings of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G

Geoffrey Norris recommends a recording from the available versions of Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’

Nicholas Kenyon recommends a version of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony from the available recordings.

Rob Cowan's live discussion of recordings of Bartok's Music for Strings Percussion & Celesta

Gillian Moore makes a recommendation from the available recordings of Berg's opera, Wozzeck

Robert Philip makes a recommendation from the available recordings of Dvorak's American Quartet

Simon Heighes visits an unusual recording session at the Royal College of Music where students and early recording experts have teamed up to recreate Arthur Nikisch and the Berlin Philharmonic'€™s 1913 recording of Beethoven'€™s 5th Symphony. The original recording, one of the earliest one and most successful attempts to record an entire symphony using (close to) a full orchestra, used an acoustic horn to cut into a wax disc. Simon talked to participants in the 2014 re-enactment about the challenges of re-creating a recording process that pre-dated the use of electronic microphones.

Caroline Gill compares the available recordings of Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli and makes a personal recommendation.

Chris De Souza with a personal recommnedation from recordings of Schubert's 'Unfinished' Eighth Symphony

In a CD Review exclusive, Andrew McGregor talks to legendary pianist Alfred Brendel. Now retired from the concert platform, Brendel’s career stretched over six decades and saw collaborations with the leading conductors, singers and instrumentalists of the day. He shares with Andrew his memories of a fascinating career in an interview rich in insight and his characteristic dry humour

Harriet Smith recommends a recording from the available versions of Beethoven's Ghost Piano Trio.

John Deathridge recommends a version from the available recordings of Bruckner's 7th Symphony