Record Review Podcast

Christopher Cook recommends a recording from the available versions of Berlioz's song cycle, Les Nuits d'ete

Erica Jeal with a personal recommendation from recordings of Schumann's first symphony, the 'Spring' Symphony

Iain Burnside with a personal recommendation from recordings of Haydn's oratorio The Creation

Jan Smaczny with a personal recommendation from recordings of Dvorak's sixth symphony

David Nice makes a recommendation from the available recordings of Wagner's final opera Parsifal.

Nicholas Anderson with a personal recommendation from recordings of Bach's Cantata No 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis

Jessica Duchen compares recordings of Chopin's four Ballades and makes a recommendation

Simon Heighes with a personal recommendation from CD and DVD recordings of Britten's opera The Turn of the Screw

Stephen Johnson surveys recordings of Shostakovich's 8th Symphony and makes a personal recommendation

Harriet Smith suggests a version from the available recordings of Brahms' 1st Piano Concerto in D minor.

Martin Cotton compares recordings of Beethoven's String Quartet Op.131 in C# minor and makes a personal recommendation

Stephen Plaistow recommends a recording from the available versions of Mozart's Piano Sonata in A Minor K310 (repeat of a programme originally broadcast in November 2012)

Piers Burton-Page with a personal recommendation from recordings of Walton's Violin Concerto

Roger Parker recommends a version from the available recordings of Verdi's opera, Un ballo in maschera.

Richard Wigmore compares recordings of Handel's penultimate oratorio Theodora and makes a personal recommendation

Richard Osborne with a recommendation from the recordings of Sibelius' 3rd Symphony

Rob Cowan with a personal recommendation from recordings of Bartok's Dance Suite

David Owen Norris compares recordings of Beethoven's last piano sonata and makes a recommendation

Geoffrey Norris with a personal recommendation from recordings of Shostakovich's Symphony no.5

Jan Smaczny surveys recordings of Dvorak's Stabat Mater and makes a personal recommendation

Richard Osborne with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Verdi's opera Rigoletto

Simon Heighes with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of William Byrd's 4-Part Mass

Stephen Johnson with a personal recommendation from recordings of Brahms' second symphony

Rob Cowan compares recordings of Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No.1 and makes a personal recommendation

John Deathridge recommends a version from the available recordings of Wagner's opera Tannhauser

Jeremy Summerly with a personal recommendation from recordings of Handel's Solomon

Geoffrey Smith makes a personal recommendation from the recordings of Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale

Stephen Walsh compares recordings of Tchaikovsky's Hamlet Fantasy Overture and makes a recommendation

Christopher Cook with a personal recommendation from the recordings of Debussy's opera, Pelleas et Melisande.

Chris de Souza with a personal recommendation from recordings of Liszt's piano concerto no.2

Richard Wigmore compares recordings of Schumann's wedding gift to his wife Clara, his Op.25 song cycle Myrthen

Caroline Gill with a personal recommendation from recordings of Bach's sonatas for violin and keyboard

Simon Heighes surveys recordings of Handel's Eight Great Suites, played on harpsichord and piano, and makes a recommendation

David Vickers recommends a version from the recordings of Corelli's set of Concerti grossi, Op.6

Nicholas Kenyon surveys recordings of Mozart's Piano Concerto No.19 K459 and makes a recommendation

William Mival with a personal recommendation from recordings of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite

Misha Donat recommends a version from the recordings of Mozart's String Trio in Eb K563

Julian Johnson compares recordings of Mahler's sixth symphony

Iain Burnside with a survey of recordings of Brahms' Piano Trio in B major, Op.8

Martin Cotton recommends a version from the recordings of Walton's 1st Symphony

Piers Burton-Page with a personal recommendation from recordings of Britten's opera Billy Budd

Jessica Duchen with a personal recommendation from recordings of Faure's Cello Sonata no.2

Tess Knighton recommends recordings of works by John Dowland.

Erica Jeal makes a personal recommendation from the recorded versions of Sibelius' 2nd Symphony

John Deathridge with a personal recommendation from recordings of Beethoven's Missa solemnis

Richard Osborne recommends a version of Rossini's opera La Cenerentola

David Fanning recommends a version of Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No 8

Rob Cowan with a personal recommendation from recordings of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra

Hilary Finch with a recommendation for the ultimate disc of Lieder by Richard Strauss

Stephen Plaistow with a personal recommendation from recordings of Mozart's Piano Sonata in A minor, K.310