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Record Review Episodes

  1. 05/10/2025

    A significant extract from Sarah Lenton's Building a Library recommendation.

  2. Mozart's Cosi fan tutte in Building a Library with Sarah Lenton and Andrew McGregor

    Sarah Lenton chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutte.

  3. Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony

    A complete performance of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

  4. 21/09/2025

    A complete performance of yesterday's Record Review Building a Library recommendation.

  5. Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme in Building a Library with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor

    Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme.

  6. 14/09/2025

    A complete performance of a new release of Kalevi Aho's Moonlight Concerto.

  7. BBC Proms Composer: Mussorgsky with Jonathan Cross and Andrew McGregor

    Jonathan Cross picks 5 key recordings by BBC Proms Composer: Mussorgsky

  8. BBC Proms Composer: Brahms with Laura Tunbridge and Hannah French

    Laura Tunbridge picks five indispensable recordings by BBC Proms Composer Brahms.

  9. BBC Proms Composer: Shostakovich with Ben Gernon and Andrew McGregor

    Ben Gernon picks 5 indispensable recordings by BBC Proms Composer: Shostakovitch

  10. BBC Proms Composer: Puccini with Flora Willson and Andrew McGregor

    Flora Willson picks 5 indispensable recordings by this week's BBC Proms Composer: Puccini

  11. BBC Proms Composer: Ravel with Jeremy Sams and Andrew McGregor

    Jeremy Sams picks five indispensable recordings of works by BBC Proms composer Ravel.

  12. BBC Proms Composer: Bartok with Marina Frolova-Walker and Andrew McGregor

    Marina Frolova-Walker selects five recordings of works by BBC Proms composer Bartók

  13. BBC Proms Composer: Arvo Pärt with Gillian Moore & Andrew McGregor

    Gillian Moore picks five indispensable recordings of works by BBC Proms composer Arvo Pärt

  14. BBC Proms Composer: Rameau with Joseph McHardy and Andrew McGregor

    Joseph McHardy picks five indispensable recordings of works by BBC Proms composer Rameau.

  15. Building a Library on Corelli's Concerti grossi

    Kirsten Gibson's recommended recording of Corelli's Concerti grossi

  16. Corelli's Concerti grossi with Kirsten Gibson and Andrew McGregor

    A personal recommendation from recordings of Corelli's Concerti grossi

  17. Building a Library on Vaughan Williams's Fifth Symphony

    Kate Kennedy's recommended recording of Vaughan Williams's Fifth Symphony.

  18. Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5 in Building a Library with Kate Kennedy and Gillian Moore

    Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5

  19. Satie's Sports et divertissements with Kathryn Stott and Andrew McGregor

    A personal recommendation from recordings of Satie's Sports et divertissements.

  20. Haydn's The Seasons in Building a Library with Jeremy Summerly & Andrew McGregor

    Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Seasons

  21. Mozart's Piano Concerto No.21 in Building a Library with Joanna MacGregor and Andrew McGregor

    Joanna MacGregor picks her favourite recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21.

  22. Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition with Marina Frolova-Walker & Andrew McGregor

    The best recording of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition to buy, download or stream.

  23. Beethoven's Piano Trio No. 7 'Archduke' in Building a Library with Richard Wigmore & Andrew McGregor

    Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Beethoven's Piano Trio No 7 'Archduke'.

  24. Stravinsky's Les Noces in Building a Library with Jonathan Cross and Andrew McGregor

    Jonathan Cross chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's Les Noces

  25. Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor D.958 in Building a Library with Allyson Devenish and Andrew McGregor

    Allyson Devenish picks her favourite recording of Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor D.958

  26. Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in Building a Library with Roger Parker & Andrew McGregor

    Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.

  27. Mozart's Coronation Mass in Building Library with Joseph McHardy and Andrew McGregor

    Joseph McHardy picks his favourite recording of Mozart's Coronation Mass.

  28. Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta with Andrew McGregor and Kate Molleson

    Building a Library on Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

  29. Building a Library on Handel's Acis and Galatea

    An extended extract from yesterday's recommendation of Handel's opera Acis and Galatea

  30. Handel's Acis and Galatea with Andrew McGregor and Mark Lowther

    Mark Lowther's personal recommendation for Handel's Acis and Galatea

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