Record Review Podcast

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