Record Review Podcast

Kenneth Hamilton considers the available versions of Schumann's Kreisleriana and recommends his favourite recording.

Rob Cowan joins Andrew McGregor in the studio to make a recommendation from the available recordings of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony

Nicholas Baragwanath makes a recommendation from the available recordings of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death

Sarah Lenton with a personal recommendation from the many DVD versions of Mozart's serious comedy, the opera The Marriage of Figaro

Chris De Souza recommends a version from the available recordings of Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto.

Misha Donat recommends a version from the available recordings of Haydn's Symphony No.101 "The Clock"

David Fanning recommends a version from the available recordings of Nielsen's 2nd Symphony.

Robert Philip with a personal recommendation from nearly 80 years of recordings of Schubert's first set of Impromptus for piano, D899

Caroline Gill with a personal recommendation from recordings of Vivaldi's intensely personal Stabat mater

Mark Lowther compares recordings, and the various versions, of Copland's 'Ballet for Martha' Appalachian Spring and makes a personal recommendation

Jeremy Summerly with a recommendation from the available recordings of Mozart's Coronation mass

David Vickers compares recordings of Handel's Op.6 concerti grossi and makes a personal recommendation

Edwards Seckerson with a personal recommendation from recordings of West Side Story, the musical which launched Stephen Sondheim's career and made Leonard Bernstein a household name

John Deathridge with a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Beethoven's 7th Symphony

Nicholas Kenyon with a personal recommendation from recordings of Haydn's Symphony no 44, the so-called 'Mourning' Symphony

This week, Anna Picard is our guide through the rich and varied collection of songs by Henry Purcell

Jonathan Swain recommends a recording from the available versions of Vaughan William's 9th Symphony

David Owen Norris compares recordings of this evergreen work and makes a personal recommendation

Stephen Walsh makes a personal recommendation from the available recordings of Debussy's 2 books of Images for piano

Tess Knighton with a personal recommendation from recordings of Monteverdi's opera L'incoronazione di Poppea