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Saturday 25th February 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Natasha Loges reviews a clutch of new releases, including a disc from soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist David Kadouch mixing languages and the worlds of different composers and poets around the theme of travel and voyage. Natasha also shares her On Repeat track - a recording that she is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library. Gillian Moore chooses her favourite recording of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, which was written for an orchestra of enormous forces.. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best of the best this week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Natasha Loges reviews a clutch of new releases, including a disc from soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist David Kadouch mixing languages and the worlds of different composers and poets around the theme of travel and voyage. Natasha also shares her On Repeat track - a recording that she is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library. Gillian Moore chooses her favourite recording of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, which was written for an orchestra of enormous forces.. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best of the best this week.
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Saturday 4th March 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Walton: Viola Concerto in Building a Library.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Leading trumpeter Alison Balsom shares new releases that have caught her ear and shares her On Repeat track - a recording that she is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library. David Owen Norris chooses his favourite recording of William Walton's Viola Concerto. It was conductor Thomas Beecham's suggestion that Walton should write a viola concerto for virtuoso Lionel Tertis, but things did not go according to plan when the musiciain sent back the music by return of post saying it was too modern. So the 1929 premiere was given by Paul Hindemith (who had been sent the concerto by the BBC's Edward Clark) at the Queen's Hall, just around the corner from Broadcasting House. It was a success and Tertis, in the audience, relented. But although he subsequently played the concerto, Tertis continued to disparage it and was heard to say that Walton had murdered the viola. Despite its inauspicious beginning, Walton's Viola Concerto has long been recognised as one of his most important early works and is well established a cornerstone of an albeit limited repertoire. Perhaps the root of its appeal is to be found in its dedication `to Christabel", the lyrical melancholy and poetic longing at the concerto's heart reflecting Walton's unrequited passion for Christabel, Lady Aberconway. 11.20 Record of the Week. An exceptional new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Walton: Viola Concerto in Building a Library.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Leading trumpeter Alison Balsom shares new releases that have caught her ear and shares her On Repeat track - a recording that she is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library. David Owen Norris chooses his favourite recording of William Walton's Viola Concerto. It was conductor Thomas Beecham's suggestion that Walton should write a viola concerto for virtuoso Lionel Tertis, but things did not go according to plan when the musiciain sent back the music by return of post saying it was too modern. So the 1929 premiere was given by Paul Hindemith (who had been sent the concerto by the BBC's Edward Clark) at the Queen's Hall, just around the corner from Broadcasting House. It was a success and Tertis, in the audience, relented. But although he subsequently played the concerto, Tertis continued to disparage it and was heard to say that Walton had murdered the viola. Despite its inauspicious beginning, Walton's Viola Concerto has long been recognised as one of his most important early works and is well established a cornerstone of an albeit limited repertoire. Perhaps the root of its appeal is to be found in its dedication `to Christabel", the lyrical melancholy and poetic longing at the concerto's heart reflecting Walton's unrequited passion for Christabel, Lady Aberconway. 11.20 Record of the Week. An exceptional new release.
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Saturday 11th March 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.00 Composer William Mival shares the new releases that have grabbed his attention this week. 10.30 Building a Library. Sarah Devonald compares recordings of Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals and picks her favourite. 11.20 Record of the Week. An exceptional new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.00 Composer William Mival shares the new releases that have grabbed his attention this week. 10.30 Building a Library. Sarah Devonald compares recordings of Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals and picks her favourite. 11.20 Record of the Week. An exceptional new release.
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Saturday 18th March 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Pianist Charles Owen shares new releases that have caught his ear, as well as his On Repeat track - a recording that he is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library. Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite recording of Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor. Frédéric Chopin composed this glorious concerto in 1829 when he was 20 and before he had finished his formal education. It was first performed in Warsaw, with the composer as soloist. It was actually the first of his two piano concertos to be written. Like all Chopin's works it is full of haunting melodies and thrilling piano writing. The nocturnal middle movement in particular is a golden moment, inspired by Chopin's romantic idolisation of Konstancja Gladkowska. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's top pick.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Pianist Charles Owen shares new releases that have caught his ear, as well as his On Repeat track - a recording that he is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library. Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite recording of Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor. Frédéric Chopin composed this glorious concerto in 1829 when he was 20 and before he had finished his formal education. It was first performed in Warsaw, with the composer as soloist. It was actually the first of his two piano concertos to be written. Like all Chopin's works it is full of haunting melodies and thrilling piano writing. The nocturnal middle movement in particular is a golden moment, inspired by Chopin's romantic idolisation of Konstancja Gladkowska. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew's top pick.
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Saturday 25th March 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Handel: Water Music.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Pianist Steven Osborne shares his pick of the week's new releases 10.30 Building a Library. Hannah French has been listening to a wide range of recordings - old and new - of Handel's festive Water Music, whittling them down until she can herald the ultimate version to buy, download or stream. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best of the best from the last seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Handel: Water Music.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Pianist Steven Osborne shares his pick of the week's new releases 10.30 Building a Library. Hannah French has been listening to a wide range of recordings - old and new - of Handel's festive Water Music, whittling them down until she can herald the ultimate version to buy, download or stream. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best of the best from the last seven days.
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Saturday 1st April 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Pianist Kunal Lahiry discusses new releases that have caught his ear and shares his On Repeat track - one that he is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library. Marina Frolova-Walker chooses her favourite recording of Sergei Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. Rachmaninov had always struggled to balance the competing demands of his three careers as composer, conductor and pianist, but after the mid-1930s. Following the disappointing reception of his recent music, he had all but stopped composing, spending most of his professional life on the arduous, if lucrative international concert circuit, widely acknowledged as the greatest pianist of his day. Taking a house on Long Island for the summer in 1940, Rachmaninov suddenly began composing again and the result was the Symphonic Dances. It was natural that the 1941 premiere was with the Philadelphia Orchestra under music director Eugene Ormandy as Rachmaninov had made his debut as a conductor there in 1909, returning often as soloist and conductor for concerts and recordings. Rachmaninov's final completed music, the Symphonic Dances initially had a lukewarm critical reception and were slow to gain popularity, but the dazzlingly orchestrated triptych, with its satisfying arc, full of intriguing musical cyphers, self-quotation and allusion is now a long-established and well-loved repertory staple, characterised by that typical Rachmaninov combination of nostalgic melancholy and tumultuous excitement. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's top pick from the new releases.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Pianist Kunal Lahiry discusses new releases that have caught his ear and shares his On Repeat track - one that he is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library. Marina Frolova-Walker chooses her favourite recording of Sergei Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. Rachmaninov had always struggled to balance the competing demands of his three careers as composer, conductor and pianist, but after the mid-1930s. Following the disappointing reception of his recent music, he had all but stopped composing, spending most of his professional life on the arduous, if lucrative international concert circuit, widely acknowledged as the greatest pianist of his day. Taking a house on Long Island for the summer in 1940, Rachmaninov suddenly began composing again and the result was the Symphonic Dances. It was natural that the 1941 premiere was with the Philadelphia Orchestra under music director Eugene Ormandy as Rachmaninov had made his debut as a conductor there in 1909, returning often as soloist and conductor for concerts and recordings. Rachmaninov's final completed music, the Symphonic Dances initially had a lukewarm critical reception and were slow to gain popularity, but the dazzlingly orchestrated triptych, with its satisfying arc, full of intriguing musical cyphers, self-quotation and allusion is now a long-established and well-loved repertory staple, characterised by that typical Rachmaninov combination of nostalgic melancholy and tumultuous excitement. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's top pick from the new releases.
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Saturday 8th April 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Britten's Peter Grimes.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9. 30 Conductor Ben Gernon reviews a box of reissues featuring music conducted by Bernard Haitinck and shares his On Repeat track. 10:30 Building a Library. Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of Britten's Peter Grimes. The opera is set in a fictional small town that bears some resemblance to Britten's home of Aldeburgh in Suffolk. It is about outsiders and oppression and the score is full of great orchestral descriptions of the coast and highly dramatic confrontations. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's top pick of the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Britten's Peter Grimes.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9. 30 Conductor Ben Gernon reviews a box of reissues featuring music conducted by Bernard Haitinck and shares his On Repeat track. 10:30 Building a Library. Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of Britten's Peter Grimes. The opera is set in a fictional small town that bears some resemblance to Britten's home of Aldeburgh in Suffolk. It is about outsiders and oppression and the score is full of great orchestral descriptions of the coast and highly dramatic confrontations. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's top pick of the past seven days.
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Saturday 15th April 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Janacek: Kreutzer Sonata.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Celebrated British tenor Ian Bostridge shares his choice of the new releases and his On Repeat track. 10:30 Building a Library. Erik Levi selects his favourite recording of Leos Janacek's String Quartet No 1, known as the Kreutzer Sonata. Composed in only nine days in 1923, Janacek's emotionally supercharged quartet takes its title from Leo Tolstoy's 1889 novella, in which a woman and her violinist lover play Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata together before her jealous husband murders her. The music roils with the conflicted passions of tormented love, desire and jealously of Tolstoy's story, but there was emotional turmoil in Janacek's life, too. Long fed up with his wife, in 1915 Janacek had fallen deeply in love with Kamila Stosslova who, happily married and 40 years his junior, made sure that his love remained unrequited. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Janacek: Kreutzer Sonata.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Celebrated British tenor Ian Bostridge shares his choice of the new releases and his On Repeat track. 10:30 Building a Library. Erik Levi selects his favourite recording of Leos Janacek's String Quartet No 1, known as the Kreutzer Sonata. Composed in only nine days in 1923, Janacek's emotionally supercharged quartet takes its title from Leo Tolstoy's 1889 novella, in which a woman and her violinist lover play Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata together before her jealous husband murders her. The music roils with the conflicted passions of tormented love, desire and jealously of Tolstoy's story, but there was emotional turmoil in Janacek's life, too. Long fed up with his wife, in 1915 Janacek had fallen deeply in love with Kamila Stosslova who, happily married and 40 years his junior, made sure that his love remained unrequited. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
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Saturday 22nd April 2023 (starting in 2 hours and 16 minutes)
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Schubert: Symphony No 5.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Katy Hamilton comes into the studio with her pick of the new classical releases and shares her On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Sarah Devonald chooses her favourite recording of Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat, D 485. When he wrote his fifth symphony at the age of 19, Schubert was working unhappily as an assistant teacher in his father's school. Nevertheless he was on a compositional roll with songs, chamber music and four other symphonies to his name, all of which were performed by amateur and professional musicians made up from family and friends. This genial, small-scale group gave the 1816 premiere of the symphony in the home of Otto Hatwig, violinist in Vienna's Burgtheater orchestra 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Schubert: Symphony No 5.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Katy Hamilton comes into the studio with her pick of the new classical releases and shares her On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Sarah Devonald chooses her favourite recording of Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat, D 485. When he wrote his fifth symphony at the age of 19, Schubert was working unhappily as an assistant teacher in his father's school. Nevertheless he was on a compositional roll with songs, chamber music and four other symphonies to his name, all of which were performed by amateur and professional musicians made up from family and friends. This genial, small-scale group gave the 1816 premiere of the symphony in the home of Otto Hatwig, violinist in Vienna's Burgtheater orchestra 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
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Saturday 29th April 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Nigel Simeone shares recent releases that have caught his ear, as well as his On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Handel: Coronation Anthems In the build up to the Coronation next week. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of tha past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Nigel Simeone shares recent releases that have caught his ear, as well as his On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Handel: Coronation Anthems In the build up to the Coronation next week. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of tha past seven days.
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Saturday 13th May 2023 (starting in 2 hours and 18 minutes)
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Sibelius: Symphony No 6.
Andrew McGregor presents. 9.30 Pianist Allyson Devenish brings in four of the week's best new releases, as well as the disc that she has On Repeat. 10.30 Building a Library. Mark Lowther has been listening to a wide range of recordings of Sibelius's Symphony No 6, choosing his personal recommendation to buy, download or stream. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best of the best this week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Sibelius: Symphony No 6.
Andrew McGregor presents. 9.30 Pianist Allyson Devenish brings in four of the week's best new releases, as well as the disc that she has On Repeat. 10.30 Building a Library. Mark Lowther has been listening to a wide range of recordings of Sibelius's Symphony No 6, choosing his personal recommendation to buy, download or stream. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best of the best this week.
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Saturday 20th May 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Mahler's Rückert-Lieder.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Leading French horn player and Berlin Philharmonic member Sarah Willis shares new releases that have caught her ear and shares her On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Mahler's Rückert-Lieder. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Mahler's Rückert-Lieder.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Leading French horn player and Berlin Philharmonic member Sarah Willis shares new releases that have caught her ear and shares her On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Mahler's Rückert-Lieder. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
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Saturday 27th May 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Smetana: The Bartered Bride.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Conductor Robert Hollingworth shares new releases that have caught his ear, as well as his On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Smetana's The Bartered Bride, an infectious and tuneful comic opera following the course of true love in the face of ambitious parents and a cunning marriage broker. The score is jumping with energetic Czech dance rhythms with polkas and furiants and a sparkling overture. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Smetana: The Bartered Bride.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Conductor Robert Hollingworth shares new releases that have caught his ear, as well as his On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Smetana's The Bartered Bride, an infectious and tuneful comic opera following the course of true love in the face of ambitious parents and a cunning marriage broker. The score is jumping with energetic Czech dance rhythms with polkas and furiants and a sparkling overture. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
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Saturday 3rd June 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Brahms: A German Requiem.
Presented by Andrew McGregor 9.30 A round-up of the best of this week's new releases 10.30 Building a Library. Brahms' A German Requiem is his largest-scale choral work and also his most-recorded. Fellow composer John Rutter guides listeners through a huge range of different approaches before settling on his favourite recording to buy, download or stream. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Brahms: A German Requiem.
Presented by Andrew McGregor 9.30 A round-up of the best of this week's new releases 10.30 Building a Library. Brahms' A German Requiem is his largest-scale choral work and also his most-recorded. Fellow composer John Rutter guides listeners through a huge range of different approaches before settling on his favourite recording to buy, download or stream. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
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Saturday 10th June 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf and William Mival shares some remarkable new releases. 9.30 William Mival shares some new releases which have caught his ear and shares his 'On Repeat' track - a recording which he is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library: Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew McGregor shares his top pick.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf and William Mival shares some remarkable new releases. 9.30 William Mival shares some new releases which have caught his ear and shares his 'On Repeat' track - a recording which he is currently listening to again and again. 10.30 Building a Library: Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. 11.20 Record of the Week: Andrew McGregor shares his top pick.
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Saturday 17th June 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Puccini's Tosca in Building a Library.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Tenor Ben Johnson picks both his favourite new releases and the track he goes back to in On Repeat. 10.30 Building a Library. Puccini's Tosca was described by one critic as `a shabby little shocker", but has nevertheless enthralled audiences for more than a century. It has been no stranger to the recording studio, and Roger Parker talks to Andrew about the huge range of approaches that have been made and settles on the ultimate recording to buy, download or stream. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's personal choice of the best release of the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Puccini's Tosca in Building a Library.
Presented by Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Tenor Ben Johnson picks both his favourite new releases and the track he goes back to in On Repeat. 10.30 Building a Library. Puccini's Tosca was described by one critic as `a shabby little shocker", but has nevertheless enthralled audiences for more than a century. It has been no stranger to the recording studio, and Roger Parker talks to Andrew about the huge range of approaches that have been made and settles on the ultimate recording to buy, download or stream. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's personal choice of the best release of the past seven days.
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Saturday 24th June 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Poulenc: Piano Concerto.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Leading pianist Joanna MacGregor shares new releases that have caught her ear and shares her On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Poulenc's Piano Concerto, which was commissioned in 1949 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to restore relations between Poulenc's native Paris and America after the Second World War. After the Boston premiere, the composer attributed the lack of enthusiasm to the idea that the audience had listened to too much Sibelius. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Poulenc: Piano Concerto.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Leading pianist Joanna MacGregor shares new releases that have caught her ear and shares her On Repeat track. 10.30 Building a Library. Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Poulenc's Piano Concerto, which was commissioned in 1949 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to restore relations between Poulenc's native Paris and America after the Second World War. After the Boston premiere, the composer attributed the lack of enthusiasm to the idea that the audience had listened to too much Sibelius. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the past seven days.
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Saturday 1st July 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
A Survey of William Byrd.
Andrew McGregor presents. 9.30 Percussionist Colin Currie brings in his personal selection of new releases, as well as the track he currently has On Repeat. 10.30 Building a Library. Kirsten Gibson joins Andrew to survey the huge range of recordings of works by William Byrd, who died 400 years ago this week. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best of the best this week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
A Survey of William Byrd.
Andrew McGregor presents. 9.30 Percussionist Colin Currie brings in his personal selection of new releases, as well as the track he currently has On Repeat. 10.30 Building a Library. Kirsten Gibson joins Andrew to survey the huge range of recordings of works by William Byrd, who died 400 years ago this week. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best of the best this week.
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Saturday 8th July 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky's Petrushka in Building a Library.
Andrew McGregor presents. 9.30 Writer Gillian Moore brings in her pick of new releases, as well as the track she currently has On Repeat. 10.30 Building a Library. Petrushka was the second ballet Stravinsky wrote for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1911, and it has been dazzling audiences ever since. Jonathan Cross leads the way through a vast range of approaches before settling on the ultimate recording to buy, download or stream. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best from the past seven days.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky's Petrushka in Building a Library.
Andrew McGregor presents. 9.30 Writer Gillian Moore brings in her pick of new releases, as well as the track she currently has On Repeat. 10.30 Building a Library. Petrushka was the second ballet Stravinsky wrote for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1911, and it has been dazzling audiences ever since. Jonathan Cross leads the way through a vast range of approaches before settling on the ultimate recording to buy, download or stream. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew's pick of the best from the past seven days.
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Saturday 15th July 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Vivaldi with Simon Heighes.
Andrew McGregor presents. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer - Vivaldi. Simon Heighes joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of pieces by Vivaldi and explains why they need to be heard. Known as `the Red Priest", the Venetian composer wrote prolifically in many genres, including opera, sacred music, chamber music and many, many concertos. 11.05 Proms Recording: To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms, beginning with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 in G, performed by soloist Emil Gilels and the Philharmonia Orchestra under conductor Leopold Ludwig.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Vivaldi with Simon Heighes.
Andrew McGregor presents. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer - Vivaldi. Simon Heighes joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of pieces by Vivaldi and explains why they need to be heard. Known as `the Red Priest", the Venetian composer wrote prolifically in many genres, including opera, sacred music, chamber music and many, many concertos. 11.05 Proms Recording: To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms, beginning with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 in G, performed by soloist Emil Gilels and the Philharmonia Orchestra under conductor Leopold Ludwig.
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Saturday 22nd July 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Brahms with Natasha Loges and Andrew McGregor.
Andrew McGregor with new recordings of classical music. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer: Brahms. Natasha Loges joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of Brahms and explains why people need to hear them. Famed for his epic symphonies and concertos, Johannes Brahms was a prolific song composer as well as writing some of the most beautiful, and neglected, chamber music of the 19th century. 11.10 Proms Recording - Robert Schumann: Symphony no.1 in B flat "Spring". Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich, David Zinman (conductor).
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Brahms with Natasha Loges and Andrew McGregor.
Andrew McGregor with new recordings of classical music. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer: Brahms. Natasha Loges joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of Brahms and explains why people need to hear them. Famed for his epic symphonies and concertos, Johannes Brahms was a prolific song composer as well as writing some of the most beautiful, and neglected, chamber music of the 19th century. 11.10 Proms Recording - Robert Schumann: Symphony no.1 in B flat "Spring". Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich, David Zinman (conductor).
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Saturday 29th July 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Mendelssohn.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer. William Mival joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of pieces by Felix Mendelssohn and explains why they need to be heard. 11.05 Proms Recording. To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, which features in this year's BBC Proms. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor).
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Mendelssohn.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer. William Mival joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of pieces by Felix Mendelssohn and explains why they need to be heard. 11.05 Proms Recording. To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, which features in this year's BBC Proms. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor).
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Saturday 5th August 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Poulenc.
Kate Molleson presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Allyson Devenish joins Kate to discuss five indispensable recordings of BBC Proms composer Poulenc and explains why they need to be heard. As well as concertos, piano music and ballets, Francis Poulenc wrote witty and infectious chamber music and songs. 11.25 Proms Recording: To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Kate introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms, with today's edition featuring Richard Strauss: Don Juan performed by the Staatskapelle Dresden under conductor Rudolf.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Poulenc.
Kate Molleson presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 Allyson Devenish joins Kate to discuss five indispensable recordings of BBC Proms composer Poulenc and explains why they need to be heard. As well as concertos, piano music and ballets, Francis Poulenc wrote witty and infectious chamber music and songs. 11.25 Proms Recording: To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Kate introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's BBC Proms, with today's edition featuring Richard Strauss: Don Juan performed by the Staatskapelle Dresden under conductor Rudolf.
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Saturday 12th August 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Shostakovich.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer: Marina Frolova-Walker chooses five essential recordings of pieces by Dmitry Shostakovich and explains why they need to be heard. Using long-familiar classical forms - opera, symphony, concerto, string quartet, sonata - Shostakovich forged his own distinct personal style to become one of the 20th century's most significant composers. Often tonal, tuneful and deeply felt, many of his works have become repertoire staples and perhaps part of their appeal is Shostakovich's own troubled biography. As a citizen of the Soviet Union during some of its most repressive years, he went from lauded teenage prodigy to being censured by Stalin himself. Forever trying to walk the line between personal integrity and regime approval, he not only produced his share of tub-thumping agitprop but also music freighted with ciphers and emotional ambiguity. Marina also shares her On Repeat track. 11.25 Proms Recording - Building a Library. Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor).
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Shostakovich.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer: Marina Frolova-Walker chooses five essential recordings of pieces by Dmitry Shostakovich and explains why they need to be heard. Using long-familiar classical forms - opera, symphony, concerto, string quartet, sonata - Shostakovich forged his own distinct personal style to become one of the 20th century's most significant composers. Often tonal, tuneful and deeply felt, many of his works have become repertoire staples and perhaps part of their appeal is Shostakovich's own troubled biography. As a citizen of the Soviet Union during some of its most repressive years, he went from lauded teenage prodigy to being censured by Stalin himself. Forever trying to walk the line between personal integrity and regime approval, he not only produced his share of tub-thumping agitprop but also music freighted with ciphers and emotional ambiguity. Marina also shares her On Repeat track. 11.25 Proms Recording - Building a Library. Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor).
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Saturday 19th August 2023
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Schumann.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer: Robert Schumann .Katy Hamilton chooses five indispensable recordings of pieces by Schumann and explains why you need to hear them. Katy also shares her On Repeat track - a recording that she is currently listening to again and again. 11.15 Proms Recording. Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of Elgar's Enigma Variations, with Pierre Monteux conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
BBC Proms Composer: Schumann.
Andrew McGregor presents the best new recordings of classical music. 9.30 BBC Proms Composer: Robert Schumann .Katy Hamilton chooses five indispensable recordings of pieces by Schumann and explains why you need to hear them. Katy also shares her On Repeat track - a recording that she is currently listening to again and again. 11.15 Proms Recording. Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of Elgar's Enigma Variations, with Pierre Monteux conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.
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