Record Review Podcast

Richard Wigmore with a personal recommendation from recordings of Schumann's negelected but deeply-felt Second Symphony

Simon Heighes compares recordings of Purcell's Ode Hail! Bright Cecilia and makes a personal recommendation

Richard Osborne compares recordings of Rossini's final opera and makes a personal recommendation

Martin Cotton compares recordings of Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka, and makes a personal recommendation

Recorded live at Sage Gateshead in conversation with Andrew McGregor, Kenneth Hamilton with a personal recommendation from recordings of Chopin's set of 24 Preludes for piano, Op.28

Sarah Devonald with a personal recommendation from recordings of Strauss's joyful, autumnal Oboe Concerto

Berta Joncus with a personal recommendation from the many recordings of Mozart’s opera Singspiel 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail', the work that prompted the infamous (and now contested) complaint that there were “too many notes”!

Stephen Johnson recommends a version from the available recordings of Shostakovich's powerful 10th Symphony

Andrew talks to conductor Vasily Petrenko about completing his cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies for record label Naxos, and his other recent recordings of Russian repertoire.

Ivan Hewett with a personal recommendation from recordings of Brahms's piano quartet in G minor, Op.25