Record Review Podcast

Prokofiev was soloist at the concerto's 1921 premiere, which has become his most popular.

Liederkreis was written in the year he devoted to song composition after marrying Clara.

William Mival assesses recordings of Mahler's epic Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' and makes a recommendation. A journey from the darkness of a funeral march via the terror of the Last Judgement through to the light of redemption and, finally, resurrection is not to be undertaken lightly.Andrew McGregor celebrates Record Store Day 2017 and 60 years of Record Review with a special programme broadcast live from Spiritland, a listening café just north of King's Cross in London.

Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata was overshadowed by the success of his Piano Concerto No. 2.

Kodaly's joyful work is based on the Hungarian dances of Galanta where he lived as a boy.

Set in the Egypt of the Pharaohs, Verdi's Aida premiered at the Cairo opera house in 1871

Mozart's final instrumental work was written for his friend, clarinettist Anton Stadler.

Messaien's piece was premiered at a prisoner of war camp, outdoors in the rain, in 1941.

Building a Library on Schoenberg's epic cantata Gurrelieder. Nicholas Baragwanath guides us through this gargantuan late flowering of 19th-century Romanticism in which Schoenberg wove together a sumptuous score that can be surprising to people accustomed to the more astringent sound world of his later works.

Kate Kennedy explores the music of an underrated English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement.

Edward Seckerson joins Andrew McGregor to assess recordings of Ives Symphony No. 2.

Tom McKinney heads to Spain with the ever-popular Rodrigo Guitar Concerto.

Sir Nicholas Kenyon sifts through the available recordings of Bach's B minor Mass. It was one of Bach's last compositions, completed in 1749, the year before his death. He refashioned music that he had composed throughout his career. The Mass was never performed in its entirety during Bach's lifetime but is now regarded as a supreme masterpiece.

Ben Walton compares recordings of Rossini's hugely popular opera on Beaumarchais's play.

Tapiola is Sibelius's final masterpiece for orchestra. Andrew Mellor recommends a version

Stephen Johnson compares recordings of the first of Beethoven's late string quartets.

Rob Cowan sifts through "Tchaik 4," a piece written at a time of emotional turmoil.

Harriet Smith compares recordings of Schubert's piece, which baffled its 1828 audience.

Dedicated to his hero Wagner, Bruckner revised his Third Symphony several times.

David Owen Norris sifts through the available recordings of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21