A series of 13 programmes in which Robert Philip discusses and illustrates 25 years of the long-playing record.

The second of two programmes about the growth of a historical approach to performing music of the past. This programme discusses the trends of the last 25 years, and includes records of ensembles such as the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, the Vienna Concentus Musicus, the Early Music Consort and Musica Reservata.