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Music: Classical

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations.

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation.

Record Review: Summer Record Review

Record Review: Summer Record Review: Andrew McGregor with Jeremy Sams and Katy Hamilton

14/07/2018

Andrew McGregor with Jeremy Sams and Katy Hamilton

Summer Record Review

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Summer Record Review, Andrew McGregor with Jeremy Sams and Katy Hamilton

Jeremy Sams chooses five indispensable recordings of works by Claude Debussy.

Jeremy Sams chooses five indispensable recordings of works by Claude Debussy, one of the composers featured at the 2018 Proms, and explains why they need to be heard.

with Andrew McGregor

9.30
Proms Composer: Debussy 
Each Saturday over the next nine weeks a different Record Review stalwart chooses five indispensable recordings of a great composer featured in the Proms. Today, Jeremy Sams kicks off the series by playing his top five Debussy discs and tells us why you need to hear them.

11.00
Katy Hamilton picks the plums from a 14-CD box bringing together the complete concerto and sonata recordings of renowned American cellist Leonard Rose in his centenary year. 

11.45 
Proms Recording: Also new for Summer Record Review, each week we select a major work from the Proms and play the current Building a Library recommendation, beginning with Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with Julian Bliss and the Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Mario Venzago.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Andrew McGregor with the latest classical recordings and music featured in the BBC Proms.

Andrew McGregor with the latest classical music releases and a focus on recordings of some of the great music featured in the current season of the BBC Proms.

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