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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 Harriet Smith and Nicholas Baragwanath

21/07/2018

Andrew McGregor with Harriet Smith and Nicholas Baragwanath

Summer Record Review

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Summer Record Review, Andrew McGregor with Harriet Smith and Nicholas Baragwanath

Harriet Smith chooses five indispensable recordings of featured Proms composer, Beethoven.

Harriet Smith chooses five indispensable recordings of works by featured Proms composer Beethoven and explains why they need to be heard. Plus this week's outstanding new releases.

Proms Composer: Beethoven
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, Harriet Smith plays her top five Beethoven discs and tells us why you need to hear them.

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Nicholas Baragwanath delves into the 64-CD box of the complete Deutsche Grammophon recordings made by Rafael Kubelik.

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Proms Recording: 
Continuing with a new feature for Summer Record Review, each week we select a major work from the Proms and play you the current Building a Library recommendation. Today, it's Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti.

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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