Martin Handley presents a refreshing choice of music.
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Franck: Trois chorals for organ; New Releases: Gunter Wand conducting the DSO; Disc of the Week: Handel: Olinto pastore. Show more
Tom Service and guests discuss a new biography of Tchaikovsky; he also meets composer George Benjamin who is 50 in 2010. Plus Graham Johnson on what makes Faure songs unique. Show more
Lucie Skeaping presents highlights of a concert of Moroccan and Sephardic music given by Joglaresa at the 2009 Brighton Early Music Festival. Show more
From Wigmore Hall, London. Austrian mezzo Daniela Lehner performs Viennese songs with pianist Roger Vignoles. Music is by Mozart, Wolf, Zemlinsky, Guastavino and Ginastera. Show more
Lucy Duran visits the island of Madagascar and presents music from the 18th-century Malagasy royal court and the rarely recorded dramatic story-telling tradition of Hira Gasy. Show more
Alyn Shipton presents a roundup of musical suggestions from listeners. Among the audience picks are additional tracks from Carla Bley, Stan Getz and Hampton Hawes. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk. Show more
From the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Edo de Waart conducts Renee Fleming, Susan Graham and Christine Schafer in Richard Strauss's masterpiece Der Rosenkavalier. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby with highlights from 2009's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. With works by Matthew Shlomowitz, Emmanuel Nunes and Bill Thompson. Show more
John Shea presents music by Caurroy, Brade, Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, Lipinski, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Ravel, Horneman, Lisinski, Beethoven, Allegri, Kraus, Soler and Rodrigo. Show more
