Presented by Martin Handley, who shares his personal choice of music.
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Schutz's Musikalische Exequien; Vladimir Horowitz's recordings; Disc of the Week: Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Presented by Tom Service. Featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and composer Nico Muhly, both from New York, plus searching out musical stories in the East End of London. Show more
Lucie Skeaping focuses on a collection of 17th century German instrumental music known as Das Partiturbuch Ludwig, which features composers from all over Germany. Show more
From the Wigmore Hall, London. Sean Rafferty introduces contralto Sara Mingardo in a range of roles from Handel operas. Including Amadigi di Gaula, Rinaldo, Radamisto and Orlando. Show more
Lucy Duran presents a review of new CDs of world music and an exploration of the folk traditions of Northumberland in a session with The Unthanks. Show more
Trombonist, bandleader and arranger Bob Brookmeyer joins Alyn Shipton to pick highlights of his music, including work with Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz. Show more
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Arnold Schoenberg Choir and the Chamber Orchesta of Europe in Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Featuring Jonathan Lemalu and Isabelle Kabatu. Show more
Residents of Fair Isle, Britain's remotest inhabited island, talk about the loss of fishing and seabird colonies. With music by Damian Montagu performed by Fair Isle musicians. Show more
Two works by Australian veteran composer Peter Sculthorpe, who turned 80 in 2009: Kakadu and Mangrove, performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stuart Challender.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Robert Worby spotlight the 2009 Huddersfield Contemporary festival, including music from Richard Barrett, plus pianist Genevieve Foccroulle. Show more
Catherine Bott explores the composers and the musical climate of the city of Venice before the birth of Antonio Vivaldi in 1678. Show more
Susan Sharpe presents music by Beethoven, Debussy, Prokofiev, Brahms, Mozart, Bach, Lhotka, Chopin, Vivaldi, Rachmaninov, Britten, Schubert, Gombert, Bergh, Reinecke and Dvorak. Show more
