Petroc Trelawny presents music by Delius and Buxtehude, a duet from Puccini's Tosca and the Chaconne from Rameau's Dardanus Suite. Show more

With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library - Strauss: Alpine Symphony; A Library of Early English Music; Recent Chamber Music; Disc of the Week - Vivaldi: Ercole sul'Termodonte. Show more

Petroc Trelawny talks to French-Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin, film director Mike Figgis as he makes his operatic debut and explores a new book about pianist Sviatoslav Richter. Show more

Catherine Bott introduces highlights of the London debut concert given by Apollo's Fire, directed by Jeannette Sorrell, featuring repertoire by Vivaldi, Handel and Rameau. Show more

Henk Neven (baritone) and Hans Eijsackers (piano) perform songs by Beethoven, Faure, Ibert and Loewe at the Wigmore Hall, London. Show more

Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran explore the music of desert communities, visiting Dubai, the Gobi desert in Mongolia and the far south of Algeria. Show more

Ian Smith joins Alyn Shipton to select the best recordings by trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker, including his early West Coast quartets and his final records made in Europe. Show more

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Paolo Arrivabeni conducts Giovanni Meoni and Nino Machaidze in Verdi's opera Rigoletto, based on a Victor Hugo play. Show more

An evocation of life working in coal mines and the accompanying fictional and real-life dramas. With sounds, archive material, as well as prose and poetry. Show more

Two chamber works - Nigel Osborne's trio The Piano Tuner played by the Fidelio Trio, and Adrian Jack's Sixth String Quartet performed by the Arditti Quartet. Show more

Robert Worby and Sara Mohr-Pietsch present new music focusing on theatre, from Trond Reinholdsten, Jennifer Walshe and Tom Johnson, and Mauricio Kagel. Show more

Lucie Skeaping explores the extraordinary life and music of French composer Henri Desmarest, who was ghost writer of grands motets for one of Louis XIV chapel directors. Show more

Jonathan Swain's selection includes Mozart piano concertos performed by Clara Haskil. Show more