Classical music
Desert Island Discs. Gyorgy Pauk. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is the violinist Gyorgy Pauk.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. John Copley. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is opera director John Copley.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Roberto Alagna. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is opera singer Roberto Alagna.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Sir Thomas Beecham. Audio, 30 minutes
David Mellor promotes the life of conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. 18th Century Season - Liquid Assets: Tracing Handel's Thousands. Audio, 45 minutes
BBC business correspondent Peter Day explores Handel's financial dealings.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Thomas Quasthoff. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is bass-baritone singer Thomas Quasthoff.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Luciano Pavarotti. Audio, 30 minutes
Luciano Pavarotti is nominated by the music promoter Harvey Goldsmith.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ian Bostridge. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is musician and opera singer Ian Bostridge.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. David McVicar. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is opera director David McVicar.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Felicity Lott. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is soprano Felicity Lott.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Gershwin's Horns. Audio, 30 minutes
Rainer Hersch explores unusual instruments used by composers.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Sound Makers. Audio, 30 minutes
Paul Gambaccini meets sound engineers James Lock and Geoff Emerick.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Soul Music. Series 6, Spem in Alium. Audio, 30 minutes
Thomas Tallis's work is one of the most spectacular pieces of choral music ever written.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Simon Rattle. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is conductor Simon Rattle.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Trumpet Shall Sound. Audio, 30 minutes
Jazz composer Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. John Cage. Audio, 30 minutes
Conceptual artist Michael Craig-Martin talks about avant-garde composer John Cage.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Raymond Gubbay. Audio, 45 minutes
Kirsty Young's castaway is musician Raymond Gubbay
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Nina Simone. Audio, 30 minutes
Joanna Macgregor nominates the chanteuse and civil rights activist Nina Simone.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
For One Night Only. Series 4, Bernstein in Berlin. Audio, 30 minutes
On Christmas Day 1989, Leonard Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Choral Symphony.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
