Cerys Matthews takes us on a personal guided tour of the musical world, taking in Bellini and Blind Snooks Eaglin, Max Richter and the Rhos Male Voice Choir, with poetry too from Rumi, Dylan Thomas and W B Yeats.

Debussy's Paris - Yan Pascal Tortelier

Mar 24th, 2018 31m 33s

Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier chooses music from Paris in the Belle Époque as part of "Debussy's Paris" marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Debussy this weekend. His choices include music by Maurice Ravel, Paul Dukas, Florent Schmitt

Rosalind Plowright

Mar 17th, 2018 34m 43s

Rosalind Plowright introduces the music that has been most influential on her life and operatic career. Including John Ogdon playing Beethoven, Maria Callas singing Puccini and Bernhard Klee conducting Mahler.

Roderick Williams

Feb 10th, 2018 28m 26s

Baritone Roderick Williams chooses music concerned with different modes of transport, including works by Schubert, Wagner, Stanford, Liszt, Honegger, Vaughan Williams and John Adams.

Julian Bliss

Feb 3rd, 2018 22m 27s

Clarinettist Julian Bliss, who plays both classical and jazz clarinet, chooses pieces that show the influence of jazz on classical music. With compositions by Gershwin, Bartok, Bernstein, Copland and Stravinsky, who once agreed to write an 'eas

Richard Tognetti

Jan 27th, 2018 28m 14s

To mark Australia Day on 26th January, Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti chooses some of his favourite pieces and performers, including works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Grainger, Lutoslawski, Peter S

Max Richter

Jan 26th, 2018 34m 58s

The composer, pianist and producer Max Richter introduces some of the music that has inspired him.

Tine Thing Helseth

Jan 20th, 2018 22m 35s

The trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth with her personal choices, including music that inspired her when she was growing up in Norway.

Sir Thomas Allen

Dec 23rd, 2017 35m 11s

Baritone Sir Thomas Allen shares some of his favourite musical moments: works by Beethoven, Wagner and Humperdinck; treasured voices such as Nicolai Ghiaurov in Verdi's Don Carlo and Kenneth McKellar in Handel's Messiah; and festive treats, inc

Ailish Tynan

Dec 9th, 2017 22m 2s

Soprano Ailish Tynan explores the effect different languages have on songs and vocal works. Ailish feels that words are the foundation blocks to unlocking a song, and explores the fascinating way different languages (English, French, German) ve

Sakari Oramo

Dec 2nd, 2017 30m 28s

Sakari Oramo, Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, introduces a selection of music from his home country of Finland. His choices include piano music by the great symphonist Sibelius, music for orchestra and birds by Rautavaara, early

Ailish Tynan

Nov 25th, 2017 26m 31s

Soprano Ailish Tynan shares great moments in opera, including music by Handel, Mozart, Humperdinck, Wagner, Richard Strauss, Janacek and Benjamin Britten.

Robert Lloyd

Nov 11th, 2017 36m 26s

As part of the BBC Opera Season, one of the greatest singers of his generation, bass Robert Lloyd charts the cultural, social and technological changes of the opera stage through the music he has performed and experienced over the past 50 years

Why Music? The Key to Memory

Nov 6th, 2017 55m 34s

In a special show in front of a live audience at Wellcome Collection, star soprano Lesley Garrett presents music that brings back memories for her - from the people, places and events that have shaped her life and career.Part of Why Music? The

Rachel Podger

Nov 4th, 2017 26m 19s

In the second of two programmes Rachel Podger, described by The Sunday Times as "Queen of the Baroque violin", shares the music that has helped to define her musical personality - much of it encountered during her childhood years in Kassel. Rac

Rachel Podger

Nov 4th, 2017 26m 19s

Danielle de Niese - Opera Season

Sep 30th, 2017 34m 37s

As part of the BBC's autumn Opera Season, Danielle de Niese, hailed as "opera's coolest soprano" by New York Times Magazine presents a personal selection of the music closest to her heart.

Rob Cowan's Gold Standard

Sep 2nd, 2017 22m 53s

Rob's selection this week includes music by Bartok, Verdi, Prokofiev and Monteverdi performed by Janos Starker, Margaret Price and Paul McCreesh.

Chi-chi Nwanoku

Aug 26th, 2017 35m 32s

Chi-chi Nwanoku profiles black composers and performers down the centuries, with their friends and contemporaries.

Rob Cowan's Gold Standard

Aug 19th, 2017 22m 55s

Rob presents works by Mozart, Saint-Saens, Wagner and Dvorak from performers including Arturo Toscanini, Christian Zacharias, David Oistrakh and Il Giardino Armonico.

Rob Cowan's Gold Standard

Aug 19th, 2017 22m 55s

Rob presents works by Mozart, Saint-Saens, Wagner and Dvorak from performers including Arturo Toscanini, Christian Zacharias, David Oistrakh and Il Giardino Armonico.

James Rhodes

Jul 22nd, 2017 17m 56s

Pianist James Rhodes continues his series of three consecutive Saturday Classics, sharing the music, recordings and musicians he's most passionate about. Today's show includes Teodor Currentzis, the Russian-Greek conductor who once claimed 'I

James Rhodes

Jul 15th, 2017 17m 23s

Pianist James Rhodes is back with the first of three consecutive Saturday Classics, choosing the music, recordings and musicians he's most passionate about.Today's show includes the iconic pianists Martha Argerich, Vladimir Horowitz, and Mikh

Canada 150: James Rhodes on Glenn Gould

Jun 24th, 2017 26m 34s

James Rhodes has been obsessed with the iconic Canadian pianist Glenn Gould for as long as he can remember. Ahead of his Sunday Feature tomorrow, this afternoon he selects his pick of Gould's idiosyncratic and often controversial recordings - f