''Record Review'' is a Saturday morning radio programme (usually airing from 9am to 11:45am) dealing with recent classical music releases, topical issues and interviews. The programme title is a return of ''Record Review'' which was broadcast on Network Three occasionally from 1949, then weekly from 1957 presented by John Lade and then from 1981,

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, until 1998. , the regular presenter of ''Record Review'' is Andrew McGregor. From 1998 to 2015 it became ''CD Review'', with the format remaining largely the same. Then, from 2 January 2016, its title reverted to ''Record Review'' to reflect the diversity of media proliferating (CDs, downloads, streaming, and so forth). It includes the feature ''Building a Library'' which surveys and recommends available recordings of specific works. In 2006 ''

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attacked ''Building a Library'' as "elitist" for including such composers as

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and

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and lesser-known works of great composers, at the expense of well-known mainstream works. However, the charge was rebutted by the programme's producer, Mark Lowther, who said that Radio 3 audiences wanted programmes that challenged and inspired.

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* {{BBC Radio 3 1949 radio programme debuts BBC Radio 3 programmes British music radio programmes