16/12/2011
We ask five experts to tell us their album of the year
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In today's programme we ask five experts to tell us their album of the year; there's a pop sensation, a tender New Zealand singer-songwriter, a jazz genius playing in concert, a thrilling world music fusion experiment and a heartfelt Schubert String Quintet.
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Music Played
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Adele
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- 21.
- XL.
- n/a.
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Jay Z & Kanye West
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- Watch the Throne.
- Mercury.
- n/a.
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Chase
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- No More Idols.
- Mercury.
- n/a.
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Marsha Ambrosius
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- Late Nights & Early Mornings.
- Sony Music.
- n/a.
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Tiny Ruins
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- Some Were Meant for Sea.
- Spunk Records.
- n/a.
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Xiao He
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- Silly's Ballard.
- n/a.
- n/a.
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The Antlers
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- Burst Apart.
- V2.
- n/a.
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June Tabor & The Oysterband
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- Ragged Kingdom.
- Topic Records.
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Tinariwen
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- Tassilli.
- V2 Coop.
- n/a.
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Jonathan Wilson
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- Gentle Spirit.
- Bella Union.
- n/a.
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Anoushka Shankar
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- Traveller.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 477 9363.
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Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra, Fanfare Ciocarlia
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- Balkan Brass Battle - Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra vs Fanfare Ciocarlia.
- Asphalt Tango.
- n/a.
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Sondargo
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- World Village UK.
- n/a.
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Justin Adams/Juju
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- In Trance.
- Real World Records.
- n/a.
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Carminho
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- Fado.
- EMI Records.
- n/a.
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Keith Jarrett
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- Rio.
- ECM Records.
- ECM 2198/99.
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The Impossible Gentlemen
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- The Impossible Gentlemen.
- Basho.
- n/a.
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Mike Gibbs with NDR Bigband featuring Norma Winston
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- Here's A Song for You.
- Fuzzy Moon Records.
- n/a.
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Gregory Porter
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- Water.
- Motema.
- n/a.
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Ambrose Akinmusire
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- When the Heart Emerges Singing.
- EMI Records.
- n/a.
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Tokyo String Quartet
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- Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz / David Watkin, Tokyo String Quartet.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 807427听.
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Stephen Hough, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton.
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- LISZT Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 GRIEG Piano Concerto.
- Hyperion Records.
- CDA67824.
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James Ehnes, 成人快手 Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda
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- BARTOK Violin Concerto Nos. 1 & 2, Viola Concerto.
- Chandos Records.
- CHAN10690.
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Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Jennifer Rivera, Sunhae Im, Bejun Mehta, Marcos Fink, Neal Davies, Dominique Visse, Daniel Schmutzhard, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Rene Jacobs
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Jennifer Rivera, Sunhae Im, Bejun Mehta, Marcos Fink, Neal Davi
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Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Paul McCreesh
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- BERLIOZ Grand Messe des Morts.
- Signum.
- SIGCD280.
Broadcasts
- Sat 17 Dec 2011 02:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
- Sun 18 Dec 2011 23:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
- Mon 19 Dec 2011 09:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online
- Mon 19 Dec 2011 13:32GMT成人快手 World Service Online