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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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Mon 19 Dec 2011 13:32GMT
91热爆 World Service Online

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Music Played

  • Adele

    Untitled

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • n/a.

  • Jay Z & Kanye West

    Untitled

    • Watch the Throne.
    • Mercury.
    • n/a.

  • Chase

    Untitled

    • No More Idols.
    • Mercury.
    • n/a.

  • Marsha Ambrosius

    Untitled

    • Late Nights & Early Mornings.
    • Sony Music.
    • n/a.

  • Tiny Ruins

    Untitled

    • Some Were Meant for Sea.
    • Spunk Records.
    • n/a.

  • Xiao He

    Untitled

    • Silly's Ballard.
    • n/a.
    • n/a.

  • The Antlers

    Untitled

    • Burst Apart.
    • V2.
    • n/a.

  • June Tabor & The Oysterband

    Untitled

    Cat. Number: n/a 0

    • Ragged Kingdom.
    • Topic Records.

  • Tinariwen

    Untitled

    • Tassilli.
    • V2 Coop.
    • n/a.

  • Jonathan Wilson

    Untitled

    • Gentle Spirit.
    • Bella Union.
    • n/a.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Untitled

    • Traveller.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 477 9363.

  • Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra, Fanfare Ciocarlia

    Untitled

    • Balkan Brass Battle - Boban & Marko Markovic Orchestra vs Fanfare Ciocarlia.
    • Asphalt Tango.
    • n/a.

  • Sondargo

    Untitled

    • World Village UK.
    • n/a.

  • Justin Adams/Juju

    Untitled

    • In Trance.
    • Real World Records.
    • n/a.

  • Carminho

    Untitled

    • Fado.
    • EMI Records.
    • n/a.

  • Keith Jarrett

    Untitled

    • Rio.
    • ECM Records.
    • ECM 2198/99.

  • The Impossible Gentlemen

    Untitled

    • The Impossible Gentlemen.
    • Basho.
    • n/a.

  • Mike Gibbs with NDR Bigband featuring Norma Winston

    Untitled

    • Here's A Song for You.
    • Fuzzy Moon Records.
    • n/a.

  • Gregory Porter

    Untitled

    • Water.
    • Motema.
    • n/a.

  • Ambrose Akinmusire

    Untitled

    • When the Heart Emerges Singing.
    • EMI Records.
    • n/a.

  • Tokyo String Quartet

    Untitled

    • Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz / David Watkin, Tokyo String Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 807427听.

  • Stephen Hough, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton.

    Untitled

    • LISZT Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 GRIEG Piano Concerto.
    • Hyperion Records.
    • CDA67824.

  • James Ehnes, 91热爆 Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda

    Untitled

    • BARTOK Violin Concerto Nos. 1 & 2, Viola Concerto.
    • Chandos Records.
    • CHAN10690.

  • 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

  • Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Paul McCreesh

    Untitled

    • BERLIOZ Grand Messe des Morts.
    • Signum.
    • SIGCD280.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Dec 2011 02:32GMT
    91热爆 World Service Online
  • Sun 18 Dec 2011 23:32GMT
    91热爆 World Service Online
  • Mon 19 Dec 2011 09:32GMT
    91热爆 World Service Online
  • Mon 19 Dec 2011 13:32GMT
    91热爆 World Service Online