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Verity Sharp

Verity Sharp's selection includes Ethiopian singer Alemayehu Eshete, Su Hart's recordings of vocal yelli as performed by the women of Gbine and tracks from Chris Wood.

Verity Sharp's selection includes Ethiopian singer Alemayehu Eshete, Bavaria's Familienmusik Hoffmann and Su Hart's exquisite recordings of vocal yelli as performed by the women of Gbine in the Cameroonian rainforest.

Plus tracks from Chris Wood's forthcoming 'best of' compilation Albion alongside the Choir of King's College Cambridge singing an anthem by Judith Weir and Nikolai Fefilov playing the piano music of Alexei Stanchinsky.

Track List:

23:15
Franco & OK Jazz: On Entre OK, On Sort KO
Album: Francophonic
Sterns STCD3041 42

(Segue)

23:17
Las Malas Amistades: Jet Lag
Album: Jardín Interior
Honest Jons Records HHJRCD26

23:21
Toró de Palpite: Zoonóias II
Album: Wava el Afiouni
Torodepalpite Records TPW01

(Segue)

23:25
Rajery: Mandehandeha
Album: Sofera
Marrabi 46820 2

(Segue)

23:30
Mamer featuring Bela Fleck: Celebration
Album: Eagle
Realworld CDRW165

23:34
Familienmusik Hoffmann: Tröpferlbad (Couplet)
Album: Obacht! Muisk Aus Bayern
Bayla Records BAY001

23:38
Allgäuer Vierermusik: Häch Oba-Jodler
Album: Obacht! Muisk aus Bayern
Bayla Records BAY001

(Segue)

23:40
Women of Gbiné (Loni Julienne, Mbele Julienne, Mbongi Marie, Mboundo Jeanette, Nawouya Hélène): Song of the Hyrax (Yelli version)
Album: Baka In The Forest
Mad Hatter Music MAHA CD29

(Segue)

23:42
Reich: Music For Pieces Of Wood
Performed By Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Album: Ligeti/Reich - African Rhythms
Teldec 8573 86584 2

23:50
Michael Nyman: Movement IV (String Quartet No. 2)
Performed By Balanescu Quartet
Album: Michael Nyman - String Quartets 1-3
Argo 433 093 2

(Segue)

23:53
Les Violons du Rigodon: Polka di Paluzza
Album: Fanfare Ménétrière
La Compagnie du Rigodon CDR200201

(Segue)

23:56
Trad arr. Gibert Sigrist: Brune, Changeuse d’amants
Trio Paris & Alain Bruel (accordion)
Album: Achille Millien - Le Pommier Doux
Wild Boar Music WBM 21070

23:59
Karen Tweed (accordion); Timo Alakotilla (piano); Roger Tallroth (guitar); Timo Myllykangas (bass); Maria Kalaniemi (accordion); Ashanti Paul Jayashinha (flugelhorn): The Land, When the Land is White with Snow
Album: Albion
Navigator Records 29

(Segue)

00:05
Chris Wood (voice & guitar); Karen Tweed (accordion); Ian Carr (guitar) Andy Cutting (accordion): The Shouter
Album: Albion
Navigator Records 29

00:10
Weir: Ascending Into Heaven
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury; Christopher Hughes (organ)
Album: English Anthems
EMI CDC 7 54418 2

(Segue)

00:18
David Sylvian: Brilliant Trees
Album: Brilliant Trees
Virgin CDV 2290

00:27
Eshèté: Telantena Zaré
Alèmayèhu Eshèté
Album: The Very Best of Éthiopiques
Manteca Mantdcd245

(Segue)

00:31
Eric Hayden: Give Her The No. 1
Album: London Is the Place For Me 4
Honest Jons HJRCD25

00:34
Cavailhón: Yo Te Enseño Lola
Rubén González & Ensemble
Album: Rubén González
Escondida ESC 6514 2

(Segue )

00:37
Stanchinsky: Presto (Sonata No. 2 in G, 1912)
Performed By Nikolai Fefilov (piano)
Album: Stanchinsky - Piano Music
Etcetera KTC 1142

(Segue)

00:43
Villagers from Mahaboboka (sody flutes & paritaky drums): Beranomaso (To Cry Your Heart Out)
Album: Madagascar, Bara Country
Ocora France C561089

00:49
Trad: Twilight Yelli
Women of Gbiné
Album: Baka in the Forest
Mad Hatter Music MAHA CD29

(Segue)

00:56
Field Recording: Amazon Rainforest
Musician Wren (Cyphorhinus arada) & Variable Chachalaca (Ortalis Momot) recorded by Richard Ranft
Album: Rainforest Requiem
National Sound Archive NSA CD9

1 hour, 45 minutes

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