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Happy birthday Bartolomeo Cristofori!

Guy gathers some of his favourite piano tracks in birthday tribute to Bartolomeo Cristofori, the man who invented the instrument.

Guy gathers some of his favourite piano tracks in birthday tribute to Bartolomeo Cristofori, the man who invented the instrument.

Plus new and old music ranging from Shack to the Shacks, an visit to the Garvey garden and a brief discussion of great Italian composers. Sadly though nothing by Damp Hammock,

Meanwhile this week's Beckpapedia will go down very well with West Ham fans and fans of the quickstep.

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Music Played

  • PJ Harvey

    The Glorious Land

    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..

  • Jefferson Airplane

    White Rabbit

    • BMG Entertainment.

  • Elton John

    Daniel

    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Calibro 35

    Discomania

    • Record Kicks.

  • These New Puritans

    A Season In Hell

    • Domino.

  • Lisa O鈥橬eill

    Old Note

    • Rough Trade.

  • The Ink Spots

    Your Feet's Too Big

    • Documents.

  • Jon and Vangelis

    I Hear You Now

    • Polydor.

  • Luke Temple and The Cascading Moms

    Church Street

    • Western Vinyl.

  • Leon Redbone

    My Walking Stick

    • Warner Records.

  • Little Barrie

    Yeah We Know You

    • [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue.

  • Toots Thielemans

    Bluesette

    • Avid Entertainment.

  • Smog

    I Feel Like The Mother Of The World

    • Drag City.

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Woodstock

    • Rhino Atlantic.

  • The Cure

    Friday I'm In Love

    • Now.

  • The Magnetic Fields

    I Wish I Had An Evil Twin

    • Nonesuch.

  • Stick in the Wheel

    Over Again

    • nicola kearey / Stick In The Wheel.

  • Lucinda Williams

    Blue

    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    Landslide

    • Virgin Records Ltd.

  • Beirut

    Landslide

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    In a Sentimental Mood

    • CGH Ventures Inc..

  • Arooj Aftab

    Last Night

    • Verve Records.

  • Dory Previn

    The Lady With The Braid

    • Zonophone.

  • The Shacks

    Crimson and Clover

    • Big Crown Records.

  • Nico

    The Fairest Of The Seasons

    • Verve.

  • Blur

    No Distance Left To Run

    • FOOD.

  • Nico

    The Fairest Of The Seasons

    • Verve.

  • John Martyn

    Head and Heart

    • Island.

  • The Merry Macs

    I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

    • ASV Living Era.

  • Luba Organasova, Will Humberg & Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    La Rondine / Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta

    • Naxos.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Communication Breakdown

    • Atlantic.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Roman Holiday

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.

  • Arcane

    Wheel It Up

    • FOXY JANGLE.

  • Laurent Garnier

    Playing With The Low-End

    • Fabric.

  • Cimm

    Circuit Jam

  • Peter Alexander Jobson

    Go Go

    • self release.

  • Arlo Guthrie

    Coming Into Los Angeles

    • Polystar.

  • Oscar Peterson

    C-Jam Blues

    • Pablo/Universal.

  • Natalie Evans

    Postscript- Otono

    • Small Pond.

  • Alice Faye & Julen Santamaria

    Later, Later On

    • Holy Smokes Records.

  • Nadine Shah

    Hyperrealism

    • EMI.

  • Tom Waits

    The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)

    • Asylum Records.

  • Chilly Gonzales

    Gentle Threat

    • Universal.

  • M. Ward

    Let's Dance

    • Matador.

  • Fran莽ois鈥怞o毛l Thiollier

    Clair de lune

    • Naxos.

  • Grandaddy

    Underneath the Weeping Willow (Wooden Piano version)

    • Dangerbird Records.

  • Shack

    Streets of Kenny

    • London Music Stream/Because Music.

  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Unsquare Dance

    • CBS.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 May 2025 13:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music
  • Mon 5 May 2025 00:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 6 Music