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09/09/2008

Robert Sandall plays a selection of Mercury Prize-shortlisted music, including Radiohead's recent album In Rainbows, Gavin Bryars's Jesus Blood and nu-jazzers Portico Quartet.

Robert Sandall plays a selection of Mercury Prize-shortlisted music past and present, including Radiohead's recent album In Rainbows, Gavin Bryars's minimalist classic Jesus Blood, nu-jazzers Portico Quartet, dubstep producer Burial, songs by PJ Harvey and Michael Nyman's score for The Piano.

11:15
Radiohead: Last Flowers to the Hospital
Radiohead
XL Recordings

11:20
Krauss/Plant: Nothing
Robert Plant; Alison Krauss
Taken from the album Raising Sand
Rounder 475 9382

11:26
Portico Quartet: Knee-deep in the North Sea
Portico Quartet
Taken from the album Knee-deep in the North Sea
Babel BVOR2769

11:31
Anon: Golden Rain
Balinese Gamelan
Taken from the album Music from The Morning of the World
Nonesuch 979 1962

11:38
Harvey/Yorke: This mess we’re in
PJ Harvey; Thom Yorke
Taken from the album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Island CID8099

11:42
Wyatt: Forest
Robert Wyatt; Brian Eno; Dave Gilmour
Taken from the album album Cuckooland
Hannibal HNCD 1468

11:50
Michael Nyman: Dreams of a Journey
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Nyman (piano & conductor)
Taken from the OST The Piano
Virgin 788 2472

11:56
Natahsa Khan: Horse And I
Bat for Lashes
Taken from the album Fur and Gold
ECHO 0999 50206407

11:59
Burial: Broken Home
Burial
Taken from the album Burial
Hyperdub HDBCD001

12:04
Mark Anthony Turnage: Nocturne (Night Dances)
London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen
Argo 4525982

12:07
Radiohead: Four Minute Warning
Radiohead
Taken from the album In Rainbows
XL Recordings

12:13
Marling: Your only Doll (Dora)/Alas, I cannot Swim
Laura Marling
Taken from the album Alas, I Cannot Swim
Virgin CDVY3040

12:21
Gavin Bryars: Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Unnamed singer; Hampton Orchestra/Michael Riesman
POINT 4388232

12:46
Harvey: White Chalk/The Mountain
PJ Harvey
Taken from the album White Chalk
Island whitechalk01

12:53
Portico Quartet: Too Many Cooks
Portico Quartet
Taken from the album Knee-deep in the North Sea
Babel BVOR2769

1 hour, 45 minutes

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