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Michael Ball and Alfie Boe perform live

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe perform live in the Radio 2 Piano Room. Russell Crowe chooses the Tracks of My Years plus PopMaster.

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe perform live in the Radio 2 Piano Room. After releasing their best-selling album 'Together' last year, Michael and Alfie have reunited for a new record: 'Together Again'. It follows the phenomenal success of their first album which has now reached double-platinum status, with over 600,000 sold in the UK.

Russell Crowe, Oscar-winning actor, film producer and musician, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from David Bowie and Pink Floyd. Although a New Zealand citizen, he has lived most of his life in Australia. He came to international attention for his role as the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 epic film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, for which Russell won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, an Empire Award for Best Actor and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and no less than ten further nominations for best actor. Russell also appeared as the tobacco firm whistle blower in the 1999 film The Insider for which he received five awards as best actor and seven nominations in the same category. In 2001, Russell's portrayal of mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John F Nash in the biopic A Beautiful Mind brought him numerous awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. His other films include Romper Stomper (1992), L.A. Confidential (1997), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), American Gangster (2007), State of Play (2009), Robin Hood (2010), Les Miserables (2012), Man of Steel (2013) and Noah (2014). He is also the co-owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, an Australian National Rugby League team.

The Hollywood star always maintains he was a musician long before he started serious acting, first with his band TOFOG and in various other incarnations over the years. His latest musical project is a band called Indoor Garden Party featuring himself, Alan Doyle, Samantha Barks, Scott Grimes and Carl Falk. They released their debut album 'The Musical' in June of this year.

Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Tue 5 Dec 2017 09:30
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Music Played

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

  • Sia

    Santa's Coming For Us

    • Everyday Is Christmas.
    • Atlantic.

  • Stevie Wonder

    As

    • Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collec.
    • Universal.

  • Christopher Cross

    Ride Like The Wind

    • Christopher Cross.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tina Turner

    When The Heartache Is Over

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Pete Tong & Heritage Orchestra

    Sing It Back (feat. Becky Hill)

  • Wax

    Bridge To Your Heart

    • American English.
    • Lemon Recordings.
    • 5.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    A Song For The Lovers

    • (CD Single).
    • Hut Music.

  • Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie

    Lay Down For Free

    • (CD Single).
    • EastWest.

  • Andy Burrows

    Light The Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Play It Again Sam UK.
    • 1.

  • Air Supply

    Lost In Love

    • Making Love -The Very Best Of Air Sup.
    • Arista.
    • 10.

  • Record of the Week

    • Taylor Swift

      Gorgeous

      • reputation.
      • Big Machine.

  • Climax Blues Band

    Couldn't Get It Right

    • Top Gear 3 - Various Artists.
    • Sony.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Boxer

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • P!nk

    Beautiful Trauma

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Kim Wilde

    Hey Mister Snowman

    • Wilde Winter Snowman.
    • Wildeflower Records.
    • 001.

  • ABBA

    The Winner Takes It All

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 008.

  • Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

    Bring Me Sunshine (Radio 2 Piano Room, 5 December 2017)

    • Together Again.

  • Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

    Hero (Radio 2 Piano Room, 5 December 2017)

  • Album of the Week

    • U2

      Red Flag Day

      • Songs Of Experience.
      • Island.

  • Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

    White Christmas (Radio 2 Session, 5 December 2017)

    • Together Again.

  • Paloma Faith

    Guilty

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Pink Floyd

      Money

      • (CD Single).
      • EMI.
      • 1.

    • David Bowie

      Sorrow

      • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
      • EMI.

  • Shania Twain

    Who's Gonna Be Your Girl

    • Now.
    • Mercury.

  • The Three Degrees

    Year Of Decision

    • Love Train: The Ultimate Sound Of....
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Dec 2017 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2