Jess Gillam with... Plínio Fernandes
Jess is joined in the studio by Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes to share the music they love.
Jess is joined in the studio by Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes to share the music they love. Plínio shares his Latin roots with Villa-Lobos, Albéniz and a beautiful duet by Elis Regina and Tom Jobim, and Jess offers up Bartok inspired Jazz from Stan Getz and Eddie Sauter, a fiendishly difficult concerto by John Adams and Scott Walker is lamenting the weather.
Playlist:
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, W.424; IV. Danza [Michael Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony]
Eddie Sauter / Stan Getz - I’m Late, I’m Late
Beethoven - Bagatelles, Op. 33: V. Allegro, ma non troppo [Cristian Budu]
Scott Walker - It’s Raining Today
Isaac Albeniz - Suite espanola no. 1, Op.47; III. Sevilla [Julian Bream]
John Adams - Saxophone Concerto; II. Molto vivo: a hard, driving pulse [Timothy McAllister (sax), St Louis Symphony, David Robertson]
Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim - Águas de março
Johann Sebastian Bach – O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht Motet, BWV 118 [English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner]
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Darius Milhaud
Brazileira (Scaramouche)
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.- Decca Classics.
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Jacob do Bandolim
Assanhado
Performer: Plínio Fernandes.- Saudade.
- Decca.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, W.424; IV. Danza
Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- RCA Red Seal.
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Eddie Sauter
I'm Late, I'm Late
- Focus.
- Verve.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelles, Op. 33: V. Allegro, ma non troppo
Performer: Cristian Budu.- Claves Records.
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Scott Walker
It's Raining Today
- Scott 3.
- Philips.
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Isaac Albéniz
Suite espanola no. 1, Op.47; III. Sevilla
Performer: Julian Bream.- RCA.
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John Adams
Saxophone Concerto (II. Molto vivo: a hard driving pulse)
Performer: Timothy McAllister. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.- Nonesuch.
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Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim
Águas de março
- Elis & Tom.
- Universal Music.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht Motet, BWV 118
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.- DG.
Broadcast
- Sat 11 Jun 2022 12:30BBC Radio 3
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