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Jess Gillam with... Shivank Menon

Jess Gillam is joined by Mumbai-born pianist Shivank Menon to talk about their favourite records, including music by Bach, Chopin, Donny Hathaway and Bill Evans.

Jess Gillam is joined by the Mumbai-born pianist Shivank Menon to talk about the records that they love. Their playlist includes Rostropovich playing Bach, Sviatoslav Richter playing Chopin, songs by Ravel, Fanny Mendelssohn and Donny Hathaway, and a recording of Bill Evans duetting with himself.

Playlist:

MORELENBAUM2 & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: Sabia
J S BACH ARR. KODALY: Vater unser im Himmelrich, BWV 762 (Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Herbert Tachezi, organ)
CHOPIN: Polonaise No 7 in A flat, Op 61 (Sviatoslav Richter, piano)
ROBERT DE VISÉE: Sarabande from Suite No 7 in D minor (Thomas Dunford, archlute; Jean Rondeau, harpsichord)
FANNY MENDELSSOHN: Schwanenlied, Op 1 No 1 (Dorothea Craxton, soprano & Babette Dorn, piano + Benjamin Appl, baritone & James Baillieu, piano)
RAVEL: Soupir from 3 Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano)
DONNY HATHAWAY: A Song for You
BILL EVANS: Emily

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Sat 11 Feb 2023 12:30
Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ozsuca-Rattle. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Shivank Menon

    Poeme Melancolique

    Performer: Shivank Menon.
    • Self-released.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in A major, Op 28 No 7

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.

  • Art Tatum

    Tiger Rag

    • Piano Starts Here.
    • Legacy/Columbia.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.

  • Morelenbaum2 & Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Sabia

    • Casa.
    • Universal.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vater unser in Himmelreich, BWV 762

    Music Arranger: Zoltán Kodály. Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Performer: Herbert Tachezi.
    • Cello & Organ.
    • Teldec Classics ‎.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise No 7 in A flat, Op 61

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Robert de Visée

    Sarabande (Suite No 7 in D minor)

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Jean Rondeau.
    • Erato.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied Op 1 No 1

    Performer: Babette Dorn. Singer: Dorothea Craxton.
    • Naxos.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied (Songs, Op.1)

    Singer: Benjamin Appl. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Heinrich Heine: Lieder.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 13.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Soupir (3 Poemes de Stephane Mallarme)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Donny Hathaway

    A Song For You

    • Atco.

  • Bill Evans

    Emily

    • Verve.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Feb 2023 12:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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