Jess Gillam with... Ruby Hughes
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with soprano Ruby Hughes, including tracks by Errollyn Wallen, Sibelius and Dave Okumu.
Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with soprano Ruby Hughes, who has performed on many of the world’s major stages and has premiered new works by Helen Grime, Deborah Pritchard, Judith Weir, Errolyn Wallen and many others. Ruby's musical picks include pieces by Bach, Britten and Dave Okumu, whilst Jess chooses music by Sibelius, Paule Maurice and Elizeth Cardoso.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Folk Festival (The Gadfly)
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol.2: BBC Phil, Sinaisky.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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John Dowland
2 Dowland Laments (No 1, Go Crystal Tears)
Music Arranger: David Bruce. Lyricist: Anonymous. Singer: Ruby Hughes. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.- End of My Days.
- BIS.
- 107.
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Robert Johnson
Care charminge sleepe
Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Singer: Ruby Hughes.- Amidst the Shades.
- BIS.
- 107.
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Errollyn Wallen
Cello Concerto
Performer: Matthew Sharp. Performer: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.- NMC.
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Jean Sibelius
Impromptu No 5 in B minor, Op 5
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Sony.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wie zittern und wanken (Cantata no.105)
Singer: Miah Persson. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaki Suzuki.- Bach for Japan.
- BIS.
- 13.
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Luiz Bonfá
Manhã de Carnaval
Composer: Antônio Maria. Performer: Luiz Bonfá. Singer: Elizeth Cardoso. Featured Artist: Elizeth Cardoso.- Brazilian Guitar Master.
- Blaricum CD Company (B.C.D.) B.V..
- 21.
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Huw Watkins
Echo (1st mvt, Echo)
Performer: Huw Watkins. Singer: Ruby Hughes.- Echo.
- BIS.
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Paule Maurice
Tableaux de Provence (4th mvt, Dis Alyscamps, l'amo souspire)
Performer: Claude Delangle. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Benjamin Britten
Since she whom I loved (The Holy Sonnets of John Donne)
Author: John Donne. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Graham Johnson.- Britten: The Red Cockatoo & other songs: Bostridge, Johnson.
- Hyperion.
- 24.
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Dave Okumu
Black Firework
Lyricist: Dave Okumu. Singer: Dave Okumu. Ensemble: The 7 Generations. Singer: ESKA. Singer: Kwabs. Singer: Wesley Joseph.- I Came From Love.
- Transgressive.
- 8.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
- Philips.
- 12.
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Fergus McCreadie
Glade
Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: David Bowden. Performer: Stephen Henderson.- Forest Floor.
- Edition Records.
- 8.
Broadcast
- Sat 21 Feb 202617:00BBC Radio 3
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This Classical Life
Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too.
