Jess Gillam with...Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Jess Gillam and soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha share their favourite tracks.
South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha was the winner of the Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2021 and is a current BBC New Generation Artist. She\u2019s brought a track from iconic South African artist Miriam Makeba and Maria Callas singing a prayer from Verdi\u2019s Otello, and Jess has picked a dance of death from Saint-Saens and jazz from Charlie \u2018Bird\u2019 Parker.
PLAYLIST:\nMAHALIA JACKSON\u2013 If I Can Help Somebody\nCAMILLE SAINT-SAENS \u2013 Danse macabre, Op 40 [Luben Yordandoff (violin), Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim (cond)]\nGIUSEPPE VERDI \u2013 Ave Maria (Otello: Act 4) [Maria Callas (sop), Orchestre de la Soci\xe9t\xe9 Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno (cond)]\nHENRY PURCELL \u2013 Music for a While (Oedipus, Z 583) [Martin Fr\xf6st (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass)]\nMIRIAM MAKEBA \u2013 The Click Song\nJIMMY MCHUGH/DOROTHY FIELDS\u2013 Don\u2019t Blame Me (Live) [Charlie Parker Quintet]\nDOMENICO CIMAROSA \u2013 Sonata No 42 in D minor, arr \xd3lafsson [V\xedkingur \xd3lafsson (piano)]\nVINCENZO BELLINI \u2013 Mira, O Norma (Norma) [Joan Sutherland (sop), Montserrat Caball\xe9 (sop), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge]
Produced by Rachel Gill