Yo-Yo Ma - Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2004)
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Recorded with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone sees the American cellist tackle some of the legendary Italian composer's most famous film scores. Produced by Morricone himself, the 2004 release features new arrangements of iconic soundtracks from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Cinema Paradiso, and Once Upon a Time in America, alongside lesser-known works from The Mission, A Pure Formality, and The Legend of 1900.
Sure to remain a top seller on the classical charts for some time to come, Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone is a new installment in the great cellist's long series of crossover albums. It diverges from most of the others, however, in its collaborative aspect: the music's original creator, Morricone, had as much to do with this album as did Ma and his creative team. Morricone's career in film music began during the era of the spaghetti Western in the 1960s and has flourished ever since, on both sides of the Atlantic. Morricone and Ma met at the 2001 Academy Awards, where Ma was performing and Morricone was nominated for his score to Giuseppe Tornatore's Malèna. They hatched the idea for this album together, and all the adaptations of Morricone's music are his own. He also conducts the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra.
Overall, the results are gorgeous. Morricone opens and closes the album with pairs of excerpts from two individual films, The Mission and the rarely seen The Lady Caliph. In between are four suites of excerpts, three of them associated with Morricone's favorite directorial collaborators (Sergio Leone, Brian de Palma, and Tornatore). These suites, comprising varied but closely related stretches of music, really allow Ma to go to town. He has rarely achieved a more lushly beautiful tone or a more direct emotional appeal. Morricone deftly adapts his music for the cello-and-orchestra combination. At different times, Ma's cello plays the role of another solo instrument (the pan pipes in the Mission score, for instance), sings the wordless vocal lines that populate many of Morricone's scores, or plays lines of orchestral counterpoint that are elaborated into some pretty fancy fingerwork.
The only complaints pertain to the selection of music, and it's debatable whether there's really anything to complain about. Represented here are Morricone's big, romantic scores, mostly of fairly recent vintage. Cinema Paradiso, two cues from which are included, is an example casual filmgoers may be acquainted with. The edgier, more experimental scores Morricone wrote for Western and suspense films are ignored, and it was these that endeared the composer to scenesters like John Zorn, who recorded a memorable deconstruction of The Big Gundown some years ago. On the few tracks where electronic elements are introduced, they aren't well integrated into the general concept. As a whole, though, the album hangs together wonderfully, and the music can stand up to anything in the current neo-Romantic rage. Play the "Cockeye's Song" cue from Once Upon a Time in America for classical purists unfamiliar with Morricone, and ask them to guess the composer. Watch them squirm. And then introduce one of the great composers of our time, presented by one of our foremost interpreters.
Tracklist:
The Mission
01. Gabriel's Oboe
02. The Mission: The Falls
Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
03. The Legend of 1900: Playing Love
04. Cinema Paradiso: Nostalgia
05. Cinema Paradiso: Looking for You
06. Malèna: Main Theme
07. A Pure Formality: Main Theme
Sergio Leone Suite
08. Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme
09. Once Upon a Time in America: Cockeye's Song
10. Once Upon a Time in America: Main Theme
11. Once Upon a Time in the West: Main Theme
12. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Ecstasy of Gold
Brian De Palma Suite
13. Casualties of War: Main Theme
14. The Untouchables: Death Theme
Moses and Marco Polo Suite
15. Moses: Journey
16. Moses: Main Theme
17. Marco Polo: Main Theme
The Lady Caliph
18. Dinner
19. Nocturne
foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Yo-Yo Ma / Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Marricone
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -4.38 dB -25.38 dB 3:13 01-The Mission - Gabriel's Oboe
DR12 -3.87 dB -26.81 dB 2:25 02-The Falls
DR12 -9.86 dB -28.49 dB 1:49 03-Giuseppe Tornatore Suite - Playing Love from The Ledgend of 1900
DR11 -4.94 dB -25.70 dB 1:58 04-Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso
DR11 -6.39 dB -26.63 dB 1:43 05-Looking for You (Love Theme) from Cinema Paradiso
DR13 -7.01 dB -27.56 dB 4:22 06-Malena (Main Theme)
DR12 -7.68 dB -26.86 dB 3:51 07-Remembering (Ricordare)
DR12 -6.77 dB -27.16 dB 3:32 08-Sergio Leone Suite - Deborah's Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
DR11 -5.36 dB -22.24 dB 2:13 09-Cockeye's Song from Once Upon a Time in America
DR11 -4.12 dB -23.16 dB 1:49 10-Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
DR13 -5.24 dB -26.42 dB 3:21 11-Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West
DR13 -3.93 dB -23.63 dB 3:58 12-Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
DR12 -6.79 dB -27.26 dB 3:53 13-Brian DePalma Suite - Main Theme from Casualities of War
DR13 -3.92 dB -26.85 dB 3:14 14-Death Theme from The Untouchables
DR12 -4.54 dB -26.35 dB 2:34 15-Moses and Marco Polo Suite - Journey from Moses
DR11 -7.60 dB -26.41 dB 2:07 16-Theme from Moses
DR12 -3.56 dB -25.49 dB 3:23 17-Main Theme from Marco Polo
DR12 -5.14 dB -25.25 dB 3:50 18-The Lady Caliph - Dinner
DR12 -4.94 dB -25.42 dB 2:35 19-Nocturne
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Yo-Yo Ma / Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Marricone
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -4.34 dB -22.06 dB 3:13 01-The Mission - Gabriel's Oboe
DR13 -4.94 dB -23.80 dB 2:25 02-The Falls
DR11 -8.19 dB -25.49 dB 1:49 03-Giuseppe Tornatore Suite - Playing Love from The Ledgend of 1900
DR12 -4.44 dB -22.16 dB 1:58 04-Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso
DR11 -5.90 dB -22.84 dB 1:43 05-Looking for You (Love Theme) from Cinema Paradiso
DR12 -7.32 dB -24.49 dB 4:22 06-Malena (Main Theme)
DR13 -7.55 dB -23.93 dB 3:51 07-Remembering (Ricordare)
DR12 -6.32 dB -24.65 dB 3:32 08-Sergio Leone Suite - Deborah's Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
DR12 -4.19 dB -19.68 dB 2:13 09-Cockeye's Song from Once Upon a Time in America
DR10 -4.94 dB -20.22 dB 1:49 10-Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
DR14 -4.27 dB -23.99 dB 3:21 11-Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West
DR12 -3.51 dB -20.50 dB 3:58 12-Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
DR12 -5.30 dB -24.29 dB 3:53 13-Brian DePalma Suite - Main Theme from Casualities of War
DR13 -5.86 dB -24.03 dB 3:14 14-Death Theme from The Untouchables
DR12 -4.16 dB -23.32 dB 2:34 15-Moses and Marco Polo Suite - Journey from Moses
DR12 -5.76 dB -23.31 dB 2:07 16-Theme from Moses
DR12 -3.72 dB -22.50 dB 3:23 17-Main Theme from Marco Polo
DR12 -3.91 dB -21.21 dB 3:50 18-The Lady Caliph - Dinner
DR13 -4.36 dB -22.22 dB 2:35 19-Nocturne
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Yo-Yo Ma / Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Marricone
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -4.38 dB -25.38 dB 3:13 01-The Mission - Gabriel's Oboe
DR12 -3.87 dB -26.81 dB 2:25 02-The Falls
DR12 -9.86 dB -28.49 dB 1:49 03-Giuseppe Tornatore Suite - Playing Love from The Ledgend of 1900
DR11 -4.94 dB -25.70 dB 1:58 04-Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso
DR11 -6.39 dB -26.63 dB 1:43 05-Looking for You (Love Theme) from Cinema Paradiso
DR13 -7.01 dB -27.56 dB 4:22 06-Malena (Main Theme)
DR12 -7.68 dB -26.86 dB 3:51 07-Remembering (Ricordare)
DR12 -6.77 dB -27.16 dB 3:32 08-Sergio Leone Suite - Deborah's Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
DR11 -5.36 dB -22.24 dB 2:13 09-Cockeye's Song from Once Upon a Time in America
DR11 -4.12 dB -23.16 dB 1:49 10-Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
DR13 -5.24 dB -26.42 dB 3:21 11-Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West
DR13 -3.93 dB -23.63 dB 3:58 12-Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
DR12 -6.79 dB -27.26 dB 3:53 13-Brian DePalma Suite - Main Theme from Casualities of War
DR13 -3.92 dB -26.85 dB 3:14 14-Death Theme from The Untouchables
DR12 -4.54 dB -26.35 dB 2:34 15-Moses and Marco Polo Suite - Journey from Moses
DR11 -7.60 dB -26.41 dB 2:07 16-Theme from Moses
DR12 -3.56 dB -25.49 dB 3:23 17-Main Theme from Marco Polo
DR12 -5.14 dB -25.25 dB 3:50 18-The Lady Caliph - Dinner
DR12 -4.94 dB -25.42 dB 2:35 19-Nocturne
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Yo-Yo Ma / Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Marricone
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -4.34 dB -22.06 dB 3:13 01-The Mission - Gabriel's Oboe
DR13 -4.94 dB -23.80 dB 2:25 02-The Falls
DR11 -8.19 dB -25.49 dB 1:49 03-Giuseppe Tornatore Suite - Playing Love from The Ledgend of 1900
DR12 -4.44 dB -22.16 dB 1:58 04-Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso
DR11 -5.90 dB -22.84 dB 1:43 05-Looking for You (Love Theme) from Cinema Paradiso
DR12 -7.32 dB -24.49 dB 4:22 06-Malena (Main Theme)
DR13 -7.55 dB -23.93 dB 3:51 07-Remembering (Ricordare)
DR12 -6.32 dB -24.65 dB 3:32 08-Sergio Leone Suite - Deborah's Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
DR12 -4.19 dB -19.68 dB 2:13 09-Cockeye's Song from Once Upon a Time in America
DR10 -4.94 dB -20.22 dB 1:49 10-Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
DR14 -4.27 dB -23.99 dB 3:21 11-Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West
DR12 -3.51 dB -20.50 dB 3:58 12-Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
DR12 -5.30 dB -24.29 dB 3:53 13-Brian DePalma Suite - Main Theme from Casualities of War
DR13 -5.86 dB -24.03 dB 3:14 14-Death Theme from The Untouchables
DR12 -4.16 dB -23.32 dB 2:34 15-Moses and Marco Polo Suite - Journey from Moses
DR12 -5.76 dB -23.31 dB 2:07 16-Theme from Moses
DR12 -3.72 dB -22.50 dB 3:23 17-Main Theme from Marco Polo
DR12 -3.91 dB -21.21 dB 3:50 18-The Lady Caliph - Dinner
DR13 -4.36 dB -22.22 dB 2:35 19-Nocturne
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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