Yo-Yo Ma - Appassionato (2007) (Re-Up)

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Yo-Yo Ma - Appassionato (2007) (Re-Up)

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Any new compilation CD starring Yo-Yo Ma is certain to please. This master of the cello takes the listener through so many types of music that the ear and mind never tire. The present selection is billed as a sort of "musical autobiography," and, indeed, it gives us a tour of Ma's musical life. The Silk Road Project is represented by Zhao's "Swallow Song," with its eerie, fascinating soundscape (specially re-recorded for this CD). We also accompany Ma on his excursions into the world of the baroque cello with Vivaldi or of the Finnish folk song (by Mamiya, a first recording). There are Gershwin's languid Second Prelude, with its intimations of the song "Summertime," and an all-new recording of a nine-minute heart-breaker by Astor Piazzolla ("Soledad"). Ma also gives us more familiar Brahms, Franck, and Saint-Saens. The compilation's mellow 65 minutes offer relaxing, beautiful music, all exquisitely played. Ma is joined by the best: Emanuel Ax, Kathryn Stott, John Williams (who plays piano on his own "Going to School" from Memoirs of a Geisha), Isaac Stern, and Claudio Abbado. This is a veritable Who's Who of superb musicians.

1. Memoirs of a Geisha: Going to School by John T. Williams
Performer: John T. Williams (Piano), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 2005
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs.
Notes: Composer: John Williams .
2. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8: 4th movement, Allegro poco mosso by César Franck
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Kathryn Stott (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Date of Recording: 2003
Venue: Mechanics Hall, Worchester, MA
Length: 6 Minutes 4 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Jules Delsart.
3. Preludes (3) for Piano: no 2 in C sharp minor, Andante con moto e poco rubato by George Gershwin
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Jeffrey Kahane (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926; USA
Date of Recording: 06/1992
Venue: Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs.
Notes: Arrangers: Yo-Yo Ma; Jascha Heifetz.
4. Concerto for Violin in F minor, Op. 8 no 4/RV 297 "L'inverno": 2nd movement, Largo by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Ton Koopman (Harpsichord), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Conductor: Ton Koopman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 11/2003
Venue: De Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden, Netherlands
Length: 1 Minutes 45 Secs.
5. Doce de Coco by Jacob do Bandolim
Performer: Romero Lubambo (Guitar), Paquito D'Rivera (Clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Brazil
Date of Recording: 08/2002
Venue: Right Track Studio, New York City
Length: 5 Minutes 12 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli.
6. Concerto for Cello no 1 in G minor, Op. 49: 2nd movement, Largo by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: USSR
Length: 5 Minutes 48 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: USSR (1948 - 1949).
7. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Nostalgia (from Cinema Paradiso) by Ennio Morricone
Performer: Gilda Butta (Piano), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Conductor: Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble: Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 06/2003
Venue: Forum Music Village Studios, Rome, Italy
Length: 1 Minutes 58 Secs.
Notes: This suite is based on the following film scores: 'THE LEGEND OF 1900,' 'CINEMA PARADISO,' 'MALENA,' 'A PURE FORMALITY.'
8. Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Gaby Casadesus (Piano), Philippe Entremont (Piano), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Venue: Paris, France
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs.
Notes: Paris, France (05/29/1978 - 05/31/1978)
9. Yanzi (Swallow Song) by Traditional
Performer: Kojiro Umezaki (Shakuhachi), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
Written: China
Length: 5 Minutes 23 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Zhao Lin.
10. Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double": 2nd movement, Andante by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Austria
Date of Recording: 1986
Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois
Length: 7 Minutes 22 Secs.
11. Soledad by Astor Piazzolla
Performer: Octavio Brunetti (Piano), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Argentina
Length: 9 Minutes 6 Secs.
12. Finnish Folksongs (5) for Cello and Piano: no 4, Mikin pekko by Michio Mamiya
Performer: Joel Fan (Piano), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Japan
Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs.
13. First Impressions by Edgar Meyer
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Piano), Mark O'Connor (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 08/1995
Venue: Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
14. Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)
Written: 1845
Length: 4 Minutes 8 Secs.
15. The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone
Performer: Gilda Butta (Piano), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Conductor: Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble: Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1986; Italy
Venue: Forum Music Village Studios, Rome, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs.
Notes: Forum Music Village Studios, Rome, Italy (06/16/2003 - 06/23/2003)