Ennio Morricone – Film Music – Yo-Yo Ma

Ennio Morricone (b.1928):
The Mission
Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
Sergio Leone Suite
Brian de Palma Suite
Moses and Marco Polo Suite
The Lady Caliph

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra
Ennio Morricone - conductor

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Various composers – 'Traditions and Transformations, Sounds of Silk Road Chicago'

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra *
Byambasuren Sharav (b.1952):
Legend of Herlen +
Lou Harrison (1917-2003):
Pipa Concerto #
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Scyntian Suite, op.20 §

Yo-Yo Ma - cello *, morin-khuur +
Wu Man - pipa #
Chicago Symphony Orchestra * # §
Silk Road Ensemble +
Miguel Harth-Bedoya - conductor * #
Alan Gilbert - conductor §

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'The Essential Philip Glass' [Sony Edition]

tribute to Philip Glass on his birthday

(born January 31, 1937)

Philip Glass (b.1937):

CD 1:
Lightning from Songs from Liquid Days
Façades from Glassworks
A Gentleman's Honor from The Photographer
Primacy of Number from Naqoyqatsi
Metamorphosis IV
Open the Kingdom - Liquid Days, part II
Dance II from In the Upper Room
Dance VIII from In the Upper Room
Glasspiece #1 - Rubric from Glassworks
Changing Opinion from Songs from Liquid Days

CD 2:
Opening from Glassworks
Floe from Glassworks
Funeral of Amenhotep III - scene 1 from Akhnaten
Point Black from Naqoyqatsi
Wichita Vortex Sutra
Forgetting from Songs from Liquid Days
Dance IX from In the Upper Room
The Dam from Itaipu
Definition from Naqoyqatsi

CD 3:
Protest from Satyagraha
Evening Song from Satyagraha
Hymn to the Sun from Akhnaten
Trial - Prison from Einstein on the Beach
Akhnaten and Nefertiti from Akhnaten
Kuru Field of Justice from Satyagraha
Knee Play 1 from Einstein on the Beach
Tolstoy Farm from Satyagraha
Window of Apparences from Akhnaten
Bed from Einstein on the Beach
Epilogue from Akhnaten
Kneew Play 5 from Einstein on the Beach

Philip Glass - piano
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Kronos Quartet
The Philip Glass Ensemble
New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Michael Riesman - conductor
Christopher Keene - conductor
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

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Beethoven – Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy – Perlman, Ma, Barenboim

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Concerto for Piano, Violin Cello and Orchestra in C major, op.56
Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, op.80

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Daniel Barenboim - piano
Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Barenboim - conductor

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Bach, Boccherini – 'Simply Baroque' – Yo-Yo Ma, Ton Koopman

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 167
Erbarme Dich (from St. Matthew Passion) BWV 244
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring BWV 147
Ertöt' uns durch Dein' Güte BWV 22
Ich ruf' zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
Kommst Du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter BWV 650
Laß mein Herz die Münze sein BWV 163
Dein Blut, der edle Saft BWV 136
Air on the G String (from Suite III) BWV 1068
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Cello Concerto in G major, G. 480
Cello Concerto in D major, G. 478

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra [on period instruments]
Ton Koopman - conductor

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Brahms – Piano Quartets – Ax, Stern, Laredo, Ma

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Quartet in G minor, op.25
Piano Quartet in C minor, op.60
Piano Quartet in A major, op.26

Emanuel Ax - piano
Isaac Stern - violin
Jaime Laredo - viola
Yo-Yo Ma - cello

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Entartete Musik (Vol.4) – Goldschmidt - The Concertos

Entartete Musik

["Entartete Musik" or "degenerate music" consists of works by composers surpressed or displaced during the political troubles of the 1930s-40s.]

Berthold Goldschmidt (1903-1996):
Cello Concerto *
Clarinet Concerto +
Violin Concerto #

Yo-Yo Ma - cello *
Sabine Meyer - clarinet +
Chantal Juillet - violin #
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal *
Orchester der Komischen Oper, Berlin +
Philharmonia Orchestra #
Charles Dutoit - conductor *
Yakov Kreizberg - conductor +
Berthold Goldschmidt - conductor #

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Brahms – Double Concerto; A.Berg – Chamber Concerto – Isaac Stern

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra *
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Instruments +

Isaac Stern - violin
Yo-Yo Ma - cello *
Peter Serkin - piano +
Chicago Symphony Orchestra *
members of the London Symphony Orchestra +
Claudio Abbado - conductor

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Chopin – Piano Trio, Cello Sonata – Yo-Yo Ma, Ax

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in G minor, op.8
Polonaise brillante in C major, op.3 arr. (Feuermann) for Cello and Piano
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, op.65
Polonaise brillante in C major, op.3 *

Pamela Franck - violin
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Emanuel Ax - piano
Eva Osinska - piano *

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Beethoven, Schumann – Piano Quartets – Ax, Stern, Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Quartet for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello in E flat major, op.16
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Quartet for Piano, Violin, iola and Cello in E flat major, op.47

Emanuel Ax - piano
Isaac Stern - violin
Jaime Laredo - viola
Yo-Yo Ma - cello

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John Williams - Cello and Orchestra - Yo-Yo Ma

tribute to Yo-Yo Ma on his birthday

(October 7, 1955)

John Williams (b.1832):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
Three Pieces for Solo Cello
Heartwood for Cello and Orchestra

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
John Williams - conductor

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Yo-Yo Ma - McFerrin - Hush

tribute to Yo-Yo Ma on his birthday

(October 7, 1955)

Themes and tunes by:
McFerrin (b.1950)
Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Barrière (1707-1747)
Gounod (1818-1893)

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Bobby McFerrin - voice

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Yo-Yo Ma - Soul of the Tango - The music of Piazzolla

tribute to Yo-Yo Ma on his birthday

(October 7, 1955)

Music of Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Sergio & Odair Assad - guitars
Kathryn Stott - piano
Nestor Marconi - bandonéon
Antoni Agri - violin
Horacio Malvicino - guitar
Hector Consoles - bass
Leonardo Marconi - piano
Jorge Calandrell - music director

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Albert, Bartok, Bloch – Cello, Viola and Orchestra – Yo-Yo Ma

tribute to Yo-Yo Ma on his birthday

(October 7, 1955)

Stephen Albert (1941-1992):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Concerto for Viola (*) and Orchestra
Ernest Boch (1880-1959):
Schelomo, hebraic rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra

Yo-Yo Ma - cello & alto violin (*)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman - conductor

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Treasures of Chamber Music [Vol.2]

Treasures of Chamber Music [Vol.2] CD 1: Franz Schubert (1797-1828): String Quintet in C major D.956 Juilliard String Quartet Bernard Greenhouse - cello CD 2: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): String quartet in E minor Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): String Quartet in D minor "Voces Intimae", Op. 56 Juilliard String Quartet CD 3: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Divertimento in D major, K.136 Divertimento in B-flat major, K.137 Divertimento in F major, K.138 12 German Dances Josef Lanner (1801-1843): "Die Mozartisten", op.196 Ensemble Wien CD 4: Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major, op.6 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, op.65 Yo-Yo Ma - cello Emanuel Ax - piano CD 5: Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Quintet for Piano & Strings in A Major, D.667 "Trout Quintet" Rudolf Serkin - piano Jaime Laredo - violin Philipp Naegele - viola Leslie Parnas - cello Julius Levine - bass Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Quintet for Clarinet & Strings in A Major, K.581 "Stadler" Harold Wright - clarinet Alexander Schneider - violin Isidore Cohen- violin Samuel Rhodes- viola Leslie Parnas - cello CD 6: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): String Quartet No. 15, Op. 144 in E flat minor Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931): Rejoice! Sonata for Violin and Cello Gidon Kremer- violin Daniel Phillips- violin Kim Kashkashian- viola Yo-Yo Ma - cello CD 7: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): Octet for violins, violas & cellos, Op. 20 (version for piano duet by the composer) Mendelsshon: Symphony no. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 (version for piano duet, violin and cello by the composer) Piano Duo Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen Oliver Wille - violin Mikayel Hakhnazaryan - cello CD 8: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): "London" Trio No.1 for Flute, Violin and Cello in C major, Hob.IV:1 "London" Trio No.2 for Flute, Violin and Cello in G major, Hob.IV:2 "London" Trio No.3 for Flute, Violin and Cello in G major, Hob.IV:3 Divertimento No.2 for Flute; Violin and Cello in G major, Hob.: IV:7 Divertimento No.6 for Flute; Violin and Cello in D major, Hob.: IV:11 "London" Trio No.4 for Flute, Violin and Cello in G major, Hob.IV:4 Jean-Pierre Rampal - flute Isaac Stern - violin Mstislav Rostropovich - cello CD 9: Anton Webern (1883-1945): String Quartet (1905) Slow Movement for string quartet Rondo for string quartet Five Movements for string quartet, Op. 5 Six Bagatelles for string quartet, op.9 String Quartet, op.28 Michael Gielen (b.1932): Variations for string quartet Artis Quartett CD 10: Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Sonata for Cello & Piano in C major Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Sonata for Cello & Piano in G minor Yo-Yo Ma - cello Emanuel Ax - piano (read more)

Treasures of Chamber Music [Vol.1]

Treasures of Chamber Music [Vol.1]

CD 1:
Elliot Carter (b.1908)
String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 2

Juilliard String Quartet


CD 2:
Elliot Carter (b.1908)
String Quartet No. 3
String Quartet No. 4
Duo for Violin and Piano

Juilliard String Quartet
Robert Mann - violin
Christopher Oldfather - piano


CD 3:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Sonata No. 1 in A minor for Clarinet and Piano, op.105 (originally for violin and piano)
Three Romances for Clarinet and Piano, op.94  (originally for oboe and piano)
Sonata No. 2 in D minor for Clarinet and Piano, op.121 (originally for violin and piano)

Charles Neidich - clarinet
Leonard Hokanson - piano


CD 4:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60

Emanuel Ax - piano
Isaac Stern - violin
Jaime Laredo - viola
Yo-Yo Ma - cello


CD 5:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26

Emanual Ax - piano
Isaac Stern - violin
Jaime Laredo - viola
Yo-Yo Ma - cello


CD 6:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Divertimento in D major, K.334
Quintet for Flute and Strings in D major, K.577
Andante for Mechanical Organ, K.616
Adagio and Rondo for Armonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello, K.617

Jean-Pierre Rampal - flute
André Cazalet - horn
Jean-Michel Vinit - horn
Pierre Pierlot - oboe
Bruno Pasquier - viola
Roland Pidoux - cello
Tasso Adamopolous - viola
John Steele Ritter - celesta
Trio Pasquier


CD 7:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
String Quartet in G major, K. 387
String Quartet in D minor, K. 421(417b)

Artis Quartett


CD 8:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
String Quartet in E flat major, K. 428(421b)
String Quartet in B flat minor, K. 458 'The Hunt'

Artis Quartett


CD 9:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
String Quartet in A major, K. 464
String Quartet in C major, K. 465

Artis Quartett


CD 10:
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931):
Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Horn, Op. 43
Paul Taffanel (1844-1908):
Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon & Horn

Ensemble Wien-Berlin

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Shostakovich, Kabalevsky - Cello Concertos - Yo-Yo Ma

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, op.107
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987):
Concerto fro Cello and Orchestra, op.49

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy - conductor

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Barber - Cello Concerto; Britten: Symphony For Cello - Yo-Yo Ma

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, op.22
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman - conductor

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Saint-Saëns - Carnaval des Animaux - Entremont

Camille Saint-Sëns (1835-1921):
Le Carnaval des Animaux *
Variations sur un thème de Beethoven, op.35 +
Polonaise, op.77 +

Alain Marion - flute *
Michel Arrignon - clarinet *
Michel Cals - glockenspiel *
Michel Cerutti - xylophone *
Régis Pasquier - violin *
Yan-Pascal Tortelier - violin *
Gérard Caussé - viola *
Yo-Yo Ma - cello *
Gabin Lauridon - double bass *
Philippe Entremont - piano * +
Gaby Casadessus - piano * +

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Strauss - Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Concerto - Yo-Yo Ma, Ozawa

Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Don Quixote
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Concerto in D major for Cello and Orchestra, freely adapted from a Harpsichord Concerto by Matthias Georg Monn

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa - conductor

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