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Celebrate & Collaborate: Win The Chance To Record With Yo-Yo Ma  
On Yo-Yo Ma’s new album Songs of Joy & Peace, he had the opportunity to collaborate with a remarkable group of friends. In that spirit, he has partnered with Indaba Music and is inviting experienced musicians and amateurs alike to join him in pushing the boundaries of music creation by entering his contest, Celebrate & Collaborate.
 
About The Contest:
 
•Yo-Yo Ma has recorded the melody of Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace), a track from his album Songs of Joy & Peace. From October 7th to December 31 the music can be downloaded by entrants and used to make creative variations of the track.
 
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As entries are received the Indaba Music community will vote for their favorites.
 
• From the top entries Yo-Yo Ma will personally choose the winner of the contest and will offer them the opportunity to record with him.
 
•The contest will be hosted on IndabaMusic.com/yo-yomacontest
 
 
About Indaba Music:
 
Indaba Music is the leading social network for musicians and a web application that enables artists to create studio-quality music together online. Over 100,000 members in over 150 countries, from amateurs to Grammy Award-winning artists connect with one another to create online recording sessions using Indaba Music’s online mixer.
 
About Songs Of Joy and Peace:
 
Yo-Yo Ma’s first-ever holiday album celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy found in the seasonal festivals around the world. Joined by friends James Taylor, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Chris Botti, Renee Fleming, and others, this inspiring album includes 22 songs ranging from The Wexford Carol to Here Comes the Sun.
 
For more information and official contest rules visit:
Songs of Joy & Peace  
Imagine a party, a musical party inspired by the holiday season.  A party that celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy animating seasonal festivals the world over.  That is what brought Yo-Yo Ma together with a remarkable group of friends - some old, some new - to create SONGS OF JOY & PEACE.  It is Yo-Yo's hope that everyone who listens to this album will hear a song familiar, comfortable and beloved to them as well as discover and fall in love with music that is brand new.


Bid now for tickets to the Sony Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Yo-Yo Ma, sets of tickets to see the Orchestra of St. Luke's, a private musicale featuring Midori, as well as an OLED Television!  
As the winning bidder of this auction lot, you'll receive tickets to some of the most highly anticipated events this year, including:

The Sony Philharmonic Orchestra event on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 8 p.m:
  • 2 VIP concert tickets in Prime Parquet Seating
  • Access to the invitation-only VIP reception
  • Yo-Yo Ma Catalog
  • Large promotional poster from the event to
    commemorate your experience!

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Yo-Yo Ma Talks About Chris Thile  

Yo-Yo Ma Talks About Sergio and Odair Assad
Yo-Yo Ma Talks About Dave and Matt Brubeck
Yo-Yo Ma Talks About Alison Krauss
Yo-Yo Ma Talks About Edgar Meyer
Yo-Yo Ma Discusses Making Music
Yo-Yo Ma Invites You To A Special Party

Behind the scenes at Yo-Yo Ma's Photoshoot  
Be the first to get an exclusive sneak peak behind the scenes at Yo-Yo's photo shoot to his new album being released Fall 2008.


Alex Ross interviews Yo-Yo about "New Impossibilities"  
Read all about it at The Rest Is Noise

Yo-Yo Ma's New Impossibilities Available Now!  
Yo-Yo Ma, Silk Road, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brings Us 'New Impossibilities'

Always eager to break down barriers and inspire new platforms for learning, cellist Yo-Yo Ma wanted to see what would happen if the cultural institutions of one city focused all of their energies on a single event. Working with the city of Chicago, together they embarked on the yearlong city-wide celebration SILK ROAD CHICAGO. Inspired by the art and culture of the historic Silk Road, SILK ROAD CHICAGO ran from June 2006 to June 2007 and was created in partnership with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Office of Tourism, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Art Institute of Chicago. From concerts and exhibitions to staged readings, film, dance and other art forms, there was a myriad of ways to trace the Silk Road through Chicago.

The culmination and one of the highlights of the celebration was a series of concerts Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble performed April 9–21. Joining the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on April 12, 13 and 17, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble gave the world premiere of Ambush from Ten Sides which is based on a traditional Chinese melody. On April 15 and 20, Ma and the virtuoso artists from around the world that comprise the Silk Road Ensemble performed traditional and new works that are influenced by the rich sounds of the Silk Road.

From these concerts, on July 31, Sony Classical will release a new CD of selected works from these once-in-a-lifetime performances. Preview this release here.

You can purchase this new release at Borders, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony Music Store, and on iTunes!

Yo-Yo Ma Brings Us New Impossibilities - A New Release Featuring Silk Road Project and Chicago Symphony Orchestra  

New Impossibilities, a new live recording by Sony Classical featuring multiple-Grammy-Award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya, will be released on July 31.  The recording is the result of “Silk Road Chicago,” the first city-wide year-long residency spearheaded by the Silk Road Project, the organization founded by Ma as a catalyst for promoting innovation and learning through cross-cultural and interdisciplinary partnerships.  The Silk Road Project partnered with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Chicago Office of Tourism from June 2006 to June 2007 in a program of exhibitions, concerts, workshops, readings, films, dance performances and educational events.  The new recording captures some of the concert highlights of “Silk Road Chicago.”

On April 15 and 20, 2007, Ma and the Ensemble interpreted tradition-based and/or newly composed works inspired by the historic splendors of the Silk Road. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra joined them on April 12, 13 and 17 for the world premiere of Ambush From Ten Sides for Pipa, Sheng, Guitar, Cello and Orchestra, an orchestral suite which depicts the fierce battle between the kingdoms of Han and Chu that led to the founding of the Han Dynasty.  The title New Impossibilities refers to Mark Twain’s description in Life on the Mississippi of the bracing energy and wide-open embrace of diversity that has always characterized the great city of Chicago and its people.  It also reflects the Silk Road Project’s vision of connecting the world’s neighborhoods by bringing together artists and audiences around the globe.

Later this season, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will also release a disc on their new in-house label CSO Resound that showcases the symphonic repertoire highlighted as part of Silk Road Chicago.  The CD, which was recorded live during performances in April at Symphony Center, features Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble in collaboration with the CSO under the direction of Miguel Harth-Bedoya on works by composers such as Bloch, Sharav, Harrison, and Prokofiev
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When Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Project in 1998, even he could not have imagined its eventual impact. Like the ancient pan-Asian trade route for which it was named, the Project links the East and West. But rather than spices, carpets and rich fabrics, the Silk Road Project showcases the equally intricate beauty of several centuries-worth of single and intersecting arts traditions. Meanwhile, the Silk Road Ensemble has explored folkloric and classical music styles from Iran, Armenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, India and Turkey and new Silk Road Project-commissioned works by emerging composers from the above and other nations. Through nearly a decade of warmly inclusive adventures, Ma and his team of legendary virtuosi have charmed audiences of all ages and backgrounds, demystifying unfamiliar and sometimes enigmatic cultures and creating opportunities for positive face-to-face encounters during an era that sorely needs them.

The present disc commences with Rabih Abou-Khalil’s Arabian Waltz, a sexy, poly-rhythmic piece that gives the Ensemble’s string players, including a Persian kamancheh spike fiddle and a plucked Chinese pipa, plus a Japanese shakuhachi flute, a vigorous workout. Next is the Night of the Flying Horses.  Composed by Osvaldo Golijov, the three movements are redolent of Eastern European and Roma (Gypsy) themes and feature the shakuhachi and sheng, a Chinese mouth organ. Hai-Hai Huang’s Galloping Horses is a merrily witty sonic picture of Mongolian wild steeds on the move, with solos for pipa and double bass. Track four, the muscularly atonal, impressionistic Song of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets, was composed by Chinese-born Zhou Long, who is now based in the USA. Kayhan Kalhor is a renowned exponent of the kamancheh and a noted composer. His The Silent City, scored for strings and percussion, is an elegy for the town of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan, which was destroyed in 1988.  Shristi, a work by famed tabla (Indian tuned drum) master Sandeep Das, depicts the Hindu god Shiva Nataraj and his drum in the act of creating the universe. On the world premiere of Ambush From Ten Sides, a Chinese traditional melody is arranged by Li Cang Sang and China Magpie into six sweepingly cinematic visions of war and its aftermath. The album concludes with Vocussion, a Silk Road audience favorite in which the five Ensemble members who created it explode into vocal percussion effects.

The Silk Road Project is featured on Sony Classical’s Web site at www.sonybmgmasterworks.com and on Yo-Yo Ma’s artist domain at www.Yo-YoMa.com. Additional information -- such as background on the performers and their instruments, plus concert schedules -- can be found on the Silk Road Project Web site at  www.silkroadproject.org.
An Intimate Journey through the music of Yo-Yo Ma, the popular podcast series featuring interviews with him discussing his life and career, continues with exclusive interviews with members of the Silk Road Ensemble as they discuss the recording of New Impossibilities.  The podcast can be accessed via the podcast section of Mr. Ma’s official website, http://www.yo-yoma.com.

Listen to Yo-Yo Ma's Appassionato feature on NPR's Weekend Edition  
NPR.org has the Yo-Yo Ma story from Weekend Edition 1/14 available for streaming from their website.  You can listen now!
Read the full Appassionato Liner Notes  
Appassionato

No one since Leonard Bernstein has personified the joy – or the passion – of music as has Yo-Yo Ma. That passion is obvious in the romantic themes of Appassionato. These selections, recorded between 1978 and 2006 and including 4 never-before-released tracks, tell a musical autobiography. And in a new interview with critic Ed Siegel, Ma discusses his relationships with other musicians, the value he places on family and community, and his desire to understand other cultures. Here, as in his concerts and other recordings, one can hear all those passions blending into a luminous whole.

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Q: Yo-Yo, when you listen to a recording of great musicians performing together, it can seem like you're overhearing a conversation between two or more engaging people. Do you think of these collaborations as conversations?

A: Absolutely! Music, like good conversation, deals with ideas. I think of music as passionate narrative. In order to be passionate, you have to make yourself vulnerable, and in order to be vulnerable you have to have trust. To me, trust is the most vital element of any important relationship, and trust is essential to musical relationships. As I began to choose the tracks for Appassionato, my first reaction was, "My goodness, all these relationships over all these years."

I've got to tell you a story. It was 1978, and the day after we were married my wife Jill and I went down to the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, which was a brand new festival then. So – new festival, historical, gorgeous place. While we were there, I got a call saying, "Can you come to Paris to record The Carnival of the Animals? Philippe Entremont is conducting." Sure, why not? I was in my twenties, I was just starting out as a professional musician, and I had tons of energy. I flew from Charleston to New York to Paris, landed at 7 o'clock in the morning. Twelve hours later, we recorded "The Swan" (track 8). And the next day I flew back to Charleston.

The next piece that I looked at for Appassionato was the Kabalevsky Concerto (track 6). It was Eugene Ormandy's last recording. Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra – these are musicians who were my heroes growing up. I was thrilled to have a chance to feel his conducting. And the legendary Ormandy sound – rich, lush and burnished – just to see the physical motions of that man, creating that sound with the orchestra, was amazing. Isaac Stern used to say that you could put Eugene Ormandy in front of any orchestra and within thirty minutes that orchestra's sound would start to take on qualities of the Philadelphia sound.

Of the musicians who came a generation or two ahead of you, the one you're most associated with is Isaac Stern. Listening to the Brahms "Double" Concerto (track 10) it sounds at one point as if he's a mentor calming down a younger, more hot-blooded man. It must have been something to have Isaac Stern in your camp.

Oh, it was really wonderful. Outside of my cello teacher, Leonard Rose, Isaac Stern was such a mentor and colleague and friend. I've known him since I was four years old.

There is something so extraordinary about the way Isaac Stern physically carved phrases. He was never not hot-blooded, but he didn't have overt sheen or vanity in his style of playing, so he made things count with less. His sound had a lot of character. I wanted to find the right way to match that and still be in the same range as the lush Chicago Symphony sound. It was an amazing experience to work with him and, you know, I miss him a lot. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

There are nine pianists on this recording. Do they each bring different shadings that you then match, or play off of, in some way? Like Jeffrey Kahane and the elegant, jazzy transcriptions that the two of you did together?

Every person brings in his or her personality and that creates a particular sound world. Jeff grew up in California. He played in a rock band and he played in a jazz band. He's an incredibly self-motivated, curious person, always exploring the world, and at the same time thinking about how music exists in a community. He brings all of those experiences to Gershwin (track 3). I first heard about Jeff because my wife, Jill, heard him play and talk at the Van Cliburn competition and she said, "He's really interesting. You guys should work together."

Kathy Stott, I met around 1978. Jill and I had rented a flat in London from Nigel Kennedy – now known as Kennedy – and we thought we had the flat to ourselves. One day, up comes Kathy. Nigel didn't tell Kathy he had rented the place to us, and he didn't tell us he had rented the place to Kathy. Fortunately, Kathy is an incredibly lovely, sensible, direct person. What could have become a serious conflict over space became a fabulous friendship. We started playing together a number of years later.

Kathy is actually more adventurous than I am as a musician – she's fearless. We've explored the music of Astor Piazzolla and Brazilian music, but when we decided to record a whole album together, the music had to be French. Having studied with Vlado Perlmuter at the Menuhin School, Kathy is deeply immersed in the French tradition. My father studied at the César Franck School, so I grew up with French music. We recorded the Franck Sonata in A Major, (track 2) and the last movement became part of Appassionato.

For me this album epitomizes the raison d'être of the Franck Sonata, which was written as a wedding gift from Franck to the great violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. The last movement has themes that are contrapuntal, one follows the other, like the resolution of a relationship in marriage.

You've often gone outside of the classical repertoire in collaborations. What led you to Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer and "First Impressions" (track 13) in 1995?

Well, that's an interesting story. The first time I heard Edgar perform, I was flabbergasted by his spectacular playing. So for years I thought, "This guy is amazing. I've got to follow what he's doing." And then I met Mark O'Connor at Stephane Grappelli's 80th birthday celebration at Carnegie Hall. I said to them, "We've got to get together." And they said to me, "We're happy to make a recording, but we have to meet once a month for a year just to work together and get used to one another. Otherwise it won't work." And about the second month in, I said, "Gee, it's sounding really good" and they sort of looked at me, not saying anything, and then I realized they didn't think it sounded that good. [laughs] To learn that style was a huge departure. I had to work really hard. It's like what Isaac Stern said, "In music it's not about the notes, it's what happens in between the notes."

This is the difference between being a consumer and being a participant. As a consumer, I thought, "Gee this music is great and I'd love to be in on it." But then as a participant, I realized it's not that easy. To really get inside it took a lot of time.

Playing with Mark and Edgar gave me new insight into how to play baroque music. So when I was re-recording the Bach Suites for the television series Inspired by Bach, I changed my bow grip and really thought differently. That led me to want to work with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. What I love about Ton and the ABO is their passionate commitment to playing period instruments to the highest standards and with the greatest creativity. We recorded music by Boccherini – who was one of the first great cellists – Bach, and more recently, Vivaldi. For Appassionato I chose Vivaldi's "Winter" from The Four Seasons, (track 4) which I think is not just about the season but about a seasonal aspect of relationships.

I think you've said that it isn't much of a stretch from classical music to Astor Piazzolla.

Well, it is and it isn't. I don't tend to think in categories, so while some people would say that this album includes a lot of different kinds of music, I just think it's all great music. In terms of playing the music, though, I have to say that it is a stretch. I had a copy of the music for Piazzolla's "Le Grand Tango" which he wrote for Rostropovich. For a number of years I kept looking at it and thinking, "I don't get it." I couldn't find a way into the piece. And then Jeff Kahane and I went to Argentina, and I got a better understanding of Piazzolla's culture from the inside, and I started to understand his music.

I had the great joy and privilege of working with the guitarist Horacio Malvocino in 1997. Horacio was perhaps Piazzolla's oldest friend, and he told me that I had to play "Soledad" (track 11). He said it was the saddest piece that Piazzolla ever wrote, and if you know any of his music, you know that that's quite a statement. To me, "Soledad" (Solitude) contains an exquisite sense of longing, and what's more romantic than that? I wanted to include "Soledad" on Appassionato, but I needed a pianist. Osvaldo Golijov introduced me to Octavio Brunetti, who is a wonderful tango pianist. Within minutes it felt as if we'd been playing together for years.

And we have the choros "Doce de coco" (track 5) that I love so much, from Brazil. The choros is like the Brazilian equivalent of what fado is to Portugal. It's the longing, looking for a loved one. The great clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera likes to say that even though he is Cuban, his heart is half-Brazilian because he loves the music so much. I know exactly what he means. Romero Lubambo, the guitarist on this track, is a beautiful musician and he's the most gentle soul.

You've worked with almost all of today's best composers. Two of them on Appassionato – John Williams and Ennio Morricone – are perhaps best known for their film music.

John Williams has been a great friend. I love talking to him. He's very wide-ranging, always curious and looking for new things to learn. In addition to being an extraordinary composer, John is also a fabulous pianist, but he doesn't play that much anymore. I've been asking him to play with me for years, and he never said no, but somehow it just never worked out. I was so happy that he was willing to do this piano and cello version of a piece we had recorded for Memoirs of a Geisha. "Going to School" (track 1) is innocent love, first love – a wonderful sunny and youthful piece.

We have two Morricone tracks: "Nostalgia" (track 7) and "Gabriel's Oboe." I think "Gabriel's Oboe" (track 15) is one of the most overtly romantic pieces of music. It's so opulent. It has layers and layers and layers of emotion. Morricone has an unbelievable gift of melody.

That brings us to the Silk Road Project. Looking at your schedule, one might think that the last thing you need is another major project, but this one is particularly dear to you.

I think nobody grows up today listening to only one kind of music. There are great classical traditions everywhere. So between Persian classical music, Indian classical music, Azeri classical music, and so forth, there's so much to explore. In this day and age, we should know the world. Right? I think the best way to know the world is to become participants, rather than consumers. It is crucial to find generous people who want to share, who think: "This is what I know. You can get in on it."

So we have this piece that is actually sung on both sides of the border of Kazakhstan and China, "Swallow Song," (track 9) which is a love song. For Appassionato, Kojiro Umezaki and I created a version for Japanese bamboo flute (shakuhachi) and cello.

With the younger players, like Joel Fan who joins you for Mamiya's "Finnish Folk Song No. 4" (track 12), have you come full circle from being someone who was taken under the wing of Isaac Stern to now being the mentor yourself?

Well, I don't like to think of myself as a mentor. What I found out, in terms of being a parent, is that I learn so much from my two children. They see a different world than I see. As I get older and my own mentors age and die, working with younger people is incredibly stimulating because I get to see the world through their eyes. The younger people that I work with probably teach me more than I can give to them.

And what of your most famous collaborator, Emanuel Ax? By now, you must be able to have conversations without words.

We've known each other for thirty-five years now. It's wonderful. We're still great friends and continually experimenting with things. This album would not be complete if Manny wasn't part of it. One of the pieces we had never recorded was Song Without Words (track 14) by Mendelssohn.

You're right, we do have a shorthand. We know each other's timing really well – we kind of feel it. He has such a great sense of humor and we also have common core values. Manny and I go through different phases of life and we learn things and get back together, share what we've learned, and then go back off again. It's a very, very special relationship.
Listen to Appassionato!  
You can hear 30 second clips of all the tracks from Appassionato at iTunes


New Silk Road recording on InstantLive.com!  
Instant Live will be recording performances in Charlottesville, Norfolk, Detroit, Madison and Green Bay by the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma. Instant Live records, duplicates, and distributes high-quality live CD albums on site.  You can order any of the live CDs from the Instant Live website at: www.instantlive.com

YO-YO AND THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE LIVE EP EXCLUSIVELY ON iTUNES  
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble present a 5-track EP recorded live on KCRW, available exclusively at the iTunes Music Store.

ESSENTIAL YO-YO MA IN STORES NOW!  
Essential Yo-Yo MaIn Stores Now: The Essential Yo-Yo Ma.

Time and time again, Yo-Yo Ma has captivated audiences with his stunning masterpieces and truly awe-inspiring performances. The Essential Yo-Yo Ma 2-Disc set includes 35 of Yo-Yo Ma's greatest masterpieces ranging from The Swan from "Carnival of the Animals", Cristal, Gabriel's Oboe and even the epic The Eternal Vow from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Available online, from your local retailer or direct from sonymusicstore.com.
YO-YO'S LATEST!  
Get more information on The Silk Road Project: Beyond the Horizon at www.masilkroad.com

LISTEN TO THE WFMT CONCERT ONLINE!  
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble performed a concert at Orchestra Hall , Chicago April 8, 2005 that was simulcast on WFMT radio. The program includes interviews with Yo-Yo and other members of the Ensemble, and now you can listen to the whole thing online! PART 1: [Quicktime] [Real]
PART 2: [Quicktime] [Real]
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma wins Denmark's top music prize  
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Tuesday won the 2006 Sonning Music Prize, Denmark's top music award.

He will receive 500,000 kroner -- about euro 67,000 or US$80,000 -- in prize money during a concert in Copenhagen on Dec. 10, 2006.

Ma's career "has always been marked by his everlasting search for new ways to communicate with the audience and his ambition for artistic growth and renewal," the committee said in its citation.

The prize, named after Leonie Sonning, has been awarded annually since 1959 to an internationally renowned composer, musician, conductor or singer. Sonning, who died in 1970, was the widow of Danish editor Carl Johan Sonning.

Born in Paris to Chinese parents, Ma began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and moved with his parents to New York shortly after. He graduated from Harvard University in 1976.

He is the second cellist to receive the prize, after Mstislav Rostropovich in 1981.

Previous winners include Igor Stravinsy, Leonard Bernstein and Anne-Sophie Mutter, among others. Jazz musicians also have received the award, including Miles Davis and Keith Jarett.

British conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner won the 2005 award.

CHECK OUT YO-YO MA ESSENTIALS ON iTUNES  
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2008

Date September 11
Location Austin, TX USA
Venue Dell Hall, Long Center for Performing Arts
Repertoire Elgar: Cello Concerto in E, Op. 85
Performing with Austin Symphony Orchestra; Peter Bay, conductor
   
Date September 13
Location Baltimore, MD USA
Venue Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Repertoire Tchaikovsky
Performing with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
   
Date September 18
Location Raleigh, NC USA
Venue Meymandi Concert Hall
Repertoire Elgar; Britten
Performing with North Carolina Symphony
   
Date September 24
Location New York, NY
Venue Carnegie Hall
Repertoire All Bernstein Program
Performing with San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Christine Ebersole, vocalist; Thomas Hampson, baritone
   
Date September 27
Location Los Angeles, CA
Venue Hollywood Bowl
Repertoire A Celebration of Rumi: The Sights & Sounds of Mystic Persia
Performing with Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble; Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh; The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus with Sheikh Hamza Chakour & Ensemble Al-Kindi; The Qaderi Dervishes of Kurdistan; Nour Mohammad Dorpour; Ostad Kaboli, calligrapher; Shohreh Aghdashloo, poetry reader; Iraj Gorgin, poetry reader
   
Date September 30
Location Eugene, OR USA
Venue Hult Center
Repertoire Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C Major
Performing with Eugene Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
   
Date October 14
Location New York, NY USA
Venue Carnegie Hall
Repertoire Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Performing with Sony Philharmonic Orchestra; Daniel Harding, conductor
   
Date October 16, 17 & 18
Location Nashville, TN USA
Venue Laura Tuner Concert Hall - Schermehorn Symphony Centre
Repertoire Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky: Night Music - Voices in the Leaves; Chen Yi Concerto for Percussion; Strauss: Don Quixote
Performing with Nashville Symphony; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Joseph Gramley, percussion
   
Date October 24
Location New York, NY USA
Venue United Nations
Repertoire TBA
Performing with TBA
   
Date November 8
Location Hong Kong
Venue Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
Repertoire Zhuang Zhou's Dream World Premiere; Ambush on All Sides
Performing with Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra; Yan Huichang, conductor; Wu Tong, sheng; Li Hui, pipa, Liu Lin, guitar
   
Date November 11
Location Seoul, Republic of Korea
Venue Seoul Arts Centre
Repertoire Recital
Performing with With Kathryn Stott
   
Date November 13
Location Ulsan, Republic of Korea
Venue Ulsan Cultural Arts Center
Repertoire Recital
Performing with With Kathryn Stott
   
Date November 15
Location Osaka, Japan
Venue TBA
Repertoire Recital
Performing with With Kathryn Stott
   
Date November 16
Location Tokyo, Japan
Venue Suntory Hall
Repertoire Recital
Performing with With Kathryn Stott
   
Date November 18
Location Kawasaki, Japan
Venue TBA
Repertoire Recital
Performing with With Kathryn Stott
   
Date November 22 & 23
Location Doha, Qatar
Venue Museum of Islamic Arts
Repertoire TBA
Performing with TBA
   
Date December 4
Location Liverpool, United Kingdom
Venue Philharmonic Hall
Repertoire Kathryn Stott 50th Birthday Concert and Celebration
Performing with Kathryn Stott, piano and guests
   
Date December 6
Location Bologna, Italy
Venue Teatro Communale
Repertoire Recital
Performing with Kathryn Stott, piano
   
Date December 8
Location Florence, Italy
Venue TBA
Repertoire Recital
Performing with Kathryn Stott, piano
   
Date December 10
Location Undine, Italy
Venue TBA
Repertoire Recital
Performing with Kathryn Stott, piano
   
Date December 12
Location London, United Kingdom
Venue Barbican Centre
Repertoire Recital
Performing with Kathryn Stott

2009

Date January 9
Location Chicago, IL USA
Venue Orchestra Hall
Repertoire Golijov: Azul for Cello and Orchestra; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Performing with Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
   
Date January 11
Location Los Angeles, CA USA
Venue Royce Hall at UCLA
Repertoire Golijov: Azul - West Coast Premiere
Performing with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Jefferey Kahane, conductor
   
   
Date February 2
Location Jerusalem, Israel
Venue International Convention Center
Repertoire TBA - Gala Concert
Performing with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
   
Date February 26
Location Portland, ME USA
Venue Merrill Auditorium
Repertoire TBA
Performing with TBA
   
Date March 6
Location Providence, RI USA
Venue Providence Performing Arts Center
Repertoire TBA
Performing with Silk Road Ensemble
   
Date March 8 & 9
Location Boston, MA USA
Venue Symphony Hall
Repertoire TBA
Performing with Silk Road Ensemble
   
Date March 11
Location North Bethesda, MD USA
Venue Music Center at Strathmore
Repertoire TBA
Performing with Silk Road Ensemble
   
Date March 13 & 14
Location Ann Arbor, MI USA
Venue Hill Auditorium
Repertoire TBA
Performing with Silk Road Ensemble
   
Date March 16 & 17
Location Minneapolis, MN
Venue Orchestra Hall
Repertoire TBA
Performing with Silk Road Ensemble
   
Date March 19 & 20
Location Toronto, Canada
Venue Roy Thomson Hall
Repertoire TBA
Performing with Silk Road Ensemble
   
Date March 30
Location University Park, PA USA
Venue Center for the Performing Arts
Repertoire Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Performing with Emanuel Ax, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin
   
Date March 31
Location New York, NY
Venue Carnegie Hall
Repertoire Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Performing with Emanuel Ax, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin
   
Date April 2
Location Birmingham, AL USA
Venue Jemison Hall at the Alys Stephens Center
Repertoire Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Performing with

Alabama Symphony Orchestra; Justin Brown, conductor
   
Date May 2
Location Greenvale, NY
Venue Tilles Center for the Arts
Repertoire Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites
   
Date May 5
Location Houston, TX USA
Venue James Jones Hall
Repertoire Block: Schelomo; R. Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op. 129, A minor
Performing with Houston Symphony
   
Date May 6
Location Greenville, SC
Venue Peace Center for Performing Arts
Repertoire Block: Schelomo; R. Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op. 129, A minor
Performing with Greenville Symphony Orchestra; Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor
   
Date May 12
Location Vancouver, Canada
Venue Chan Centre for Performing Arts
Repertoire Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites
   
Date May 14
Location Davis, CA USA
Venue Mondavi Center at UC Davis
Repertoire Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites
   
Date May 15
Location Berkeley, CA USA
Venue Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley
Repertoire Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites
   
Date May 17
Location San Diego, CA USA
Venue Balboa Theater
Repertoire Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites
   
Date May 29
Location Atlanta, GA USA
Venue Woodruff Arts Center
Repertoire Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Performing with Golijov: Azul
   
Date June 5 & 6
Location New York, NY USA
Venue Avery Fisher Hall
Repertoire TBA
Performing with Silk Road Ensemble

 

BIOGRAPHY

YO-YO MA - Cellist

Yo-Yo Ma's multi-faceted career is testament to his continual search for new ways to communicate with audiences, and to his personal desire for artistic growth and renewal. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello repertoire, coming together with colleagues for chamber music or exploring cultures and musical forms outside the Western classical tradition, Mr. Ma strives to find connections that stimulate the imagination.

Yo-Yo Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras throughout the world and his recital and chamber music activities. He draws inspiration from a wide circle of collaborators, creating programs with such artists as Emanuel Ax, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Kayhan Kalhor, Ton Koopman, Bobby McFerrin, Edgar Meyer, Mark Morris, Mark O'Connor, Kathryn Stott, Wu Man, Wu Tong, and David Zinman. Each of these collaborations is fueled by the artists' interactions, often extending the boundaries of a particular genre. One of Mr. Ma's goals is the exploration of music as a means of communication, and as a vehicle for the migration of ideas, across a range of cultures throughout the world. To that end, he has taken time to immerse himself in subjects as diverse as native Chinese music with its distinctive instruments and the music of the Kalahari bush people in Africa.

Expanding upon this interest, in 1998, Mr. Ma established the Silk Road Project to promote the study of the cultural, artistic and intellectual traditions along the ancient trade route that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. By examining the flow of ideas throughout this vast area, the Project seeks to illuminate the heritages of the Silk Road countries and identify the voices that represent these traditions today. Mr. Ma has performed a number of newly commissioned works, including chamber pieces created for the specially created Silk Road Ensemble (which tours with these works and traditional music from Silk Road countries). The Project's major activities have included the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which included more that 400 artists from 25 countries and drew more than 1.3 million visitors; concerts at the 2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan. In the 2006-2007 season, partnering with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the City of Chicago, the Silk Road Project is presenting Silk Road Chicago, a yearlong, citywide celebration through performance, exhibitions and events that explore cross-cultural discovery and celebration the artistic legacy of the Silk Road.

Now in its eighth year, the Silk Road Project has established a growing network of creative partnerships. In collaboration with leading museums in Asia, Europe and North America, the Project is co-producing a series of performance, exhibition and educational events focusing on great works of art from each museum's collections. The Project has presented residencies at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Nara National Museum in Nara, Japan, the Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Japan, and the Rubin Museum in New York City, and this year will visit the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland. Ongoing affiliations with the Rhode Island School of Design and Harvard University have made it possible to broaden and enhance the Project's educational programs.

The Project's performance-based initiatives include professional workshops co-produced with the Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Carnegie Hall. Workshops conducted with the Silk Road Ensemble include "Mentoring, Creating and Communicating," which highlighted performance practices of music from Azerbaijan, China, India and Iran, and "Tradition and Innovation," which featured new commissions from eight Silk Road composers.

Through the Silk Road Project, as throughout his career, Yo-Yo Ma seeks to expand the cello repertoire, frequently performing lesser known music of the 20th century and commissions of new concertos and recital pieces. He has premiered works by a diverse group of composers, among them Stephen Albert, Elliott Carter, Chen Yi, Richard Danielpour, Osvaldo Golijov, John Harbison, Leon Kirchner, Peter Lieberson, Christopher Rouse, Bright Sheng, Tan Dun and John Williams.

Mr. Ma is an exclusive Sony Classical artist, and his discography of over 75 albums (including more than 15 Grammy Award winners) reflects his wide-ranging interests. He has made several successful recordings that defy categorization, among them "Hush" with Bobby McFerrin, "Appalachia Waltz" and "Appalachian Journey" with Mark O'Connor and Edgar Meyer and two Grammy-winning tributes to the music of Brazil, "Obrigado Brazil" and "Obrigado Brazil – Live in Concert." Mr. Ma's most recent recordings include "Paris: La Belle èpoque," with pianist Kathryn Stott, and "New Impossibilities," a live album recorded with the Silk Road Ensemble and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra out July 31, 2007; he also appears on John Williams' soundtrack for Rob Marshall's film "Memoirs of a Geisha." Across this full range of releases Mr. Ma remains one of the best-selling recording artists in the classical field. All of his recent albums have quickly entered the Billboard chart of classical best sellers, remaining in the Top 15 for extended periods, often with as many as four titles simultaneously on the list.

Yo-Yo Ma is strongly committed to educational programs that not only bring young audiences into contact with music but also allow them to participate in its creation. While touring, he takes time whenever possible to conduct master classes as well as more informal programs for students—musicians and non-musicians alike. At the same time he continues to develop new concert programs for family audiences (helping, for instance, to inaugurate the family series at Carnegie Hall). In each of these undertakings, he works to connect music to students' daily surroundings and activities with the goal of making music and creativity a vital part of children's lives from an early age. He has also reached young audiences through appearances on "Arthur," "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and "Sesame Street."

Yo-Yo Ma was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age four and soon came with his family to New York, where he spent most of his formative years. Later, his principal teacher was Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School. He sought out a traditional liberal arts education to expand upon his conservatory training, graduating from Harvard University in 1976. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize (1978), the Glenn Gould Prize (1999), the National Medal of the Arts (2001), the Dan David Prize (2006) and the Sonning Prize (2006). Appointed a CultureConnect Ambassador by the United States Department of State in 2002, Mr. Ma has met with, trained and mentored thousands of students worldwide including Lithuania, Korea, and Lebanon. He joined the National Symphony Orchestra, performing with them at the Kennedy Center and conducted master classes in Washington and New York with the Iraqi musicians. In 2006, Secretary General Kofi Annan named him a U.N. Peace Ambassador.

Mr. Ma and his wife have two children. He plays two instruments, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius.

SONY BMG Masterworks is proud to bring you an intimate journey through the music of Yo-Yo Ma. Each episode of this podcast delves into the history of his career, and what led him to record each of the tracks of his current release Appassionato.

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Songs featured in each episode include:

Track: Bach (JS): Cello Suite #1 In G, S 1007 - 1. Prelude
Album: Bach (JS): Six Suites For Unaccompanied Cello [Disc 1] [Buy CD] [Buy @iTunes]


Track: First Impressions
Album: Appalachia Waltz [Buy CD] [Buy @iTunes]


Track: Oasis / Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
Album: Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon [Buy CD] [Buy @iTunes]


Track: Cinema Paradiso - Nostalgia
Album: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone [Buy CD] [Buy @iTunes]


APPASSIONATO:

Track: Going To School
Album: Yo-Yo Ma / John Williams iTunes Sessions [Buy @iTunes]


Track: The Swan from Carnival of Animals
Album: Portrait of Yo-Yo Ma [Buy CD] [Buy @ iTunes]


Track: IV. Allegretto poco mosso (Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano)
Album: Paris - Le Belle Epoque [Buy CD] [Buy @ iTunes]


Track: II. Largo from Winter from the Four Seasons, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297
Album: Appassionato [Buy CD] [Buy @ iTunes]


Track: The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe
Album: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone [Buy CD] [Buy @ iTunes]


Track: Dolce de Coco
Album: Obrigado Brazil [Buy CD] [Buy @ iTunes]


EPISODE 2: JOHN WILLIAMS

Track: Going To School
Album: Yo-Yo Ma / John Williams iTunes Sessions [Buy @iTunes]


Track: A New Name... A New Life
Album: Memoirs Of A Geisha [Buy CD] [Buy @ iTunes]


Track: The Journey To The Hanamachi
Album: Memoirs Of A Geisha [Buy CD] [Buy @ iTunes]


Track: Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
Album: Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Music of John Williams [Buy CD] [Buy @ iTunes]



EPISODE 3: ENNIO MORRICONE

Gabriel’s Oboe
The Falls
Looking For You
Death Theme
Ecstasy of Gold
Deborah’s Theme

From album:
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone [iTunes] [Amazon]

EPISODE 4: Kathyrn Scott

Franck:  Sonata in A for Violin & Piano – 4. Allegretto poco mosso
Franck: Sonata in A for Violin & Piano - 2. Recitativo - Fanatasia: Ben moderato
Franck: Sonata in A for Violin & Piano - 4. Allegretto poco mosso

From album: Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Scott - Paris: La Belle Epoque

EPISODE 5 – Eugene Ormandy

Kabelevsky: Concerto No. 1 for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 49 - Allegro
II. Largo from Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 107 – Allegretto

From album:
Yo-Yo Ma - Shostakovich and Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto #1 [iTunes] [Amazon]

EPISODE 6: Ton Koopman & The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Double Cello Concerto, for 2 cellos, strings & continuo in G minor, RV 531:
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro

II. Largo from 'Winter', Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 from the Four Seasons

From the album: 
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Yo-Yo Ma - Vivaldi’s Cello [iTunes] [Amazon]

EPISODE 7 - Jeffrey Kahane

Sonata for clarinet & piano-Leonard Bernstein
I. Grazioso

Preludes for piano- George Gershwin
I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
II. Andante con moto e poco rubato

From album:
Yo-Yo Ma – Made in America [iTunes] [Amazon]

 

"Winter"

RealVideo | QuickTime | Windows Media: lo - med - hi

"Laudamus Te"

RealVideo | QuickTime | Windows Media: lo - med - hi

Available on DVD in three volumes, Inspired by Bach presents Yo-Yo Ma in six extraordinary film collaborations that explore the passion and transformative power of J.S. Bach's glorious solo cello suites.

Inspired By Bach Volume 1 (Requires Quicktime)
The Music Garden
The Sound Of the Carceri- Suite #2 Part I
The Sound Of the Carceri- Suite #2 Part II

Inspired By Bach Volume 2 (RequiresQuicktime)
Falling Down Stairs Sarabande Part I
Sarabande Part II

Inspired By Bach Volume 3 (Requires Quicktime)
Six Gestures
Sarabande Part I
Sarabande Part II

Heartland Anthology
Emily's Reel
Real Video: All Speeds
Windows Media: 28.8 / 56.6 / 300

Slumber My Darling
Real Video All Speeds
Windows Media: 28.8 / 56.6 / 300

Appalachia Waltz Real Video:
All Speeds
Windows Media: 28.8 / 56.6 / 300

Simply Baroque
Go Behind the Scenes of Simply Baroque
Real Video: All speeds
Windows Media: 56k / ISDN / T1

Soul Of The Tango
Listen to Yo-Yo talk about Soul of the Tango
(Requires Quicktime)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

MUSIC

Appassionato [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]
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Appassionato [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]

Release Date:  January 09, 2007
Track listing for CD Longplay
(705833)

  • Going To School (iTunes Session)
  • IV. Allegretto poco mosso from Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
  • II. Andante con moto e poco rubato from Three Preludes
  • II. Largo from "Winter", Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 from the Four Seasons
  • Doce de coco
  • II. Largo from Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 49
  • Cinema Paradiso: Looking for You from Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
  • The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Chamber Version)
  • Yanzi (Swallow Song)
  • II. Andante from Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102
  • Soledad
  • No. 4 Mikin Pekko from Five Finnish Folk Songs
  • First Impressions (Instrumental)
  • Song Without Words, Op. 109
  • Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission (Excerpt)
  • Andante Cantabile for Cello Solo and String Orchestra, Op. posth.
Appassionato
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Appassionato

Release Date:  January 09, 2007
Track listing for CD Longplay
(702668)

  • Going To School (iTunes Session)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Allegretto poco mosso from Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
  • II. Andante con moto e poco rubato from Three Preludes
  • II. Largo from "Winter", Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 from the Four Seasons
  • Doce de coco
  • II. Largo from Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 49
  • Cinema Paradiso: Looking for You from Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
  • The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Chamber Version)
  • Yanzi (Swallow Song)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Andante from Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102
  • Soledad
  • No. 4 Mikin Pekko from Five Finnish Folk Songs
  • First Impressions (Instrumental)
  • Song Without Words, Op. 109
  • Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission (Excerpt)
Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites [Great Performances]
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Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites [Great Performances]

Release Date:  June 06, 2006
Track listing for CD Longplay
(678751)

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
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Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

Release Date:  January 03, 2006
Track listing for Super Audio CD Hybrid
(676225)

  • SIDE 1
  • The Mission
  • Gabriel's Oboe
  • The Falls
  • Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
  • Playing Love from The Legend of 1900
  • Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso
  • Looking for You (Love Theme) from Cinema Paradiso
  • Malena (Main theme)
  • Remembering (Ricordare)*
  • Sergio Leone Suite
  • Deborah's Theme from Once Upon A Time In America
  • Cockeye's Song from Once Upon a Time in America
  • Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
  • Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Brian DePalma Suite
  • Main Theme from Casualities of War
  • Death Theme from The Untouchables
  • Moses and Marco Polo Suite
  • Journey from Moses
  • Theme from Moses
  • Main Theme from Marco Polo
  • The Lady Caliph
  • Dinner
  • Nocturne
  • SIDE 2
  • The Mission (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Gabriel's Oboe (PCM Stereo Version)
  • The Falls (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Giuseppe Tornatore Suite (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Playing Love from 1900 (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Looking for You (Love Theme) from Cinema Paradiso (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Malena (Main theme) (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Remembering (Ricordare)* (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Sergio Leone Suite (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Deborah's Theme from Once Upon A Time In America (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Cockeye's Song from Once Upon a Time in America (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in America (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Brian DePalma Suite (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Main Theme from Casualities of War (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Death Theme from The Untouchables (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Moses and Marco Polo Suite (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Journey from Moses (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Theme from Moses (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Main Theme from Marco Polo (PCM Stereo Version)
  • The Lady Caliph (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Dinner (PCM Stereo Version)
  • Nocturne (PCM Stereo Version)
Memoirs Of A Geisha
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Memoirs Of A Geisha

Release Date:  November 22, 2005
Track listing for CD Longplay
(674708)

R. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Sonata in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 6 [Classic Library]
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R. Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Sonata in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 6 [Classic Library]

Release Date:  August 30, 2005
Track listing for CD Longplay
(094735)

Essential Yo-Yo Ma
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Essential Yo-Yo Ma

Release Date:  August 16, 2005
Track listing for CD Longplay
(093927)

  • SIDE 1
  • Prélude from Suite No. 1 in G Major for Cello, BWV 1007  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Largo from "Winter", Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 from the Four Seasons  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Jesus, bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring), BWV 147  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze), BWV 208  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645  ra  wma32  wma128
  • The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Chamber Version)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Havanaise, Op. 83  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Méditation from Thaïs  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Liebesfreud (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso from Three Preludes  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Vocalise (Vocal)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Allegro from Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 40  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Andante Cantabile for Cello Solo and String Orchestra, Op. posth.  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto from Quartet No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Finale. Allegro moderato from Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104  ra  wma32  wma128
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon
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Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon

Release Date:  April 05, 2005
Track listing for CD Longplay
(093962)

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
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Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

Release Date:  September 28, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(093456)

The Dvorák Album
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The Dvorák Album

Release Date:  September 07, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(092858)

  • Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104
  • I. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Adagio, ma non troppo  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Finale. Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Klid (Silent woods) for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68, No. 5  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 72  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat Major, Op. 101  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Songs My Mother Taught Me from Gypsy Melodie, Op. 55  ra  wma32  wma128
Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata; Die Forelle
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Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata; Die Forelle

Release Date:  August 10, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(092765)

Schumann: Cello Concerto; Adagio & Allegro; Fantasiestücke; Five Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102
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Schumann: Cello Concerto; Adagio & Allegro; Fantasiestücke; Five Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102

Release Date:  August 10, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(092757)

Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1; Brahms: String Quintet No. 2; Bach: Sarabande & Double from Partita No. 1, BWV 1002 [Expanded Edition]
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Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1; Brahms: String Quintet No. 2; Bach: Sarabande & Double from Partita No. 1, BWV 1002 [Expanded Edition]

Release Date:  July 27, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(092740)

Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Clarinet Trios [Expanded Edition]
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Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Clarinet Trios [Expanded Edition]

Release Date:  July 27, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(092730)

Fauré: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 [Expanded Edition]
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Fauré: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 [Expanded Edition]

Release Date:  July 27, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(092745)

Brahms Sonatas for Cello and Piano: Classic Library Series
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Brahms Sonatas for Cello and Piano: Classic Library Series

Release Date:  April 20, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(R59415)

  • Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1, Op. 38 in E Minor (2004 Remastered)
  • Allegro non troppo (2004 Remastered)
  • Allegretto quasi Menuetto (2004 Remastered)
  • Allegro (2004 Remastered)
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2, Op. 99 in F (2004 Remastered)
  • Allegro vivace (2004 Remastered)
  • Adagio affettuoso (2004 Remastered)
  • Allegro passionato (2004 Remastered)
  • Allegro molto (2004 Remastered)
Vivaldi's Cello
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Vivaldi's Cello

Release Date:  March 30, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(090916)

Concertos from the New World [Expanded Edition]
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Concertos from the New World [Expanded Edition]

Release Date:  February 24, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(093072)

Mozart: Piano Quartets, K. 493 & K. 478 [Expanded Edition]
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Mozart: Piano Quartets, K. 493 & K. 478 [Expanded Edition]

Release Date:  February 24, 2004
Track listing for CD Longplay
(093071)

Obrigado Brazil - Live In Concert
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Obrigado Brazil - Live In Concert

Release Date:  February 10, 2004
Track listing for CD/DVD
(090970)

  • SIDE 2
  • Program Start
  • Libertango (DVD Version)
  • Brasileirinho (DVD Version)
  • Chega de Saudade (DVD Version)
  • Credits
Simply Baroque - Expanded Edition
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Simply Baroque - Expanded Edition

Release Date:  September 30, 2003
Track listing for CD Longplay
(090386)

  • Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 167 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Erbarme dich (Matthäus-Passion), BWV 244  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Jesus, bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring), BWV 147  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Ertöt' uns durch dein' Güte, BWV 22 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Laß mein Herz die Münze sein, BWV 163 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Dein Blut, der edle Saft, BWV 136 (Instrumental)  ra  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128  wma128
  • "Air" (Suite III), BWV 1068  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Concerto in G Major for Cello and String Orchestra, G. 480 (Instrumental)
  • I. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Adagio  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, G. 478 (Instrumental)
  • I. Allegro con spirito  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Larghetto  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Rondo  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Rondo comodo assai  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 75 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Aria from "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645  ra  wma32  wma128
Haydn: Three Favorite Concertos -- Cello, Violin & Trumpet Concertos - Expanded Edition
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Haydn: Three Favorite Concertos -- Cello, Violin & Trumpet Concertos - Expanded Edition

Release Date:  September 30, 2003
Track listing for CD Longplay
(090392)

  • Concerto in E-flat Major for Trumpet and Orchestra, H.VIIe: 1
  • I. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Andante  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 101 (Instrumental)
  • I. Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Adagio  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Concerto in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, Hob. VIIa, No. 1 (Instrumental)
  • I. Allegro moderato
  • II. Adagio
  • III. Presto
  • Concerto in D Major for Piano and Strings, Hob. XVIII: 11 (Instrumental)
  • I. Vivace
  • II. Un poco Adagio
  • III. Rondo all'Ungarese. Allegro assai
Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102 & Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 - Expanded Edition
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Brahms: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102 & Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 - Expanded Edition

Release Date:  September 30, 2003
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  • Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 (Instrumental)
  • I. Allegro
  • II. Andante
  • III. Vivace non troppo
  • Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 (Instrumental)
  • I. Allegro non troppo
  • II. Scherzo: Allegro
  • III. Andante
  • IV. Finale: Allegro comodo
  • IV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto from Quartet in G minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
Dvorák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87; Sonatina in G, Op. 100; Romatic Pieces, Op. 75 - Expanded Edition
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Dvorák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87; Sonatina in G, Op. 100; Romatic Pieces, Op. 75 - Expanded Edition

Release Date:  September 30, 2003
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Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas - Expanded Edition
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Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas - Expanded Edition

Release Date:  September 30, 2003
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  • Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 119 (Instrumental)
  • I. Andante grave - Moderato animato - Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Moderato - Andante dolce  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Allegro ma non troppo - Andantino  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano Op. 19 (Instrumental)
  • I. Lento - Allegro moderato - Moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Allegro scherzando  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Andante  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Allegro mosso - Moderato - Vivace  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Allegro from Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 40 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Marcia. Energico from Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 65 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Finale: Allegro vivo from Sonata in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 6 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
Obrigado Brazil
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Obrigado Brazil

Release Date:  July 29, 2003
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Classics For A New Century
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Classics For A New Century

Release Date:  June 10, 2003
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Paris - La Belle Époque
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Paris - La Belle Époque

Release Date:  April 15, 2003
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Carnival of the Animals; Bacchanale; March militaire; Danse Macabre
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Carnival of the Animals; Bacchanale; March militaire; Danse Macabre

Release Date:  April 01, 2003
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Naqoyqatsi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Naqoyqatsi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Release Date:  October 08, 2002
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Mozart: Piano Quartets
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Mozart: Piano Quartets

Release Date:  August 27, 2002
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Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6
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Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6

Release Date:  August 27, 2002
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Isaac Stern: In Tribute and Celebration
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Isaac Stern: In Tribute and Celebration

Release Date:  July 16, 2002
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  • SIDE 1
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, K. 306
  • I. Allegro con spirito  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Andante cantabile  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Allegretto  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in B-flat Major, K. 378
  • I. Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Andantino sostenuto e cantabile  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Rondeau. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, K. 301
  • I. Allegro con spirito  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, K. 379
  • I. Adagio - Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Tema (mit sechs Variationen). Andantino cantabile  ra  wma32  wma128
Meyer: Double Bass Concerto; Double Concerto; Bottesini: Double Bass Concerto No. 2; Grand Duo Concertant
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Meyer: Double Bass Concerto; Double Concerto; Bottesini: Double Bass Concerto No. 2; Grand Duo Concertant

Release Date:  June 11, 2002
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  • Double Concerto for Cello, Double Bass and Orchestra
  • Movement I (quarter note = 110)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Movement II (quarter note = 65)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Movement III (quarter note = 150)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Concerto No. 2 in B minor for Double Bass and Orchestra
  • I. Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Andante  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Concerto in D for Double Bass and Orchestra
  • Movement I (quarter note = 109)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Movement II (quarter note = 74)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Movement III (quarter note = 190)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Gran Duo Concertante for Violin, Double Bass and String Orchestra (1880)  ra  wma32  wma128
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach
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Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

Release Date:  May 07, 2002
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Dvorak: Cello Concerto; Piano Trio "Dumky"
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Dvorak: Cello Concerto; Piano Trio "Dumky"

Release Date:  May 07, 2002
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MUSIC FOR YOU SAMPLER: What Does Your World Sound Like?
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MUSIC FOR YOU SAMPLER: What Does Your World Sound Like?

Release Date:  May 07, 2002
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  • I. Lent et douloureux from Trois Gymnopédies (Excerpt)
  • Flamenco Sketches  ra  wma32  wma100  wma128
  • Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Op. 118, No. 6 (Instrumental)  wma100
  • Well, well Cornelius  ra  wma32  wma100  wma128
  • 6. Lacrimosa from Requiem, K. 626 (Excerpt)
  • Stardust  wma100
  • Suite op. 6 (1896) for two pianos (Instrumental)  wma100
  • II. Andantino con moto  wma100
  • Islands (Instrumental)  wma100
  • II. Adagio from Concerto No. 2 in E Major for Violin and Orchestra, BWV 1042 (Excerpt)
  • II. Andante from Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E minor, Op. 90 "Dumky" (Excerpt)
Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet
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Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet

Release Date:  April 16, 2002
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Classic Perlman: Rhapsody
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Classic Perlman: Rhapsody

Release Date:  April 02, 2002
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  • *Canzonetta from Henry V  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Theme from Schindler's List (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Sicilienne from Concert in D Major for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat Major, Op. 101  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Adagio from Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Theme from Now, Voyager (1942) (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Theme (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 72  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Cantabile for Violin and Guitar (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Cinema Paradiso: Love Theme (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Romance in F minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 11 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Touch her Soft Lips and Part from Henry V (1944) (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Music of John Williams
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Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Music of John Williams

Release Date:  February 19, 2002
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Classic Yo-Yo
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Classic Yo-Yo

Release Date:  September 18, 2001
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Classical Hits
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Classical Hits

Release Date:  September 11, 2001
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  • "Pie Jesu" From Requiem (Vocal)  ra  wma32  wma100  wma128
  • Victory (Vocal)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Duel Of The Fates from Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from Phantom of the Opera (vocal)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Rose (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma100  wma128
  • Nella fantasia (Vocal)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Pavane for Guitar and String Orchestra  ra  wma32  wma128
  • O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) (Vocal)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Jesus, bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring), BWV 147  ra  wma32  wma128
  • 'O sole mio (Vocal)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Maria from West Side Story Suite (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • The Second Waltz (Music from the motion picture Eyes Wide Shut) (a/k/a Second Suite for Variety Orchestra)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Now We Are Free (from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Gladiator) (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
  • The Eternal Vow from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon  ra  wma32  wma100  wma128
  • O Fortuna from Carmina Burana (Vocal)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Theme From Braveheart (from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • The Prince of Denmark's March  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Spring - I. Allegro (from The Four Seasons, Concerto in E Major, RV 269, Op. 8, No. 1) (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Appalachia Waltz (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma100  wma128
  • Nessun dorma! (from Turandot) (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology
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Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology

Release Date:  July 03, 2001
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Inspired by Bach, Vol. II: Falling Down Stairs & Sarabande
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Inspired by Bach, Vol. II: Falling Down Stairs & Sarabande

Release Date:  November 21, 2000
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(089298)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - OMPS
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - OMPS

Release Date:  November 14, 2000
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Inspired by Bach, Vol. I: The Music Garden and The Sound of the Carceri
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Inspired by Bach, Vol. I: The Music Garden and The Sound of the Carceri

Release Date:  November 07, 2000
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  • SIDE 1
  • The Music Garden
  • Opening
  • Act One - Prelude
  • Prelude performance
  • Act Two - Allemande
  • Allemande performance
  • Act Three - Courante
  • Courante performance
  • Act Four - Sarabande
  • Sarabande performance
  • Act Five - Menuett I & II
  • Minuet performance
  • Act Six - Gigue
  • Gigue performance
  • The Sound of the Carceri
  • Opening
  • Prelude
  • Piranesi and his Architecture
  • Yo-Yo's interaction with his environment
  • Creating "a venue that doesn't exist"
  • Allemande et Courante
  • Using the hall
  • Perceptions of Reality
  • Sarabande
  • Carceri and Bach's Second Suite
  • Menuett I & II
  • The Baroque Way
  • The Trip
  • Gigue
Corigliano: Phantasmagoria
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Corigliano: Phantasmagoria

Release Date:  October 03, 2000
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Simply Baroque II
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Simply Baroque II

Release Date:  August 15, 2000
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  • Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 75 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Aria from "Goldberg Variations," BWV 988 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 647 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Die Hoffnung wart' der rechten Zeit, BWV 186 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 648 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze), BWV 208  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Es danke, Gott und lobe dich das Volk in guten Taten, BWV 76 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Concerto in B-flat Major for Cello & Orchestra, G. 482 (Instrumental)
  • I. Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Andante grazioso  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Rondo - Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Concerto in D Major for Cello & Orchestra, G. 476 (Instrumental)
  • I. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Largo  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Allegro piacere  ra  wma32  wma128
Appalachian Journey
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Appalachian Journey

Release Date:  March 21, 2000
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Solo
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Solo

Release Date:  September 21, 1999
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Brahms: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83 & Sonata in D Major, Op. 78
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Brahms: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83 & Sonata in D Major, Op. 78

Release Date:  August 24, 1999
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  • Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83
  • I. Allegro non troppo  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Allegro appassionato  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Andante  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Allegretto grazioso  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Sonata in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 78 (arr. from the Sonata in G Major for Violin and Piano)
  • I. Vivace ma non troppo  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Adagio  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Allegro molto moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
Stock: Lulie the Iceberg
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Stock: Lulie the Iceberg

Release Date:  May 25, 1999
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(061665)

  • Lulie the Iceberg (Voice)
  • Meerara, marluliara  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "Listen, for we have a tale to tell. A simple tale about an iceberg - Lulie..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "His friends gathered around him. 'Don't go' said the Polar Bear..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "The clown-faced Puffins had a ride..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "The Dolphins kept up a friendly chatter and took turns pulling..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "The Winds felt sorry for him. 'We will blow you across the equator...'" / Ataasiusimagaluaq  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "'Stop! Please stop!' The Winds stopped blowing and the waves calmed down..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "At night the moon and stars would whisper sweet words of encouragement..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "Many days passed...He turned to find his friends the Humpback Whales..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "Drifting past the coast of Brazil, Lulie was blissfully happy..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "The Southern Humpback Whales came to greet him..."  ra  wma32  wma128
  • "It was then that Lulie heard the voices. 'It's the Elders...!'" / Meerara, marluliara  ra  wma32  wma128
The Protecting Veil & Wake Up...and Die
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The Protecting Veil & Wake Up...and Die

Release Date:  August 11, 1998
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Korngold, Schmidt: Music for Strings and Piano Left Hand
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Korngold, Schmidt: Music for Strings and Piano Left Hand

Release Date:  May 19, 1998
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  • Suite for Two Violins, Cello and Piano Left Hand, Op. 23 (Instrumental)
  • I. Präludium und Fuge. Kräftig und bestimmt  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Walzer. Nicht schnell, anmutig  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Groteske. Möglich rasch  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Lied. Schlicht und innig. Nicht zu langsam  ra  wma32  wma128
  • V. Rondo - Finale (Variationen). Schnell, heftig  ra  wma32  wma128
  • Quintet in G Major for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Piano Left Hand (Instrumental)
  • I. Lebhaft, doch nicht schnell  ra  wma32  wma128
  • II. Adagio  ra  wma32  wma128
  • III. Sehr ruhig  ra  wma32  wma128
  • IV. Sehr lebhaft  ra  wma32  wma128
Bach: The Cello Suites
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Bach: The Cello Suites

Release Date:  February 17, 1998
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Piazzolla: Soul of the Tango
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Piazzolla: Soul of the Tango

Release Date:  November 11, 1997
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Liberty!
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Liberty!

Release Date:  October 28, 1997
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      Seven Years in Tibet
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      Seven Years in Tibet

      Release Date:  September 30, 1997
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      Previn: From Ordinary Things
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      Previn: From Ordinary Things

      Release Date:  February 25, 1997
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      Premiers - Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra by Danielpour, Kirchner & Rouse
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      Premiers - Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra by Danielpour, Kirchner & Rouse

      Release Date:  November 19, 1996
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      Schubert, Boccherini: String Quintets
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      Schubert, Boccherini: String Quintets

      Release Date:  November 12, 1996
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      (053983)

      • Quintet in C Major for Two Violins, Viola and Two Violoncellos, D.956 (Instrumental)
      • I. Allegro ma non troppo  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. Adagio  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Andante sostenuto  ra  wma32  wma128
      • IV. Allegretto  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Quintet No. 5 in E Major for Two Violins, Viola and Two Violoncellos, Op.13 (Instrumental)
      • I. Andantino mosso (Amoroso)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. (Allegro con spirito)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Minuetto (con un poco di moto) - Trio  ra  wma32  wma128
      • IV. Rondo. Allegretto (Andante)  ra  wma32  wma128
      Lieberson: King Gesar
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      Lieberson: King Gesar

      Release Date:  October 01, 1996
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      Appalachia Waltz
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      Appalachia Waltz

      Release Date:  September 17, 1996
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      Greatest Hits: Saint-Saëns
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      Greatest Hits: Saint-Saëns

      Release Date:  November 14, 1995
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      (069251)

      • Danse Bacchanale from Act III of Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
      • Carnival of the Animals (Chamber version)
      • No. 13: The Swan
      • No. 14: Finale
      • Danse macabre, Op. 40
      • Marche Militaire Française from Suite Algérienne, Op. 60
      • Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 (Instrumental)
      • Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix from Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 (Act II)
      • Morceau de concert in F minor for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 94
      • Romance, Op. 37 (Instrumental)  wma32
      • III. Presto from Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
      • II. Allegro moderato - Presto - Maestoso - Allegro from Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ
      Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Clarinet Trios
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      Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Clarinet Trios

      Release Date:  July 25, 1995
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      (057499)

      The New York Album
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      The New York Album

      Release Date:  September 20, 1994
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      (057961)

      Chopin: Chamber Music
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      Chopin: Chamber Music

      Release Date:  September 20, 1994
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      (053112)

      Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits
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      Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits

      Release Date:  August 09, 1994
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      (064056)

      Beethoven, Schumann: Piano Quartets
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      Beethoven, Schumann: Piano Quartets

      Release Date:  June 14, 1994
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      (053339)

      Dvorák In Prague: A Celebration
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      Dvorák In Prague: A Celebration

      Release Date:  March 22, 1994
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      (046687)

      • Carnival Overture, Op. 92 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Romance in F minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 11 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Klid (Silent woods) for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68, No. 5  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat Major, Op. 101  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Mesícku na nebi hlubokém (Silver moon upon the deep dark sky) from Rusalka, Op. 114; Act I  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Psalm 149 for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 79, "Zaple sejte, zaple sejte Bohn v no vem peni" (Voice)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Humoresque No. 1 in E-flat minor for Piano in E-flat minor, Op. 101 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Gypsy Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 55, No. 4 & 5  ra  wma32  wma128
      • V. Allegro from Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 90 "Dumky"  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 72  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C Major, Op. 72 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      Made in America
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      Made in America

      Release Date:  August 10, 1993
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      Fauré: Piano Quartets
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      Fauré: Piano Quartets

      Release Date:  January 12, 1993
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      Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht & String Trio
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      Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht & String Trio

      Release Date:  January 12, 1993
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      Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano, Opp. 38., 99 and 108
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      Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano, Opp. 38., 99 and 108

      Release Date:  October 06, 1992
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      Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Tchaikovsky: Rococco Variations; Andante Cantabile
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      Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Tchaikovsky: Rococco Variations; Andante Cantabile

      Release Date:  September 29, 1992
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      • Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 125 (Instrumental)
      • I. Andante  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. Allegro giusto  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Andante con moto  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 (Instrumental)
      • Moderato quasi andante - Theme moderato semplice  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Variation I. Tempo della thema  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Variation II. Tempo della thema  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Variation III. Andante sostenuto  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Variation IV. Andante grazioso  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Variation V. Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Variation VI. Andante  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Variation VII. Coda. Allegro vivo  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Andante Cantabile for Cello Solo and String Orchestra, Op. posth.  ra  wma32  wma128
      Brahms: Sextets, opp.18&36
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      Brahms: Sextets, opp.18&36

      Release Date:  June 16, 1992
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      • CD1
      • Sextet in B-flat Major for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & 2 Cellos, Op. 18 (Instrumental)
      • I. Allegro ma non troppo  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. Andante, ma moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Trio. Animato  ra  wma32  wma128
      • IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Theme with Variations for Piano (Andante, ma moderato) (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • CD2
      • Sextet in G Major for 2 Violins, 2 Violas & 2 Cellos, Op. 36 (Instrumental)
      • I. Allegro non troppo  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo - Trio. Presto giocoso  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Poco adagio  ra  wma32  wma128
      • IV. Poco allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
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      Hush

      Release Date:  January 28, 1992
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      Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2; Violin Concerto No. 3
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      Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2; Violin Concerto No. 3

      Release Date:  January 15, 1991
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      Brahms: Piano Quartets
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      Brahms: Piano Quartets

      Release Date:  October 23, 1990
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      A Cocktail Party
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      A Cocktail Party

      Release Date:  September 25, 1990
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      • Baroque and Blue from Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1 (Instrumental)
      • Sentimentale from Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, No. 1 (Instrumental)
      • Ragtime from Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio (Instrumental)
      • Baroque in Rhythmn from Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio (Instrumental)
      • Africaine from Concerto for Classic Guitar and Jazz Piano Trio (Instrumental)
      • Jazzy (Instrumental)  wma32
      • Mystique from Toot Suite (Instrumental)
      • Canon from Picnic Suite (Instrumental)
      • Tendre from Picnic Suite (Instrumental)
      • Amoureuse (Instrumental)  wma32
      • Rag-Polka from Toot Suite (Instrumental)
      • Black Folks from California Suite (Instrumental)
      Don Quixote, Op. 35
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      Don Quixote, Op. 35

      Release Date:  January 30, 1990
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      Great Cello Concertos: Dvorák, Elgar, Haydn, Saint-Säens, Schumann
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      Great Cello Concertos: Dvorák, Elgar, Haydn, Saint-Säens, Schumann

      Release Date:  December 05, 1989
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      Strauss and Britten Cello Sonatas
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      Strauss and Britten Cello Sonatas

      Release Date:  November 14, 1989
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      Shostakovich: Quartet No.15; Gubaidulina: Rejoice
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      Shostakovich: Quartet No.15; Gubaidulina: Rejoice

      Release Date:  October 03, 1989
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      Anything Goes The Music of Cole Porter
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      Anything Goes The Music of Cole Porter

      Release Date:  September 26, 1989
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      The Japanese Album
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      The Japanese Album

      Release Date:  July 11, 1989
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      • Sakura Sakura (Instrumental)
      • Chin-Chin-Chidori (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Yamanakabushi (Instrumental)
      • Tôryanse (Children's Folk Song) (Instrumental)
      • Chidori No Kyoku (Instrumental)
      • Defune (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Oharabushi (Instrumental)
      • Shimabara No Komoriuta (Instrumental)  wma32
      • Imayoh (Instrumental)
      • Imayô (Instrumental)
      • Chugoku-Chiho-No-Komoriuta (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Jôgashima No Ame (Instrumental)  wma32
      • Haru No Umi (Instrumental)
      • Sakura, Sakura (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      Portrait of Yo-Yo Ma
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      Portrait of Yo-Yo Ma

      Release Date:  April 11, 1989
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      • The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Boureé from Suite No. 3 in C Major for Unaccompanied Cello (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Seven Variations in E-flat Major on the Theme Bei Männern, Welche Liebe Fühlen, from Mozart's Die Zauberflüte, WoO. 46 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Sakura, Sakura (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Songs My Mother Taught Me from Gypsy Melodie, Op. 55  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Schön Rosmarin (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Liebesleid (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Liebesfreud (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Tambourin Chinois (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Caprice No. 24 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Allegro from Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, Hob.Vllb:2 (Instrumental)
      • I. Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. Adagio  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Cello Concerto
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      Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Cello Concerto

      Release Date:  February 28, 1989
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      Barber: Cello Concerto; Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra
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      Barber: Cello Concerto; Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra

      Release Date:  February 07, 1989
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      Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, Cello Sonata
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      Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, Cello Sonata

      Release Date:  November 01, 1988
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      Dvorák: Piano Trios
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      Dvorák: Piano Trios

      Release Date:  June 14, 1988
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      Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas
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      Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas

      Release Date:  November 24, 1987
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      • SIDE 1
      • Sonata No. 1 in F Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 5 (Instrumental)
      • I. Adagio sostenuto-Allegro-Adagio-Presto  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • II. Rondo: Allegro vivace  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • Sonata No. 2 in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 5 (Instrumental)
      • I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo-Allegro molto piu tosto presto  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • II. Rondo: Allegro  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • Sonata No. 4 for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 (Instrumental)
      • I. Andante; Allegro vivace  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • II. Adagio; Allegro vivace  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      Boccherini: Cello Concerto; J.C. Bach: Sinfionia Concertante
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      Boccherini: Cello Concerto; J.C. Bach: Sinfionia Concertante

      Release Date:  August 18, 1987
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      • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B-flat Major (Instrumental)
      • I. Allegro moderato  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. Adagio non troppo  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Rondo: Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Sinfonia concertante in A Major for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (Instrumental)
      • I. Andante di molto  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. Rondeau. Allegro assai  ra  wma32  wma128
      • Grand Overture No. 1 in E-flat Major for Double Orchestra, Op. 18 (Instrumental)
      • I. Allegro spiritoso  ra  wma32  wma128
      • II. Andante  ra  wma32  wma128
      • III. Allegro  ra  wma32  wma128
      Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor; Schubert: String Quartet No.15
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      Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor; Schubert: String Quartet No.15

      Release Date:  May 05, 1987
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      Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Silent Woods; Rondo
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      Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Silent Woods; Rondo

      Release Date:  September 23, 1986
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      Haydn: Cello Concertos
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      Haydn: Cello Concertos

      Release Date:  August 19, 1986
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      • Concerto in C Major for Cello and Orchestra (Instrumental)
      • I. Moderato
      • Cadenza
      • II. Adagio
      • III. Allegro molto
      • Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Cello and Orchestra (Instrumental)
      • I. Allegro moderato
      • II. Adagio
      • III. Allegro
      Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.4; Variations
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      Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.4; Variations

      Release Date:  July 15, 1986
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      • Sonata No. 4 for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 (Instrumental)
      • I. Andante; Allegro vivace  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • II. Adagio; Allegro vivace  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • Seven Variations in E-flat Major on the Theme Bei Männern, Welche Liebe Fühlen, from Mozart's Die Zauberflüte, WoO. 46 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • Twelve Variations in G Major on the Theme "See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes", from Handel's Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus, WoO. 45 (Instrumental)  ra  wma32  wma32  wma128
      • Twelve Variations in F Major on the Theme Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen, from Mozart's Die Zauberflüte, Op. 66 (Instru