Sony 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.

NEW YO-YO MA PODCAST SEREIS WITH REFLECTIONS ON "SONGS OF JOY & PEACE" AVAILABLE NOW

Celebrating Yo-Yo Ma’s new album Songs of Joy & Peace, Sony Masterworks makes available a new 10 episode podcast series. Listen to Yo-Yo’s reflections on the experience of recording Songs of Joy & Peace with episodes that feature a behind-the-scenes look into the collaborative process, the inspiration for the album and special commentaries about individual tracks. New episodes will be posted every Tuesday through the end of 2008.

You can hear a quick preview of the podcast series, and then listen and subscribe directly through iTunes.

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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 Stott

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 Stott - 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]