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Summary:

Yo-Yo Ma plays cello in performing some very romantic, mood-setting music. Features 15 tracks, including some from Brahms, Mendelssohn, Gershwin, Vivaldi, Saint-Saens, and more.

Table of Contents:

• Going to school / John Williams (John Williams, piano) (2:47)
• Violin sonata in A major. Allegretto poco mosso / César Franck (Kathryn Stott, piano) (6:04)
• Three preludes. II. Andante con moto e poco rubato / George Gershwin (Jeffrey Kahane, piano) (3:45)
• The four seasons. Winter. Largo / Antonio Vivaldi (Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman) (1:47)
• Doce de coco / Jacó Do Bandolim (Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet ; Romero Lubambo, guitar) (5:15)
• Cello concerto numbers 1, opus 49. Largo / Dmitri Kabalevsky (The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy) (5:57)
• Cinema paradiso. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite. Nostalgia / Ennio Morricone (Roma Sinfonietta, Ennio Morricone) (1:53)
• Carnival of the animals. The swan / Camille Saint-Saëns (Gaby Casadesus, Philippe Entremont, piano) (3:11)
• Yanze = Swallow song / Chinese traditional (Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi) (5:23)
• 'Double' concerto, opus 102. Andante / Johannes Brahms (Isaac Stern, violin ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado) (7:24)
• Soledad / Astor Piazzolla (Octavio Brunetti, piano) (9:07)
• Five Finnish folk songs. IV. Mikin pekko / Michio Mamiya (Joel Fan, piano) (1:58)
• First impressions / Edgar Meyer (Mark O'Connor, violin ; Edgar Meyer, piano) (4:12)
• Song without words, opus 109 / Felix Mendelssohn (Emanuel Ax, piano) (4:09)
• The mission: Gabriel's oboe / Ennio Morricone (Roma Sinfonietta, Ennio Morricone) (2:25).

Author/Creator:

Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955- , instrumentalist

Contributors:

Williams, John, 1932- , instrumentalist

Stott, Kathryn , instrumentalist

Kahane, Jeffrey, 1956- , instrumentalist

Koopman, Ton, 1944- , conductor

Lubambo, Romero , instrumentalist

Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985 , conductor

Morricone, Ennio , conductor

Entremont, Philippe , instrumentalist

Umezaki, Kojiro , instrumentalist

Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001 , instrumentalist

Abbado, Claudio , conductor

Brunetti, Octavo , instrumentalist

Fan, Joel , instrumentalist

O'Connor, Mark , instrumentalist

Meyer, Edgar (Pianist) , instrumentalist

Ax, Emanuel , instrumentalist

Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987 , arranger of music

Calandrelli, Jorge , arranger of music

Franck, César, 1822-1890

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741

Bandolim, Jacob do, 1918-1969

Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich, 1904-1987

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897

Piazzolla, Astor

Mamiya, Michio, 1929-

Meyer, Edgar (Bassist)

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Philadelphia Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Chicago Symphony Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Accompanying materials: English

Main Work:

Appassionato [by Ma, Y.Y.]

Included Works:

Going to school [by Williams, J.]

Sonatas, violin, piano [by Franck, C.] > A major > Allegretto poco mosso (arranged)

Preludes, piano [by Gershwin, G.] > (1926) > No. 2 (arranged)

Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione [by Vivaldi, A.] > N. 4 > Largo (arranged)

Doce de coco [by Bandolim, J.d.] (arranged)

Concertos, cello, orchestra [by Kabalevsky, D.B.] > No. 1, op. 49, G minor > Largo

Cinema paradiso [by Morricone, E.] > Nostalgia

Carnaval des animaux [by Saint-Saëns, C.] > Cygne

Concertos, violin, cello, orchestra [by Brahms, J.] > Op. 102, A minor > Andante

Silfo y Ondine suite [by Piazzolla, A.] > Soledad

Finnish folk songs [by Mamiya, M.] > Mikin pekko

First impressions [by Meyer, E.]

Lied ohne Worte, cello, piano [by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F.]

Mission [by Morricone, E.] > Gabriel's oboe

Subjects:

Cello and piano music

Cello and piano music, Arranged

Concertos (Cello), Arranged — Excerpts

Concertos (Cello) — Excerpts

Trios (Clarinet, guitar, cello)

Cello with orchestra

Trios (Pianos (2), cello)

Shakuhachi and cello music

Concertos (Violin and cello) — Excerpts

Piano trios

Concertos (Cello), Arranged

Concertos (Cello)

Concertos (Violin and cello)

Compact discs

Genres:

Compact discs

Arrangements (Music)

Concertos

Excerpts

Sonatas

Performers:

Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello ; with various instrumentalists, ensembles, and orchestras.

Production Credits:

Produced by Steven Epstein.

Performance Medium:

Solo cello; piano

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Recorded 1978-2006.
Contains previously released material.
Program notes in English ([16] pages) in container.
From the collection of George L. Loegel.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (65 min., 19 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
no. 1, op. 49
op. 102

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 886970266826
Global Trade Identification Number 14: 00886970266826
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: 88697-02668-2

OCLC Numbers:

77536177