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The Essential Yo‐Yo Ma

Ton Koopman · Bobby McFerrin · Isaac Stern · Jaime Laredo · Jeffrey Kahane · Jorge Calandrelli · Kurt Masur · Lorin Maazel · Philippe Entremont · Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Sony Classical2005Cat. S2K 939271h 45m22 tracks

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach4 Camille Saint-Saëns2 Antonín Dvořák1 Antonio Vivaldi1 Astor Piazzolla1 David Wilde1 Dmitri Shostakovich1 Edgar Meyer1 Filippo Azzaiolo1 Frederick Loewe1 Fritz Kreisler1 George Gershwin1 Heitor Villa-Lobos1 Johannes Brahms1 Joseph Brackett1 Jules Massenet1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 Sergei Rachmaninoff1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Prélude from Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite für Violoncello solo no. 1 G-Dur, BWV 1007

2:21

02

II. Largo from “Winter” from the Four Seasons, op. 8 no. 4

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Yo-Yo Ma

1:47

03

“Jesus, bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring), BWV 147

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Yo-Yo Ma

2:44

04

“Schafe können sicher weiden” (Sheep May Safely Graze), BWV 208

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Yo-Yo Ma

3:38

05

“Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645

Johann Sebastian Bach - Sechs Choräle von Verschiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle): Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Yo-Yo Ma

3:48

06

“The Swan” from Carnival of the Animals

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Philippe Entremont, Yo-Yo Ma

3:08

07

Havanaise, op. 83

Camille Saint-Saëns - Havanaise in E major, op. 83

8:50

08

“Méditation” from Thaïs

Jules Massenet - Meditation from Thaïs

5:53

09

Fritz Kreisler - Liebesfreud

3:12

10

Prelude no. 1 from Three Preludes

George Gershwin - Three Preludes: No. 1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso

Jeffrey Kahane, Yo-Yo Ma

1:44

11

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14

Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma

6:27

12

Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano, op. 40: IV. Allegro

Dmitri Shostakovich - Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40

4:24

13

Andante Cantabile for Cello Solo and String Orchestra, op. Posth.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Andante cantabile, TH 63, ČW 348

Lorin Maazel, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma

8:22

14

Quartet no. 1 in G minor for Piano and Strings, op. 25: IV. Rondo Alla Zingarese. Presto

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, op. 25

Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma

8:10

15

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, op. 104: III. Finale. Allegro moderato

Antonín Dvořák - Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104

Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic, Yo-Yo Ma

12:58

Disc 2