Yo-Yo Ma - Appassionato [2007]

Posted By : Camat | Date : 20 Feb 2007 23:17:00 | Comments : 24 |

This disc repackages tracks of a romantic mood from a variety of Yo-Yo Ma discs released over the course of his strong-selling album career. A few of them (track 2, for example) come from recordings of straight-ahead classical repertory, and there are several new tracks, but most are taken from the cellist's fabulously successful series of crossover recordings, including Obrigado Brazil, Appalachia Waltz, and his collection of music by Italian film composer Ennio Morricone. These have all been innovative attempts to communicate with a wide audience, and it is a bit disconcerting to see Ma backing off from such innovation with this relatively conventional package of excerpts. There is, however, nothing whatsoever wrong with what Ma does here, taken on its own terms; his warm but never overdone way with a tune is everywhere in evidence, and the program does constitute a sort of de facto encore disc, mixing single movements of classical works with melodies from semi-popular traditions, of the kind Ma has never recorded but that, 50 years ago, would have seemed normal to any number of concert artists. It is also nice to hear a couple of selections from the Morricone disc, less familiar than blockbusters such as Appalachia Waltz; the concluding excerpt from the soundtrack to The Mission, with Morricone himself conducting, shows Ma's ear for instant crowd-pleasers nobody else has thought of. The bottom line is that the disc works as a pleasant crowd-pleaser and as a sampler of Ma's later work, even if one of his original discs will be more deeply satisfying. James Manheim

Tracklist:

1. Memoirs of a Geisha: Going to School by John T. Williams
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), John T. Williams (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 2005
Notes: Composer: John Williams .

2. Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8: 4th movement, Allegro poco mosso by César Franck
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Kathryn Stott (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Notes: Arranger: Jules Delsart.

3. Preludes (3) for Piano: no 2 in C sharp minor, Andante con moto e poco rubato by George Gershwin
Performer: Jeffrey Kahane (Piano), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Notes: Arrangers: Yo-Yo Ma; Jascha Heifetz.

4. Concerto for Violin in F minor, Op. 8 no 4/RV 297 "L'inverno": 2nd movement, Largo by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Ton Koopman (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Ton Koopman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy

5. Doce de Coco by Jacob do Bandolim
Performer: Romero Lubambo (Guitar), Paquito D'Rivera (Clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Brazil
Notes: Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli.

6. Concerto for Cello no 1 in G minor, Op. 49: 2nd movement, Largo by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: USSR
Notes: Composition written: USSR (1948 - 1949).

7. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Nostalgia (from Cinema Paradiso) by Ennio Morricone
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Gilda Butta (Piano)
Conductor: Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble: Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Notes: Composer: Ennio Morricone.
This suite is based on the following film scores: 'THE LEGEND OF 1900,'
'CINEMA PARADISO,' 'MALENA,' 'A PURE FORMALITY.'

8. Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Philippe Entremont (Piano), Gaby Casadesus (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Notes: Paris, France (05/29/1978 - 05/31/1978)

9. Yanzi (Swallow Song) by Traditional
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Kojiro Umezaki (Shakuhachi)
Orchestra/Ensemble: The Silk Road Ensemble
Written: China
Notes: Arranger: Zhao Lin.

10. Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double": 2nd movement, Andante by Johannes Brahms
Performer: Isaac Stern (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Austria

11. Soledad by Astor Piazzolla
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Octavio Brunetti (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Argentina

12. Finnish Folksongs (5) for Cello and Piano: no 4, Mikin pekko by Michio Mamiya
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Joel Fan (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Japan

13. First Impressions by Edgar Meyer
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Piano), Mark O'Connor (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA

14. Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; Germany

15. The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Gilda Butta (Piano)
Conductor: Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble: Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1986; Italy
Notes: Composer: Ennio Morricone.
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