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Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma is the cello's foremost contemporary proponent; while primarily a classical performer, he has also made a number of highly successful crossover recordings. Born October 7, 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris, he began playing the cello at the age of four, later studying with Janos Scholz; in 1962, he also became the pupil of Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School, and was the recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize in 1978. A Harvard graduate, Ma made his initial impact performing J.S. Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, which he also recorded early on in his career; years later, he returned to Bach's work alongside artists from a variety of disciplines, reinterpreting each suite for a series of films, dubbed Inspired by Bach (made in conjunction with the likes of Canadian filmmakers Atom Egoyan and Francois Giraud along with choreographer Mark Morris). In addition to the standard concerto repertoire, Ma also recorded albums such as Hush (with vocalist Bobby McFerrin) and 1996's Appalachia Waltz, an album of original Nashville music featuring country fiddler Mark O'Connor and bassist Edgar Meyer. He also performed the music of Astor Piazzolla for the soundtrack of the Sally Potter film The Tango Lesson, and explored native Chinese music as well as the music of the Kalahari bush people of Africa. He has won numerous Grammy awards, recording such diverse music as Brazilian bossa nova, Argentine tango, American roots and bluegrass, and the soundtrack for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. In 1998 he founded the Silk Road Project, to explore the exchange of musical ideas that occurred along the historical trade route. His CDs of the early 2000s touched on both traditional and crossover repertory, with two albums of Vivaldi's music recorded with keyboardist and conductor Ton Koopman emerging as successful examples of the former, and the Obrigado Brazil CD becoming another crossover best seller. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
Selected Discography
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Track List: New Impossibilities
Composer: Rabih Abou-khalil
Title: Arabian Waltz, For Oud, String Quartet, Tuba & Frame Dtrum
Composer: Osvaldo Golijov
Title: Night Of The Flying Horses
Composer: Hai-Hai Huang
Title: Galloping Horses
Composer: Zhou Long
Title: Song Of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets
Composer: Sandeep Das
Title: Shristi
Composer: Kayhan Kalhor
Title: The Silent City
Composer: Traditional
Title: Ambush From Ten Sides
Composer: Sandeep Das
Title: Vocussion
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Track List: Memoirs Of A Geisha [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Title: Memoirs Of A Geisha, Film Score
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Track List: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
Title: Casualties Of War, film score
Title: Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
Title: Sergio Leone Suite
Title: Brian Depalma Suite
Title: Moses and Marco Polo Suite
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Track List: Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla
Composer: Astor Piazzolla
Title: Libertango, Tango
Title: Tango Suite For 2 Guitars
Title: Regreso Al Amor, Tango (from Film, Sur)
Title: Le Grand Tango, For Cello & Piano
Title: Fugata, Tango
Composer: Jorge Calandrelli
Title: Tango Remembrances
Composer: Astor Piazzolla
Title: Mumuki, Tango
Title: Tres Minutos Con La Realidad, Tango
Title: Milonga Del áNgel, Tango (From áNgel Series)
Title: L'histoire du tango, tango cycle for flute & guitar
Title: Data_track
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Track List: Made in America
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Title: Sonata For Clarinet & Piano
Composer: Leon Kirchner
Title: Triptych, For Violin & Cello
Composer: George Gershwin
Title: Preludes (3) For Piano
Composer: Charles Ives
Title: Trio, For Violin, Violoncello & Piano, S. 86 (K. 2B17)
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Track List: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Paganini, Kreisler, Dvorak
Composer: Fritz Kreisler
Title: Tambourin Chinois, For Violin & Piano, Op. 3
Title: Serenade For Violin & Piano (transcription From Lehár's Frasquita)
Title: Rondino On A Theme By Beethoven, For Violin & Piano
Title: Indian Lament For Violin & Piano (arr. From Dvorák's Sonatina For Violin & Piano, Op. 100)
Title: Songs My Mother Taught Me For Violin & Piano (transcription Of Dvorak's Gypsy Songs, Op. 55/4)
Title: Schön Rosmarin, For Violin & Piano
Title: Liebesfreud "Love's Joy" For Violin & Piano
Title: Liebesleid "Love's Sorrow" For Violin & Piano
Composer: Niccolò Paganini
Title: Caprice For Solo Violin In E Major ("The Hunt"), Op. 1/9, Ms 25/9
Title: Caprice For Solo Violin In B Flat Major ("The Devil's Chuckle"), Op. 1/13, MS 25/13
Title: Caprice For Solo Violin In E Flat Major (Moderato), Op. 1/14, MS 25/14
Title: Caprice For Solo Violin In E Flat Major (Sostenuto-Andante), Op. 1/17, MS 25/17
Title: Caprice For Solo Violin In A Minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24
Title: Introduction And Variations On "Dal Tuo Stellato Soglio" From Rossini's "Mosè", For Violin & Orchestra, MS 23
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Track List: Great Cello Concertos
Disc 1
Composer: Franz Josef Haydn
Title: Cello Concerto No. 2 In D Major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101)
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Title: Cello Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, Op. 33
Composer: Robert Schumann
Title: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Disc 2
Composer: Antonin Dvorák
Title: Cello Concerto In B Minor, B. 191 (Op. 104)
Composer: Sir Edward Elgar
Title: Cello Concerto In E Minor, Op. 85
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Track List: Barber: Cello Concerto; Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra
Composer: Samuel Barber
Title: Cello Concerto, In A Minor, Op. 22
Composer: Lord Benjamin Britten
Title: Cello Symphony, For Cello & Orchestra, Op. 68
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Track List: Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano & Cello
Disc 1
Title: Sonata for cello & piano No. 1 in F major, Op. 5/1
Title: Sonata for cello & piano No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5/2
Title: Sonata for cello & piano No. 4 in C major, Op. 102/1
Disc 2
Title: Sonata for cello & piano No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Title: Sonata for cello & piano No. 5 in D major, Op. 102/2
Title: Variations For Cello & Piano In E Flat Major On Mozart's "Bei Männern," WoO 46
Title: Variations For Cello & Piano In F Major On Mozart's "Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen," Op. 66
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Track List: Mozart: Divertimento In E Flat
Title: Divertimento For Violin, Viola & Cello In E Flat Major, K. 563
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Track List: Paris La Belle Époque
Composer: Jules Massenet
Title: Méditation, Solo String & Orchestra Version And Various Arrangements (From Opera "Thäis")
Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Title: Sonata For Solo String & Piano No. 1 In A Major, Op. 13
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Title: Havanaise, In E Major For Solo String & Piano (Or Orchestra), Op. 83
Composer: César Franck
Title: Sonata for cello & piano in A major (arr. from "Sonata for violin & piano")
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Track List: Phantasmagoria: Music of John Corigliano
Title: Fancy On A Bach Air, For Cello
Title: Fantasia On An Ostinato, For Piano
Title: Etude Fantasy, For Piano
Title: Phantasmagoria (on Themes From "The Ghosts Of Versailles"), For Cello & Piano
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Track List: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
Composer: Byambasuren Sharav
Title: Legend Of Herlen
Composer: Chinese Traditional
Title: Blue Little Flower
Title: Mido Mountain
Composer: Zhao Jiping
Title: Moon Over Guan Mountains
Composer: Michio Mamiya
Title: Finnish Folksongs (5), For Cello & Piano
Composer: Persian Traditional
Title: Avaz-e Dashti
Composer: Franguiz Ali-Zadeh
Title: Habil-Sajahy For Cello & Prepared Piano
Composer: Kayhan Kalhor
Title: Blue As The Turquoise Night Of Neyshabur
Composer: Fillippo Azzaiolo
Title: Chi Passa Per 'sta Strada, For Voices, Lutes & Violin
Composer: Tan Dun
Title: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Film Score
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Yo-Yo Ma plays Vivaldi, and Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone... incredible!