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ENNIO MORRICONE
Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Rome Sinfonietta Orchestra, Ennio Morricone [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Oct/2004 ] The genesis for this recording began during the Academy Awards in 2001, when Yo-Yo Ma was performing the Academy Award-winning score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on the Oscar telecast, and met Morricone, who was also in attendance for his... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Benefiting from the superb audio quality achieved in the exceptional acoustic of Boston's Symphony Hall, Yo-Yo Ma gives inspired performances of Shostakovich's two cello concertos. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos (LP) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 16/May/2025 ] Benefiting from the superb audio quality achieved in the exceptional acoustic of Boston's Symphony Hall, Yo-Yo Ma gives inspired performances of Shostakovich's two cello concertos. The inventive First was written for another friend, Mstislav... |
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J. S. BACH
Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach (Includes 'Ave Maria' & 'Air on a G string') Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with Kenneth Cooper (harpsichord), Kathryn Stott (piano), Bobby McFerrin (vocals) & the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra [ Sony Music / CD - released 25/Feb/2018 ] CBS/Sony Classical has been accompanying superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma for decades on his journey through the unsurpassed works written for his instrument by Johann Sebastian Bach. The label has now released important landmarks from that journey. |
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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
Salonen: Cello Concerto Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classical / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Contemporary |
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DVORAK / HERBERT / BRITTEN / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / BACH / WALTON / etc
Yo-Yo Ma: The Classical Cello Collection Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / with Emanuel Ax (piano) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, etc [ Sony Classical / 15 CD Box Set - released 21/Dec/2016 ] Excellent value, budget-priced x15 CD Box-set. The set features great works from the classical cello repertoire with compositions by 23 classical composers. |
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BLOCH / HARRISON / PROKOFIEV / SHARAV
Traditions & Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Wu Man (pipa) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Silk Road Ensemble / Miguel Harth-Bedoya & Alan Gilbert [ CSO Resound / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "How far the Silk Road project has really succeeded - with anything like consistency - in uniting disparate musical traditions is a matter for debate. What is surely undeniable is that all their recordings have, at the very least, been stimulating,... |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: 'Multi-instrument' Concertos Zagreb Soloists, Antonio Janigro (cello), Esterhazy Orchestra, David Blum, Amsterdam Bach, Peter Masseurs (trumpet) [ Alto / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "The sound, particularly on the Esterhazy recordings, is warm and full, and performances excellent …Telemann's inexhaustible invention is well demonstrated, these collective concertos offer the greatest interest …Concerto for 3 Trumpets etc brings a... |
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LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Cello Concertos Zara Nelsova (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & Ernest Ansermet [ Testament / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] Recorded 1954-55, mono |
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BARBER
Barber conducts Barber - Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 / Cello Concerto, Op. 22 / Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23 Zara Nelsova (cello) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Samuel Barber [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / Romance / etc Zara Nelsova (cello) Ruggiero Ricci (violin) / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind [ Vox Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] Antonín DvoĆák's Cello Concerto is considered the finest of his concertos, and arguably the greatest of all such works for the cello, with its majestic character, imposing themes and moods of intense drama and warm lyricism. |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Cello Concerto / Silent Woods / Rondo (with Smetana - Bartered Bride Overture) Zara Nelsova (cello) / Saint-Louis Symphony Orchestra, walter Susskind [ Vox Prima / CD - released 27/Jun/1987 ] Originally recorded in 1983 |
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ELGAR
Cello Concertos (with Smetana - selections from 'Ma Vlast') Zuill Bailey (Cello) / Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra [ Telarc Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] Zuill Bailey is one of America's most distinguished cellists with a fast-growing international reputation. For his sixth Telarc recording, Bailey performs Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, opus 85, the last work completed by the composer before his... |
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Michael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic & Once upon a Castle Zuill Bailey (cello) & Paul Jacobs (organ) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "Strikingly impressive performances of wittily crafted and accessible contemporary large-scale orchestral scores." MusicWeb |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rocco Theme / Pezzo Capriccio (with Shostakovich-Cello Concerto No 1) Zuill Bailey (Cello) / San Francisco Ballet Orchestra / Martin West [ Telarc Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Zuill Bailey, the dynamic and exhilarating American cellist, makes his Telarc debut with the release of Russian Masterpieces for Cello. The recording includes Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme and the Nocturne in D Minor Op. 19 No. 4, and... |