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... |
TRADITIONAL
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Silk Road Ensemble [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Aug/2016 ] Continuing their explorations on Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble go even deeper into cross-cultural studies on this 2005 soundtrack album. Produced for a 10-part series on Japan's NHK television network,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Appasionato Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony / CD ] 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... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Six (6) Cello Suites 'Inspired by Bach' (1997 recording remastered) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Music / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Ma once again proves he has something vital to say with this music" (Amazon.co.uk) |
J. S. BACH
Bach Trios Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (double bass) [ Nonesuch / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "Thile and Meyer, with their backgrounds in bluegrass and American roots music, bring an appealing swing and spontaneity to the Bach…Ma draws a glorious palette of sounds from his cello, which sings and weeps and whispers" Five Stars BBC Music |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New Impossibilities Yo-Yo Ma (cello) & The Silk Road Ensemble / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Miguel Harth-Bedoya [ Sony Music / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Yo-Yo Ma Brings Us New Impossibilities - A New Release Featuring Silk Road Project and Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
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. |
BRAHMS / CHOPIN / DVORAK / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN
Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax: A Celebration - recordings for cello & piano Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / with Emanuel Ax (piano) / with Pamela Frank (violin), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) Jaime Laredo (viola) [ Sony Classical / 21 CD Box Set - released 24/May/2019 ] A 21 CD box-set released on the 'Sony Classical' label - In celebration of the internationally acclaimed pianist Emanuel Ax's 70th birthday and his long-term musical partnership with revered cellist Yo-Yo Ma |
J. S. BACH / ELGAR / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / HAYDN / SCHUMANN
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks (8CD box set) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / various accompaniments [ Sony Classical / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "The CD gives an absolutely truthful projection of a cello image which in the concert hall can seem too reticent, but here is perfectly balanced with the orchestra." (Gramophone on the Lalo / Saint-Saens) |
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,... |
EDGAR MEYER / TRADITIONAL
Appalachia Waltz [newly remastered] Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Edgar Meyer (bass) Mark O'Connor (violin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Yo-Yo Ma joins double-bassist Edgar Meyer and fiddler/violinist Mark O'Connor |
ENNIO MORRICONE
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Music / CD - released 24/Jan/2005 ] 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... |