Yo-Yo Ma - Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks

Yo-Yo Ma - Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Format:      8xCD, Comp
Country:    Europe  
Released:  2013
Genre:       Classical
Style:         

Track List:

. Vivaldi's Cello: Cello Concertos · Aria Arrangements
. Vivaldi's Cello, Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
. Concerto for 2 Cellos, Strings, and Basso cintinuo in G minor RV 531
1-4. Largo from Violin Concerto RV 297 "Winter" (The Four Seasons) 1:44
. Concerto for Cello, Strings, and Basso continuo in B-flat major RV 423
1-8. "Così sugl' occhi miei" from La fida ninfa RV 714 2:52
. Concerto for Viola d'amore, Lute and Orchestra RV 540
1-12. "La gloria del mio sangue" from Il Giustino RV 717 2:49
. Concerto for Cello, Strings, and Basso continuo in C minor RV 401
1-16. "Noli, ò cara, te adorantis" from Juditha triumphans RV 644 4:58
1-17. "Laudamus Te" from Gloria RV 589 2:23
1-18. "Quanto magis generosa" from Juditha triumphans RV 644 10:15
1-19. "Dite oihmè" from La fid ninfa RV 714 2:25
. Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B-flat major · J. Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
. Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 9 in B-flat major G 482
. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in C major Hob. Vllb: 1
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in D major Hob. Vllb: 2
. Schumann: Cello Concerto · Dvořák: Cello Concerto · Silent Woods · Rondo
. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor op. 129
. Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor op. 104
3-7. Silent Woods in D-flat major From the Bohemian Forest op. 68: No. 5 6:39
3-8. Rondo in G minor op. 94 8:10
. Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 · Lalo & Walton: Cello Concertos
. Camille Saint-Saëns (1853-1921)
4-1. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor op. 33 18:53
. Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
. William Walton (1902-1983)
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
. Elgar & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos · Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
. Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor op. 85
. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in E-flat major op. 107
. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra op. 33
. J.S. Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello Nos. 1, 3, & 5
. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
. Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 1 in G major BWV 1007
. Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 3 in C major BWV 1009
. Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011
. Beethoven: Cello Sonatas No. 1 & 3 · Variations
. Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
. Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 1 in F major op. 5/1
. Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 1 in F major op. 5/1
7-6. 7 Variations in E-flat major on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" WoO 46 from Mozart's Opera "Die Zauberflöte"
7-7. 7 Variations in E-flat major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" op. 66 from Mozart's Opera "Die Zauberflöte"
. Brahms: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 · Schumann: Adagio & Allegro · Fantasiestücke
. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
. Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 1 in E minor op. 38
. Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 2 in F major op. 99
. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
. Adagio and Allegro in A-flat major op. 70
. 3 Fantasiestücke op. 73

Notes: 

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks is an eight-CD box set of previously released material recorded in the 1980s and 1990s. Ma's popular albums of virtuoso works for cello and orchestra by Vivaldi, Boccherini, Haydn, Schumann, Dvorák, Saint-Saëns, Lalo, Walton, Elgar, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky reappear here in different configurations to maximize space, and the set is rounded out with recordings with pianist Emanuel Ax of chamber works by Vivaldi, Beethoven, Brahms, and Schumann. A reasonable sampling of this cellist's classical output is represented. Back Cover Credits: 88765438572 This compilation ℗ & © Sony Music Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. Cover photo © Sony Music Archives. LC 00316. BIEM/GEMA. Made in the E.U. Recording/Copyright Credits: CD 1 Recording De Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden, The Netherlands, November 17-20, 2003 Publisher: BMG Ricordi (5-7) ℗ Sony Music Entertainment CD 2 Recording: O'Shaughnessy Hall, Saint Paul, March 29, 1982 (1-3); CBS Studios, London, October 8/9/15, 1979 (4-9) ℗ 1981/1987 Sony Music Entertainment CD 3 Recording: Herkulessaal, Munich, October 24, 1985 (1-3, live); Philharmonie, Berlin, January 29, 1986 (4-8) ℗ 1986/1988 Sony Music Entertainment CD 4 Recording: Radio France Studios, Paris, April 1, 1980 (1-4); Walthamstow Hall, London, January 25, 1984 (5-7) Publisher: Oxford University Press (5-7) ℗ 1980/1985 Sony Music Entertainment CD 5 Recording: Walthamstow Hall, London, January 25, 1984 (104); Scottish Rite Hall, Philadelphia, May 3, 1982 (5/6); Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, October 12, 1991 (7-14) Publisher: G. Schirmer Inc. (5/6) ℗ 1984/1983/1992 Sony Music Entertainment CD 6 Recording: Vanguard Studios, new York City, February 23, 1982 (1-12); April 20, 1982 (13-18) ℗ 1983 Sony Music Entertainment CD 7 Recording: CBS Studios, London, August 1, 1981 (1/2); RCA Studio A, New York City, July 18, 1983 (3-5); Wellesley College Chapel, August 27, 1985 (6/7) ℗ 1982/1984/1986 Sony Music Entertainment CD 8 Recording: RCA Studio A, New York City, February 4/5, 1985 (1-7); Jordan Hall, Boston, December 1, 1986 (8-12) ℗ 1985/1988 Sony Music Entertainment

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