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Here's a recording that amply demonstrates why Yo-Yo Ma has reached perhaps a wider public than any other serious classical musician. Over the course of his career he has vastly expanded the classical repertory while still staying true to its core. There has been a profound idealism, a high-mindedness, to what he does, combined with an ability to reach ordinary listeners that the greats of the past often mastered, but that is a rare commodity these days. He has rarely recorded short crowd-pleasers and it is typical of his genius that now, when he does so, he does it in an entirely compelling way. The core of the program consists of well-loved classical tunes, including one of the best-loved of all, the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria. But Ma varies the concept in two ways. The first has to do with the explicit program, depicting the "arc of life." The pieces proceed from childhood to youth, adulthood, and finally "beau soir" and death, and the whole thing is nicely explored in the notes in the form of a conversation between Ma and his longtime accompanist Kathryn Stott. They make these rather generic pieces seem like the most personal thing in the world. Then, on top of this, Ma and Stott pick some pieces that aren't common encores at all, such as the "Louange à l'éternité de Jésus," from the Quartet for the end of time. These are exceptionally well chosen to modulate the moods of the arc of life, and by the final group of pieces even the skeptical may well find themselves hypnotized. Throw in superb sound from perhaps the premier American recording venue, Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts, and you have an exceptional package that should rightly put Ma and Stott back at the top of the charts.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Charles Gounod, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Antonin Dvorak, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Jacob Gade, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Robert Schumann, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Jean Sibelius, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Edward Elgar, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - George Gershwin, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Frederick Delius, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Fritz Kreisler, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Giovanni Sollima, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Claude Debussy, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Piano - Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott, Associated Performer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Richard King, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Joseph Chilorio, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
Album review
Here's a recording that amply demonstrates why Yo-Yo Ma has reached perhaps a wider public than any other serious classical musician. Over the course of his career he has vastly expanded the classical repertory while still staying true to its core. There has been a profound idealism, a high-mindedness, to what he does, combined with an ability to reach ordinary listeners that the greats of the past often mastered, but that is a rare commodity these days. He has rarely recorded short crowd-pleasers and it is typical of his genius that now, when he does so, he does it in an entirely compelling way. The core of the program consists of well-loved classical tunes, including one of the best-loved of all, the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria. But Ma varies the concept in two ways. The first has to do with the explicit program, depicting the "arc of life." The pieces proceed from childhood to youth, adulthood, and finally "beau soir" and death, and the whole thing is nicely explored in the notes in the form of a conversation between Ma and his longtime accompanist Kathryn Stott. They make these rather generic pieces seem like the most personal thing in the world. Then, on top of this, Ma and Stott pick some pieces that aren't common encores at all, such as the "Louange à l'éternité de Jésus," from the Quartet for the end of time. These are exceptionally well chosen to modulate the moods of the arc of life, and by the final group of pieces even the skeptical may well find themselves hypnotized. Throw in superb sound from perhaps the premier American recording venue, Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts, and you have an exceptional package that should rightly put Ma and Stott back at the top of the charts.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:45
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Yo-Yo Ma Kathryn Stott
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Masterworks
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2015 Sound Postings LLC
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