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Classic Yo-Yo is a greatest-hits collection for the famous Yo-Yo Ma, something he's fully entitled to after two decades of runaway success. It's "Classic Yo-Yo" in the sense that it presents well-loved and presumably durable selections from a variety of Yo-Yo Ma albums, not because it inclines toward Ma's straight-ahead classical recordings. In fact the division between classical and crossover pieces on the disc is about 50/50, and they tend to alternate. The transition from Bach to Astor Piazzolla works OK, but that from Appalachian Journey mastermind Edgar Meyer to Brahms might be a bit jarring. A greatest-hits album is a tough item for Ma because his recordings are so different from one another and involve such a variety of other musicians. As Ma himself says in an interview included in the liner material, "Collaboration is the best part of what I do, it's what I enjoy most about being a musician."
Here's the bottom line. Ma is a rare treasure of classical music, perhaps the only musician active today who can connect with a wide public in the way that was second nature to the great instrumentalists of the past. This disc serves as a sampler of his work. If you're new to Ma, or if you perhaps own one or two of his albums and want to hear what he sounds like playing Bach or country-inspired music or tango or Gershwin or John Williams or Rachmaninov, Classic Yo-Yo is for you. As a way of reliving great moments in Ma's recording career it is partially successful. It indicates something of the wonderful breadth of his musical interests, but it is less able to show how well he has realized the musical concepts he has undertaken. Still, several previously unreleased tracks will make Classic Yo-Yo attractive for Ma's confirmed fans. A hauntingly spare duo with bluegrass chanteuse Alison Krauss on the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts" is an especially nice bonus.
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Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992), Composer - Oscar Castro-Neves, Producer - Jorge Calandrelli, Arranger - Leonardo Marconi, Piano - Hector Console, Bass - Nestor Marconi, Bandoneon
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Edgar Meyer, Arranger - Edgar Meyer, Producer - Edgar Meyer, Performer - Edgar Meyer, Bass - MARK O'CONNOR (b. 1961), Composer - Mark O'Connor, Producer - Mark O'Connor, Mandolin - Mark O'Connor, Performer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment
Ton Koopman, Conductor - Ton Koopman, Harpsichord - Ton Koopman, Orchestrator - Ton Koopman, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Tini Mathot, Producer - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Oskar Morawetz (1917-??), Transcriber - Itzhak Perlman, Performer - Itzhak Perlman, Violin - Yo-Yo Ma, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Performer - Thomas Frost, Producer - Seiji Ozawa, Conductor - Seiji Ozawa, Performer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Jeffrey Kahane, Piano - George Gershwin, Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 1993 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - John Williams, Composer - John Williams, Conductor - John Williams, Producer - Recording Artists Orchestra of Los Angeles, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Edgar Meyer (b. 1960), Composer - Edgar Meyer, Performer - Edgar Meyer, Bass - Laura Mitgang, Executive Producer - Mark O'Connor, Performer - Mark O'Connor, Violin - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Emanuel Ax, Piano - Stephen Epstein, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment
Chen Xie Yang, Conductor - Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - David Cossin, Percussion - Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Shanghai National Orchestra, Performer - TAN DUN (b. 1957), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer - Tan Dun, Conductor - Tan Dun, Producer - Tan Dun, Performer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment
Ton Koopman, Conductor - Ton Koopman, Organ - Ton Koopman, Transcriber - Ton Koopman, Harpsichord - Ton Koopman, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Tini Mathot, Producer - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Jaime Laredo, Viola - Tini Mathot, Producer - Isaac Stern, Violin - Steven Epstein, Producer - Emanuel Ax, Piano - GABRIEL FAURE (1845-1924), Composer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment
Linda Goldstein, Executive Producer - Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Bobby McFerrin, Vocal - Bobby McFerrin, Producer - Bobby McFerrin, Performer - Steven Epstein, Producer - SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943), Composer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment
Hector Console, Bass - Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Horacio Malvicino, Electric Guitar - Leonardo Marconi, Piano - Jorge Calandrelli, Director - Nestor Marconi, Bandoneon - ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992), Composer - Oscar Castro-Neves, Producer - Antonio Agri, Violin
(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - Edgar Meyer, Arranger - Grace Row, Producer - Traditional, Composer - Alison Krauss, Vocal
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Yo-Yo Ma, Performer - Yo-Yo Ma, Acoustic Cello - MARK O'CONNOR (b. 1961), Composer - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Classic Yo-Yo is a greatest-hits collection for the famous Yo-Yo Ma, something he's fully entitled to after two decades of runaway success. It's "Classic Yo-Yo" in the sense that it presents well-loved and presumably durable selections from a variety of Yo-Yo Ma albums, not because it inclines toward Ma's straight-ahead classical recordings. In fact the division between classical and crossover pieces on the disc is about 50/50, and they tend to alternate. The transition from Bach to Astor Piazzolla works OK, but that from Appalachian Journey mastermind Edgar Meyer to Brahms might be a bit jarring. A greatest-hits album is a tough item for Ma because his recordings are so different from one another and involve such a variety of other musicians. As Ma himself says in an interview included in the liner material, "Collaboration is the best part of what I do, it's what I enjoy most about being a musician."
Here's the bottom line. Ma is a rare treasure of classical music, perhaps the only musician active today who can connect with a wide public in the way that was second nature to the great instrumentalists of the past. This disc serves as a sampler of his work. If you're new to Ma, or if you perhaps own one or two of his albums and want to hear what he sounds like playing Bach or country-inspired music or tango or Gershwin or John Williams or Rachmaninov, Classic Yo-Yo is for you. As a way of reliving great moments in Ma's recording career it is partially successful. It indicates something of the wonderful breadth of his musical interests, but it is less able to show how well he has realized the musical concepts he has undertaken. Still, several previously unreleased tracks will make Classic Yo-Yo attractive for Ma's confirmed fans. A hauntingly spare duo with bluegrass chanteuse Alison Krauss on the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts" is an especially nice bonus.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:36
- Main artists: Yo-Yo Ma
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 1984, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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