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The southern American city of Nashville, TN, is primarily identified with country music, but it has always imagined itself a bearer of classical traditions. (Among its most prominent landmarks is a replica of the Parthenon.) The realms of classical and country intersect more often than you might imagine, and over the last few years a quite successful crossover group has coalesced around the indefatigable fiddler Mark O'Connor. He joined bassist Edgar Meyer and cellist Yo-Yo Ma for the hugely successful Appalachia Waltz release, and selections from that album and other O'Connor collaborations are represented on this greatest-hits collection along with solo O'Connor productions. The program is intelligently chosen, and the double CD is a generous and worthwhile offering for anyone who has run across O'Connor's music and wants to know more. The first disc includes short compositions that feature O'Connor alone and in chamber groupings, including the Appalachia Waltz trio. He plays the guitar and mandolin as well as the violin, and the guests include the unexpected Wynton Marsalis. O'Connor excels at these short pieces, each of which seems to explore a specific technical problem in O'Connor's fusion of American folk fiddling with classical chamber music. The second disc contains longer symphonic pieces; these too have been quite widely played. They are attractive but don't have the sharpness of the shorter works. Individual listeners, of course, may reach exactly the opposite conclusion, and the entire program is nicely laid out in order to effectively present the various aspects of O'Connor's work. A good choice for anyone wanting to sample O'Connor or sum up several years' worth of listening.
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Edgar Meyer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist, Producer - Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist
(P) 1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Frank Vignola, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist - Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Wynton Marsalis, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Trumpet - Jon Burr, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - D. James LaRocca, Composer - Edwin Edwards, Composer - Henry W. Ragas, Composer - Anthony Sbararo, Composer - LARRY SHEILDS, Composer - Harry Da Costa, Lyricist
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin
(P) 1998 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Edgar Meyer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist, Producer - Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Mandolin, Producer - Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Violin - Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Edgar Meyer, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Laura Mitgang, Executive Producer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Frank Vignola, Associated Performer, Guitar, Main Artist - Jon Burr, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin
(P) 1998 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Edgar Meyer, Arranger, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist, Producer - Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Traditional, Composer
(P) 1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Main Artist, Producer
(P) 1998 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Traditional, Composer - Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Violin - Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Edgar Meyer, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Laura Mitgang, Executive Producer
(P) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Edgar Meyer, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer - Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist
(P) 1996 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin
(P) 1998 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Violin - Yo-Yo Ma, Associated Performer, Cello, Main Artist - Edgar Meyer, Associated Performer, Bass, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer - Laura Mitgang, Executive Producer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Traditional, Composer
(P) 1998 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
DISC 2
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Kenneth Schermerhorn, Conductor - Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Associated Performer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Steven Mercurio, Associated Performer, Conductor, Main Artist - Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Violin - London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), Associated Performer, Main Artist - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 1999 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Producer, Violin - Kenneth Schermerhorn, Conductor - Laraine Perri, Executive Producer - Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Associated Performer
(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
The American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life) for violin and orchestra (Mark O Connor)
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Violin - Scott Yoo, Conductor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Violin - Scott Yoo, Conductor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Violin - Scott Yoo, Conductor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Mark O'Connor, Associated Performer, Composer, Main Artist, Violin - Scott Yoo, Conductor - Steven Epstein, Producer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark O'Connor, Arranger, Composer - Scott Yoo, Conductor - Steven Epstein, Producer - Edgar Meyer, Arranger
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
The southern American city of Nashville, TN, is primarily identified with country music, but it has always imagined itself a bearer of classical traditions. (Among its most prominent landmarks is a replica of the Parthenon.) The realms of classical and country intersect more often than you might imagine, and over the last few years a quite successful crossover group has coalesced around the indefatigable fiddler Mark O'Connor. He joined bassist Edgar Meyer and cellist Yo-Yo Ma for the hugely successful Appalachia Waltz release, and selections from that album and other O'Connor collaborations are represented on this greatest-hits collection along with solo O'Connor productions. The program is intelligently chosen, and the double CD is a generous and worthwhile offering for anyone who has run across O'Connor's music and wants to know more. The first disc includes short compositions that feature O'Connor alone and in chamber groupings, including the Appalachia Waltz trio. He plays the guitar and mandolin as well as the violin, and the guests include the unexpected Wynton Marsalis. O'Connor excels at these short pieces, each of which seems to explore a specific technical problem in O'Connor's fusion of American folk fiddling with classical chamber music. The second disc contains longer symphonic pieces; these too have been quite widely played. They are attractive but don't have the sharpness of the shorter works. Individual listeners, of course, may reach exactly the opposite conclusion, and the entire program is nicely laid out in order to effectively present the various aspects of O'Connor's work. A good choice for anyone wanting to sample O'Connor or sum up several years' worth of listening.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 02:35:20
- Main artists: Mark O Connor
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2007 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT / (P) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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