Yo-Yo Ma - Appassionato [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]

Release Date: January 9, 2007
Label: Sony Classical
Composer: Various
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma
Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 1 hour 14 mins.
UPC: 886970583329


Composers, accompanists and track list (apologies for typos):

John Williams (*1941)
1. Going to School 2'47
John Williams, piano

César Franck (1822-1890)
2. IV. Allegretto poco mosso 6'04
from Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano
Kathryn Stott, piano

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
3. II. Andante con moto e poco rubato 3'45
from Three Preludes
Jeffrey Kahane, piano

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
4. II. Largo from "Winter" 1'47
from The Four Seasons, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 (Violin solo performed on Cello)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra · Ton Koopman

Jacob do Bandolim (1918-1969)
5. Doce de coco 5'15
Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet · Romero Lubambo, guitar

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
6. II. Largo 5'57
from Cello Concerto No. I in G Minor, Op. 49
The Philadelphia Orchestra · Eugene Ormandy

Ennio Morricone (*1928)
7. Cinema Paradiso: Nostalgia 1'53
from Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
Roma Sinfonietta · Ennio Morricone

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
8. The Swan 3'11
from Carnival of the Animals (Chamber Version)
Gaby Casadesue, piano · Philippe Entremont, piano

Kazakh/Chinese traditional
9. Yanzi (Swallow Song) 5'23
Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897);
10. II. Andante 7'24
from Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102 "Double" Concerto
Isaac Stern, violin · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Claudio Abbado

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
11. Soledad 9'07
Octavio Brunetti, piano

Michio Mamiya (*1929)
12. No. 4: Mikin Pekko 1'58
from Five Finnish Folk Songs
Joel Fan, piano

Edgar Meyer (*1960)
13. First Impressions 4'12
Mark O'Connor, violin · Edgar Meyer, piano

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
14. Song Without Words, Op. 109 4'09
Emanuel Ax, piano

Enio Morricone
15. The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe 2'25
Roma Sinfonietta · Ennio Morricone

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
16. Andante Cantabile for Cello Solo and String Orchestra 8'22
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra · Lorin Maazel
Barnes & Noble Exclusive bonus track

Yo-Yo Ma, cello


This is a collection of somewhat romantic songs by Ma with a wide variety of accompanists. Nothing unbelievable, but an enjoyable album nonetheless. All tracks have previously been released as part of other albums with exceptions of tracks 1, 9, 11, and 12. What seems to be a quality rip of this album is already available here on Demonoid as mp3s (256+kbps); here is a lossless rip for those interested.

This copy was exclusively available at Barnes & Noble (I don't recall whether it was online or in retail) and includes a "bonus" track (16) not found on the original.

Includes all (individual) tracks encoded with flac, cue files, EAC log, m3u8 playlist, sfv/md5 hash files, and complete scans.

Enjoy, and thank you for seeding.