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The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

The Essential Yo-Yo Ma (2005) more music like this

performed by Alison Krauss (vocals), Antonio Agri (violin), Bobby McFerrin (vocals), César Camargo Mariano (piano), Claude Bolling (piano), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Daniel Humair (drums), Edgar Meyer (bass), Emanuel Ax (piano), Gaby Casadesus (piano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzolla, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Camargo Mariano, Chinese Traditional, Claude Bolling, Cole Porter, David Wilde, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edgar Meyer, Ennio Morricone, Fillippo Azzaiolo

Unlike the recent Classic Yo-Yo, really a single-disc sampler of the recorded work of our true superstar cellist, The Essential Yo-Yo Ma purports to be something more -- the Yo-Yo Ma album to own if you're going to own just one. Where Classic Yo-Yo more or less alternated track by track between Ma's straight classical and crossover music, The ...

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Appassionato

Appassionato (2007) more music like this

performed by Edgar Meyer (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), Gaby Casadesus (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Joel Fan (piano), John Williams (piano), Kathryn Stott (piano), Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi), Mark O'Connor (violin), Octavio Brunetti (piano)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzolla, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Chinese Traditional, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Edgar Meyer, Ennio Morricone, Felix Mendelssohn, George Gershwin, Jacob do Bandolim, Johannes Brahms, John Williams, Michio Mamiya

This disc repackages tracks of a romantic mood from a variety of Yo-Yo Ma discs released over the course of his strong-selling album career. A few of them (track 2, for example) come from recordings of straight-ahead classical repertory, and there are several new tracks, but most are taken from the cellist's fabulously successful series of ...

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The Essential Joshua Bell

The Essential Joshua Bell (2007) more music like this

performed by Bela Fleck (banjo), Edgar Meyer (bass), Frederic Chiu (piano), John Williams (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Mike Marshall (violin), Mike Marshall (guitar), Mike Marshall (mandola), Sam Bush (mandolin), Sam Bush (violin), Simon Mulligan (piano)
composed by Edgar Meyer, Edgar Meyer / Sam Bush / Mike Marshall, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, George Gershwin, Giacomo Puccini, Jascha Heifetz, John Corigliano, Jules Massenet, Karl Goldmark, Leonard Bernstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, Nigel Hess

Existing fans of violinist Joshua Bell are already well-acquainted with the broad scope of repertoire and performance abilities ranging deftly from the classical concerto repertoire to his well-known collaborations with Edgar Meyer. For those unfamiliar with Bell's recorded works, this two-disc set of The Essential Joshua Bell provides quite a ...

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Barber & Meyer: Violin Concertos

Barber & Meyer: Violin Concertos (2000) more music like this

performed by Hilary Hahn (violin), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)
composed by Edgar Meyer, Samuel Barber

This is the premiere recording of a successful new American violin concerto. This recording of the concerto by composer and double bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer was made in Ordway Hall, Saint Paul, Minnesota on September 27, 1999, shortly after its world premiere.The same artists made the recording: The young American virtuoso Hillary Hahn (for whom ...

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The Essential Hilary Hahn

The Essential Hilary Hahn (2007) more music like this

performed by Hilary Hahn (violin)
composed by Dmitry Shostakovich, Edgar Meyer, Felix Mendelssohn, Igor Stravinsky, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Leonard Bernstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, Samuel Barber

Listening to this disc, The Essential Hilary Hahn, one can easily understand what everybody hears in the young American's playing, to wit, the ebullience of her Preludio from Bach's Third Partita, the passion of her Andante from Barber's Violin Concerto, the intensity of her Chaconne from Bach's Second D minor Partita, the expressivity of her ...

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Meyer & Bottesini: Concertos

Meyer & Bottesini: Concertos (2002) more music like this

performed by Edgar Meyer (double bass), Joshua Bell (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)
composed by Edgar Meyer, Giovanni Bottesini

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Appassionato [Barnes & Noble Exclusive Bonus Track]

Appassionato [Barnes & Noble Exclusive Bonus Track] (2007) more music like this

performed by Edgar Meyer (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), Gaby Casadesus (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Joel Fan (piano), John Williams (piano), Kathryn Stott (piano), Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi), Mark O'Connor (violin), Octavio Brunetti (piano)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzolla, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Chinese Traditional, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Edgar Meyer, Ennio Morricone, Felix Mendelssohn, George Gershwin, Jacob do Bandolim, Johannes Brahms, John Williams, Michio Mamiya

What makes Yo-Yo Ma a great cellist? His controlled lyricism, his focused tone, and his restrained passion. What makes Ma a great musician? His extraordinary breadth of taste. While other artists dream of crossover hits, Ma has them -- and plenty of them. As demonstrated on this disc called Appassionato -- it might have been called "Greatest Hits" ...

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Meyer: Quintet; Rorem: String Quartet No. 4

Meyer: Quintet; Rorem: String Quartet No. 4 more music like this

performed by Edgar Meyer (double bass), Emerson String Quartet
composed by Edgar Meyer, Ned Rorem

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Hilary Hahn Collection [Box Set]

Hilary Hahn Collection [Box Set] (2008) more music like this

performed by Hilary Hahn (violin)
composed by Dmitry Shostakovich, Edgar Meyer, Felix Mendelssohn, Igor Stravinsky, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Leonard Bernstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, Samuel Barber

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Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace [Deluxe Edition] [CD+DVD]

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace [Deluxe Edition] [CD+DVD] (2008) more music like this

performed by Alison Krauss (vocals), Alon Yavnai (piano), Amelia Zirin-Brown (vocals), Andrea Zonn (vocals), Angelina Assad (vocals), Arnold McCuller (vocals), Badi Assad (vocals), Balla Kouyate (balafon), Balla Kouyate (vocals), Billy Childs (piano)
composed by Anonymous, Blossom Dearie, Christmas Traditional, Cristobal Halffter, Dave Brubeck, Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile, George Frederick Handel, George Harrison, Guy Wood, Jerome Kern, John Lennon / Yoko Ono, Marcos Leite, Natalie MacMaster, Osvaldo Golijov

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Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace (2008) more music like this

performed by Alison Krauss (vocals), Alon Yavnai (piano), Amelia Zirin-Brown (vocals), Andrea Zonn (vocals), Angelina Assad (vocals), Arnold McCuller (vocals), Badi Assad (vocals), Balla Kouyate (balafon), Balla Kouyate (vocals), Billy Childs (piano)
composed by Anonymous, Blossom Dearie, Christmas Traditional, Cristobal Halffter, Dave Brubeck, Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile, George Frederick Handel, George Harrison, Guy Wood, Jerome Kern, John Lennon / Yoko Ono, Marcos Leite, Natalie MacMaster, Osvaldo Golijov

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Die Besten

Die Besten (2008) more music like this

performed by Andrea Marcon (harpsichord), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Annette Dasch (soprano), Antonio Rocha (vocals), Arcadi Volodos (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Bernarda Fink (alto), Branford Marsalis (sax)
composed by Agustín Barrios-Mangoré, Anonymous, Anton Bruckner, Antonio Vivaldi, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Edgar Meyer, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet

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The Best of Edgar Meyer

The Best of Edgar Meyer (2007) more music like this

performed by Bela Fleck (banjo), Bela Fleck (guitar), Edgar Meyer (various), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Joshua Bell (violin), Mark O'Connor (violin), Mike Marshall (mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)
composed by Béla Fleck / Edgar Meyer, Edgar Meyer, Johann Sebastian Bach, Pablo de Sarasate, Traditional

This collection features selections from eight of bass player Edgar Meyer's most popular albums made for Sony. It includes mostly Meyer's own compositions written for himself and friends, as well as his arrangements of folk pieces and transcriptions of classical works, and is an excellent introduction to the diversity of his interests and the ...

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