The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Suite No.1 in G Major

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  2:21
• 2
  Sergio Leone Suite

  Ennio Morricone
  2:43
• 3
  Concerto in G Minor for Two Cellos

  Antonio Vivaldi
  3:25
• 4
  Libertango

  Astor Piazzolla
  3:12
• 5
  Definition

  Philip Glass
  2:53
• 6
  Meditation

  Jules Massenet
  5:49
• 7
  The Eternal Vow

  谭盾
  3:02
• 8
  Sonata in D Minor

  Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович
  4:27
• 9
  Appalachia Waltz

  Mark O’Connor
  4:23
• 10
  Sleepers Awake

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:50
• 11
  1B

  Edgar Meyer
  4:02
• 12
  Saens - Havanaise

  Camille Saint‐Saëns
  8:53
• 13
  The Celist of Sarajevo

  David Wilde
  6:58
• 14
  Chi passa per'sta strada

  Filippo Azzaiolo
  4:44
• 15
  Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, op. 104: III. Finale. Allegro moderato

  Antonín Dvořák
  12:57
• 16
  Simple Gifts

  [unknown]
  2:29
• CD 2
• 1
  Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E Minor
  12:25
• 2
  Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  2:47
• 3
  Mido Mountain
  3:54
• 4
  Butterfly's Day Out
  4:46
• 5
  Three Preludes Prelude No1
  1:46
• 6
  Erbarme Dich (From St Matthew Passion)
  7:22
• 7
  Concerto for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo - Winter
  1:50
• 8
  Slavonic Dance in E Minor
  5:05
• 9
  Cristal
  2:54
• 10
  Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major
  4:43
• 11
  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  3:25
• 12
  Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
  6:21
• 13
  Milonga del Angel
  6:43
• 14
  The Protecting Veil
  14:58

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Release credits

• Edgar Meyer
  double bass [4]
• John Williams
  conductor [12], producer [12]
• Kathryn Stott
  piano [6]
• Kurt Masur
  conductor [15]
• Mark O’Connor
  mandolin [4]
• New York Philharmonic
  performing orchestra [16]
• Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
  performing orchestra [12]
• Shawn Murphy
  recording [12]
• Silk Road Ensemble
  instrument [3]
• Steven Epstein
  producer [1]
• Yo‐Yo Ma
  arranger [6], cello

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  The Essential Yo‐Yo Ma

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