Compact disc Contains previously released material, p1992-2001 "Includes newly recorded and previously unreleased tracks"--Container Program notes by Mark Salzman in English with German and French translations (25 p. : ports.) in container Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello ; with various assisting musicians, orchestras and vocalists
Contents:
Cello suite no. 1, BWV 1007. Prelude (2:22) / Bach Tango sensations. Fear / Piazzolla, arr. Calandrelli (with Nestor Marconi, bandoneón ; Leonard Marconi, piano ; Hector Console, bass) (5:22) Butterfly's day out / O'Connor, arr. Meyer (with Edgar Meyer, bass ; Mark O'Connor, mandolin) (4:43) Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 75 / Bach (with Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra ; Ton Koopman, conductor) (1:30) Slavonic dance in E minor, op. 72, no. 2 / Dvořák, transcr. Oskar Morawetz (with Itzhak Perlman, violin ; Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor) (5:01) Prelude no. 1 / Gershwin (with Jeffrey Kahane, piano) (1:42) "American collection" theme / Williams (with Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles ; John Williams, conductor) (3:29) 1B / Meyer (with Edgar Meyer, bass ; Mark O'Connor, violin) (3:59) Sonata in F major, op. 99. IV. Allegro molto / Brahms (with Emanuel Ax, piano) (4:37) Crouching tiger, hidden dragon. The eternal vow / Tan Dun (with Alimjan, rawap ; Kasim and David Cossin, hand drum ; Shanghai Symphony Orchestra ; Shanghai National Orchestra) (2:58) St. Matthew passion. Erbarme dich / Bach (with Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra ; Ton Koopman, conductor) (7:20) Quartet in G minor, op. 45. IV. Allegro molto / Fauré (with Emanuel Ax, piano ; Isaac Stern, violin ; Jaime Laredo, viola) (9:11) Vocalise / Rachmaninoff (with Bobby McFerrin, vocalist) (6:24) Libertango / Piazzolla, arr. Calandrelli (with Nestor Marconi, bandoneón ; Antonio Agri, violin ; Horacio Malvicino, guitar ; Hector Console, bass ; Leonardo Marconi, piano) (3:08) Simple gifts / trad., arr. Meyer (with Alison Krauss, vocalist) (2:34) Appalachia waltz / O'Connor (4:25)
