A Celebration: The Recordings for Cello & Piano / Yo-Yo Ma, Ax

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“It has been almost 50 years since I met Yo-Yo in the cafeteria at the Juilliard School… We became friends very quickly and a couple...

“It has been almost 50 years since I met Yo-Yo in the cafeteria at the Juilliard School… We became friends very quickly and a couple of years later played a benefit concert for a children’s orchestra... I believe that in the life and career of a musician, luck plays an enormous role. The great piece of luck in my musical life has been my partnership with Yo-Yo. I learned most of the standard cello repertoire with him, but through our work together I also learned an enormous amount about all the other music that I was playing – and about sharing my love of music with audiences. Our approaches to learning a new work together started at opposite ends quite often. Yo-Yo always saw the big picture, he thought first about the emotional impact. I often started by asking why the third eighth note in bar 2 had a dot, and the fourth one didn’t. Gradually, we met in the middle. For me, it was revelatory to work in his way, and I hope I did not annoy him too much with my persnickety questions!

"Our first recordings were the Beethoven Sonatas. We had played them in concert a number of times and thought that we could do a creditable performance on disc. I remember so well the thrill of seeing those LP covers; the pianist is now a white-haired old gentleman, and the cellist looks as young as ever! I am a great lover of Russian music, but never felt that I could play it properly. The albums of Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev are very special to me as they represent my attempts at music that I adore… When I look at the list of recordings that Yo-Yo and I have done together I feel enormously privileged to have shared in the journey of this unique artist. It was happenstance and great good fortune that gave me this gift, and I am grateful beyond measure for the time we have had together. I hope there are still some years left for me to keep learning from him, and that we continue to have fun exploring together.” (Emanuel Ax)



Product Description:

  • Release Date: May 24, 2019


  • UPC: 190759292822


  • Catalog Number: 19075929282


  • Label: Sony Masterworks


  • Number of Discs: 21


  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, Benjamin Britten, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frédéric Chopin, Antonín Dvořák, Dmitri Shostakovich, Gabriel Fauré, Franz Schubert, Peter Lieberson, Felix Mendelssohn


  • Conductor: Colin Davis, Peter Lieberson


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks


  • Performer: Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Richard Stoltzman, Pamela Frank, Eva Osinska, Young Uck Kim, Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Edgar Meyer, Rebecca Young, Barbara Bonney, Stefan Hüge, Peter Serkin, Andras Adorjan Deborah Marshall, William Purvis, David Taylor, Itzhak Perlman



Works:

  1. Sonatas for Cello and Piano Nos. 1-5

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  2. Variations (7) on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  3. Variations (12) on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  4. Variations (12) on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  5. Trio No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 11 'Gassenhauer'

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet)


  6. Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Isaac Stern (Violin), Jaime Laredo (Viola)


  7. Sonatas (2) for Cello and Piano

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  8. Quartets (3) for Piano and Strings

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Isaac Stern (Violin), Jaime Laredo (Viola)


  9. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  10. Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  11. Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet)


  12. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 129

    Composer: Robert Schumann

    Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    Conductor: Colin Davis


  13. Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

    Composer: Robert Schumann

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  14. Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70

    Composer: Robert Schumann

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  15. Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102

    Composer: Robert Schumann

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  16. Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 47

    Composer: Robert Schumann

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Isaac Stern (Violin), Jaime Laredo (Viola)


  17. Piano Trio in G minor Op. 8

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Pamela Frank (Violin)


  18. Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  19. Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 65

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  20. Trios (2) for Piano and Strings

    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Itzhak Perlman (Violin)


  21. Songs Without Words (excerpts)

    Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Itzhak Perlman (Violin)


  22. Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65

    Composer: Antonin Dvořák

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Young Uck Kim (Violin)


  23. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (B. 166) 'Dumky'

    Composer: Antonin Dvořák

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Young Uck Kim (Violin)


  24. Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 87

    Composer: Antonin Dvořák

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Isaac Stern (Violin), Jaime Laredo (Viola)


  25. Clarinet Trio in E flat major, K498 "Kegelstatt-Trio"

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet)


  26. Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Isaac Stern (Violin), Jaime Laredo (Viola)


  27. Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Isaac Stern (Violin), Jaime Laredo (Viola)


  28. Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout'

    Composer: Franz Schubert

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Pamela Frank (Violin), Edgar Meyer (Bass), Rebecca Young (Viola)


  29. Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821

    Composer: Franz Schubert

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  30. Quartets (2) for Piano and Strings

    Composer: Gabriel Fauré

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Isaac Stern (Violin), Jaime Laredo (Viola)


  31. Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

    Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  32. Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

    Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Isaac Stern (Violin)


  33. Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6

    Composer: Richard Strauss

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  34. Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

    Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  35. Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

    Composer: Sergri Prokofiev

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  36. Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65

    Composer: Benjamin Britten

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  37. King Gesar

    Composer: Peter Lieberson

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Stefan Hüge (Percussion), Peter Serkin (Piano), Andras Adorjan (Flute), Deborah Marshall (Clarinet), William Purvis (French Horn), David Taylor (Trombone)

    Conductor: Peter Lieberson


  38. Phantasmagoria on 'The Ghosts of Versailles'

    Composer: John Corigliano

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano)


  39. Die Forelle

    Composer: Franz Schubert

    Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Emanuel Ax (Piano), Barbara Bonney (Soprano)