Crossing Borders: A Musical Journey / Yo-Yo Ma

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Sony Masterworks
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January 21, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Sergei Rachmaninoff, Antonio Vivaldi, Claude Bolling, Edgar Meyer, Astor Piazzolla, Cole Porter
    • PERFORMER
      Yo-Yo Ma
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 21, 2022
    • UPC
      194399162026
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      19439916202
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      9
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Anything Goes

      Composer: Cole Porter

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    2. Born to Dance: Easy to Love

      Composer: Cole Porter

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    3. Broadway Melody of 1940

      Composer: Cole Porter

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    4. Jubilee: Just One of Those Things

      Composer: Cole Porter

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    5. Rosalie: In the Still of the Night

      Composer: Cole Porter

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    6. Love of My Life

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    7. Pas-de-Two

      Composer: Ettore Stratta

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    8. Sweet Lorraine

      Composer: Cliff Burwell

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    9. Kiss Me, Kate: So In Love

      Composer: Cole Porter

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    10. Anything Goes: All Through the Night

      Composer: Cole Porter

      Performer: Stephane Grappelli (Violin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Roger Kellaway (Piano), Marc Fosset (Guitar), Jon Burr (Bass), Daniel Humair (Drums)

    11. Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio

      Composer: Claude Bolling

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Claude Bolling (Piano), Marc Michel (Bass), Jean-Luc Dayan (Drums)

    12. Grace

      Composer: Bobby McFerrin

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    13. Concerto for 2 violins and cello in D minor, RV 565: Andante

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    14. Flight of the Bumblebee

      Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    15. Stars

      Composer: Bobby McFerrin

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    16. Trad. Hush Little Baby

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    17. Vocalise

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    18. Musette (from Anna Magdalena Notebook), BWV Anh. 126

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    19. Coyote

      Composer: Bobby McFerrin

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    20. Sonata for 2 Cellos: Allegro prestissimo

      Composer: Jean-Baptiste Barrière

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    21. Ave Maria (arr. Charles Gounod)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    22. Hoedown!

      Composer: Bobby McFerrin

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    23. Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068: II. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    24. Good-Bye

      Composer: Bobby McFerrin

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Bobby McFerrin (Voice)

    25. The Green Groves of Erin / The Flowers of Red Hill

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    26. Appalachia Waltz

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    27. Chief Sitting in the Rain

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    28. Mama

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    29. Butterfly's Day Out

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    30. Druid's Fluid

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    31. First Impressions

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    32. Etienne et Petunia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    33. F.C.'s Jig

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    34. College Hornpipe

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    35. Pickles

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    36. Old Country Fairytale

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    37. Schizoozy

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    38. Star of the County Down

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    39. Speed the Plow Medley

      Performer: Mark O'Connor

    40. Fair Dancer Reel

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    41. 1B

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    42. Misty Moonlight Waltz

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    43. Hard Times Come Again No More

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    44. Indecision

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    45. Limerock

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    46. Benjamin

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    47. Fisher's Hornpipe

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    48. Duet for Cello and Bass

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    49. Emily's Reel

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    50. Cloverfoot Reel

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    51. Poem for Carlita

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    52. Caprice for Three

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    53. Second Time Around

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    54. Slumber My Darling

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    55. Vistas

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Violin), Mark O'Connor (Fiddle), Edgar Meyer (Bass)

    56. Libertango

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    57. Andante

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    58. Allegro

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    59. Regreso al amor, from Solana's movie "Sur"

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    60. Le Grand Tango

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    61. Fugata

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    62. Tango Remembrances

      Composer: Jorge Callendrelli, Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    63. Mumuki

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    64. Tres minutos con la realidad (Three Minutes with Reality)

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    65. Milonga del angel

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    66. Cafe 1930

      Composer: Astor Piazzolla

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    67. Cristal

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    68. Chega de Saudade

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    69. A lenda do caboclo

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    70. Doce de coco

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    71. Dansa brasileira

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    72. Apelo

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    73. Dansa negra

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    74. 1 x 0 (um a zero)

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    75. Menino

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    76. Samambaia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    77. Carinhoso

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    78. Alma Brasileira

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    79. O Amor em Paz

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    80. Bodas de Prata & Quatro Cantos

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    81. Bodas de Prata & Quatro Cantos

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    82. Salvador

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    83. Mongolian Traditional longsong - Ganbaatar Khongorzul

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    84. Legend of Herlen

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    85. Blue Little Flower (Chinese Traditional)

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    86. Mido Mountain (Chinese Traditional)

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    87. Moon over Guan Mountain

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    88. No. 3 Miero vuotti uutta kuuta from Five Finnish Folk Songs

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    89. No. 5 Joiku from Five Finnish Folk Songs

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    90. Persian Traditional Avaz-e Dashti - Siamak Jahangiry

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    91. Habil-Sayagy (In Habil's Style)

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    92. Blue As The Turquoise Night of Neyshabur

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    93. Chi passa per'sta strada

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    94. Desert Capriccio (Music from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

      Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)

    95. Matsushima-Ondo

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    96. Kojo-No-Tsuki

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    97. Zui-Zui-Zukkorobashi

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    98. Defune

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    99. Nara-Yama

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    100. Chin-Chin-Chidori

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    101. Sakura, Sakura

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    102. Oroku-Musume

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    103. Chugoku-Chiho-No-Komoriuta

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya

    104. Chiran Bushi

      Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia

      Performer: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Patricia Zander (Harpsichord)

      Conductor: Michio Mamiya


Sony Classical is pleased to announce a new batch of reissues from the CBS/Sony and RCA Victor/BMG back catalogues. This latest instalment of the popular series showcases Mozart and Chopin along with conductor Robert Craft’s pioneering Webern recordings and the global journeys of that irrepressible musical explorer Yo-Yo Ma.

The supremely versatile Yo-Yo Ma has been aptly referred to as a musical omnivore. In addition to all the significant classical works written for his instrument, the eclectic cellist has passionately embraced the music of Latin America and Asia as well as American bluegrass and jazz. Seven of his most adventurous and acclaimed musical journeys have been collected by Sony Classical in a CD box entitled “Crossing Borders”. They include Appalachia Waltz and Appalachian Journey with Mark O’Connor and Edgar Meyer (Grammy 1998: “Best Classical Crossover Album”); Soul of the Tango – The Music of Astor Piazzolla (Grammy 1997: “Best Classical Crossover Album”); Obrigado Brazil – traditional songs and compositions by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Pixinguinha (Grammy 2000: “Best Classical Crossover Album”); Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet and Japanese Melodies; Anything Goes: the cellist playing mostly Cole Porter with Stephane Grappelli; and, last but not least: Hush, his famous collaboration with Bobby McFerrin.

Review excerpts of previously released volumes included in this set:

Appalachian Journey / Yo-Yo Ma, O'Connor, Meyer

The Mark O’Connor/Yo-Yo Ma/Edgar Meyer power trio took a while to follow up their 1996 hit Appalachia Waltz, yet, no doubt about it, Appalachian Journey was worth the long wait. I love the gnarly funk of the opening cut, “1B”, with hard swinging fiddle and cello lines anchored by Meyer’s earthy, off-center pedal points. The less driving, more reflective reels, and lyrical Duet for Cello and Bass fuse bluegrass, wistful folk tunes, and stark Copland-esque landscapes into organic wholes that sound better with each rehearing. The deliciously virtuosic Caprice for Three proves that players of this caliber can channel their super-chops toward listening out loud. Guest vocal stints by James Taylor and Alison Krauss add the spice of variety to the mix, along with a potential wider audience. And why not? The arrangements are judiciously varied, perfectly paced, and exploit the violin/cello/string bass configuration in ingenuous ways. One wonders how this trio might approach certain pieces over a looser, more extended improvisational time frame. I hope we won’t have to wait another three and a half years to find out. If you’re in a blue mood, this disc will provide an antidote with long-range positive side effects. Fun, fun stuff.

-- ClassicsToday.com (10/10, Jed Distler)

Obrigado Brazil / Yo-Yo Ma:

The music on this enchanting, flavorful CD varies from classical to samba to bossa nova; the combinations range from guitar, flute, and cello to female voice (the remarkable Rosa Passos), cello, guitar, percussion, piano, and bass; to simple cello and piano; to cello and two guitars. The overriding element is rhythm; each selection has a beat which is both infectious and sensual, but the contexts are splendidly varied. It's impossible to get bored or tired listening to this creative CD; it's unique--just like Yo-Yo Ma himself--and endlessly surprising. It may not be quite what we'd call "classical" music, but it is many kinds of music, and they all will delight. The other musicians are as impressive on their instruments as Ma is with his cello, and that's saying a great deal.

-- ClassicsToday.com (Robert Levine)

Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet

Silk Road Journeys is an invigorating, eye-opening ride. To be sure, some pieces fare better than others, but as with any unforgettable trip, you tend to forget the occasional bumps you hit along unknown roads. Our guides are a generally stellar selection of master artists, including the luminary pipa player Wu Man and kemencheh and setar player Kayhan Kalhor. These two musicians in particular can go head-to-head in virtuosity with Yo-Yo Ma any day. Complemented by cleanly articulated sound, Sony Classical has produced a real keeper in its Yo-Yo Ma catalog, but the cellist makes his collaborators the true focus of this album.

-- ClassicsToday.com (10/10)