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Appassionato |  | Artist: Yo Yo Ma
Label: SONY CLASSICS
Category: Music
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 3872
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 702668
UPC: 886970266826
EAN: 0886970266826
ASIN: B000KWZ7DS
Release Date: January 9, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Going To School featuring John Williams | | • | IV. Allegretto poco mosso from Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano | | • | II. Andante con moto e poco rubato from Three Preludes | | • | II. Largo from "Winter", Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 from the Four Seasons | | • | Doce de coco | | • | II. Largo from Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 49 | | • | Cinema Paradiso: Nostalgia from Giuseppe Tornatore Suite | | • | The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Chamber Version) | | • | Yanzi (Swallow Song) | | • | II. Andante from Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, | | • | Soledad | | • | No. 4 Mikin Pekko from Five Finnish Folk Songs | | • | First Impressions featuring Edgar Meyer; Mark O'Connor | | • | Song Without Words, Op. 109 | | • | Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission featuring Ennio Morricone |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Any new compilation CD starring Yo-Yo Ma is certain to please. This master of the cello takes the listener through so many types of music that the ear and mind never tire. The present selection is billed as a sort of "musical autobiography," and, indeed, it gives us a tour of Ma's musical life. The Silk Road Project is represented by Zhao's "Swallow Song," with its eerie, fascinating soundscape (specially re-recorded for this CD). We also accompany Ma on his excursions into the world of the baroque cello with Vivaldi or of the Finnish folk song (by Mamiya, a first recording). There are Gershwin's languid Second Prelude, with its intimations of the song "Summertime," and an all-new recording of a nine-minute heart-breaker by Astor Piazzolla ("Soledad"). Ma also gives us more familiar Brahms, Franck, and Saint-Saens. The compilation's mellow 65 minutes offer relaxing, beautiful music, all exquisitely played. Ma is joined by the best: Emanuel Ax, Kathryn Stott, John Williams (who plays piano on his own "Going to School" from Memoirs of a Geisha), Isaac Stern, and Claudio Abbado. This is a veritable Who's Who of superb musicians. --Robert Levine
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 34
 nice music March 10, 2009
Day (Reno NV)
YoYo Ma is always so good, I am glad I read the reviews and knew what to expect from this.
Feedback on Appassionato February 22, 2009
Xiomara D. Clanton
I loved the CD. The music sounds poetic and utterly inspirational! I was looking for cello music that was deep and moving and that is exactly what I got with this CD.
 A few excellent tracks! January 17, 2009
Tracy Marks (Arlington, MA USA)
I am not connnoisseur of classical music, and bought this cd only because I like violin and cello music, and wanted to experience Yo-Yo Ma. My reaction is therefore more related to my liking for or indifference to certain pieces, than to Yo-Yo Ma's artistry, which I do not criticize. All of the tracks were enjoyable, but the two that I play over and over again are Saint-Saen's The Swan, and Morricone's The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe. These are both sensitively and beautifully performed. And hearing the latter has just motivated me to buy the soundtrack of the Mission!
 Great Artist, Poor Recording November 5, 2008
Bonita Lykins
Horrible, horrible recording. Yo Yo Ma, as usual, gives a great performance. The sound engineer, Richard King, should be run out of his profession. The recording is muddled, piano and other instruments are too loud, and even the sound of the cello is occasionally distorted. You can hear Ma breathing and other distracting sounds during the course of certain songs.
Nice selection September 2, 2008
History Professor
I like the wide selection of music types included on this CD, from classical works to songs from musicals.
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