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| Appassionato | 
 enlarge | Creators: Yo-yo Ma, Paquito D'rivera, Jacob Do Bandolim, Johannes Brahms, Cesar Franck, George Gershwin, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Michio Mamiya, Felix Mendelssohn, Edgar Meyer, Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzolla, Camille Saint-saens, Chinese Traditional, Antonio Vivaldi, John [guitar] Williams, Claudio Abbado, Eugene Ormandy, Ton Koopman
Label: SONY CLASSICS
Category: Music
List Price: $18.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (30 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3904
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
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 The Best Yet! February 6, 2007
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
This new CD has fresh sounds appealing to the ear and the soul.
Expand your mind get this cd January 30, 2007
2 out of 15 found this review helpful
Cello being my favorite instrument and YoYo Ma being the best cellist right now. Well you can't go wrong. Fantastic cd.
Ma exhibits the full range of his passion January 18, 2007
35 out of 42 found this review helpful
Yo Yo Ma is known for pushing the bounds of classical music and his new cd is no exception. He began playing cello at the age of 4, and attended Julliard, Colombia, and Harvard. His primary cello today was made by Domenico Montagnana in Venice in 1733. Ma has played all types of music, from bluegrass to tango, and Appassionato is a celebration of his versatility. Ma appears here with many longtime friends, including Emmanual Ax and Isaac Stern. His close relationships are apparent in the absolute harmony of these collaborations. His new album opens with a light tune, a theme from the recent film "Memoirs of a Geisha." It then plunges into an exploration of dynamics between Ma's cello and the piano of Kathryn Stott. Reminiscent at times of Gershwin's playful "Rhapsody in Blue," the album is highly engaging, but it varies rapidly between sweet and alluring to soulful and dramatic. "Yanzi" is a ghostly tune featuring the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese flute. Brahms "'Double Concerto', Op. 102" with Isaac Stern is the finest showcase of Ma's flair and emotion, smooth and deep, with unbelievable heights. The tracks on the album were picked by Ma himself, to "represent various aspects of love." It is a carefully crafted autobiography of works recorded from 1978 to 2006, some previously released and some new. Far from a "best of" but spanning his career, Appassionato is a journey that spans the emotions and leaves the listener without a doubt that Yo Yo Ma is one of the finest cello artists in the world.
Beautiful Collection January 17, 2007
12 out of 23 found this review helpful
I heard an interview with Mr. Ma on NPR discussing this collection of pieces. They are some of his favorites. He is a master and this album explores his range of genius. This a wonderful collection of his work.
Irena Tully "Impulse Productions" January 11, 2007
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
Yo-Yo Ma performs Appassionato with superb technique, and the music on this album is sublime, mystical, sensual, optimistic, gentle and powerful at the same time. A real treat for those who seek an emotional challenge and a profound artistic experience. The more I listen to this CD the more I am astonished by the great selection of the music. It's always such a strong moment when the Cello meets the Oboe in "Gabriel's Oboe" and how they reach for each other and rise together into the most mesmerizing interaction - one is transported to a world of beautiful feelings by this music and how it is played here.
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