Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Songs of Joy & Peace on CD

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Songs of Joy & Peace

Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, John Clayton, Diana Krall, James Taylor, Edgar Meyer, Natalie MacMaster, Joshua Redman, Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Brubeck, Sergio Assad, Odair Assad, Chris Botti und weitere

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Label:: Sony
Year of recording ca.:: 2008
UPC/EAN:: 0886973448021
Release date:: 17.10.2008

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Songs of Joy and Peace is a Christmas music album by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, originally released in 2008. The album features collaborations with many other artists, including vocalists Diana Krall & Alison Krauss, James Taylor, Dave Brubeck, Chris Botti a. o. This holiday disc doesn't exclusively stick to traditional Christmas songs, but covers a wide scope of material in a very ambitious manner. Ma opens with a lovely take of the traditional favorite »Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)«, playing both the melody and counterpoint via overdubbing. Jazz pianist / vocalist Diana Krall is superb in a swinging rendition of Jerome Kern's unjustly obscure »You Couldn't Be Cuter«, adding bassist John Clayton. An arrangement of »Joy To The World« features pianist Dave Brubeck and cellist Matt Brubeck (his son). Chris Botti has never sounded better in the warm arrangement of »My Favorite Things«, playing both open and muted trumpet. James Taylor is featured on vocals on the Beatles cover »Here Comes The Sun«.

Disk 1 von 1 (CD)

1 The Traditional: Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)
2 You Couldn't Be Cuter
3 The Traditional: Joy to the World
4 George Harrison: Here Comes The Sun
5 The Traditional: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

The Wassail Song / All Through the Night

6 The Wassail Song - Album Version
7 All Through the Night - Album Version

A Christmas Jig / Mouth of the Tobique Reel

8 A Christmas Jig
9 Mouth of the Tobique Reel

10 Traditional Irish: The Wexford Carol
11 Panxoliña: a Galician Carol
12 The Traditional: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)
13 Matias Da Rocha: Vassourinhas
14 The Traditional: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)
15 Paquito D'Rivera: Invitación al Danzón
16 My One and Only Love
17 Familia
18 Dave Brubeck: Concordia
19 My Favorite Things
20 Blossom Dearie: Touch The Hand of Love
21 Osvaldo Golijov: Kuai Le
22 African American Spiritual: This Little Light of Mine
23 Happy Xmas (War is Over)

Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)/Auld Lang Syne

24 Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)
25 Auld Lang Syne

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Dec 31, 2017

Booklet:: 4 of 5
Overall impression:: 5 of 5
Sound:: 5 of 5
Artistic quality:: 5 of 5
Repertoire value:: 4 of 5

Yo-Yo Ma grüßt die Welt

Jetzt, 2017 ist diese CD ja nicht gerade neu, offenbar eine der ersten Ausflüge Yo-Yo Ma's weg von der Klassik. Ich kenne bereits das grandiose "Goat Rodeo" ich glaube von 2012. Auch hier holt er sich prominente Verstärkung aus vielen Musikgattungen und schafft ein hochkarätiges, dabei immer freundliches Musikkunstwerk, ein echter Beitrag zur Völkerverständigung. Repekt!

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Songs of Joy & Peace on CD