YO-YO MA Yo-Yo Ma - The Classical Cello Collection

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Released in honour of American Cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s 60th birthday on October 7, the set features great works from the classical cello repertoire with compositions by 23 classical composers. The 14 recently remastered classic albums in this 15-CD originals jackets collection have been selected by Yo-Yo Ma from his vast discography of more than 80 original albums, recorded between 1979 and 2015. Included are 6 Grammy -award winning recordings as well as his legendary bestsellers Bach Cello Suites Inspired by Bach and Simply Baroque.

Highlights of the collection:
- The great cello concertos by Boccherini, Dvorák, Elgar, Walton, Saint-Saens and more
- Collaborations with long time partners such as Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern and Kathryn Stott
- An appreciation written by Nicholas Cords from the Silk Road Ensemble and Brooklyn Rider

Award winning recordings:
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:
- 1987 Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C & Variations (CBS 42121)
- 1993 Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano (Sony 48191)

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance:
- 1990 Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 (CBS 44900)
- 1993 Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme (Sony 48382)
- 1995 The New York Album – Works of Albert, Bartók & Bloch (Sony 57961)
Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra)
- 1986 Elgar and Walton: Cello Concertos (CBS 39541)

Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition:
- 1995 The New York Album – Works of Albert, Bartók & Bloch (Sony 57961)

Box set contents:
Disc 1: The Cello Suites: Inspired by Bach
Disc 2: The Cello Suites: Inspired by Bach
Disc 3: Simply Baroque
Disc 4: Schubert: Trout Quintet and Arpeggione Sonata
Disc 5: Beethoven: Complete Sonatas Vol. 3
Disc 6: Brahms: Double Concerto and Piano Quartet
Disc 7: Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Disc 8: Dvorák and Herbert: Cello Concertos from the New World
Disc 9: Saint-Saens and Lalo: Cello Concertos
Disc 10: Paris - La Belle Époque
Disc 11: Strauss: Don Quixote, Schoenberg: Concerto
Disc 12: Elgar and Walton: Cello Concertos
Disc 13: Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante and Tchaikovsky: Roccoco-Variations
Disc 14: Barber and Britten: Cello Concertos
Disc 15: New York Album