[ Sony Music / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 25 February 2018
On the 'Sony Classical' label... A retrospective of his famous Bach recordings - Yo-Yo Ma's life with Bach. Wide-ranging highlights on a new x20 trk CD Compilation. CBS/Sony Classical has been accompanying superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma for decades on his journey through the unsurpassed works written for his instrument by Johann Sebastian Bach. The label is now pleased to announce the release of a single CD of important landmarks from that journey
J S BACH:
Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009
St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')
Cantata, BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV1027
Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria
Cantata, BWV 208: Schafe können sicher weiden
Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')
Corigliano, J: Fancy on a Bach Air