Yo-Yo Ma
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By now, Ma’s wings are fully grown. His capacity for soaring seems limitless, his ability to minutely alter dynamics and tempos at the least prompting and the joy of his lilting rhythms are... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th August 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Instrumental
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Selaocoe inhabits a captivating sphere of spontaneous, mercurial creativity...In Selaocoe’s hands the cello is a shape-shifter...Song is the dominant form: everything flows from his own extraordinary... — More…
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Songlines, Top of the World, November 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Newcomer
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Classical Without Borders
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Beethoven for Three - Symphony No. 4 & 'Archduke' Trio
Emanuel Ax (piano), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
The more you explore this arrangement, the more you appreciate the way Wosner respects the original without being hemmed in by it. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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It’s a treat to hear Ma lend his still-flawless technique to this selection. His light and transparent tone floats serenely above the Concerto’s dense harmonic landscape, and the arrangements... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Spatial Audio
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Salonen: Cello Concerto
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
It’s a large, densely orchestrated work in which he experiments with “cosmic” textures, though it sounds far from experimental in an avant-garde sense. Using material from Knock, Breathe, Shine,... — More…
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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Yo-Yo Ma: The New York Album
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Yo-Yo Ma (alto violin)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto & Cello Concerto
RecommendedJohn Denman (clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
The Cello Concerto was in many ways the composer's swansong… The beautifully slow movement is deeply searching and draws on an Elgarian quality, a poignant nobility. Yo-Yo Ma's wistfully introspective... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 and Op. 1, No. 3
RecommendedLeonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
In the ‘Pastoral’, Ax had to contend with some ungrateful writing, notably in accompanying figures, but he is liberated [in Op. 1 No. 3], with trills and passagework sparkling effortlessly in... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Brahms, Beethoven & Mozart: Clarinet Trios
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Richard Stolzman (clarinet), Emanuel Ax (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Chamber Music Recording
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