Obrigado Brazil / Yo-Yo Ma, - Sony Classical - SNYC 88697561532 - 886975615322

"Merengue" was nominated for the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. "Libertango" was nominated for Best Instrumental Arrangement.

Recording information: 2002.

While some crossover projects look like good ideas on enterprising marketing departments' spreadsheets, much of the time they end up sounding like academic exercises in futility, the genre patronized, the artist mismatched. That's emphatically not so with Yo-Yo Ma's latest stretch outside of the classical fold, which turns out to have been a major brainstorm with felicitous results. In small groupings ranging from duo to octet (most tastefully arranged by producer Jorge Canandrelli), Ma's rich and full-bodied sound imbues this wonderfully varied set with a spirited gravitas. A sign of this virtuoso's magnanimity is his musical generosity. Sure, we get plenty of gorgeous cello throughout, but by letting his supporting cast shine in solo spots as well as in finely balanced chamber music moments, the sum of the whole is well served. Listen to the dizzily intertwining guitar lines by brothers Sergio and Odair Assad in support of Ma on "Menino," or the artful give-and-take of the melody between Ma and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera on "Carinhoso." A pleasure from start to finish, OBRIGADO BRAZIL should gain the attention of Ma fans and Brazilian music aficionados alike, not to mention those folks who hand out those cute little bronze statues every year.

Includes bodas de prata (gismonti) / quatro cantos (carneir by various composers.

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César Camargo Mariano : Cristal

Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Cesar Mariano (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Jobim, Antonio Carlos : Chega de Saudade

Performers: Rosa Passos (Guitar); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Cyro Baptista (Percussion); Paulo Braga (Drums); Rosa Passos (Voice); Helio Alves (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : A Lenda do Caboclo, W 166

Performers: Sérgio Assad (Guitar); Odair Assad (Guitar); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1920

Bandolim, Jacob do : Doce de Coco

Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Paquito D'Rivera (Clarinet); Romero Lubambo (Guitar)
Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Guarnieri, Mozart C. : Dansas Brasilerias for orchestra

Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Kathryn Stott (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1941

Powell, Baden : Apelo

Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Oscar Castro-Neves (Guitar); Cyro Baptista (Percussion); Paulo Braga (Drums); Helio Alves (Piano)
Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Vinícius de Moraes (1913 - 1980).
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Guarnieri, Mozart C. : Dança negra

Performers: Kathryn Stott (Piano); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Pixinguinha (Alfredo Vianna) : Um a zero

Performers: Cyro Baptista (Percussion); Romero Lubambo (Guitar); Paquito D'Rivera (Clarinet); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Assad, Sérgio : Menino

Performers: Odair Assad (Guitar); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Sérgio Assad (Guitar)
Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

César Camargo Mariano : Samambaia

Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Romero Lubambo (Guitar); Cesar Mariano (Piano)
Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Pixinguinha (Alfredo Vianna) : Carinhoso

Performers: Cyro Baptista (Percussion); Romero Lubambo (Guitar); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Paquito D'Rivera (Clarinet)
Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"

Performers: Kathryn Stott (Piano); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1925

Jobim, Antonio Carlos : O Amor em Paz

Performers: Paulo Braga (Drums); Cyro Baptista (Percussion); Rosa Passos (Voice); Helio Alves (Piano); Oscar Castro-Neves (Guitar); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Azevedo, Waldir : Brasileirinho

Performers: José Faria (Percussion); Jose Silva (Percussion); Romero Lubambo (Guitar); Romero Lubambo (Cavaquinho); Paquito D'Rivera (Clarinet); Helio Alves (Piano); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Cyro Baptista (Percussion)
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Gismonti, Egberto : Salvador, samba

Performers: Egberto Gismonti (Guitar); Egberto Gismonti (Flute); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Obrigado Brazil / Yo-Yo Ma, cello

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