New Impossibilities / Harth-Bedoya, Ma, Silk Road Ensemble

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Album Summary

Performers

• Nicholas Cords (Viola)
• Kojiro Umezaki (Shakuhachi)
• Sandeep Das (Tabla)
• Yang Wei (Pipa)
• Jonathan Gandelsman (Violin)
• Eric Jacobsen (Cello)
• Wu Tong (Sheng)
• Joseph Gramley (Percussion)
• Shane Shanahan (Caxixi)
• DaXun Zhang (Double Bass)
• Mark Suter (Bongos)
• Shane Shanahan (Conch Shell)
• Kim Dong-Won (Percussion)
• Mark Suter (Bodhran)
• Lin Liu (Guitar)
• Wu Man (Pipa)
• Wu Tong (Xun)
• Mark Suter (Percussion)
• Shane Shanahan (Percussion)
• Joseph Gramley (Caxixi)
• Sandeep Das (Percussion)
• Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
• Shane Shanahan (Dumbek)
• Colin Jacobsen (Violin)
• Kayhan Kalhor (Setar)

Conductors

• Harth Bedoya, Miguel
• Harth-Bedoya, Miguel

Ensembles

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Qi Lin
• Silk Road Ensemble

Composers

• Osvaldo Golijov (1960 - )
• Sandeep Das
• Unspecified
• Hai-Hai Huang
• Kayhan Kalhor
• Rabih Abou-Khalil (1957 - )
• Zhou Long (1953 - )
• Chinese Traditional

Notes & Reviews:

Inspired by the art and culture of the historic Silk Road, Silk Road Chicago ran from June 2006 to June 2007 and was created in partnership with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project. From these once-in-a-lifetime performances, Sony Classical is releasing a CD of selected works.

Always eager to break down barriers and inspire new platforms for learning, cellist Yo-Yo Ma wanted to see what would happen if the cultural institutions of one city focused all of their energies on a single event. Working with the city of Chicago, together they embarked on the yearlong citywide celebration Silk Road Chicago. Inspired by the art and the culture of the historic silk road, Silk Road Chicago ran from June 2006 to June 2007 and was created in partnership with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project.

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Yo-Yo Ma (cello); Shane Shanahan (vocals, conch shell, dumbek, caxixi); Joseph Gramley (vocals, snare drum, tom tom, caxixi); Mark Suter (vocals, bongos, bodhran); Sandeep Das (vocals, tabla); Yang Wei, Wu Man (pipa); Colin Jacobsen , Jonathan Gandelsman (violin); Kayhan Kalhor (kamancha); Nicholas Cords (viola); Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi).

Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago, IL.

World famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed with the Silk Road Ensemble and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to record NEW IMPOSSIBILITIES. Like most of Yo-Yo Ma must that isn't traditionally classical, NEW IMPOSSIBILITIES blends genres and cultures to create a chamber music that spans the globe. There's a distinct Middle Eastern, Asian and South Asian flavor to the compositions here, marked by the use of non-Western instruments, but the attention to arrangements and execution is recital-hall precise. This disc is another exceptional accomplishment from an exceptional, and adventurous, musician.

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Works Details

Abou-Khalil, Rabih : Arabian Waltz

• Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Shane Shanahan (Dumbek); Colin Jacobsen (Violin); Kayhan Kalhor (Setar); Nicholas Cords (Viola); Kojiro Umezaki (Shakuhachi); Sandeep Das (Tabla); Yang Wei (Pipa); Jonathan Gandelsman (Violin)
• Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
• Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
• Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1995
• Studio/Live: Live

Golijov, Osvaldo : Night of the Flying Horses

• Performers: Eric Jacobsen (Cello); Wu Tong (Sheng); Nicholas Cords (Viola); Kojiro Umezaki (Shakuhachi); Joseph Gramley (Percussion); Jonathan Gandelsman (Violin); Shane Shanahan (Caxixi); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
• Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
• Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
• Running Time: 6 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002
• Studio/Live: Live

Huang, Hai-Hai : Galloping Horses, for pipa & bass

• Performers: DaXun Zhang (Double Bass); Yang Wei (Pipa)
• Ensemble: Qi Lin
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Studio/Live: Live

Long, Zhou : Poems from Tang :: Song of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets

• Performers: Jonathan Gandelsman (Violin); Nicholas Cords (Viola); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Colin Jacobsen (Violin)
• Conductor: Miguel Harth Bedoya
• Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995
• Studio/Live: Live

Das, Sandeep : Shristi, for voice, percussion & ensemble

• Performers: Joseph Gramley (Percussion); Sandeep Das (Tabla); Mark Suter (Bongos); Shane Shanahan (Conch Shell); Kim Dong-Won (Percussion); Shane Shanahan (Dumbek)
• Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
• Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
• Running Time: 7 min. 41 sec.
• Studio/Live: Live

Kalhor, Kayhan : The Silent City

• Performers: Nicholas Cords (Viola); Colin Jacobsen (Violin); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Kayhan Kalhor (Setar); Jonathan Gandelsman (Violin); Mark Suter (Bodhran)
• Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
• Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
• Running Time: 22 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2005
• Studio/Live: Live

Traditional, Chinese : Ambush from Ten Sides, traditional melody (a.k.a. "Ambush on All Sides")

• Performers: Lin Liu (Guitar); Wu Man (Pipa); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Wu Tong (Sheng); Wu Tong (Xun)
• Conductor: Miguel Harth Bedoya
• Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 12 min. 9 sec.
• Studio/Live: Live

Unspecified : Vocussion, for voices & percussion

• Performers: Shane Shanahan (Dumbek); Mark Suter (Percussion); Shane Shanahan (Percussion); Kim Dong-Won (Percussion); Sandeep Das (Tabla); Joseph Gramley (Percussion); Joseph Gramley (Caxixi); Sandeep Das (Percussion); Yo-Yo Ma (Cello)
• Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya
• Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble
• Running Time: 8 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live