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At Home with Friends

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-09-29

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; John Dowland: Come Again; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso; Traditional: Para Ti; Richard Rodgers: My Funny Valentine; I'll Take Manhattan...
Performers: Abt-Greenfield, Meryl; Bell, Joshua; Blinn, David; Botti, Chris; Bush, Sam; Chatterjee, Samir; Chenoweth, Kristin; Childs, Billy; Denk, Jeremy; Eggar, Dave [Piano]; Erdody, Stephen; Finck, David; Gro...
Conductors: Redford, J.A.C.;
Ensemble: ; Tiempo Libre

The concept of 'At Home With Friends' was inspired by Bell's long-time practice of holding "musical soirees" at his New York residence - eclectic gatherings...continue...
Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin); Frankie Moreno, Regina Spektor (vocals, piano); Josh Groban, Kristin Chenoweth, Sting (vocals); Nathan Gunn (baritone); Sam Bush, Mike Marshall (guitar, mandolin); Ro...continue...

The Best of Edgar Meyer / Ma, Bell, O'Connor, Fleck, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-09-04

Works: Traditional: Work(s); Edgar Meyer: Sliding Down; Please Don't Feed the Bear, for double bass, banjo, gamba, mandolin & acoustic guitar; Concert Duo, for violin & double bass; Early Morning, for doubl...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Fleck, Bela; Ma, Yo-Yo; Marshall, Mike [Guitar/Mandolin]; Meyer, Edgar; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh
Ensemble: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

The Best of Edgar Meyer brings together many of the composer/bassist's own works as well as collaborations with other artists....continue...
Personnel: Edgar Meyer (various instruments, double bass); Béla Fleck (guitar, banjo); Mike Marshall (mandolin); Joshua Bell (violin)....continue...

Edgar Meyer

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-04-25

Works: Edgar Meyer: First Things First; Roundabout; Interlude no 1; Please Don't Feed the Bear; Whatever; In Hindsight; Interlude no 2; The Low Road; Just As I Thought; Catch and Release; Interlude no 3; Wo...
Performers: Meyer, Edgar

The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-08-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 ...
Performers: Agri, Antonio; Alimjan; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Ax, Emanuel; Baptista, Cyro; Bolling, Claude; Burr, Jon [Bass]; Butta, Gilda; Casadesus, Gaby; Console, Hector; Cossin,...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Maazel, Lorin; Masur, Kurt; Morricone, Ennio; Chen, Xieyang; Tan Dun;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Claude Bolling Ensemble; New York Philharmonic; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Roma Sinfonietta; Shanghai National Orchestra; Shanghai Percussion Ensemble; Shanghai Symph...

This is the essential collection from one of the most popular musicians of our time and includes 34 tracks spanning Yo Yo Ma's entire careere...continue...
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma seems to be a presentation of the recordings in which the esteemed cellist has participated that might have the widest appeal to the general market. There's nothing wrong with t...continue...

Meyer & Bottesini: Concertos

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-06-11

Works: Edgar Meyer: Double Concerto for cello, double bass & orchestra; Concerto for Double Bass in D major; Giovanni Bottesini: Double-bass Concerto no 2 in B minor; Gran Duo concertante for Violin, Double...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh
Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Classic Yo-Yo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-09-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Cantata no 75 "Die Elenden sollen essen" BWV 75; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for ban...
Performers: Agri, Antonio; Alimjan; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ax, Emanuel; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Console, Hector; Cossin, David; Kahane, Jeffrey; Kasim; Krauss, Alison; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Malvicin...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Ozawa, Seiji; Williams, John;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra; Shanghai National Orchestra; Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Alison Krauss, Bobby McFerrin (vocals); Horacio Malvicino (guitar); Mark O'Connor (mandolin); Antonio Agri, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern (violin); Néstor Marconi (bandoneon); Emanuel A...continue...

Heartland - An Appalachian Anthology /Ma, Bell, Fleck, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-07-03

Works: Edgar Meyer: Short Trip Home; 1B; Sliding Down; BT; Old Tyme; Death by Triple Fiddle; Traditional: Johnny has gone for a soldier; Soldier's Joy; College Hornpipe; Amazing Grace; Mark O'Connor: Appala...
Performers: Barenberg, Russ; Bayers, Eddie; Bell, Joshua; Bush, Sam; Douglas, Jerry; Fleck, Bela; Jarvis, John; Krauss, Alison; Ma, Yo-Yo; Marshall, Mike [Bluegrass]; Meyer, Edgar; Mock, John; O'Connor, Mark [Vi...

Listen to the Storyteller - Marsalis, Meyer, Doyle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-09-07

Works: Wynton Marsalis: The Fiddler and the Dancing Witch; Edgar Meyer: The Lesson of the Land; Patrick Doyle: The Face in the Lake
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Douglas, Jerry; Greene, Graham; Marsalis, Wynton; Meyer, Edgar; Winslet, Kate
Conductors: Sadin, Robert; Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

Short Trip Home / Bell, Meyer, Bush & Marshall

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-09-07

Works: Edgar Meyer: Short Trip Home; Hang Hang; BT; In the Nick of Time; Concert Duo for Violin and Double Bass; BP; If I Knew; OK, All Right; Death by Triple Fiddle
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bush, Sam; Marshall, Mike [Bluegrass]; Meyer, Edgar

This recording was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for "Best Classical

Crossover Album."

Bassist Edgar Meyer, equally at home in Nashville or Lincoln Center, likes to invite his cla...continue...

Appalachia Waltz

1 CD / Sony / 1996-09-17

Works: N/A: The Green Groves of Erin; Mark O'Connor: Appalachia Waltz; Butterfly's Day Out; F.C.'s Jig, for violin & cello; Old Country Fairytale, for violin, cello & double bass; Fair Dancer Reel; American...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

This selection is also available in MiniDisc format.

Personnel: Yo-Yo Ma (cello); Mark O'Connor (mandolin, violin); Edgar Meyer (piano, double bass).

Recording information: Sound Empori...continue...