O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

Mark O'Connor: American Classics

1 CD / OMAC Records / 2012-02-14

Works: J. Bodewalt Lampe: Rubber Dolly Rag; Juventino Rosas: The loveliest night of the year; Canadian Traditional: Rippling Water Jig, traditional dance melody; Jewish Traditional: Hava Nagila; American Tr...
Performers: Aizawa, Rieko; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

The first collection comprised solely of traditional American songs that Mark O'Connor has released since Soppin' the Gravy, from his teenage years. It includes beloved...continue...
Recording information: Sean Swinney Studios, New York, NY (06/09/2011-06/10/2011).

The country and bluegrass fiddler Mark O'Connor has been a pioneer in the institutionalization of American ver...continue...

Resounding: Four World Premieres / works by Mark O'Connor; Christopher Theofanidis; Roberto Sierra

1 CD / Summit Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Christopher Theofanidis: Concerto for piano & chamber orchestra; Yenn Chwen Er: Mountain Water, for chamber orchestra; Roberto Sierra: Serenata, for chamber orchestra; Mark O'Connor: March of the Gyp...
Performers: Berman, Donald
Conductors: Russell, Tim
Ensemble: Ahn Trio; ProMusica Chamber Orchestra

This stunning new release from the award-winning ProMusica Chamber Orchestra features four world premieres, including the world premiere of Mark O'Connor's "March of the Gypsy...continue...
Recording information: Southern Theatre in Columbus, Ohio....continue...

Appalachia Waltz / Yo-Yo Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-05-03

Works: Irish Traditional: Work(s); 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 Tr...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

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Recording information: Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee (08/17/1995-08/20/1995).

APPALACHIA WALTZ brings together classical music...continue...

Beauty In America / Works for Flute & Guitar

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-12-14

Works: Robert Beaser: Mountain Songs, for guitar & flute; Gary Schocker: Green Places, for flute, guitar & orchestra; Mark O'Connor: The Fallen, for flute & orchestra; Steven Giammarino: Voyage to a New Lan...
Performers: Auld, Carla; Rosado, Ana Maria
Conductors: Jacobsen, Eric

Carla Auld, flutist with the award-winning ensemble UpTown Flutes, has branched out on her own to create this first solo CD. Her intention was to...continue...
Recording information: Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purchase, New York (2009-01-27_2009-01-29&2009-)....continue...

Appalachian Journey / Yo-Yo Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-07-20

Works: Edgar Meyer: 1B, for violin, cello & double bass; Indecision, for violin, cello & double bass; Duet for cello & bass; Cloverfoot Reel for violin, cello & double bass; Second Time Around, for violin, ...
Performers: Krauss, Alison; Ma, Yo-Yo; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Taylor, James [Soft Rock]

This selection received a Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album."

This album was recorded at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachussets and Oceanway Studios, Nashville, Tenessee. It is...continue...

Memories and Souvenirs

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-06-08

Works: Mark Summer: Julie-O, version for 2 cellos; Osvaldo Golijov: Lúa descolorida, for voice & piano; Omaramor, for solo cello; Francois Rabbath: Poucha Dass, for cello; Mark O'Connor: Appalachia Wal...
Performers: Barston, Amy Sue [cello]; Kader, Gabriel; Solomon, Evan

Recording information: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (2010-02-17_2010-02-18&2010-)....continue...

O'Connor: String Quartets no 2 & 3 / O'Connor, Kavafian, Neubauer, Haimovitz

1 CD / OMAC Records / 2009-05-26

Works: Mark O'Connor: Quartet for Strings no 2 'Bluegrass'; Quartet for Strings no 3 'Old-Time'
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Neubauer, Paul; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

"O'Connor, pied piper of a new brand of Americana, is a maverick. His goal is to make us fall in love with American music -...continue...

Journey to the New World - Duarte, Niles, etc / Sharon Isbin, Joan Baez, Mark O'Connor

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Anonymous, English: Drewie's Accordes, for 2 lutes; La Rossignol, for 2 lutes (from the Jane Pickering Lute Book); John Dowland: My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; John Johnson: Greensleeves for c...
Performers: Baez, Joan; Isbin, Sharon; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

Personnel: Sharon Isbin (guitar); Joan Baez (vocals).

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA; SUNY Purchase College Concert Hall, Purchase, NY.

When the word "crossover" is ...continue...

O'Connor: Americana Symphony, Violin Concerto no 6 / O'Connor, Alsop, Smirnoff, et al

1 CD / OMAC Records / 2009-03-10

Works: Mark O'Connor: Americana Symphony ("Variations on Appalachia Waltz"), for orchestra; Concerto for Violin no 6 ("Old Brass")
Performers: O'Connor, Mark [Violin]
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Smirnoff, Joel
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra

What is American classical music? This CD contains the latest Mark O'Connor orchestral scores: Americana Symphony "Variations on Appalachia Waltz" (2006) and Concerto No. 6...continue...
Recording information: Meyerhoff Orchestra Hall, Baltimore, MD; Sanders Theatre, Harvard, Cambridge, MA....continue...

An American Journey - Gershwin, O'Connor, Bernstein / Eroica Trio

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Kenji Bunch: Porgy and Bess Fantasy, for piano trio; Mark O'Connor: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano no 1 "Poets and Prophets"; Raimundo Penaforte: West Side Story Suite, for piano trio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eroica Trio

"The Eroica Trio has made some fine recordings over the years (since their 1991 debut), though I must admit that often I have shied away...continue...

Mark O'Connor: Folk Mass

1 CD / OMAC Records / 2008-10-14

Works: Mark O'Connor: Let Us Move, for chorus & violin; Folk Mass, for chorus
Performers: O'Connor, Mark [Violin]
Conductors: Patterson, Elizabeth C.
Ensemble: Gloriae Dei Cantores

Mark O'Connor creates a choral CD masterpiece with his compositions Folk Mass and Let Us Move, sung by one of the great virtuoso church choirs...continue...
Personnel: Gloriae Dei Cantores (vocals)....continue...

O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto, etc / Salerno-Sonnenberg

1 CD / OMAC Records / 2008-08-12

Works: Mark O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto, for 2 violins & orchestra; Appalachia Waltz; Johnny Appleseed Suite; John Newton: Amazing Grace
Performers: Jarvis, John; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja; Sutton, Bryan
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Colorado Symphony Orchestra

In the Double Violin Concerto O'Connor utilizes some of his most important musical inspirations: blues and jazz. The CD also features O'Connor's much-loved "Appalachia Waltz,"...continue...

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...

Drive Time - Blue Ridge Parkway

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-06-28

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Our Town, film score; Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches (10) for piano, Op. 51; George Gershwin: Lullaby, for string quartet; Mark O'Co...
Performers: Chalifoux, Alice; Sharp, Maurice; Slaughter, Susan
Conductors: Kapp, Richard; Ormandy, Eugene; Copland, Aaron; Yoo, Scott; Slatkin, Leonard; Williams, John; Fiedler, Arthur; Lane, Louis

Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons / Yoo, O'Connor, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-09-25

Works: Mark O'Connor: The American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life), for violin & orchestra; Strings & Threads Suite, for violin & string orchestra; Appalachia Waltz
Performers: Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Yoo, Scott
Conductors: Yoo, Scott
Ensemble: Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra

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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...

Classical Hits / Brightman, Church, Ma, Pavarotti, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-09-11

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem; The Phantom of the Opera; Tonci Huljic: Victory; John Williams: Star Wars, Episode I; James Horner: Titanic; Braveheart; Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orc...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bond; Boston Pops; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, Jose; Church, Charlotte; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Horner, James; Ma, Yo-Yo; Marsalis, Wynton; Meyer, Edgar; O'Connor, Mark [Violi...
Conductors: Williams, John; Horner, James

Are you tired of your classically minded friends laughing at you when you mispronounce the names of renowned, long-expired European composers? Do you think the Three Tenors are the latest teenage boy ...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...

Yo-Yo Ma Solo - O'Connor, Sheng, Wilde, Tcherepnin, Kodály

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-09-21

Works: Mark O'Connor: Appalachia Waltz; Bright Sheng: Seven Tunes Heard in China; David Wilde: Cellist of Sarajevo, Op. 12; Alexander Tcherepnin: Suite for solo cello; Zoltán Kodály: Sonata for so...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo

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Midnight on the Water / Mark O'Connor

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-04-28

Works: Mark O'Connor: The Cricket Dance, for violin; Caprice for violin no 1 in A major; Improvisation no 1 for violin; Caprice for violin no 2 in G minor; Follow the Scout, for mandolin; Caprice for violin...
Performers: O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

This selection is a High Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD) recording.

Personnel: Mark O'Connor (guitar, mandocello, mandolin, violin).

Recording information: Sheldon Concert Hall, Sa...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]

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

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