D'Rivera, Paquito

Obrigado Brazil / Yo-Yo Ma, cello

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Works: César Camargo Mariano: Cristal; Samambaia; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade; O Amor em Paz; Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Lenda do Caboclo, W 166; Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"; Jac...
Performers: Alves, Helio; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Baptista, Cyro; Braga, Paulo; Castro-Neves, Oscar; D'Rivera, Paquito; Faria, Jose De; Gismonti, Egberto [Guitar/Composer]; Lubamb...

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

Recording information: 2002.

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Terra Incognita / Imani Winds

1 CD / E1 Music Entertainment / 2010-08-24

Works: Jason Moran: Cane, for wind ensemble; Wayne Shorter: Terra Incognita, for wind ensemble; Paquito d'Rivera: Kites, for wind ensemble
Performers: Brown, Alex [Piano]; D'Rivera, Paquito
Conductors:
Ensemble: Imani Winds

The Imani Winds fifth recording for E1 celebrates new additions to the woodwind quintet repertoire with these three unique compositions by jazz greats Jason Moran,...continue...
Personnel: Valerie Coleman (flute, piccolo); Mariam Adam (clarinet, bass clarinet); Toyin Spellman-Diaz (oboe); Monica Ellis (bassoon); Jeff Scott (French horn).

Recording information: The Ame...continue...

Appassionato / Yo-Yo Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-01-09

Works: John Williams: Going To School, for cello & piano; César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F m...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brunetti, Octavio; Casadesus, Gaby; D'Rivera, Paquito; Entremont, Philippe; Fan, Joel; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lubambo, Romero; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Stern, Isaac; S...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Ormandy, Eugene; Morricone, Ennio; Abbado, Claudio

This album represents the entire span of Ma's recording career, beginning with his first recording (Saint-Saens 'The Swan') and culminating with three new tracks by...continue...
Appassionato (2007), the follow-up album to the well-received Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2005), is a 15-track collection of love-themed material handpicked by the classical crossover cellist hims...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...

Obrigado Brazil Live in Concert

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-02-10

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Tango Suite for 2 guitars; Zita, tango (from Suite Troileana); Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade; Aguas de Marco; Paquito d'Rivera: Merengue; Wapango; Aires Tropical...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sergio; Baptista, Cyro; D'Rivera, Paquito; Ma, Yo-Yo; Passos, Rosa; Stott, Kathryn

Obrigado Brazil Live captures what no Yo-Yo album before ever has - the excitement, energy, and passion of Yo-Yo's live performances."...a start-to-finish charmer... two hours...continue...

Obrigado Brazil

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-07-29

Works: César Camargo Mariano: Cristal; Samambaia; Antonio Carlos Jobim: Chega de Saudade; O Amor em Paz; Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Lenda do Caboclo, W 166; Chôro no 5 for Piano "Alma brasileira"; Jac...
Performers: Alves, Helio; Assad, Odair [Guitar]; Assad, Sergio [Guitar/Composer]; Baptista, Cyro; Braga, Paulo; Castro-Neves, Oscar; D'Rivera, Paquito; De Faria, Jose; Faria, Jose De; Gismonti, Egberto [Guitar/C...

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

This selection is also available in Super Au...continue...

The Lost Days - Music in the Latin Style / Denyce Graves

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Yo soy María, tango song (from the operetta María de Buenos Aires); Los paladros perdidos; Milonga sin palabras, for bandoneón & piano; Jose María Vitier:...
Performers: Acevedo, Memo; Amira, John; Aslan, Pablo; D'Rivera, Paquito; Danielson, Nick; Del Curto, Hector; Elfenbein, Jay; Elias, Eliane; Granados, Marco; Graves, Denyce; Grinhauz, Léo; Grinhauz, Leo; J...

Personnel: Denyce Graves (mezzo soprano); Leo Grinhauz (cello); Susan Palma-Nidel, Marco Granados (flute); Hector del Curto (bandoneon); Paquito d'Rivera (clarinet); Eliane Elias, Chucho Valdés, ...continue...