Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma ({{zh-cp|c=馬友友|p=Mǎ Yǒuyǒu}}) (born October 7, 1955) is a world-famous French-Chinese-American cellist. He is considered one of the best cellists in the world.

Discography

(Discography courtesy of www.Yo-YoMa.com, with a few minor additions :-)

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Albums

2005:

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• Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

2004:

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• The Dvorýk Album
• Vivaldi's Cello
• Obrigado Brazil Live

2003:

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• Paris - La Belle ?poque
• Master and Commander: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

2002:

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• Naqoyqatsi: Original Motion Picture Souindtrack
• Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams
• Silk Road Journeys - When Strangers Meet

2001:

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• Classic Yo-Yo
• Classical Hits
• Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology

2000:

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• Inspired by Bach, Volume 2 (DVD)
• Inspired by Bach, Volume 3 (DVD)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Inspired by Bach, Volume 1 (DVD)
• Corigliano: Phantasmagoria (The Fantasy Album)
• Simply Baroque II
• Appalachian Journey Live in Concert (VHS and DVD)
• Appalachian Journey
• Dvorak: Piano Quartet No.2, Sonatina in G, Romantic Pieces

1999:

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• John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999
• My First 79 Years
• Solo
• Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2, Cello Sonata Op.78
• Lulie the Iceberg
• Songs and Dances
• Franz Joseph Haydn
• Simply Baroque

1998:

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• Tavener: The Protecting Veil
• Korngold/ Schmidt: Music for Strings and Piano Left Hand
• Inspired by Bach: "Falling Down Stairs" -- Cello Suite No.3
• Inspired by Bach
• Inspired by Bach: "Struggle For Hope" -- Cello Suite No.5
• Inspired by Bach: "The Music Garden" -- Cello Suite No.1
• Inspired by Bach: "Sarabande" -- Cello Suite No.4
• Inspired by Bach: "The Sound of the Carceri" -- Cello Suite No.2
• Inspired by Bach: "Six Gestures" -- Cello Suite No.6

1997:

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• Soul of the Tango
• Liberty!
• The Tango Lesson
• Seven Years in Tibet
• Symphony 1997
• Mozart: The Piano Quartets
• From Ordinary Things

1996:

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• Premieres: Cello Concertos by Danielpour, Kirchner and Rouse
• Schubert and Boccherini String Quintets
• Lieberson: King Gesar
• Appalachia Waltz
• Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata

1995:

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• Concertos from the New World
• Greatest Hits: Saint-Saens
• Tackling the Monster: Marsalis on Practice (VHS)
• Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Clarinet Trios

1994:

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• Immortal Beloved
• Chopin: Chamber Music
• The New York Album
• Greatest Hits: Gershwin
• Greatest Hits: Tchaikovsky
• Beethoven, Schumann: Piano Quartets
• Dvorak In Prague: A Celebration

1993:

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• Made in America
• Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood (VHS)
• Faure: Piano Quartets

1992:

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• Brahms: Cello Sonatas
• Hush
• Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante; Tchaikovsky: Rococco Variations; Andante Cantabile
• Brahms: Sextets; more
• Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony; Bacchanale; Marche Militaire; Carnaval des animaux; Danse macabre

1991:

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• Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas
• Brahms: Double Concerto; Berg: Chamber Concerto
• Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1; Piano Concerto No.2; Violin Concerto No.3

1990:

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• Brahms: The Piano Quartets
• A Cocktail Party
• Mozart: Serenade, K.361; Sonata for Bassoon and Cello, K.292
• Strauss: Don Quixote; Die Liebe der Danae

1989:

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• Great Cello Concertos: Dvorak, Elgar, Haydn, Saint-Saens, Schumann
• Strauss, Britten: Cello Sonatas
• Shostakovich: Quartet No.15; Gubaidulina: Rejoice
• The Japanese Album
• Portrait of Yo-Yo Ma
• Shostakovich: Symphony No.5; Cello Concerto
• Barber: Cello Concerto; Britten: Symphony for Cello andamp; Orchestra

1988:

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• Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2; Cello Sonata
• Dvorak: Piano Trios
• Schumann: Cello Concerto; Adagio and Allegro; Fantasiestucke; more
• Brahms: Double Concerto; Piano Quartet No.3

1987:

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• Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas
• Boccherini: Cello Concerto; J.C. Bach: Sinfionia Concertante
• Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor; Schubert: String Quartet No.15

1986:

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• Haydn: Cello Concertos
• Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.4; Variations
• Strauss: Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Cello Concerto
• Dvorak: Cello Concerto; Silent Woods; Rondo

1985:

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• Mozart: Divertimento, K.563
• Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos
• Japanese Melodies
• Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites
• Schubert: Quintet in C Major

1984:

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• Haydn: Three Favorite Concertos -- Cello, Violin and Trumpet Concertos
• Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
• Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos.3 and 5
• Bolling: Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio
• Shostakovich, Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos

1983:

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• Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op.5, Nos.1 andamp; 2
• Saint-Saens, Lalo: Cello Concertos
• Kreisler, Paganini: Works