YO-YO MA BACH & BOCCHERINI

Sony Classical is pleased to announce another ten releases in its increasingly comprehensive series of Classical Masters. These new budget-priced releases contain classic recordings, many of them newly remastered, by some of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. Describing the 1982 recording of the Bach Solo Suites by, arguably, the world’s favorite cellist, the Penguin Guide wrote that Yo-Yo Ma’s playing “has a characteristic rhythmic freedom and favors the widest range of dynamics. The improvisatory effect is seemingly spontaneous and these performances are very compelling indeed, for Ma seems right inside every bar of the music. The first-class recording is very real and natural.” This Grammy-winning cycle forms the heart of Sony’s new Yo-Yo Ma reissue, which also has the American cellist performing Bach’s three Viola da Gamba Sonatas with harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper; transcriptions of Bach chorales and orchestral works plus cello concertos by Boccherini in collaboration with Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; and, for good measure, concertos and other works by Boccherini and Johann Christian Bach with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra under Pinchas Zukerman.DISC 1 - CD     Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007    1     Prélude    2     Allemande    3     Courante    4     Sarabande    5     Menuett    6     Gigue        Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010    7     Prélude    8     Allemande    9     Courante    10     Sarabande    11     Bourrée    12     Gigue        Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011    13     Prélude    14     Allemande    15     Courante    16     Sarabande    17     Gavotte    18     Gigue     DISC 2 - CD     Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008    1     Prélude    2     Allemande    3     Courante    4     Sarabande    5     Menuett    6     Gigue        Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009    7     Prélude    8     Allemande    9     Courante    10     Sarabande    11     Bourrée    12     Gigue        Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012    13     Prélude    14     Allemande    15     Courante    16     Sarabande    17     Gavotte    18     Gigue     DISC 3 - CD     Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G Major for Cello and Harpsichord, BWV 1027    1     I. Adagio    2     II. Allegro ma non tanto    3     III. Andante    4     IV. Allegro moderato        Bach: Sonata No. 2 in D Major for Cello and Harpsichord, BWV 1028    5     I. Adagio    6     II. Allegro    7     III. Andante    8     IV. Allegro        Bach: Sonata No. 3 in G Minor for Cello and Harpsichord, BWV 1029    9     I. Vivace    10     II. Adagio    11     III. Allegro     DISC 4 - CD 1     Bach: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 167    2     Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: "Erbarme dich mein Gott"    3     Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: 10. Chorale, Jesus bleibet meine Freude    4     Bach: Ertöt' uns durch dein' Güte, BWV 22    5     Bach: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639    6     Bach: Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650    7     Bach: Laß mein Herz die Münze sein, BWV 163    8     Bach: Dein Blut, der edle Saft, BWV 136    9     Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air        Boccherini: Concerto in G Major for Cello and String Orchestra, G. 480    10     I. Allegro    11     II. Adagio    12     III. Allegro        Boccherini: Cello Concerto in D Major, G. 478    13     I. Allegro con spirito    14     II. Larghetto    15     III. Rondo    16     IV. Rondo comodo assai     DISC 5 - CD 1     Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 75    2     Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (Arr. for Cello and Piano)    3     Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645    4     Bach: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 647    5     Bach: Die Hoffnung wart' der rechten Zeit, BWV 186    6     Bach: Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 648    7     Bach: Schafe können sicher weiden, BWV 208    8     Bach: Es danke, Gott und lobe dich das Volk in guten Taten, BWV 76    9     Bach: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649        Boccherini: Concerto in B-Flat Major for Cello & Orchestra, G. 482    10     I. Allegro moderato    11     II. Andante grazioso    12     III. Rondo - Allegro        Boccherini: Cello Concerto in D Major, G. 476    13     I. Allegro    14     II. Largo    15     III. Allegro piacere     DISC 6 - CD     Boccherini: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, G. 482    1     I. Allegro moderato    2     II. Adagio non troppo    3     III. Rondo: Allegro        Bach: Sinfonia concertante, W.C 34    4     I. Andante di molto    5     II. Rondeau. Allegro assai        Bach: Grand Overture No. 1 in E-Flat Major for Double Orchestra, Op. 18    6     I. Allegro spiritoso    7     II. Andante    8     III. Allegro