In 2006, Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov wrote a cello concerto for Yo-Yo Ma. A few years ago, we aired a much-loved performance of the piece, and it became a PT listener favorite; however, a recording of the concerto wasn't commercially available until 2016. On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear the anticipated recording of Osvaldo Golijov's "Azul", performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and The Knights.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Yehudi Menuhin, conductor
The Classics - Mozart: Overtures
Virgin Classics 63284
Alexander Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthew Kraemer, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata No. 13 in B-flat Major, K.333
Sean Chen, piano
Strings Music Festival, Strings Music Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO
Gioachino Rossini: Sonata No. 3 in C Major
Jonathan Crow, violin; Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Denis Brott, cello; James VanDemark, double bass
Montreal Chamber Music Festival, St. James United Church, Montreal, Canada
Hour 2
Zhao Jiping: Summer in the High Grassland
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Members of the Silk Road Ensemble
Beyond the Horizon
Sony 93962
Claude Debussy: Trois Chansons
Center City Brass Quintet; Anthony DiLorenzo, trumpet; Geoffrey Hardcastle, trumpet; Richard King, horn; Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto, trombone; Craig Knox, tuba
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Henry Purcell: Six Keyboard Lessons
Fabio Zanon, guitar
Americas Society, Salon Simon Bolivar, New York, NY
Osvaldo Golijov: Azul
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; The Knights; Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion; Jamey Haddad, percussion; Cyro Baptista, percussion; Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Azul
Warner Classics 559989
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