{"product_id":"appassionato","title":"Appassionato","description":"Amazon.com\n\nAny new compilation CD starring Yo-Yo Ma is certain to please. This master of the cello takes the listener through so many types of music that the ear and mind never tire. The present selection is billed as a sort of \"musical autobiography,\" and, indeed, it gives us a tour of Ma's musical life. The Silk Road Project is represented by Zhao's \"Swallow Song,\" with its eerie, fascinating soundscape (specially re-recorded for this CD). We also accompany Ma on his excursions into the world of the baroque cello with Vivaldi or of the Finnish folk song (by Mamiya, a first recording). There are Gershwin's languid Second Prelude, with its intimations of the song \"Summertime,\" and an all-new recording of a nine-minute heart-breaker by Astor Piazzolla (\"Soledad\"). Ma also gives us more familiar Brahms, Franck, and Saint-Saens. The compilation's mellow 65 minutes offer relaxing, beautiful music, all exquisitely played. Ma is joined by the best: Emanuel Ax, Kathryn Stott, John Williams (who plays piano on his own \"Going to School\" from Memoirs of a Geisha), Isaac Stern, and Claudio Abbado. This is a veritable Who's Who of superb musicians. --Robert Levine\n\nProduct Description\n\n.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000KWZ7DS\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKTGN003PBR_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Yo-Yo Ma\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41383589642298,"sku":"4EKTGN003PBR_ns","price":4.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000KWZ7DS-0.jpg?v=1777396395","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/appassionato","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}