Yo-Yo Ma: The Classical Cello Collection (15CD-BOX)

The set features great works from the classical cello repertoire with compositions by 23 classical composers. The 14 recently remastered classic albums in this x15 CD originals jackets collection have been selected by Yo-Yo Ma from his vast discography of more than 80 original albums, recorded between 1979 and 2015. Included are 6 Grammy-award winning recordings as well as his legendary bestsellers Bach Cello Suites Inspired by Bach and Simply Baroque.

Highlights of the collection: - The great cello concertos by Boccherini, Dvorák, Elgar, Walton, Saint-Saens and more. Collaborations with long time partners such as Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern and Kathryn Stott. An appreciation written by Nicholas Cords from the Silk Road Ensemble and Brooklyn Rider.

Artists
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Emanuel Ax (piano)
Pamela Frank (violin)
Rebecca Young (viola)
Edgar Meyer (double bass)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Isaac Stern (violin)
Jaime Laredo (viola)
Kathryn Stott (piano)

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Claudio Abbado, Kurt Masur, Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Andre Previn, David Zinman

Works
Albert, S: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011
Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV1012
Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV650 'Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter'
Bach, J S: Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (from Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben')
Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')
Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich
Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22
Bartók: Viola Concerto, BB 128, Sz. 120
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1
Beethoven: Variations (12) on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66
Beethoven: Variations (12) on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45
Beethoven: Variations (7) on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46
Bloch, E: Schelomo
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 5 in D major, G478
Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 7 in G major, G480
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Franck, C: Cello Sonata in A major
Franck, C: Violin Sonata in A major
Herbert, V: Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30
Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor
Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs)
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83
Schoenberg: Cello Concerto (After G.M. Monn) (1932)
Schubert: Die Forelle, D550
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout'
Schubert: Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821
Strauss, R: Don Quixote, Op. 35
Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11)
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Walton: Cello Concerto