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Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott - Songs Of Comfort And Hope (CD) Five years ago, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott created an album called ÜSongs from the Arc of Life,Ý which charted an imagined lifetime through song and its unique way of storytelling. It had long been their wish to explore this medium further, but they could never have imagined that the catalyst would be a pandemic that fundamentally rearranged our ways of living. ÜSongs of Comfort and HopeÝ was conceived in April 2020 when people everywhere were entering a dramatic new world, one in which we have been separated from our loved ones and many filled with fear and isolation. Featuring twenty one new recordings, ranging from fresh arrangements of traditional folk tunes, pop songs, and jazz standards to mainstays from the western classical repertoire, the songs on the album bring a sense of community, identity, and purpose, crossing boundaries and binding us together in thanks, consolation, and encouragement. This is music that tells stories, that marks occasions private and public, that gives voice to celebrations, remembrances, and all of lifeÙs mysteries. These are songs that pay tribute to musical champions of social justice Ô like Paul Robeson and Violeta Parra Ô and to the troubadours of our joy, imagination, and sorrow Ô like Francis Poulenc, Wu Tong, and Benjamin Britten. They are creations that, as Felix Mendelssohn once wrote, express thoughts that are Ünot too indefinite to be put into words, but on the contrary, too definite.Ý Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott hope that the familiarity and reinvention contained in this music offers everyone some comfort and hope TRACKLISTING 1.Amazing Grace, Prelude 2.OlÙ Man River from Showboat 3.Shenandoah 4.GoinÙ Home from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ÜFrom the New WorldÝ 5.Jewish Songfrom Jewish Life, No. 3 6.ZdesÙ khorosho, Op. 21, No. 7 7.Moscow Nights 8.Over the Rainbow from ÜThe Wizard of OzÝ 9.Rain Falling from the Roof Wu Tong 10.Song Without Words, Op. 109 11. Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda Harry Sdraulig 12.Scarborough Fair 13.SolveigÙs Song from Peer Gynt Edvard Grieg 14.Les Chemins de lÙAmour 15.MariettaÙs Lied from Die tote Stadt 16.Thula Baba 17.The Last Rose of Summer 18.Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) 19.Gracias a la Vida 20.WeÙll Meet Again 21.Amazing Grace, Postlude
