Yo-Yo Ma - Simply Baroque II ~ Bach & Boccherini / ABO, Koopman
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Free Music Notes for Yo-Yo Ma - Simply Baroque II ~ Bach & Boccherini / ABO, Koopman
Free Music Review: Yo Yo Ma provides inspirational classical music.
Hit: 4 Stars
Although I am not a musician or music expert, I can listen to this music many times and not get tired of it. It has the qualities embedded in it which I look for to keep me interested in its passages. Classical music such as this style should be mandatory listening in our school systems which are looking for things worth teaching. The pre-teens minds are being diluted with the current pop music. Our youth have little appreciation for the great things in life.Free Music Review: Just a continuation on the terrific work from Yo-Yo and ABO
Hit: 5 Stars
As I said, just a logical continuation from Yo-Yo's very good work developed with great love with ABO, absolutely a must-to-have these series I & II.Free Music Review: Musical Playing
Hit: 1 Stars
I think this CD was ok, there are much better musicians that people just don't know yet and aren't that famous. Yo-yo Ma is over reated and publicized too much. Just because he is the only 'American' musician that is 'well known'. His playing is boring and it's the same in all of his CD's, It doesn't sound baroque at all.I wouldn't buy his CD. Listen carefully and you will realize why he is just a waste of time. If a twelve year old can tell then I wonder why you 'grown ups' can't.Free Music Review: CelloTranscriptions Meet The Early Music Scene
Hit: 5 Stars
The Music: Both Vol 1 and this disc are really about Bach and Boccherini -- no other baroque composers are offered. I tend to think of Boccherini as early classical, not baroque. However this is all wonderful music, and a good juxtaposition of composers, even if the title is a little misleading.Having decided make transcriptions of Bach works written for other combinations a core offering of both this disc and the earlier vol 1, YoYo Ma avoids merely rehashing the warhorses that we have heard in endless arrangements and focused on less frequently transcribed works. All of them will be familiar to an avid Bach listener, but he goes way beyound the stereo-typed Jesu, Joy and Sheep May Safely Graze type of arrangements. Many of the selections are pieces that were Bach's own favorites as evidenced by the multiple versions that he himself circulated. I think the effectiveness of Ton Koopman's arrangements is a key component of the musical success of these albums.
The Performances: A very effective partnership between a early music group and a performer using a modified modern setup. It has the crispness and lightness and nuanced articulation that are hallmarks of the HIP (historically informed performance) movement without sounding academic in any way.
I have a very large classical CD collection and I keep listening to this one over and over. I would recommend it both to newcomers to classical music and to experienced classical listeners.
Free Music Review: Absolutely Fantabulous
Hit: 5 Stars
I just bought this CD and I must say it is truly an inspiration. Yo Yo Ma has to be the greatest cello in recent history. I think he has surpassed the artistic achievements of Rostropovich. This new Baroque album is even better than the first. The playing is flawless. The best part of Ma's playing is the sound he creates with his cello. It is such a warm, beautiful, and focused sound. One can't help but catch the feeling these composers were trying to create when he plays them.First of all, most of the pieces are by Bach, who was the genius of geniuses composer. Yo Yo Ma has taken familiar parts of cantatas and transcribed them into beautiful pieces for cello. Certainly, this CD is a must hear. Full heartedly recommended.