Yo-Yo Ma - The Classical Cello Collection

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EDITORIAL REVIEWS Sony Classical is pleased to present The Classic Cello Collection, a box set celebrating the legendary American cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Released in honor of Yo-Yo Ma"&"rsquo;s 60th birthday on October 7, the set features great works from the classical cello repertoire with compositions by 23 classical composers. The 14 classic albums in this 15-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 five Grammy Award"&"reg;-winning recordings as well as his legendary bestsellers Bach Cello Suites, Inspired by Bach and Simply Baroque. The Classic Cello Collection also features the great cello concertos by Boccherini, Dvor"&"aacute;k, Elgar, Walton, Saint-Sa"&"euml;ns, collaborations with long time partners such as Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern and Kathryn Stott and liner notes written by Nicholas Cords from the Silk Road Ensemble and Brooklyn Rider. "&"nbsp; "&"nbsp; Award winning recordings: Grammy Award"&"reg; for Best Chamber Music Performance: - 1987: Beethoven: Cello and Piano Sonata No. 4 in C "&"amp; Variations - 1993: Brahms: Sonatas for Cello "&"amp; Piano Grammy Award"&"reg; for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance: - 1990: Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 - 1993: Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante/Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme - 1995: The New York Album "&"ndash; Works of Albert, Bart"&"oacute;k "&"amp; Bloch Grammy Award"&"reg; for Best Classical Contemporary Composition: -"&"nbsp;1995: The New York Album, Stephen Albert: Cello Concerto "&"nbsp; yo-yoma.com sonymusicmasterworks.com