Songs from the Arc of Life [180g 2LP]

Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott — Songs from the Arc of Life [180g 2LP]

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott assemble favorite works that evoke different stages of a life. The program opens with Bach/Gounod’s “Ave Maria” and closes with Schubert’s setting, with music by Brahms, Dvořák, Fauré, Elgar, Gershwin, Saint-Saëns and others in between. This 180g double-LP edition includes a four-page booklet.

Track listing

SIDE A
1. Ave Maria (Bach / Gounod)
2. Lullaby (Brahms)
3. Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak)
4. Papillon (Faure)
5. Tango Jalousie (Gade)
6. I. Vanitas Vanitatum (From Five Pieces in the Popular Style) (Schumann)
SIDE B
1. Was It A Dream? (Sibelius)
2. Apres Un Reve (Faure)
3. Salut d'Amour (Elgar)
4. Prelude No. 1 (Gershwin)
5. Romance For Cello And Piano (Delius)
SIDE C
1. La Gitana (Kreisler)
2. Il bell'Antonio Tema III (Sollima)
3. The Swan (From Carnival Of The Animals) (Saint-Saens)
4. The Wounded Heart (From Elegiac Melodies) (Grieg)
5. Valse Sentimentale (Tchaikovsky)
SIDE D
1. Louange A l'Eternite De Jesus (From Quartet for the End of Time) (Messiaen)
2. Beau Soir (Debussy)
3. Ave Maria (Schubert)