Appalachia Waltz Explained

Appalachia Waltz
Type:	studio
Artist:	Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor
Cover:	SKAppalachiaWaltz.jpg
Released:	17 September 1996
Recorded:	17–20 August 1995
Studio:	Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:	Classical, bluegrass
Length:	69:38
Label:	Sony Classical
Producer:	Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor
Next Title:	Appalachian Journey
Next Year:	2000

Appalachia Waltz is the first album from the trio of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, double-bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, and fiddler and composer Mark O'Connor. Sony Classical released the disc in 1996. It was recorded over three days, 14–17 August 1995.

In its June 1997 issue, Bass Player magazine named it one of "30 Essential Bass Albums You Must Own", due to Meyer's exceptional work on the album. The trio followed up this album with Appalachian Journey in 2000. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard's Top Classical Albums chart.^[1]

Track listing

1. "The Green Groves of Erin/The Flowers of Red Hill" (Traditional - arr:Edgar Meyer)
2. "Appalachia Waltz" (Mark O'Connor - arr:Meyer)
3. "Chief Sitting in the Rain" (Traditional - arr:Meyer, O'Connor)
4. "Mama" (Meyer)
5. "Butterfly's Day Out" (O'Connor - arr:Meyer)
6. "Druid Fluid" (Meyer, O'Connor)
7. "First Impressions" (Meyer)
8. "Étienne et Petunia" (Meyer)
9. "F.C.'s Jig" (O'Connor)
10. "College Hornpipe" (Traditional - arr:Meyer, O'Connor)
11. "Pickles" (Meyer)
12. "Old Country Fairytale" (O'Connor)
13. "Schizoozy" (Meyer)
14. "Star of the County Down" (Traditional - arr:Meyer)
15. "Speed the Plow Medley" (Traditional - arr:Meyer, O'Connor)
16. "Fair Dancer Reel" (O'Connor - arr:Meyer)

Personnel

• Yo-Yo Ma: cello
• Edgar Meyer: bass, piano on "First Impressions"
• Mark O'Connor: violin, mandolin on "Butterfly's Day Out"

Notes and References

1. Top Classical Albums . January 11, 1997. Billboard .