Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone Explained

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
Type:Album
Artist:Yo-Yo Ma and Ennio Morricone
Cover:Yo-Yo_Ma_Plays_Ennio_Morricone.jpg
Released:September 28, 2004, re-released February 8, 2005
Recorded:Forum Music Village, Rome, Italy, June 16-June 23, 2003
Genre:Classical
Length:55:49
Label:Sony Classical
Producer:Ennio Morricone
Prev Title:Obrigado Brazil Live in Concert
Prev Year:2004
Next Year:2004

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone is a 2004 album of recordings from Morricone's various film scores by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Ennio Morricone. The album was recorded with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra and Gilda Buttà on piano. Morricone functioned as orchestrator, conductor, and producer. It was released as a standard compact disc on September 28, 2004 (093456), and a DualDisc using Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound on February 8, 2005 (093472). Ma also toured a suite of Morricone's music.[1] [2]

The album stayed 105 weeks on the Billboard Top Classical Albums.[3]

Track listing

The Mission

  1. "Gabriel's Oboe" – 3:11
  2. "The Mission: The Falls" – 2:27

Giuseppe Tornatore Suite

  2. "The Legend of 1900: Playing Love" – 1:49
  3. "Cinema Paradiso: Nostalgia" – 1:58
  4. "Cinema Paradiso: Looking for You" – 1:43
  5. "Malèna: Main Theme" – 4:22
  6. "A Pure Formality: Main Theme" – 3:49

Sergio Leone Suite

  2. "Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme" – 3:32
  3. "Once Upon a Time in America: Cockeye's Song" – 2:13
  4. "Once Upon a Time in America: Main Theme" – 1:49
  5. "Once Upon a Time in the West: Main Theme" – 3:21
  6. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Ecstasy of Gold" – 3:57

Brian De Palma Suite

  2. "Casualties of War: Main Theme" – 3:54
  3. "The Untouchables: Death Theme" – 3:10

Moses and Marco Polo Suite

  2. "Moses: Journey" – 2:34
  3. "Moses: Main Theme" – 2:07
  4. "Marco Polo: Main Theme" – 3:21

The Lady Caliph

  2. "Dinner" – 3:51
  3. "Nocturne" – 2:33

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Review: 'Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone' . . November 9, 2004.
  2. Web site: Close Up: Yo-Yo Ma . 2008.
  3. Web site: Billboard Classical Albums. March 18, 2006.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.