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 enlarge | Artist: Yo-yo Ma
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $16.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 392
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 733336
UPC: 886973333624
EAN: 0886973333624
ASIN: B001EO2UKY
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 beautiful arrangements, very relaxing...listen to the clips! December 29, 2008
I love this cd. I played several of the clips on amazon and knew I had to have this album! It's lovely. Very nice (albeit somewhat unusual at times) arrangements. My suggestion is to listen to the clips (esecially #9 Panxolina--if you can stand that, this album is for you), and if you like it, buy it, and if it's NOT your *type* of music, then don't! I would not expect everyone to like this album (not sure why some of the reviews are so venomous!). If you like Yo-Yo Ma, and appreciate the different collaborations he does (think Bobbie McFerrin), then you'll want to give this album a listen. If you are hoping for Jingle Bells, not so much. Who else would put "My One And Only Love" and "Here Comes the Sun" (one of my FAVORITE all-time songs, by the way)on the same album as "Dona Nobis Pacem" (4 different versions!) and "The Wexford Carol" ? It's just a different album, and thoroughly enjoyable. And for you Greenies--it doesn't come in a jewel box...it's in a tri-fold cardboard folder. excellent! (especially since EVERY cd I've gotten from amazon has had a cracked jewel case)
Beautiful Recording December 27, 2008
Yo-Yo Ma's album "Songs of Joy and Peace" brings together a fairly wide range of genres and musical backgrounds into an exploration of musical joyousness. There's a compelling unity here above and beyond the cellist's influence on each track, and, considering how diverse the tracks are, I think that's quite an accomplishment in itself. The virtuosity of every individual performer is striking, and in combination with Yo-Yo Ma and others the result of their playing is often breathtaking. If you're looking for something fresh in the way of holiday music, choosing this beautifully performed and recorded CD is a sure bet.
Book lover December 26, 2008
I love this Cd, it is so different, and very enjoyable. I love Yo Yo Ma, and all the special artists he picked for this album. Great!!
NOT WHAT YOU'D EXPECT....EVEN BETTER! December 25, 2008
I aproached this CD apprehensively.
Was it another all-star holiday CD? A banal collection of forgettable music that would disappear on the shelf after one or two playings?
Hardly.
Yo-Yo Ma has assembled an all-star cast of musical titans who have managed to create a collection of timeless, harmonious, and utterly original soundings arrangements of beautiful music.
Playing it for friends and family this holiday season has elicited many queries as to who is palying; "what IS that CD?" A wonderful amalgam of classical, popular, new age, jazzy, and new world music, Songs of Joy and Peace never devolves into cliched sentiment or ephemeral new age music. Instead, it is classic and timeless.
With his many classical recordings, Silk Road ensemble, and collaborative works such as this, Yo-Yo Ma has become a national treasure.
If only all of our musicans musically aged as gracefully.
I urge you to purchase this fine disc. You will not be disappointed!
My favorite music cd this Christmas Season. December 24, 2008
I have several wonderful cds I lisen to all Christmas season. Now this cd, "Songs of Joy and Peace" put together by Yo YO Ma with his friends is my favorite.
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