
Strauss: Don Quixote - Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 / Yo-Yo Ma, Jansons [Blu-ray]
Also available on standard DVD
Recorded at the Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich, 2016. As an artist in residence with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the American cellist Yo-Yo Ma had the opportunity to do what is perhaps the second thing he loves the most after playing: sharing his love of music with others. Yo-Yo Ma doesnât fade away into the music, nor does he take a worshipful attitude towards the pieces he performs. From the moment he walks onto the stage, he exudes charisma that immediately confirms his truly exceptional status as the âbest cellist in the worldâ. With its ten variations on a theme of knightly character for full orchestra, Richard Straussâ tone poem âDon Quixoteâ not only depicts the colourful adventures of Cervantesâ chivalrous hero, but also functions as a virtuoso display of glorious solo melodies embedded in stunning orchestral passages. It is, in a way, a second Strauss cello concerto that can take it up with any other late-19th century piece of this kind. Joining âthe Donâ later is a viola solo that personifies the faithful Sancho Panza and is played by Wen Xiao Zheng.
Also available on standard DVD
Recorded at the Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich, 2016. As an artist in residence with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the American cellist Yo-Yo Ma had the opportunity to do what is perhaps the second thing he loves the most after playing: sharing his love of music with others. Yo-Yo Ma doesnât fade away into the music, nor does he take a worshipful attitude towards the pieces he performs. From the moment he walks onto the stage, he exudes charisma that immediately confirms his truly exceptional status as the âbest cellist in the worldâ. With its ten variations on a theme of knightly character for full orchestra, Richard Straussâ tone poem âDon Quixoteâ not only depicts the colourful adventures of Cervantesâ chivalrous hero, but also functions as a virtuoso display of glorious solo melodies embedded in stunning orchestral passages. It is, in a way, a second Strauss cello concerto that can take it up with any other late-19th century piece of this kind. Joining âthe Donâ later is a viola solo that personifies the faithful Sancho Panza and is played by Wen Xiao Zheng.
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Also available on standard DVD
Recorded at the Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich, 2016. As an artist in residence with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the American cellist Yo-Yo Ma had the opportunity to do what is perhaps the second thing he loves the most after playing: sharing his love of music with others. Yo-Yo Ma doesnât fade away into the music, nor does he take a worshipful attitude towards the pieces he performs. From the moment he walks onto the stage, he exudes charisma that immediately confirms his truly exceptional status as the âbest cellist in the worldâ. With its ten variations on a theme of knightly character for full orchestra, Richard Straussâ tone poem âDon Quixoteâ not only depicts the colourful adventures of Cervantesâ chivalrous hero, but also functions as a virtuoso display of glorious solo melodies embedded in stunning orchestral passages. It is, in a way, a second Strauss cello concerto that can take it up with any other late-19th century piece of this kind. Joining âthe Donâ later is a viola solo that personifies the faithful Sancho Panza and is played by Wen Xiao Zheng.



















