classical music: Mark O'Connor

classical music: Mark O'Connor

classical music:

Mark O'Connor

Appalachia Waltz / Ma, Meyer, O'Connor

Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma, ...

Sony, 1996

Welcome to "alternative" classical music!
It's wonderful to hear three such talented musicians put together a collection of non-classical music on revered instruments. This is not "The Yo-yo Ma Show" with two other guys! The music is varied but the performances are great and -- in some cases, e.g. Appalachia ...

Golijov: Yiddishbbuk

St. Lawrence String Quartet, Todd Palmer, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

It's All About Sound, Isn't It?
It's extraordinarily hard to comprehend what other people "hear" when they listen to music, or to guess what they expect to hear when they listen to new music. The reviews of this CD are dramatically polarized and confrontational. Okay, I should have expected as much, ...

Classic Yo-Yo

Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, ...

Sony, 2001

Awesome
While most people on this site see the "classic" in the title of the album as referring to classical music only, they are mistaken. Classic Yo-Yo refers to his style, not the genre into which his music choices fall. The list of tracks alone should have been a big ...

Uncommon Ritual

Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, ...

Sony, 1997

Creative Composers with a New Vein of Music
There is a real joy in discovering the work of contemporary composers who lighten the music world with abundant creativity. Such is the case for Edgar Meyer, B?la Fleck and Mike Marshall. These three not only compose but also perform their own compositions on this ...

Short Trip Home

Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, ...

Sony, 1999

Not A FAN
I'm not a fan of any genre of music, but as they say about art, I know what I like. And I like this. It has rhythm that reached into me, not even categorizable all the time. I had heard a portion of it on National Public Radio and looked for it on Amazon as soon as I ...

Appalachian Journey

Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor, ...

Sony, 2000

Best on the Planet!
These are flawless preformances of great music by some of the most talented artists on the planet. Slumber My Darling will leave you so relaxed you'll have to remember to breathe. The reels will bring you to your feet. This music reaches the soul as well as the ear.

The Other Side of Time

Mary Fahl

Sony, 2003

Mary Fahl CD-The Other Side of Time
Mary Fahl's voice gets better with time no matter what side of time she's on. I've been a fan since her arrival with the group "October Project." Her lyric s are thoughtful and her alto voice, hauntingly beautiful.

An American Journey

Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

Superb
I only heard the Gershwin and Bernstein Suites. I was so taken with the extraordinary / superb arrangements, that surpass even the original scores, that I confidently feel, both composers would second me and aplaud these Eroica Trio renditions as well.

The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

Edgar Meyer, Hector Console, ...

Sony, 2005

pure genius
No instrument asks more from the soul of an artist as the cello does. Yo Yo Ma shows to be master of the instrument and his interpretations en technique are pure genius. Everyone should have this album in his (or hers of course) basic classical collection

Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology

Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, ...

Sony, 2001

Exquisitely good music!
Didn't expect an outstanding cd, don't know exactly why i got it,maybe because of yo yo and bela, but every piece is played beautifully, even the vocal piece by James Taylor. The album is almost too good to be called Heartland, every piece is a class act. Bravo!

Crossing Bridges

Natalie Haas, Mark O'Connor, ...

Omac, 2004

Kaleidoscope of multi-hued sound that enchants
Playing Time - 73:50 -- Recorded live at Spivey Hall at Clayton College & State University in Morrow, Georgia, "Crossing Bridges" features violinist Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio, which also features violist Carol Cook and cellist Natalie Haas. The CD's booklet ...

Double Violin Concerto

Mark O'Connor, Spiritual Traditional, ...

Omac, 2005

Expansive Americana
Mark O'Connor has become quite the composer in recent years. Known very well among the Nashville session musician circle as one of the great fiddle players of all times (his fiddle work is featured on the landmark 1987 TRIO album by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and ...

Solo

Yo-Yo Ma, Bright Sheng, ...

Sony, 1999

Couldn't disagree more - a great album
I couldn't disagree more with the previous reviewer. This has long been one of my favorite cello albums over the years. Ma's recording of the Kodaly is the best yet - much more musical than Starker's any day! The other pieces are great as well. The only one that is ...

Appalachian Journey / Ma, Meyer, O'Connor

Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer

Sony, 2000

Great Performance
They say you can't judge a book by its cover. I guess the same applies to videos. I didn't buy this video for a long time because the cover looked lame with the musicians outdoors. But the production here is first rate. Several professional camera shots are used ...

Sacred Songs

Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, ...

Decca, 2005

Outstanding
I had seen this program on PBS and wanted the CD. Wonderful selection of music and Renee Fleming's outstanding voice.