Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

Yo-Yo Ma's first collaboration with acclaimed Italian film composer, Ennio Morricone. Features original cello & orchestra arrangements by Morricone of his most popular themes: "The Mission," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "Cinema Paradiso" and others.

Ennio Morricone is well-known to moviegoers. His soundtracks for The Mission, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, Cinema Paradiso, and others are invariably warmly melodic and superbly suited to the films they grace. They not only add atmosphere; they help tell the story. For this CD Morricone has created new orchestrations for many of his scores, adding a solo cello part for the indefatigable Yo-Yo Ma, whose musical curiosity seems to be endless. Outside the films, these pieces tend to be lovely melodies, mostly pretty sentimental stuff, and, in the best way, gorgeous aural wallpaper. The most moving are the two selections from The Mission, but fans of Morricone's music will find plenty to enjoy here. Ma's playing, as always, is exquisite---warm, deeply felt (given the circumstances), and entirely idiomatic within the context. Perhaps not quite for the classical music lover, but an affectionate reworking of music by an important film composer. --Robert Levine.

List of the Track Names-

1. The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

2. The Mission: The Falls

3. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Playing Love from The Legend of 1900

4. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso

5. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Looking for You (Love Theme) from Cinema Paradiso

6. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Malena (Main theme)

7. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Remembering (Ricordare)*

8. Sergio Leone Suite: Deborah's Theme from Once Upon A Time In America

9. Sergio Leone Suite: Cockeye's Song from Once Upon a Time in America

10. Sergio Leone Suite: Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in America

11. Sergio Leone Suite: Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West

12. Sergio Leone Suite: Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

13. Brian DePalma Suite: Main Theme from Casualities of War

14. Brian DePalma Suite: Death Theme from The Untouchables

15. Moses and Marco Polo Suite: Journey from Moses

16. Moses and Marco Polo Suite: Theme from Moses

17. Moses and Marco Polo Suite: Main Theme from Marco Polo

18. The Lady Caliph: Dinner

19. The Lady Caliph: Nocturne

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Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone