Ma,Yo-Yo Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites CD

Two CD set. Sony Classical is proud to announce the release of Yo-Yo Ma's Six Evolutions - Bach Cello Suites, his third and final recording of these works. Bach and his Cellos Suites entered Yo-Yo Ma's life when he was four, when he learned the first measure of the Pr?lude to Suite No. 1 under his father's instruction. Ma has never lost his initial fascination. "Bach's Cello Suites have been my constant musical companions," Ma writes of the music. "For almost six decades, they have given me sustenance, comfort and joy during times of stress, celebration and loss. What power does this music possess that even today, after three hundred years, it continues to help us navigate through troubled times?" Ma is more convinced than ever of the suites' ability to create shared meaning that extends far beyond the here and now. The suites' collective vision - at once divergent and coherent, empathic and objective - reminds us of all that connects us despite an increasingly discordant public conversation.

1. Disc 1 Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 2. I. Pr?lude 3. II. Allemande 4. III. Courante 5. IV. Sarabande 6. V. Menuets I ; II 7. VI. Gigue 8. I. Pr?lude - Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 9. II. Allemande 10. III. Courante 11. IV. Sarabande 12. V. Menuets I ; II 13. VI. Gigue 14. I. Pr?lude - Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 15. II. Allemande 16. III. Courante 17. IV. Sarabande 18. V. Bourr?es I ; II 19. VI. Gigue 20. Disc 2 Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 21. I. Pr?lude 22. II. Allemande 23. III. Courante 24. IV. Sarabande 25. V. Bourr?es I ; II 26. VI. Gigue 27. I. Pr?lude - Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 28. II. Allemande 29. III. Courante 30. IV. Sarabande 31. V. Gavottes I ; II 32. VI. Gigue 33. Pr?lude - Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 34. II. Allemande 35. III. Courante 36. IV. Sarabande 37. V. Gavottes I ; II 38. VI. Gigue