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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Various Composers - Songs of Comfort and Hope (Yo-Yo Ma; Kathryn Stott)


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  1. Traditional English - Amazing Grace, Prelude (arr. Graham Fitkin)
  2. Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II - Ol' Man River (arr. Roderick Williams)
  3. Traditional American - Shenandoah (arr. Caroline Shaw)
  4. Antonín Dvořák - Goin' Home (from Symphony No. 9, "From the New World") [arr. William Arms Fisher]
  5. Ernest Bloch - Jewish Song (Jewish Life, No. 3)
  6. Sergei Rachmaninov - Zdes' khorosho, Op. 21, No. 7
  7. Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Mikhail Matusovsky - Moscow Nights (arr. Stephen Hough)
  8. Harold Arlen - Over the Rainbow (arr. Tom Poster)
  9. Wu Tong - Rain Falling from the Roof
  10. Felix Mendelssohn - Song Without Words, Op. 109
  11. Harry Sdraulig - Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda
  12. Traditional English - Scarborough Fair (arr. Stephen Hough)
  13. Edvard Grieg - Solveig's Song
  14. Francis Poulenc - Les Chemins de l'Amour
  15. Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Marietta's Lied
  16. Traditional Zulu lullaby - Thula Baba (arr. Roderick Williams)
  17. Traditional Irish - The Last Rose of Summer (arr. Benjamin Britten)
  18. Traditional Irish - Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) [arr. Fritz Kreisler]
  19. Violeta Parra - Gracias a la Vida (arr. Jorge Calandrelli)
  20. Ross Parker, Hughie Charles - We'll Meet Again (arr. Jorge Calandrelli)
  21. Traditional English - Amazing Grace, Postlude (arr. Graham Fitkin)

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kathryn Stott, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Sony

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Various Composers - Songs from the Arc of Life (Yo-Yo Ma; Kathryn Stott)


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  1. Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod - Ave Maria
  2. Johannes Brahms - Lullaby, Op 49 No. 4
  3. Antonín Dvořák - Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4
  4. Gabriel Fauré - Papillon, Op. 77
  5. Jacob Gade - Tango Jalousie
  6. Robert Schumann - Vanitas vanitatum, Op. 102 No. 1
  7. Jean Sibelius - Was It a Dream?, Op. 37 No. 4
  8. Gabriel Fauré - Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1
  9. Edward Elgar - Salut d’amour, Op. 12
  10. George Gershwin - Prelude No. 1 (from Three Preludes)
  11. Frederick Delius - Romance for Cello and Piano
  12. Fritz Kreisler - La Gitana
  13. Giovanni Sollima - Il bell’Antonio, Tema III
  14. Camille Saint-Saëns - The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals)
  15. Edvard Grieg - The Wounded Heart, Op. 34 No. 1
  16. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
  17. Olivier Messiaen - Louange à l’éternité de Jésus (from Quartet to the End of Time)
  18. Claude Debussy - Beau Soir
  19. Franz Schubert - Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6
  20. Gabriel Fauré - Romance, Op. 69
  21. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Melodie, Op. 42 No. 3
  22. Manuel de Falla - Nana (from Siete Canciones Populares Españolas)

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kathryn Stott, piano

Date: 2015
Label: Sony

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Ennio Morricone - Yo-Yo Ma plays Morricone


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Composer: Ennio Morricone
  1. The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe
  2. The Mission: The Falls
  3. The Legend of 1900: Playing Love
  4. Cinema Paradisio: Nostalgia
  5. Cinema Paradisio: Looking for You
  6. Malena: Main Theme
  7. A Pure Formality: Main Theme
  8. Once upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme
  9. Once upon a Time in America: Cockeye's Song
  10. Once upon a Time in America: Main Theme
  11. Once upon a Time in the West: Main Theme
  12. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Ecstasy of Gold
  13. Casualties of War: Main Theme
  14. The Untouchables: Death Theme
  15. Moses: Journey
  16. Moses: Theme
  17. Marco Polo: Main Theme
  18. The Lady Caliph: Dinner
  19. The Lady Caliph: Nocturne

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Gilda Butta, piano
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra
Ennio Morricone, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Sony

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Astor Piazzolla - Soul of the Tango (Yo-Yo Ma)


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Composer: Astor Piazzolla
  1. Libertango
  2. Tango Suite (arr. Sergio Assad): 1. Andante
  3. Tango Suite (arr. Sergio Assad): 2. Allegro
  4. Tango Suite (arr. Sergio Assad): 3. Sur: Regreso al amor
  5. Tango Suite (arr. Sergio Assad): 4. Le Grand Tango
  6. Tango Suite (arr. Sergio Assad): 5. Fugata
  7. Tango Remembrances
  8. Mumuki
  9. Tres minutos con la realidad
  10. Milonga de ángel
  11. Café 1930

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Sergio Assad & Odair Assad, guitars
Kathryn Stott, piano
Nestor Marconi, bandoneon
Antonio Agri, violin
Horacio Malvicino, guitar
Hector Console, bass
Leonardo Marconi, piano

Date: 1997
Label: Sony

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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble - Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon


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  1. Indrajit Dey; Sandeep Das - Mohini (Enchantment)
  2. Oasis
  3. Zhao Jiping; Zhao Lin - Distant Green Valley
  4. Akhalqalaqi Dance (Georgian/Armenian Traditional)
  5. Zhao Jiping - Echoes of a Lost City
  6. Kayhan Kalhor - Mountains are Far Away
  7. Yanzi (Swallow Song) (Kazakh/Chinese Traditional)
  8. Battle Remembered
  9. Zhao Jiping - Summer in the High Grassland
  10. Fikret Amirov - Kor Arab (The Blind Arab)
  11. Uzeyir Hajibeyov; Mammad Ordubadi - Shikasta (Minstrel's Song)
  12. Night at the Caravanserai (Turkish Traditional)
  13. Kayhan Kalhor - Gallop of a Thousand Horses
  14. Sandeep Das - Tarang (Currents)
  15. Zhao Jiping - Sacred Cloud Music

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
The Silk Road Ensemble

Date: 2004
Label: Sony

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Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble - Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet


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  1. Mongolian Traditional long song
  2. Byambasuren Sharav - Legend of Herlen
  3. Blue Little Flower (Chinese Traditional)
  4. Mido Mountain (Chinese Traditional)
  5. Zhao Jiping - Moon Over Guan Mountains
  6. Michio Mamiya - Five Finnish Folk Songs: 3. Miero vuotti uutta kuuta
  7. Michio Mamiya - Five Finnish Folk Songs: 5. Joiku
  8. Avaz-e Dashti (Persian Traditional)
  9. Franghiz Ali-Zadeh - Habil-Sayagy (In Habil's Style), for cello and prepared piano
  10. Kayhan Kalhor - Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur
  11. Filippo Azzaiolo - Chi passa per'sta strada
  12. Tan Dun - Desert Capriccio (music from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
The Silk Road Ensemble

Date: 2001
Label: Sony

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Yo-Yo Ma - Japanese Melodies


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  1. Matsushima-Ondo
  2. Kojo-No-Tsuki
  3. Zui-Zui-Zukkorobashi
  4. Defune
  5. Nara-Yama
  6. Chin-Chin-Chidori
  7. Sakura, Sakura
  8. Oroku-Musume
  9. Chugoku-Chiho-No-Komoriuta
  10. Chiran-Bushi

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Pactricia Zander, harpsichord
Pro Musica Nipponia
Michio Mamiya, arranger & conductor
Sumire Yoshiwara, percussion
Hiroaki Naka, bass
Masami Nakagawa, flute

Date: 1984
Label: CBS

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Monday, February 16, 2026

Tri Nguyen - Beyond Borders


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  1. Distant Voices
  2. Hanging Moon
  3. Guacyra
  4. Dragon and Tiger Dance
  5. My Home
  6. Edjin Duun
  7. A biasgina
  8. A Blackbird in Kallisté
  9. Evening Song
  10. Black Riding Horse

Tri Nguyen, Vietnamese zither
Buynta Goryaeva, violin
Clément Garcin, guitar

Date: 2017
Label: Lunelios

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Tri Nguyen - A Journey Between Worlds


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  1. Child Where Are You?
  2. Prayer for Water
  3. Golden Skies

Tri Nguyen, Vietnamese zither
Qaïs Saadi, oud & percussion

Date: 2016
Label: 

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Tri Nguyen - Consonnances


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  1. Complaints to the Sky in the Falling Dust
  2. Autumn Moon Lullaby
  3. Exchange of Love
  4. Waterdrops
  5. Song of the Blackbird
  6. Twilight Mist
  7. Strategist Khong on the Fortress
  8. Sadness of the South
  9. Move on Water, Walk on Clouds
  10. Emperor
  11. The Joy of Coming Home
  12. Melancholy
  13. Nostalgia

Tri Nguyen, Vietnamese zither
The 'Ilios Quartet
    Buynta Goryaeva, violin
    Iryna Topolnitska, violin
    Caroline Berry, viola
    Dima Tsypkin, cello

Date: 2013
Label: Lunelios

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Sunday, February 15, 2026

Tanya Ekanayaka - 16 Sri Lankan Piano Isles


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  1. Kera-Extempore
  2. Little Barnacle
  3. Elubu-Extempore
  4. Soliloquy
  5. Manthivu-Extempore
  6. Sallithivu Scaevola
  7. Palaithi-Extempore
  8. Cadence
  9. Analai-Extempore
  10. Blue Rock Dove Tell
  11. Nai-Extempore
  12. Coral Muse
  13. Ithivu-Extempore
  14. Realms
  15. Riyathi-Extempore
  16. Luminary Crows

Tanya Ekanayaka, piano & compositions
Date: 2025
Label: Naxos World Music

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Tanya Ekanayaka - 18 Piano Sutras & 25 South Asian Pianisms


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CD1: 18 Piano Sutras
  1. Yelimu
  2. Ruyanpe
  3. Agidu
  4. Ushe
  5. Yuhuma
  6. Tolou
  7. Tunder
  8. Nim
  9. Ekitala
  10. Ihua
  11. Seiri
  12. Anlamach
  13. Kandaani
  14. Tumaiguini
  15. Uvhendza
  16. Niyare
  17. Takeimalo
  18. Pavaz
CD2: 25 South Asian Pianisms
  1. Khirkey
  2. Dhatoh
  3. Khwe
  4. Parun
  5. Emrouz
  6. Sabaa
  7. Kaini
  8. Noshwor
  9. Ipil
  10. Vissaara
  11. Lewa
  12. Turi
  13. Vishraam
  14. Neralu
  15. Ghara
  16. Subhane
  17. Aabshaar
  18. Iskim
  19. Dhwani
  20. Cirai
  21. Numa
  22. Indraikku
  23. Siithu
  24. Nivahan
  25. Ode to South Asia

Tanya Ekanayaka, piano & compositions
Date: 2023
Label: Naxos World Music

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Tanya Ekanayaka - The Planets & Humanity


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  1. Neptune: Asháninka Kindled
  2. Mercury with Antarctica
  3. Uranus: Numbulwar Sustaining
  4. Venus: Sámi Traced
  5. Saturn: Gond Inspired
  6. Earth - Life
  7. Jupiter: Cree Cast
  8. Mars: Hadzabe Touched

Tanya Ekanayaka, piano & compositions
Date: 2021
Label: Grand Piano

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Tanya Ekanayaka - Twelve Piano Prisms


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  1. E Flat - July 2016/17
  2. B Flat - Armenia to a Pearl
  3. C - Emerald Lapwing Karpet
  4. D Flat - Intuition, Auld Lang Syne & An Asian Sacred
  5. G - With Paaru Kavi
  6. F - Renewal & Goyam Kapuma
  7. E - Arrow-and
  8. A - Zuni Sea
  9. A Flat Scintilla: Komitas Unto Childhood
  10. B - Of Vannam & Zhuang Tai Qiu Si
  11. F Sharp - Kitty & Bambaru
  12. D - Hana Hare

Tanya Ekanayaka, piano & compositions
Date: 2018
Label: Grand Piano

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Tanya Ekanayaka - Reinventions. Rhapsodies for Piano


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  1. Adahas: Of Wings of Roots
  2. Dew Encounters: Of Scottish Walks, Vannam (Udara) & Sri Lanka's Bugs Bunny
  3. Dhaivaya: Alter(ing) Hue
  4. Vannam (Gajaga, Mayura & Hanuma) & You
  5. In Lotus: Olu Pipila with Moment
  6. Labyrinth; Vannam Lent
  7. 2013/14 June Echoes

Tanya Ekanayaka, piano & compositions
Date: 2015
Label: Grand Piano

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