简介:
SONY CLASSICAL最近特别从马友友历年获得格兰美奖与奥斯卡金像奖肯定的许多张专辑中,精挑细选出他最具代表性的精华曲目,完成了这张马友友20年来最完整的精选集。堪称是让乐迷接近马友友音乐魅力的最佳入门教材。
这张名为《CLASSIC YO-YO》的唱片中,除了有马友友的精彩炫技纵横全碟,更有他与当今乐坛首屈一指的音乐家的联袂演出。例如已故小提琴巨匠斯特恩、小提琴大师帕尔曼、电影音乐天皇约翰-威廉斯等,绝佳的默契搭配,让整张唱片的音乐可听性几乎无懈可击。
除此之外,这张唱片更收录3首从未发行过的全新作品:与小提琴民谣歌手艾莉森-克劳斯再度合作的“Simple Gifts”、探戈大师皮埃尔佐拉的名曲“Fear Tango”以及约翰-威廉斯的新作“American Collection Theme”(Extended Version)。“新曲+精选”的完美组合,使整张唱片更具新意,曲风也呈现出绝无仅有的多元化,完全超越古典的限制,恣意挥洒出无限可能的音乐创意。
这张唱片中的曲目虽然大多数取自已以不同的专辑,但由于SONY工程师后期混音技艺精湛,16段录音竟然无一不呈现出干净细腻的音质、饱满丰润的平衡度,以及迷人鲜活的现场空间感,给人以浑然一体之感。
非常值得一提的是,发烧友可以透过此碟领略到马友友所使用的两把名贵大提琴奇美绝伦的音色。这两把一直陪伴在马友友身边的名琴,一把是出产于1733年威尼斯的“蒙塔那那”(Montagnana);另一把是1712年由意大利克莱莫纳制琴大师斯特拉迪瓦里制作的“大卫多夫”(Davidoff)。后者曾经为英国传奇女大提琴家杜普蕾所拥有,音色苍劲透明,琴腔共鸣之美妙,所弥漫出的“木头味”之浓烈,实在令人难以抵挡。据悉马友友为配合其专辑《繁花似锦巴洛克》中的古乐录音,还特别邀请英国著名古乐器制造家将这把“大卫多夫”名琴改回巴洛克时期惯用的琴型。琴弦间距拉大;琴码变厚;四弦拉在一个平面上;琴弦改成羊肠弦;弓改成大弧度的古弓;最特别的是将琴身下的支柱拆除,悬空以双脚夹住演奏,完全符合巴洛克时期的演奏特色。
曲目:
01. Bach: Prélude from Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Excerpt)
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
02. Piazzolla: Fear Tango
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Bandoneon – Nestor Marconi
Bass – Hector Console
Piano – Leonardo Marconi
Producer – Oscar Castro-Neves
03. O'Conner: Butterfly's Day Out
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Bass – Edgar Meyer
Mandolin – Mark O'Connor
Producer – Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor
04. Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 75
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Conductor – Ton Koopman
Orchestra – The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Producer – Tini Mathot
05. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 72
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Conductor – Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra – Boston Symphony Orchestra
Producer – Thomas Frost
Transcription By – Oskar Morawetz
Violin – Itzhak Perlman
06. Gershwin: Three Preludes: I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Piano – Jeffrey Kahane
07. Williams: American Collection Theme (Extended Version)
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Conductor, Producer – John Williams
Orchestra – Recording Arts Orchestra Of Los Angeles
08. Meyer: 1B
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Bass – Edgar Meyer
Violin – Mark O'Connor
09. Brahms: IV. Allegro molto from Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 99
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Piano – Emanuel Ax
10. Tan Dun: The Eternal Vow (From "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon")
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Domra [Rawap] – Alimjan
Drum [Hand] – David Cossin, Kasim
Orchestra – Shanghai National Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
11. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Erbarme dich
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Conductor – Ton Koopman
Orchestra – Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Producer – Tini Mathot
12. Faure: IV. Allegro molto from Quartet for Piano & Strings No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 (Excerpt)
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Piano – Emanuel Ax
Viola – Jaime Laredo
Violin – Isaac Stern
13. Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Vocals – Bobby McFerrin
14. Piazzolla: Libertango
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Bandoneon – Nestor Marconi
Bass – Hector Console
Guitar – Horacio Malvicino
Piano – Leonardo Marconi
Violin – Antonio Agri