YO YO MA & KATHRYN STOTT - SONGS OF COMFORT & HOPE

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 19439822372
Barcode: 194398223728
Release Date: 11th December 2020
Genre: Classical

Sony Classical release - 'Songs Of Comfort And Hope' is inspired by the series of recorded at home musical offerings that Ma began sharing in the first days of the COVID19 lockdown in the United States. Throughout the spring and summer Ma’s #SongsofComfort grew from a self shot video of Antonín Dvořák’s “Goin’ Home” into a worldwide effort that has reached more than 18 million people. Ma and Stott mark the next chapter in the project with this new album, offering consolation and connection in the face of fear and isolation. The album includes 21 new recordings, which span modern arrangements of traditional folk tunes, canonical pop songs, jazz standards, and mainstays from the western classical repertoire. Among the new takes on old favorites are Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw’s artful and eloquently arranged “Shenandoah”; Australian composer Harry Sdraulig’s “Fantasia On Waltzing Matilda”; pianist Stephen Hough’s lush arrangement of “Scarborough Fair” and two time Academy Award nominated icon Jorge Calandrelli’s reimagining of a pair of songbook treasures: “We’ll Meet Again” by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, and Violeta Parra’s “Gracias a la Vida.” Specialist promo/marketing activity.

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