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Top Five – Brahms – Double Concerto – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the best recordings of Brahms's Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra.
Yo-Yo Ma
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Review: Beethoven for Three, Vol. 4 – Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax perform Beethoven's 'Ghost’ and 'Gassenhauer' piano trios, and Shai Wosner's arrangement of the first symphony.
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In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – May 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
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Review: Beethoven For Three – Symphony No. 4 and “Archduke” Trio – Ax, Kavakos, Ma
Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma in Shai Wosner's arrangement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 for piano trio. The group also performs the "Archduke" trio.
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Review: Beethoven – Complete Cello Sonatas – Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Yo Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax return to Beethoven's complete Cello and Piano music, 40 years after their first recording.
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Review: “Songs of Comfort & Hope” – Yo Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott
Yo Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in a program of arrangements for cello and piano.
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Review: Salonen – Cello Concerto – Yo-Yo Ma, L.A. Philharmonic, Composer
Yo-Yo Ma performs the newly composed Cello Concerto by Esa-Pekka Salonen, accompanied by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by the composer.
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Review: Bach – 6 Cello Suites – Yo-Yo Ma (2018)
Yo-Yo Ma’s third attempt at Bach’s 6 unaccompanied cello suites.