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

3LP set on 180-gram vinyl

World famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma's third and final time recording the Bach Cello Suites

Yo-Yo Ma has won 18 Grammy Awards and sold more than 7 million albums in the U.S.

Sony Classical is proud to announce the release of Yo-Yo Ma's new album 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 4 years old, when he learned the first measure of the Prélude 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.

The August release of Six Evolutions also signals the beginning of a two-year, six-continent journey in which Yo-Yo Ma will devote himself to Bach's music, playing all six Cello Suites in a single setting in familiar and unlikely locations.

Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites will not only offer an essential encapsulation of what this music means now to one of the world's most celebrated artists, it begins a new chapter in the cellist's 58-year relationship with this music.

 

 

Side 1

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; I. Prélude

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; II. Allemande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; III. Courante

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; IV. Sarabande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; V. Menuets I & II

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; VI. Gigue

Side 2

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008; I. Prélude

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008; II. Allemande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008; III. Courante

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008; IV. Sarabande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008; V. Menuets I & II

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008; VI. Gigue

Side 3

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; I. Prélude

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; II. Allemande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; III. Courante

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; IV. Sarabande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; V. Bourrées I & II

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; VI. Gigue

Side 4

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010; I. Prélude

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010; II. Allemande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010; III. Courante

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010; IV. Sarabande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010; V. Bourrées I & II

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010; VI. Gigue

Side 5

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011; I. Prélude

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011; II. Allemande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011; III. Courante

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011; IV. Sarabande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011; V. Gavottes I & II

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011; VI. Gigue

Side 6

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; I. Prélude

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; II. Allemande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; III. Courante

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; IV. Sarabande

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; V. Gavottes I & II

Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; VI. Gigue

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