Songs of Joy & Peace | 
| Artist: Yo-yo Ma
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 52
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 724414
UPC: 886972441429
EAN: 0886972441429
ASIN: B001BN1V8U
Release Date: October 14, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) - Yo-Yo Ma, cello | | • | YOU COULDN'T BE CUTER - Diana Krall, piano and vocals John Clayton, bass | | • | JOY TO THE WORLD - Dave Brubeck, piano and Matt Brubeck, cello Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet | | • | HERE COMES THE SUN - James Taylor guitar and vocals | | • | Improvisation on DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) - Edgar Meyer, bass Chris Thile, mandolin | | • | THE WASSAIL SONG /ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT - Edgar Meyer, bass Chris Thile, mandolin | | • | A CHRISTMAS JIG / MOUTH OF THE TOBIQUE REEL - Natalie MacMaster, fiddle | | • | THE WEXFORD CAROL - Alison Krauss, vocals | | • | PANXOLIÑA: A GALICIAN CAROL - Cristina Pato, bagpipes | | • | Improvisation on DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) - Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, guitar | | • | VASSOURINHAS - Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad, guitar | | • | Improvisation on DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) - Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet Alon Yavnai, piano | | • | INVITACIÓN AL DANZÓN - Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet Alon Yavnai, piano | | • | MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE - Joshua Redman, tenor sax | | • | FAMILIA - The Assad Familyy | | • | CONCORDIA - Dave Brubeck, piano Matt Brubeck, cello | | • | MY FAVORITE THINGS - Chris Botti, trumpet | | • | TOUCH THE HAND OF LOVE - Renée Fleming, soprano Edgar Meyer, bass Chris Thile, mandolin | | • | KUAI LE - Wu Tong, sheng and vocals The Silk Road Ensemble | | • | THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE - Amelia Zirin-Brown, vocals | | • | HAPPY XMAS (War is Over) - Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele | | • | DONA NOBIS PACEM (Give Us Peace) /AULD LANG SYNE - Chris Botti, trumpet |
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Album Description
Imagine a party, a musical party inspired by the holiday season. A party that celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy animating seasonal festivals the world over - Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule and New Year's Day. That is what brought Yo-Yo Ma together with a remarkable group of friends - some old, some new - to create SONGS OF JOY & PEACE. It is Yo-Yo's hope that everyone who listens to this album will hear a song familiar, comfortable and beloved to them as well as discover and fall in love with music that is brand new.
Album Description
2008 release, Yo-Yo Ma's first-ever holiday album. Features once-in-a-lifetime performances with incredible guest artists including James Taylor, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Chris Botti, Ren,e Fleming, Dave Brubeck and more. Imagine a party, a musical party inspired by the holiday spirit. A party that celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy animating festivals the world over: Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule and New Year's Day. That is what brought Yo-Yo Ma together with a remarkable group of friends to create SONGS OF JOY & PEACE. It is Yo-Yo's hope that everyone who listens to this album will hear a song familiar and beloved to them as well as discover and fall in love with music that is brand new.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 47 more reviews...
 No Dark, Sullen Winter Here! October 16, 2008
Dr. Debra Jan Bibel (Oakland, CA USA)
75 out of 76 found this review helpful
These days anthologies of a given leading musician with assorted guests are commonplace, and we have seen them in rock, jazz, blues, and even country. But Yo-Yo Ma is a classical musician who ventures far into other realms, from his Silk Road Project to Bossa Nova and Tango. Here is a stunning winter holiday album (not all strictly Christmas songs) where Ma makes music with major artists from around the world in unusual instrumental combinations. This album has excellent sound quality, as you would expect, but it is also an unusual 79 minutes long. The great jazz and Latin clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera appears on three tracks. Ma is joined with fiddle and bagpipes in support of an Alison Krauss vocal. Another Celtic combination, French Canadian, includes harp, piano, drums, and Natalie Macmaster on fiddle. Dave Brubeck and his cello-playing son Matt Brubeck appear; that is correct, two cellos. Cello and saxophone combine care of Joshua Redman, and how about cello and ukulele via Jake Shimabukuro! A work composed by Osvaldo Golijov brings together a sheng, santur, tabla, ney, kamancheh, shakuhachi, pipa, and Western strings of cello, violin, violas. Four different improvisations on Dona Nobis Pacem are interspersed among the tracks to help unite the recordings. And the jazz, Celtic, classical, rock, Latin, and pop tunes are all remarkably infused with holiday joy and Ma's sweet and sonorous cello. These fine and mellow pieces are not for dance parties but for enjoying the coziness, warmth, and peace of sitting with friends, viewing a fireplace or holiday lights, and tasting special food and drink. When you finish listening to this CD, expect to find a smile on your face and happiness in your heart.
A wonderful CD by Yo Yo Ma October 16, 2008
Robert Busko (Waynesville, NC USA)
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
When I bought Yo-Yo-Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace, I missed entirely the holiday connection that much of the music has. It wasn't until I actually listened to the CD and heard "Joy to the World" featuring Dave Brubeck on track three that I looked at the cover again and saw a very eclectic but thematically strong collection of holiday music.
Songs of Joy & Peace is a wonderful CD. Yo Yo Ma is at his best on each of the tracks and gives his visiting artists full range. My favorite tracks include:
2. You Couldn't be Cuter with Diana Krall and John Clayton
4. Here Comes the Sun with James Taylor
6. The Wassail Song/All Through the Night with Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile
7. A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel with Natalie McMaster
8. The Wexford Carol with Alison Krauss
10. Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem with Sérgio Assad and Odair Assad
16. Concordia with Dave Brubeck and Matt Brubeck
17. My Favorite Things with Chris Botti
Actually, this is unfair since I enjoyed the entire CD. I purchased the deluxe edition and have only viewed the 5 performances. There are other treasures yet to be explored.
Yo Yo Ma is a treasure and his ability to collaborate with other musicians from other fields and genre's of music is a treat for us all.
I'll leave the discussion about mixing and sound quality to others though it all sounded great to me.
Treat yourself.
Peace
What a joy! November 20, 2008
Almost Sixty! (United States)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I watched the bonus DVD first and learned so much about why each song was chosen and how the arrangements came to be. Yo-Yo Ma is an effervescent personality who exudes such love and joy himself, the artists loved working with him. Some were old friends, some new. The music is exceptionally beautiful, with an unexpected selection for the holidays.
A Masterpiece from the Master December 3, 2008
Jazz Dork (Kansas)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
A stunning recording! YoYo Ma has the ability to allow his cello to support so many other beautiful compositions and performers. No ego trip here, folks.
I must say that maybe I'm the only one that got the James Taylor interpretation of "Here Comes the Sun"? In fact, JT was dissed by at least one reviewer for his take on this Harrison classic. However, JT is one to re-invent many songs, and this was no exception. From the first spin through the lyrics, I heard "Here comes the Son"...."Son, Son, Son, here He comes"....indeed a Christmas song!
At a time of the year when everyone and their dog is releasing a collection of the same old same old, YoYo has the gumption to create something truly worth listening to and enjoying.
 Sour Notes November 23, 2008
J. L. Shipp (Richmond, Virginia United States)
10 out of 26 found this review helpful
I like Yo Yo Ma and many of the people he collaborated with on this album. However, this album suffers in so many ways, and I will just get to the point. The song choices lack cohesion. Yo Yo Ma - he can't be found on a majority of the tracks. I wanted to hear his cello soar. The arrangements were poor. I feel that that what may have hurt this album the most was the producer. The production is haphazard. There seems to be so many musicians involved that you get this cloudy effect on most of the songs. It's a mess. I bought the CD and I gave it to someone anonymously that likes classical and holiday music. If they like it more the better, if not, all the same. The album is just utter crap. I must say that James Taylor - what do people see in him? He butchered Here Comes the Sun. UGH! What a crap Xmas CD!
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