Azul: The Knights with Yo-Yo Ma
Cover Art by Eberhard Ross
11/25/2016 • 11 tracks • 59 minutes
SIAMAK AGHAEI & COLIN JACOBSEN
1. Ascending Bird 6:58
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK(1841-1904)
2. Rusalka: “Song to the Moon” (arr. Jesse Diener-Bennett) 5:24
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
OSVALDO GOLIJOV (b. 1960)
Azul – Cello Concerto
3. I. Paz Sulfúrica 6:33
4. II. Silencio 6:50
5. III. Transit 6:41
6. IV. Yrushalem 8:13
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion
Jamey Haddad, percussion
Cyro Baptista, percussion
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
7. Tierkreis: “Leo” (arr. Caroline Shaw) 3:27
Sufjan Stevens (b. 1975)
Suite from Run Rabbit Run (arr. Michael P. Atkinson)
8. I. Year of the Ox 3:25
9. II. Enjoy Your Rabbit 3:01
10. III. Year of Our Lord 5:17
11. IV. Year of the Boar 2:48
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Our dear friend Yo-Yo Ma joins us to play original works and new arrangements by Siamak Aghaei & Colin Jacobsen, Antonín Dvořák, Osvaldo Golijov, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Sufjan Stevens on this album inspired by celestial stories.
“An affecting collaboration”
“The Knights [have] evolved into one of the most intriguing and dynamic advocates for music of our time…[THEY] Convey a sense of deeply felt emotion”
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