Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone
Track Listing
1. The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe
2. The Mission: The Falls
3. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Playing Love from The Legend of 1900
4. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Nostalgia from Cinema Paradiso
5. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Looking for You (Love Theme) from Cinema Paradiso
6. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Malena (Main theme)
7. Giuseppe Tornatore Suite: Remembering (Ricordare)*
8. Sergio Leone Suite: Deborah's Theme from Once Upon A Time In America
9. Sergio Leone Suite: Cockeye's Song from Once Upon a Time in America
10. Sergio Leone Suite: Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
11. Sergio Leone Suite: Main Theme from Once Upon a Time in the West
12. Sergio Leone Suite: Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
13. Brian DePalma Suite: Main Theme from Casualities of War
14. Brian DePalma Suite: Death Theme from The Untouchables
15. Moses and Marco Polo Suite: Journey from Moses
16. Moses and Marco Polo Suite: Theme from Moses
17. Moses and Marco Polo Suite: Main Theme from Marco Polo
18. The Lady Caliph: Dinner
19. The Lady Caliph: Nocturne
Ennio Morricone is acclaimed to moviegoers. His soundtracks for The Mission, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, Cinema Paradiso, and others are consistently acquiescently adapted and alluringly ill-fitted to the films they grace. They not alone add atmosphere; they advice acquaint the story. For this CD Morricone has created new orchestrations for abounding of his scores, abacus a abandoned cello allotment for the active Yo-Yo Ma, whose agreeable concern seems to be endless. Outside the films, these pieces tend to be admirable melodies, mostly appealing affected stuff, and, in the best way, attractive aural wallpaper. The best affective are the two selections from The Mission, but admirers of Morricone’s music will acquisition affluence to adore here. Ma’s playing, as always, is exquisite—warm, acutely acquainted (given the circumstances), and absolutely chatty aural the context. Perhaps not absolutely for the classical music lover, but an affectionate adjustment of music by an important blur composer.
