{"id":15452,"date":"2024-11-25T15:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T15:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=15452"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T15:36:50","slug":"yo-yo-ma-records-final-album-collaborator-forty-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2024\/11\/25\/yo-yo-ma-records-final-album-collaborator-forty-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Yo-Yo Ma Records Final Album With Collaborator of Forty Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott (Video still)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After 4 decades of collaborations, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott recorded their final album together. Stott plans to retire from playing at the end of this year.<\/p>\n

Driving the news:<\/strong> Last month, the legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma released his final album with his collaborative partner of 40 years, the pianist Kathryn Stott. Entitled Merci<\/a>, Stott and Ma describe the album as an expression of gratitude that centres on works by Gabriel Faur\u00e9, who died 100 years ago. It also includes works by members of Faur\u00e9\u2019s circle including his friend Pauline Viardot, his students Nadia<\/a> and Lili Boulanger, and his teacher Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns. The album is recorded by Sony Classical.<\/p>\n

Digging deeper:<\/strong> In a press release<\/a>, both artists described the deeply personal nature of their programming choices on Merci. Both Ma and Stott hold connections to Gabriel Faur\u00e9. Stott played Faur\u00e9\u2019s fourth Barcarolle for Nadia Boulanger when she was 10 years old and Ma studied with Boulanger\u2019s student Luise Vosgerchian while he was at Harvard. Ma credits Vosgerchian with turning him \u201cfrom a neurotic musician into an even more neurotic musician<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the years, Ma and Stott have developed a close personal and musical relationship. Hearing them play the music of their musical predecessors on their last album together should be a treat indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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