Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Sony Classical: SK 68460.
Original works and folksong transcriptions for various combinations with violin, cello and double bass.
Yo-Yo Ma, cello ; Edgar Meyer, double bass ; Mark O’Connor, violin.
Recorded in Nashville, Tenn., August 17-20, 1995.
Contents: The green groves of Erin ; The flowers of Red Hill / traditional ; arranged [by] E. Meyer (3:04) -- Appalachia waltz / M. O’Connor ; arranged [by] E. Meyer (5:45) -- Chief sitting in the rain / traditional ; arranged [by] E. Meyer, M. O’Connor (2:01) -- Mama / E. Meyer (5:44) -- Butterfly’s day out / M. O’Connor ; arranged [by] E. Meyer (4:43) -- Druid fluid / E. Meyer, M. O’Connor (6:30) -- First impressions (4:07) ; Étienne et Petunia (4:02) / E. Meyer -- F.C.’s jig / M. O’Connor (3:15) -- College hornpipe / traditional ; arranged [by] E. Meyer, M. O’Connor (3:15) -- Pickles / E. Meyer (3:02) -- Old country fairytale / M. O’Connor (8:25) -- Schizoozy / E. Meyer (4:01) -- Star of the County Down / traditional ; arranged [by] E. Meyer (4:44) -- Speed of the plow medley / traditional ; arranged [by] E. Meyer, O’Connor (1:57) -- Fair dancer reel / M. O’Connor ; arranged [by] E. Meyer (4:46).
Reviews
- 1. Double bassist, no. 3 (Spring/Summer 1997), p. 66.
Performers
1. | Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955- |
2. | Meyer, Edgar, 1960- |
3. | O’Connor, Mark, 1962- |