Credits:

Yo-Yo Ma

Description:

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax, two of the greatest cello composers of our time, have recorded the complete Beethoven Sonatas for the first time in 1981 and 1985, and now, almost 40 years later, they have recorded them together for the second time. If Bach's "Suite for Unaccompanied Cello" is to the Old Testament, Beethoven's cello sonatas are to the New Testament, and since March 2020, Yo-Yo Ma has continued to present performances for those of us living with the Corona disaster. In this album, Yo-Yo Ma, together with his close friend Ax, brings us the indomitable spirit and the power to move forward from Beethoven's works in a performance of his soul. Recorded at Tanglewood's Sage Ozawa Hall in August 2020. (C)RS