Yo-Yo Ma and Friends, Songs of Joy and Peace, CD, # 94140

Acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma together with a remarkable group of friends produced this incredible album of uplifting music, full of a rich tapestry of sounds – classical, jazz, Celtic, spiritual. Artists performing with Ma include Alison Krauss, James Taylor, Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Renee Fleming, Edgar Meyer, Diana Krall and more. A generous list of 22 songs include The Wexford Carol, All Through the Night, Touch of the Hand of Love, Here Comes the Sun, Joy to the World, Auld Lang Syne, gorgeous variations of Dona Nobis Pacem, and 12 more.

1. Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

2. You Couldn’t be Cuter - Diana Krall and John Clayton

3. Joy to the World - Dave Brubeck, Matt Brubeck, Paquito d'Rivera

4. Here Comes the Sun - James Taylor

5. Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) - Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile

6. The Wassail Song/All Through the Night - Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile

7. A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel - Natalie Macmaster

8. The Wexford Carol - Alison Krauss

9. Panxoliña: A Galician Carol - Cristina Pato

10. Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) - Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad

11. Vassourinhas - Sérgio Assad & Odair Assad

12. Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) - Paquito d’Rivera, Alon Yavnai

13. Invitación al Danzón - Paquito d’Rivera, Alon Yavnai

14. My one and only love - Joshua Redman

15. Familia - The Assad family

16. Concordia - Dave Brubeck, Matt Brubeck

17. My Favorite Things - Chris Botti

18. Touch the Hand of Love - Renée Fleming, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile

19. Kuai le - Wu Tong, The Silk Road Ensemble

20. This Little Light of Mine - Amelia Zirin-Brown

21. Happy Xmas (war is over) - Jake Shimabukuro

22. Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)/Auld Lang Syne - Chris Botti