cello music


I listen to mostly rock and Jazz...but I downloaded a song by Yo Yo Ma on Itunes just to check it out. I loved it. Can someone please recommend some vinyl or cd from this artist or other good cello recordings

csmithbarc

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Csmithbarc, it would help us offer some suggestions if you would tell us the title and author of the piece of music Yo Yo Ma played that you liked. Then we might be able to direct you to some other that is at least in that same ballpark for you to explore. The repertoire is vast. Also, Ma plays a lot of cross-over. No point in us making recommendations of classical music if what you heard was popular music, jazz, Appalacian, etc.
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OK, if you liked the Bach Cello Suites, you might also like any of the following collections of works for cello:

Music for a Glass Bead Game - Nathaniel Rosen, cello, and Arturo Delomoni, violin

Orientale - collection of short works for cello - Nathaniel Rosen

Marin Marais: Pièces de Viole du Second Livre - Jordi Savall

Simply Baroque - Yo Yo Ma
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Csmithbarc, if you have access to a local library, you might find that it has a selection of classical music CDs available to lend. Given the vast repertoire of classical music, borrowing some recordings from the library might be a good way to test what you may like.

Congratulations on beginning this exploration!