{"id":2810,"date":"2020-10-16T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/sonymusic-labels\/yo-yo-ma-kathryn-stott-announce-new-album-songs-of-comfort-and-hope-available-december-11-preorder-now\/"},"modified":"2020-10-16T10:11:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:11:17","slug":"yo-yo-ma-kathryn-stott-announce-new-album-songs-of-comfort-and-hope-available-december-11-preorder-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonymusic.com\/masterworks\/yo-yo-ma-kathryn-stott-announce-new-album-songs-of-comfort-and-hope-available-december-11-preorder-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott Announce New Album Songs Of Comfort And Hope Available December 11 — Preorder Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK<\/span>, Oct. 16, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire<\/a>\/ — Cellist Yo-Yo Ma<\/span><\/strong> and pianist Kathryn Stott<\/span><\/strong> come together again, this time for Songs of Comfort and Hope<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>set for release on December 11, 2020<\/span><\/strong> on Sony Classical. Available now for preorder<\/a>, Songs of Comfort and Hope<\/em><\/strong> is inspired by the series of recorded-at-home musical offerings that Ma began sharing in the first days of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United States<\/span>. Throughout the spring and summer, Yo-Yo Ma’s<\/span> #SongsofComfort<\/strong> grew from a self-shot video of Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k’s “Goin’ Home<\/a>” into a worldwide effort that has reached more than 18 million people.<\/p>\n

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Ma<\/strong> and Stott<\/strong> mark the next chapter in the project with this new album, offering consolation and connection in the face of fear and isolation. The album includes 21 new recordings, which span modern arrangements of traditional folk tunes, canonical pop songs, jazz standards, and mainstays from the western classical repertoire. “Songs are little time capsules of emotions: they can contain long-lost dreams and desires, and feelings of great spirit, optimism, and unity<\/em>,” Ma<\/strong> and Stott<\/strong> write of Songs of Comfort and Hope<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Songs bring a sense of community, identity, and purpose, crossing boundaries and binding us together in thanks, consolation, and encouragement. It had long been our wish to explore this medium further, but we could never have imagined that the catalyst would be a pandemic that fundamentally rearranged our ways of living. This is music that tells stories, that marks occasions private and public, that gives voice to celebrations, remembrances, and all of life’s mysteries. These are songs that pay tribute to musical champions of social justice \u2014 like Paul Robeson<\/span><\/strong> and Violeta<\/strong> Parra<\/strong> \u2014 and to the troubadours of our joy, imagination, and sorrow \u2014 like Francis<\/strong> Poulenc<\/strong>, Wu<\/strong> Tong<\/strong>, and Benjamin<\/strong> Britten<\/strong><\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Among the new takes on old favorites are Pulitzer Prize\u00ae winner Caroline Shaw<\/span><\/strong>‘s artful and eloquently arranged “Shenandoah”<\/strong>; Australian composer Harry Sdraulig<\/span><\/strong>‘s “Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda”<\/strong>; pianist Stephen Hough<\/span><\/strong>‘s lush arrangement of “Scarborough Fair<\/span>“<\/strong>, and two-time Academy\u00ae Award-nominated icon Jorge Calandrelli’s<\/span><\/strong> re-imagining of a pair of songbook treasures: “We’ll Meet Again”<\/strong> by Ross Parker<\/span><\/strong> and Hughie Charles<\/span><\/strong>, and Violeta Parra<\/span><\/strong>‘s “Gracias a la Vida<\/strong>.“<\/strong> See the full track list below.<\/p>\n

Ma<\/strong> and Stott<\/strong>‘s recording partnership began in 1985, and includes Soul of the Tango<\/em><\/strong> and Obrigado Brazil<\/em><\/strong>, each of which garnered a GRAMMY\u00ae Award for “Best Classical Crossover Album<\/em>.“<\/em> Most recently, in 2015, they released the critically acclaimed Songs from the Arc of Life<\/em><\/strong>, of which NPR<\/em> wrote, “Over those many years, they’ve developed a wonderfully warm and mutually responsive musical partnership that has blossomed in performances that are both generous and incisive.”<\/p>\n

Yo-Yo Ma<\/span><\/strong> and Kathryn Stott<\/span><\/strong> share the warmth of decades of music making again with Songs of Comfort and Hope<\/em><\/strong>, offering audiences new paths into treasured musical memories and a few notes of hope for a better future.<\/p>\n

Sony Music Masterworks comprises Masterworks, Sony Classical, Milan Records<\/span>, OKeh, Portrait and Masterworks Broadway imprints. For email updates and information please visit www.sonymusicmasterworks.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

CONNECT WITH THE ARTISTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

YO-YO MA<\/span>
<\/strong>WEBSITE<\/strong>:  http:\/\/www.yo-yoma.com\/<\/a>
FACEBOOK<\/strong>:https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YoYoMa<\/a>
INSTAGRAM<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yoyoma<\/a>
TWITTER<\/strong>: https:\/\/twitter.com\/yoyo_ma<\/a>
YOUTUBE<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/YoYoMaVEVO<\/a><\/p>\n

KATHRYN STOTT<\/span>
<\/strong>WEBSITE<\/strong>: http:\/\/www.kathrynstott.com\/<\/a>
TWITTER<\/strong>:  https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathystott<\/a>
INSTAGRAM<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stott.kathryn<\/a><\/p>\n

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TRACKLISTING:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1.  Amazing Grace, Prelude
<\/strong> Traditional English
Arranged and produced by Graham Fitkin<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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11. <\/strong> Fantasia on Waltzing Matilda
<\/strong>Harry Sdraulig<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2. <\/strong> Ol’ Man River
<\/strong>from Showboat<\/em>, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Arranged by Roderick Williams<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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12. <\/strong> Scarborough Fair 
<\/strong>Traditional English
Arranged by Stephen Hough <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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3. <\/strong> Shenandoah
<\/strong>Traditional American
Arranged By Caroline Shaw<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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13. <\/strong> Solveig’s Song
<\/strong>from Peer Gynt<\/em>, Edvard Grieg<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4. <\/strong> Goin’ Home
<\/strong>from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World” Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k
Arranged by William Arms Fisher<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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14. <\/strong> Les Chemins de l’Amour 
<\/strong>Francis Poulenc<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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5. <\/strong> Jewish Song
<\/strong>from Jewish Life, No. 3
<\/em>Ernest Bloch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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15. <\/strong> Marietta’s Lied
<\/strong>from Die tote Stadt<\/em>, Erich Wolfgang Korngold)   <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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6. <\/strong> Zdes’ khorosho, Op. 21, No. 7
<\/strong>Sergei Rachmaninoff<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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16. <\/strong> Thula Baba
<\/strong>Traditional Zulu lullaby
Arranged by Roderick Williams<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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7. <\/strong> Moscow Nights
<\/strong>Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and Mikhail Matusovsky
Arranged by Stephen Hough <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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17. <\/strong> The Last Rose of Summer
<\/strong>Traditional Irish
Arranged by Benjamin Britten<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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8. <\/strong> Over the Rainbow
<\/strong>from “The Wizard of Oz,” Harold Arlen
Arranged by Tom Poster<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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18. <\/strong> Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
<\/strong>Traditional Irish
Arranged by Fritz Kreisler<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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9. <\/strong> Rain Falling from the Roof
<\/strong>Wu Tong<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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19. <\/strong> Gracias a la Vida
<\/strong>Violeta Parra
Arranged by Jorge Calandrelli<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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10. <\/strong> Song Without Words, Op. 109
<\/strong>Felix Mendelssohn<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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20. <\/strong> We’ll Meet Again
<\/strong>Ross Parker and Hughie Charles
Arranged by Jorge Calandrelli<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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21. <\/strong> Amazing Grace, Postlude
<\/strong>Traditional English
Arranged and produced by Graham Fitkin<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

  ALBUM ARTWORK (FOR MEDIA USE):<\/strong> DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACTS:
<\/strong>Larissa Slezak<\/span><\/a> | Jamie Bertel<\/span><\/a> \u2013 Sony Music Masterworks
Amanda Ameer<\/a> \u2013 First Chair Promotion<\/p>\n

SOURCE Sony Music Masterworks<\/p>\n

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