American string band music. Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; Edgar Meyer, bass; Mark O'Connor, violin; with James Taylor, guitar (track 3 and 6) and vocals (track 3); and Alison Krauss, violin (track 7) and vocals (track 14). Recorded July 19-21, 1999, at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass., and Sept. 10, 1999, at Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, Tenn. Compact disc. Program notes by John Schaefer, in English with German and French translations, and texts of the Foster songs (23 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
1B / Edgar Meyer (4:02) -- Misty moonlight waltz / Mark O'Connor (4:46) -- Hard times come again no more / Stephen Foster ; arr. Taylor ... [et al.] (3:44) -- Indecision / Meyer (4:28) -- Limerock / traditional ; arr. O'Connor and Meyer (2:28) -- Benjamin / James Taylor (3:32) -- Fisher's hornpipe / traditional ; arr. O'Connor (3:45) -- Duet for cello and bass / Meyer (5:54) -- Emily's reel / O'Connor ; arr. Meyer (2:48) -- Cloverfoot reel / Meyer (4:24) -- Poem for Carlita / O'Connor (7:34) -- Caprice for three / O'Connor (3:48) -- Second time around / Meyer (4:33) -- Slumber my darling / Stephen Foster ; arr. Meyer (4:53) -- Vistas / O'Connor (9:58).
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