American string band music; principally composed by Mark O'Connor or Edgar Meyer except where noted. Mark O'Connor, violin ; Yo-Yo Ma, cello ; Edgar Meyer, bass ; with James Taylor, guitar (tracks 3 and 6) and vocals (track 3), and Alison Krauss, violin (track 7) and vocals (track 14). Recorded at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass., July 19-21, 1999, and Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1999 (tracks 7 and 14). Originally released in 2000; "digitally remastered in 2009 for the box set Yo-Yo Ma, 30 years outside the box"--Container. Program notes by John Schaefer and texts of the Foster songs ([16] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Vistas / O'Connor (9:58). Misty moonlight waltz / Mark O'Connor (4:46) -- Hard times come again no more / Stephen Foster ; arr. Taylor [and others] (3:44) -- Indecision / Meyer (4:28) -- Limerock / traditional ; arr. O'Connor, 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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