Yo-Yo Ma

Beethoven for Three - Symphony No. 4 & 'Archduke' Trio

Emanuel Ax (piano), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024

A Gathering of Friends

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, John Williams

Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Spatial Audio
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year

Special offer. Finzi: Clarinet Concerto & Cello Concerto

John Denman (clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Re-issue of the Month
Penguin Guide, Rosette

CD: Original price $16.50 Reduced $13.20

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New. Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' and Leonore Overture No. 3

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Emanuel Ax (piano), Antoine Tamestit (viola)

Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1 / Op. 70, No. 1 'Ghost' / Op. 11 'Gassenhauer'

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Emanuel Ax (piano)

BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Recording of the Month

Special offer. Shostakovich: Symphonies; Concertos; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District

Yuja Wang (piano), Baiba Skride (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, New England Conservatory Symphonic Choir, Andris Nelsons

Presto Recording of the Week, 28th March 2025

19 CDs: Original price $76.50 Reduced $57.37

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Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo

CD: $17.50

Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 and Op. 1, No. 3

Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)

Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

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Merci

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano)

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2024

CD: $19.75

Anna Clyne: SHORTHAND

The Knights, Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Eric Jacobsen, Avi Avital (mandolin), Colin Jacobsen, Pekka Kuusisto (violin)

BBC Music Magazine, November 2024, Concerto Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2024

New. To Awaken the Sleeper - Works of Joel Thompson

Kansas City Symphony, Exigence Vocal Ensemble, Joyce Didonato, Yo-Yo-Ma, Michael Stern, Eugene Rogers

Presto Team Choices, September 2026

CD: $18.75

Brahms: Piano Quartets (Remastered)

Emanuel Ax (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jaime Laredo (viola), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Chamber
Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Chamber Music Recording

Hope Amid Tears - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas

Bach Trios

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (double bass)

BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Chamber Choice
Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber Music Recording (Music up to and including 17th/18th Century)

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Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Winner - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album

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Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites - Vinyl Edition

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Presto Recording of the Week, 17th August 2018
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018

3 Vinyl Records: $45.00

Songs from the Arc of Life

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano)

CD: $18.50

Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording

2 CDs: $11.50

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Strauss Alliance

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year

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Salonen: Cello Concerto

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Orchestral
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music

Concertos for Cello and Orchestra by Danielpour, Kirchner & Rouse

Philadelphia Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma (cello) David Zinman

Grammy Awards, 40th Awards (1997), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
Grammy Awards, 40th Awards (1997), Classical Album of the Year

Obrigado Brazil

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Classical Crossover Album
Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Engineered Album, Classical

Barber: Concertos for Violin, Cello & Piano

Isaac Stern (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), John Browning (piano) New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, David Zinman, George Szell

Building a Library, January 2002, Mid-Price Choice
Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major, K563

Gidon Kremer (violin), Kim Kashkashian (viola), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 & Variations for cello & piano (Remastered)

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)

Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Chamber Music Recording

Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone

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Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, Ennio Morricone

CD: $9.00

Chen Qigang: Iris dévoilée (Iris unveiled), etc.

Wu Bixia, Ke Luwa (sopranos), Ma Shuai (voice of the Beijing Opera), Wang Nan (erhu), Li Jia (pipa), Chang Jing (zheng), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Orchestre National de France, Muhai Tang, Charles Dutoit, Didier Benetti

Gramophone Magazine, April 2003, Editor's Choice

Brahms, Beethoven & Mozart: Clarinet Trios

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Richard Stolzman (clarinet), Emanuel Ax (piano)

Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Chamber Music Recording

Goldschmidt: The Concertos

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Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Chantal Juillet (violin) Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Sinfonieorchester Komische Oper Berlin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Yakov Kreizberg, Berthold Goldschmidt

Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

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Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

CD: $14.75

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New. Karajan A-Z: Beethoven

Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Walter Berry (bass, bassbaritonevocalist), Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, chorusdirector), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano, contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), José van Dam (bass), Helmuth Froschauer (chorusmaster), Janet Perry (soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Christian Ferras (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Mark Zeltser (piano), Erich Schellow (speaker), Karl Leister (clarinet), Peter Geisler (clarinet), Gerd Seifert (horn), Manfred Klier (horn), Günter Piesk (bassoon), Henning Trog (bassoon), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Reinhold Schmid (chorusmaster), Michel Schwalbé (violin), Lella Cuberli (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (alto, contralto), Leon Spierer (violin), David Bell (organ), Preussische Staatskapelle, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Priem-Bergrath

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Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos (Remastered)

Yo-Yo Ma (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Grammy Awards, 28th Awards (1985), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording

Barber: Cello Concerto & Britten: Symphony for Cello & Orchestra

Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman

Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording

Silk Road Journeys | When Strangers Meet

Yo-Yo Ma (cello) The Silk Road Ensemble

Presto Recording of the Week, 11th February 2008

Bottesini & Meyer: Concertos for Double Bass

Edgar Meyer (double bass), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Joshua Bell (violin) St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff

Special offer. Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Choral Fantasia

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording

Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)

Grammy Awards, 28th Awards (1985), Best Chamber Music Recording

Dvorak: Cello Concerto and Dumky-Trio

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), Young Uck Kim (violin) Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

Building a Library, October 2019, Also Recommended

Special offer. Beethoven: Triple Concerto & C

Itzhak Perlman

CD: Original price $10.00 Reduced $9.00

Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)

Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Chamber Music Recording

Traditions & Transformations | Sounds of Silk Road Chicago

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Wu Man (pipa) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Silk Road Ensemble, Miguel Harth-Bedoya & Alan Gilbert

Presto Recording of the Week, 11th February 2008

Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante and Tchaikovsky: Rococco Variations & Andante Cantabile

Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording

Kinan Azmeh: Uneven Sky

Kinan Azmeh (clarinet), Bodek Janke (percussion), Hogir Göregen (percussion), Dima Orsho (voice), David Adorján (cello), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Manuel Nawri

Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Concerto (clarinet)

2 CDs: $36.25

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Soul of the Tango

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Leonardo Marconi (piano), Antonio Agri (violin), Hector Console (bass), Néstor Marconi (bandoneon), Sergio Assad (guitar), Odair Assad (guitar), Kathryn Stott (piano), Horacio Malvicino (guitar), Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon), Gerardo Gandini (piano), Oscar Castro-Neves (acoustic guitar), Frank Corliss (piano), Edwin Barker (bass)

Grammy Awards, 41st Awards (1998), Best Classical Crossover Album

Yo-Yo Ma & Friends - Songs of Joy and Peace (CD) | Standard Softpak CD

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Best Classical Crossover Album

Yo-Yo Ma plays Kreisler & Paganini

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Patricia Zander (piano)

Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5

Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)

We All Love Ennio Morricone

Quincy Jones/Herbie Hancock, Bruce Springsteen, Andrea Bocelli, Metallica, Yo-Yo Ma, Reneè Fleming, Ennio Morricone, Eumir Deodato/Daniela Mercury, Dulce Pontes, Chris Botti, Vanessa and the O’s, Patrick Leonard/Roger Waters, Denyce Graves, Taro Hakase

CD: $10.00

Songs of Comfort and Hope

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano)

CD: $19.00

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Stock: Lulie the Iceberg

Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Paul Winter (soprano saxophone), Pamela Frank (violin), Sam Waterston Derrick Inouye

Je n'aime pas Brahms, mais ça j'aime bien !

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Gerhard Oppitz (piano), Eric Le Sage (piano), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Emanuel Ax (piano), Jaime Laredo (viola), Isaac Stern (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Bucharest, Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Adam Laloum (piano) Arthur Fiedler, David Zinman, Cristian Mandeal, Kazuki Yamada

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New. Beethoven: The Concertos

András Schiff (piano), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Piotr Kostrzewa, François-René Duchâble (piano), Sergiu Luca (violin), Staatskapelle Dresden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Sinfonia Varsovia, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Carlo Maria Giulini, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Yehudi Menuhin, David Zinman

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Chen Qigang: Iris dévoilée (Iris unveiled), etc.

Yo Yo Ma (cello) Orchestre National de France, Muhai Tang, Charles Dutoit & Didier Benetti

Simply Baroque

Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman

Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 & Cello Sonata

Emanuel Ax (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

New. Golijov: Azul

The Knights (chamber ensemble), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Michael Ward-Bergeman (accordion), Jamey Haddad (percussion), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Eric Jacobsen

Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites | The 1983 Sessions

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

3 Vinyl Records: $68.25

Isaac Stern: l'âme du violon

Isaac Stern (violin)

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Anne-Sophie Mutter: My Berlin

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Mutter's Virtuosi, Berliner Philharmoniker, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Kurt Masur, Herbert von Karajan, Daniel Barenboim, Manfred Honeck