Yo Yo Ma: Bach Cello Suites: Six Evolutions, Sound Postings, Sony Music, 2018.
Six cello only suites performed by Yo Yo Ma and they seem to have a progressive theme: Nature of play; Journey to light; Celebration; Building; Struggle for hope; Epiphany. Each suite has six parts: Prélude (short piece of music), Allemande (moderately paced Baroque or Renaissance dance in 4/4), Courante (triple meter dance), Sarabande (slow dance in triple time), Menuets I&II (moderate tempo dance in triple meter) or Bourrées I&II (fast paced dance) or Gavottes I&II (court dance), Gigue (fast lively). This music with just cello is a good piece with which to relax. Yo Yo Ma says for six decades these six suites have given him "sustenance, comfort, and joy during times of stress, celebration and loss."
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