A Gathering of Friends
Release Date: 05/20/2022
With the all-new recording, A Gathering of Friends, John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma renew their celebrated, decades-long collaboration and friendship. The album is comprised of two acclaimed concert works the composer wrote for the cellist, plus selections from his film scores for Schindler’s List, Lincoln, and Munich. Featuring Williams himself conducting the New York Philharmonic, A Gathering of Friends also includes special appearances by the Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas and harpist Jessica Zhou.
Tracklisting
- Cello Concerto (2021 Revision) / I. Theme & Cadenza
- Cello Concerto (2021 Revision) / II. Blues
- Cello Concerto (2021 Revision) / III. Scherzo
- Cello Concerto (2021 Revision) / IV. Song
- Three Pieces from Schindler's List / I. Theme
- Three Pieces from Schindler's List / II. Kraków Ghetto - Winter '41
- Three Pieces from Schindler's List / III. Remembrances
- Highwood's Ghost
- With Malice Toward None from Lincoln
- A Prayer for Peace from Munich