{"product_id":"yo-yo-ma_merci-cd_2024_son","title":"Merci","description":"YO-YO MA \u0026amp; KATHRYN STOTT ANNOUNCE THEIR NEW ALBUM 'MERCI'.THE ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS GABRIEL FAURÉ'S COMPOSITIONS FOR STRINGS AND PIANO, ALONGSIDE WORKS BY COMPOSERS FROM HIS MUSICAL CIRCLE: NADIA BOULANGER, CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS, LILI BOULANGER AND PAULINE VIARDOT.Merci is a deeply personal work, an expression of gratitude celebrating the powerful bonds that allow music to endure. This vibrant recording draws inspiration from the compositions of Gabriel Fauré, whom Kathryn Stott describes as her \"musical soulmate.\" The album explores Fauré's inspiration and influence through his teachers, contemporaries, and students, including Camille Saint-Saëns, Pauline Viardot, Nadia Boulanger and Lili Boulanger. Merci pays homage to the relationships between musicians, students and teachers, and the intergenerational connections that bring the magic of music to life.Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott, who both share ties to Fauré through their respective teachers, Luise Vosgerchian and Nadia Boulanger, reveal the breadth of Fauré's influence in this album. Gabriel Fauré's works for strings and piano are placed in dialogue with those of his students, teachers and contemporaries, illustrating the idea that, according to Yo-Yo Ma, \"musicians build on those who came before us, and we can only hope that our contribution will support those who come after us.\"Kathryn Stott confides in the album's liner notes: \"The inspiration for this project goes back to my early years at the Menuhin School, where teachers often came from Paris. One of them was Nadia Boulanger, a former student of Gabriel Fauré. At the age of 10, I had the privilege of playing Fauré's Barcarolle No. 4 in front of her; from that day on, Fauré's music has never left me. I had found my musical soulmate.\"Gabriel Fauré occupies a central place in a vast musical family tree that traces back, through a direct line of masters and students, to Johann Sebastian Bach. Fauré's influence also extends forward, including artists such as Quincy Jones, Aaron Copland, Philip Glass and Leonard Bernstein, who can all trace a direct link to him.","brand":"Yo-Yo Ma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57521002905944,"sku":null,"price":23937681.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0198028228121.jpg?v=1781572202","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/yo-yo-ma_merci-cd_2024_son","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}