Songs of Joy & Peace
Yo-Yo Ma & Friends
2008 release, Yo-Yo Ma’s first-ever holiday album. Features once-in-a-lifetime performances with incredible guest artists including James Taylor, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Chris Botti, Ren‚e Fleming, Dave Brubeck and more. Imagine a party, a musical party inspired by the holiday spirit. A party that celebrates the universal hopes, dreams and joy animating festivals the world over: Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule and New Year’s Day. That is what brought Yo-Yo Ma together with a remarkable group of friends to create Songs of Joy & Peace. It is Yo-Yo’s hope that everyone who listens to this album will hear a song familiar and beloved to them as well as discover and fall in love with music that is brand new.
- Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)
- You Couldn’t Be Cuter
- Joy to the World
- Here Comes the Sun
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)
- The Wassail Song/All Through the Night
- A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel
- The Wexford Carol
- Panxoliña: A Galician Carol
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)
- Vassourinhas
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)
- Invitación al Danzón
- My One and Only Love
- Familia
- Concordia
- My Favorite Things
- Touch the Hand of Love
- Kuai Le
- This Little Light of Mine