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2008 studio album by Yo-Yo Ma & Friends
Songs of Joy and Peace is a
Christmas music album by cellist
Yo-Yo Ma, released on October 14, 2008. The album won the 2010
Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album. It features collaborations with many other artists, including vocalists
Diana Krall &
Alison Krauss, bassist
John Clayton, pianist
Dave Brubeck, cellist
Matt Brubeck, clarinetist
Paquito D'Rivera, trumpeter
Chris Botti, pianist
Billy Childs, bassist
Robert Hurst, drummer
Billy Kilson, and guitarist
Romero Lubambo, bassist
Edgar Meyer, bassist
Nilson Matta, mandolinist
Chris Thile, vocalist
Renée Fleming, Celtic fiddler
Natalie MacMaster, harpist Marta Cook, saxophonist
Joshua Redman, piper
Cristina Pato, vocalist
James Taylor, the
Assad Family, ukulele virtuoso
Jake Shimabukuro, and
Wu Tong & the Silk Road Ensemble.
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Track listing
All tracks
traditional except where noted.
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Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) – 2:00
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You Couldn't Be Cuter (
Dorothy Fields/
Jerome Kern) (with
Diana Krall) – 3:28
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Joy to the World 3:42
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Here Comes the Sun (
George Harrison) – 2:50
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (
Edgar Meyer/
Chris Thile) – 2:57
- The Wassail Song /
All Through the Night – 2:37
- A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel – 3:46
-
The Wexford Carol – 4:20
- Panxoliña: A Galician Carol – 3:05
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (
Sérgio Assad/
Odair Assad) – 0:58
- Vassourinhas (
Matias da Rocha) – 3:25
- Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (
Paquito D'Rivera/
Alon Yavnai) – 2:32
- Invitación al Danzón (Paquito D'Rivera) – 4:53
-
My One and Only Love (
Robert Mellin/
Guy Wood) – 4:07
- Familia (Sérgio Assad/Odair Assad) – 3:57
- Concordia (
Dave Brubeck) – 4:30
-
My Favorite Things (
Rodgers and Hammerstein) – 6:29
- Touch the Hand of Love (
Blossom Dearie) – 4:35
- Kuai Le (
Osvaldo Golijov) – 3:26
-
This Little Light of Mine (with Amelia Zirin-Brown) – 5:02
-
Happy Xmas (War is Over) (
John Lennon/
Yoko Ono) – 4:45
- Dona Nobis Pacem/
Auld Lang Syne – 1:57
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