Yo-Yo Ma has always been the front-runner when it comes to experiencing new genre in music. In 1997, he has another big success on his new album called “Soul of the Tango”. In this fantastic collection of Astor Piazzolla's best known tangos, Ma's breathtaking technique fuses with other instrumentalists, who happen to be Piazzolla's closest colleagues when he was alive. Instead of obtruding with his virtuous play on the cello, Ma's cello plays the role of a coordinator as he seams soul into the ensemble with a wide range of instruments.
What strikes me the most in this album is that in one of the songs - Tango Remembrances - Ma participates a posthumous collaboration (in 1997) with a Piazzolla’s recording in 1987. I could not believe at first, it was even impossible to imagine. The enormous development of audio technology created the miracle. After the recording session, Yo-Yo Ma said, ”Now, through the miracle of modern technology, Piazzolla and I have gotten even closer: Now, I feel I have a real sense of how Piazzolla breathed”
As a pianist, I am hoping that maybe I would get a chance to be able to play Mozart Sonata for Two Pianos with my legendary pianist “Emil Gilels” (1916-1985) in the near future. I am pretty sure that they will be able to put us on the same stage by then.
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