‘… Go and see them live, because it really is astonishing! I can’t remember seeing anything as exciting as them since I saw Jimi Hendrix live back in the 60’s…’ (Elton John). The two young cellists, Luka Sulic from Slovenia, and Stjepan Hauser from Croatia, known as 2CELLOS, achieved sensational success by taking the cello to a new level and breaking the boundaries between different genres of music. Their unique cello version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’ took the world by storm. Within only a week, this YouTube video became a huge viral sensation leading to an invitation to join Elton John on his worldwide tour.
The Piano Guys live at Red Butte Garden
Hailing from Utah, The Piano Guys became an Internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly original self-made music videos. They’ve made 35 since joining forces a little more than a year ago, including their most recent hit video, an innovative 10-handed version of One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful.’ But it’s the Guys’ highly original blend of classical music with pop that has really been the cause of an Internet phenomenon that has now brought them to their major label debut album, The Piano Guys, released on Sony Masterworks.
Yo Yo Ma – The Goat Rodeo Sessions
The Goat Rodeo Sessions is an ambitious and groundbreaking project that brings together four string virtuosos: world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile. While each artist is a prominent figure in his own music sphere, they have come together as a unified ensemble on a most remarkable and organic cross-genre project. The music, including two tracks with female vocalist Aoife O’Donovan, feels both new and familiar – it’s composed and improvised, uptown and down home, funky and pastoral and above all, uniquely American. A goat rodeo, according to Urban Dictionary, “is about the most polite term used by aviation people (and others in higher risk situations) to describe a scenario that required about 100 things to go right at once if you intend to walk away from it.”
Tracks: Attaboy / Quarter Chicken Dark / Helping Hand / Where’s My Bow? / Here And Heaven (featuring vocals by Aoife O’Donovan & Chris Thile) / Franz And The Eagle / Less is Moi / Hill Justice / No One But You (featuring vocals by Aoife O’Donovan & Chris Thile) / 13:8 / Goat Rodeo // Also available: Making Of: 23′ min. The soundtrack was awarded with
Yanni – Live at El Morro
On December 16th and 17th, 2011, Yanni, music’s true world citizen and most popular contemporary composer, fulfilled a 20-year-old dream to perform at the beautiful and historic 16th-century Castillo San Felipe Del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Backed by his world-renowned orchestra, the two soldout concerts were filmed in HD. Yanni performed an awe-inspiring set of favorites from throughout his career.
Jazz & The Philharmonic
The search for the intersection of the world’s greatest musical art forms, classical and jazz, has been attempted many times by many great musicians and composers from Stravinsky to Gershwin, Bernstein to Cage and Goodman to Yo-Yo Ma. Finally, this melding of both genres has been accomplished with the star-studded concert from award-winning producer Larry Rosen, Jazz and the Philharmonic. The show was shot as part of the Jazz Roots concert series in Miami January 2013. —– TRACKLIST: Autumn Leaves – Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea and Dave Grusin / Fugue in C minor – Eric Owens & Terence Blanchard / Spanish Suite – Chick Corea, Eric Owens & Terence Blanchard / Simple Gifts – Dave Grusin & Mark O’Connor / Mt. Dance – Dave Grusin & Mark O’Connor / Soloings 1 – Bobby McFerrin / The Man I Love – Elizabeth Joy Roe & Shelly Berg / Solfeggietto – Elizabeth Joy Roe, Terence Blanchard / Charade – Terence Blanchard
2Cellos – Live at Arena Pula
2CELLOS television special, Live at Arena Pula, is an exhilarating live performance filmed in their Croatian homeland at the Roman Coliseum in Pula on July 3, 2013. The concert includes songs from their self-titled debut album as well as their internationally acclaimed second release, IN2ITION. The special features 2CELLOS’ massive YouTube hit “Welcome to the Jungle,” along with a trio of their popular renditions of AC/DC songs “Back in Black,” “You Shook Me All Night Long” and “Highway to Hell.” Rounding out the set are their unique covers of songs from Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana and Sting plus classical repertoire that showcases their unsurpassed virtuosity.