'' is the second album from the
String Trio of bassist and composer
Edgar Meyer , fiddler and composer
Mark O'Connor , and cellist
Yo-Yo Ma .
James Taylor and
Alison Krauss join the trio individually on two
Stephen Foster songs arranged for the trio. Sony Classical released the disc in
2000 . The album joined a number of other recordings released since ''
Appalachia Waltz '' that continue a new kind of
Classical Music tinged with and influenced by the sounds and structures of
America's own musical traditions. Unlike their first album, the three virtuosos spent several months on the
Compositions and
Arrangement s, from
July 19 to
September 10 ,
1999 .
#"1B" (Edgar Meyer)
#"Misty Moonlight Waltz" (Mark O'Connor)
#"Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Foster - arr:James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma, Meyer, O'Connor)
#"Indecision" (Meyer)
#"Limerock" (Traditional - arr:O'Connor, Meyer)
#"Benjamin" (Taylor)
#"Fisher's Hornpipe" (Traditional - arr:O'Connor)
#"Duet for Cello and Bass" (Meyer)
#"Emily's Reel" (O'Connor - arr:Meyer)
#"Cloverfoot Reel" (Meyer)
#"Poem for Carlita" (O'Connor)
#"Caprice for Three" (O'Connor)
#"Second Time Around" (Meyer)
#"Slumber my Darling" (Stephen Foster - arr:Meyer)
#"Vistas" (O'Connor)
- Mark O'Connor, Violin
- Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
- Edgar Meyer, Bass
- James Taylor, Vocals on "Hard Times Come Again No More", Guitar on "Benjamin"
- Alison Krauss, Vocals on "Slumber by Darling"
