YO-YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE - A Playlist Without Borders (2013) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Ensemble has continued to develop its intercultural ways, exploring those along the trade routes (maritime as well as land-based) that stretched for centuries from the Mediterranean world to China and even beyond. (The Silk Road brought Indian culture and later the Islamic faith to Indonesia, and one hopes that the group might someday take up that musically fascinating one, so well suited to its syncretic way of thinking.) Ma has had the pleasure of seeing his creation gradually become more independent; he appears on several pieces but takes a starring role only once or twice. Generally, he leaves the spotlight to the young players of the Silkroad Ensemble, whose trademark combination of enthusiasm and precision is on full display throughout. Sample the incredible intensity in the final "Briel," taken from John Zorn's Caym: Book of Angels XVII, originally performed by Cyro Baptista & Banquest of the Spirits, and further arranged by the ensemble itself. The program includes a general mix that typifies the group's genre- and border-crossing ways, with highlights including a suite by MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner Vijay Iyer and the Central Asian gypsy jazz of David Bruce's "Cut the Rug." by James Manheim
Tracklist:
    Playlist For An Extreme Occasion
Cello – Mike Block
Composed By – Vijay Iyer
Percussion – Joseph Gramley, Shane Shanahan
Piano, Bagpipes [Gaita] – Cristina Pato
Sheng – Wu Tong
Tabla – Sandeep Das
Viola – Nicholas Cords
Violin – Johnny Gandelsman
1    Part Zero    1:33
2    Part One    1:53
3    Part Two    3:38
4    Part Three    2:06
5    Part Four    2:30
6    Part Five    3:02
7    Cristina's Interlude    0:37
8    Part Six    2:42
9    Night Thoughts 6:14
Arranged By – Dong-Won Kim, Kojiro Umezaki, Wu Man
Composed By – Wu Man
Janggu [Jang-Go] – Dong-Won Kim
Pipa – Wu Man
Shakuhachi – Kojiro Umezaki
10    Saidi Swing 7:30
Composed By – Shane Shanahan
Percussion – Joseph Gramley, Mark Suter, Shane Shanahan
Tabla – Sandeep Das
11    Allegretto From Partita, Op. 31, For Cello Solo 3:34
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Composed By – Ahmed Adnan Saygun
12    Atashgah 14:01
Bass – Jeffrey Beecher
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Composed By – Colin Jacobsen
Percussion – Shane Shanahan
Performer [Kamancheh] – Kayhan Kalhor
Viola – Nicholas Cords
Violin – Colin Jacobsen, Johnny Gandelsman
Cut The Rug
Accordion – Patrick Farrell
Bass – Jeffrey Beecher
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Clarinet – Kinan Azmeh
Composed By – David Bruce
Percussion – Joseph Gramley, Mark Suter, Shane Shanahan
Performer [Kamancheh] – Kayhan Kalhor
Pipa – Wu Man
Tabla – Sandeep Das
Viola – Nicholas Cords
Violin – Colin Jacobsen, Johnny Gandelsman
13    Drag The Goat    5:13
14    Bury The Hatchet    5:35
15    Move The Earth    9:31
16    Wake The Dead    3:04
17    Briel 3:57
Bagpipes [Gaita] – Cristina Pato
Bass – Jeffrey Beecher
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
Composed By – John Zorn
Ney – Siamak Jahangiry
Oud, Guimbri [Gimbri], Castanets [Qarqaba] – Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
Percussion – Mark Suter, Shane Shanahan
Pipa – Wu Man
Shakuhachi – Kojiro Umezaki
Tabla – Sandeep Das
Viola – Nicholas Cords
Violin – Colin Jacobsen, Johnny Gandelsman
Vocals, Sheng – Wu Tong