#SIGNPOST REVIEWS 2015 FULL#

#SIGNPOST REVIEWS 2015 FULL#

Songs From The Arc Of Life is full of such familiar treasures as the Brahms Lullaby, Saint-Saëns' The Swan and both the Bach/ Gounod and the Schubert Ave Maria. (Perhaps it's no coincidence that the album's title echoes a Stevie Wonder classic.) Each track is meant to reflect a signpost of a life well lived, from the fleeting pleasures of childhood through the stormy depths of youthful passion to the power of enduring unspeakable trauma.

On Songs From The Arc Of Life, released just a few weeks shy of the cellist's 60th birthday, Ma and Stott attempt to sketch out the emotional trajectories of a lifetime. Over those many years, they've developed a wonderfully warm and mutually responsive musical partnership that has blossomed in performances that are both generous and incisive. That's the case with world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott, who have been playing together since 1984. But there's another kind of collaboration that can yield profound pleasure: a recording with two artists who know each other deeply, in a relationship that has unfolded over years or even decades. Patients identified different priorities to. When it comes to artistic partnerships, there's a lot to be said for the fireworks of musicians joining together for the first time. Reviewers regarded reviews primarily as an opportunity to address unmet need and signpost to further services. Cover art for Songs From The Arc Of Life.

Signpost reviews 2015