Appalachia Waltz

Appalachia Waltz
Studio album by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor
Released	17 September 1996
Recorded	17–20 August 1995
Genre	Classical, bluegrass
Length	69:38
Label	Sony Classical
Producer	Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor
Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor chronology
Appalachia Waltz (1996) Appalachian Journey (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Strad	favorable [1]
Gramophone	(reserved favorable) [2]

Appalachia Waltz is the first album from the trio of fiddler and composer Mark O'Connor, double-bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Sony Classical released the disc in 1996. The album announces a new kind of Americana-styled Western art music, with ancestry in old-timey, bluegrass, folk, and traditional European classical styles. It was recorded over three days, 14 August-17 August 1995. It is possible that the titles of these albums imply a continuity of the American classical tradition begun by Aaron Copland in Appalachian Spring. In its June 1997 issue, Bass Player magazine named it one of "30 Essential Bass Albums You Must Own", due to Meyer's exceptional work on the album. The trio followed up this album with Appalachian Journey in 2000.

Track listing

1. "The Green Groves of Erin/The Flowers of Red Hill" (Traditional - arr:Edgar Meyer)
2. "Appalachia Waltz" (Mark O'Connor - arr:Meyer)
3. "Chief Sitting in the Rain" (Traditional - arr:Meyer, O'Connor)
4. "Mama" (Meyer)
5. "Butterfly's Day Out" (O'Connor - arr:Meyer)
6. "Druid Fluid" (Meyer, O'Connor)
7. "First Impressions" (Meyer)
8. "Étienne et Petunia" (Meyer)
9. "F.C.'s Jig" (O'Connor)
10. "College Hornpipe" (Traditional - arr:Meyer, O'Connor)
11. "Pickles" (Meyer)
12. "Old Country Fairytale" (O'Connor)
13. "Schizoozy" (Meyer)
14. "Star of the County Down" (Traditional - arr:Meyer)
15. "Speed the Plow Medley" (Traditional - arr:Meyer, O'Connor)
16. "Fair Dancer Reel" (O'Connor - arr:Meyer)

Personnel

• Mark O'Connor, violin, mandolin on "Butterfly's Day Out"
• Yo-Yo Ma, cello
• Edgar Meyer, bass, piano on "First Impressions"

References

1. The Strad April 1997 (p. 439)
2. Gramophone magazine Dec. 1996