The Essential Mark O'Connor

Original Release Date:  April 3, 2007

Track Listing

• 1. Appalachia Waltz, version for solo cello
• 2. Tiger Rag, for ensemble
• 3. Caprice for violin No. 1 in A major
• 4. Butterfly's Day Out
• 5. Caprice for Three, for violin, cello & double bass
• 6. Stephane and Django, for ensemble
• 7. Midnight on the Water & Bonaparte's Retreat, arranged for solo violin
• 8. College Hornpipe
• 9. Flailing for guitar
• 10. Brave Wolfe
• 11. Misty Moonlight Waltz, for violin, cello & double bass
• 12. F.C.'s Jig, for violin & cello
• 13. Caprice for violin No. 6 in G major
• 14. Vistas, for violin, cello & double bass
• 15. Amazing Grace
• 16. Surrender the Sword, for violin & strings (for the television series Li
• 17. Fanfare for the Volunteer, for violin & orchestra
• 18. Song of the Liberty Bell
• 19. 1. Spring
• 20. 2. Summer
• 21. 3. Fall
• 22. 4. Winter
• 23. Appalachia Waltz, version for string orchestra

Credits

• Edgar Meyer: Arranger, Double Bass
• Nick LaRocca: Composer
• Yo-Yo Ma: Cello
• Jon Burr: Bass
• London Philharmonic Orchestra: Orchestra
• Wynton Marsalis: Trumpet
• Nashville Symphony: Orchestra
• Mark O'Connor: Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Composer, Executive Producer
• Henry W. Ragas: Composer
• Larry Shields: Composer
• Benny Thomasson: Composer
• Frank Vignola: Guitar
• David Foil: Project Director
• Hans Neleman: Photography
• Jackson Braider: Liner Notes
• Kenneth Schermerhorn: Conductor, Orchestra
• Roxanne Slimak: Art Direction
• Harry Da Costa: Composer
• Edwin Bransford "Daddy" Edwards: Composer
• Steven Mercurio: Conductor, Orchestra
• Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra: Orchestra
• Scott Yoo: Conductor, Orchestra
• Leslie Collman-Smith: Product Manager
• Anthony Sbararo: Composer
• Elisabeth Ladwig: Graphic Design