Photo credit: Todd Rosenberg/Sony BMG Masterworks 2007

New Impossibilities CD
released July 31, 2007

New Impossibilities was ranked #2 in the Echoes Listeners’ Poll list of top 25 albums for 2007.

The Silk Road Project proudly announces the release of New Impossibilities, the latest CD from the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, including special guest, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

Recorded live during a series of sold-out concerts in April 2007 at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, this dynamic collection of both traditional and contemporary music reflects the cultural and artistic collaborations of the yearlong, citywide celebration of Silk Road Chicago that took place from June 2006-June 2007. Read the press release from Sony BMG Masterworks.

Silk Road Ensemble artists on this recording

Nicholas Cords - viola
Sandeep Das - tabla
Jonathan Gandeslman - violin
Joseph Gramley - percussion
Colin Jacobsen - violin
Eric Jacobsen - cello
Kayhan Kalhor - kemancheh
Dong-Won Kim - jang-go
Liu Lin - guitar
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Wu Man - pipa
Shane Shanahan - percussion
Mark Suter - percussion
Wu Tong - sheng, bawu, xun
Kojiro Umezaki - shakuhachi
Yang Wei - pipa
DaXun Zhang - bass

Album Information

New Impossibilities is the latest in a series of recordings of the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma from Sony Classical. For more information, read the press release from Sony BMG Masterworks.

View a full list of Silk Road Ensemble recordings.

Visit Yo-Yo Ma’s website.