[Machine Translation] This is the first classical album by world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a long time. 2009 was the bicentennial year of Mendelssohn's (1809-1847) birth, and many concerts were held and many discs were released at home and abroad. This disc is sure to be long remembered as one of the most gorgeous discs of them all! Mendelssohn, a Romantic composer, was also a talented chamber musician, and his Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello is known as one of the most famous chamber music works along with the famous Octet. The Trio No. 1 in particular is famous as one of the greatest trios after Beethoven. The trio is performed by two of Yo-Yo's most important chamber music colleagues, pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Itzhak Perlman. The two are in close conversation with each other, and they know each other very well.