The Guardian 11th March 1981
“Webber gives the expected virtuoso performance…the prize of the ASV collection. Lloyd Webber splendidly brings out what might almost be thought of as the schizophrenic side of the piece, the play between registers high and low, used not just to imply full orchestral textures but to interweave opposing ideas. With Lloyd Webber the climax of the Passacaglia is extroadinarily powerful, and his commitment is just as intense in the two pieces on the reverse – a brief poignant Elegy by Frank Bridge and John Ireland’s Cello Sonata.”
