BBC Music Magazine, May 2021
The Singing Strad CD
Small but perfectly formed, The Singing Strad (Decca 485 1567) encapsulates two decades of recordings by Julian Lloyd Webber across three discs. Released to mark his 70th birthday, it represents the cellist at the top of his game before injury forced his retirement from public performance. What else would be at the heart of such a set than Elgar’s Cello Concerto? His recording is surrounded by other great cello statements, including works by Saint-Sa ns, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams. It all makes for a fine birthday celebration.
