Nyman
Concerto for Cello and Saxophone
(world premiere recording)John Harle (saxophone) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Michael Nyman
EMI CDC 5 564872
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Author: Julian Lloyd Webber
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Michael Nyman Concerto
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Phantasia
Phantasia and The Woman in White Suite
1. Phantasia
A new musical fantasy by Geoffrey Alexander based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’.2. The Woman in White Suite
An orchestral suite by Andrew Lloyd Webber, arranged by Laurence Roman, based in the new musical ‘The Woman in White’.Julian Lloyd Webber – Cello
Sarah Chang – Violin
The London Orchestra conducted by Simon Lee
EMI ClassicsPhantasia review
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Rachmaninov and Debussy
Julian Lloyd Webber and Yitkin Seow play Rachmaninov and Debussy
Rachmaninov Sonata for piano and cello in G minor Op19
Debussy Sonata for cello and piano in D minor
Rachmaninov Prelude Op 2 No 1 for cello and piano
Rachmaninov Danse Orientale Op 2 No 2 for cello and piano -
Serenade
Serenade
Canteloube – Bailero (Shepherd’s Song); De Falla – Ritual fire dance; Saint-Saëns – Softly awakes my heart (from “Samson and Delilah”); Bridge – Scherzetto; Fauré – Elegie; Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5; J. S. Bach – Arioso; Popper – Gavotte No. 2; Delius – Serenade from “Hassan”; Bruch – Kol Nidrei
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Charles Gerhardt
RCA CD GD 71527 -
Sullivan and Herbert Concertos
Sullivan
Cello Concerto (world premiere recording)
Herbert
Cello Concerto No. 2
Elgar, Romance
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
EMI CD/MC/LP CDC 747 622-2 EL 270 430-4/1 -
Travels with my Cello
Travels with my cello
Rimsky-Korsakov – The Flight of the Bumble-bee; Léhar – Vilja-Lied (From “The Merry Window”); Debussy – Golliwog’s cake-walk; Schumann – Traumerei; Albeniz – Puerta de tierra; Saint-Saëns – Le Cygne; Bach/Gounod – Ave Maria; William Lloyd-Webber – Andante affetuoso; Johann/Josef Strauss – Pizzicato Polka; Albinoni/Giazotto – Adagio; Grainger – Irish tune from County Derry; Khatchaturian – Sabre Dance
English Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Cleobury
Philips CD/MC/LP 412 231-2/4/1 -
Variations – orchestral version
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Variations – orchestral version
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Lorin Maazel
Philips CD/MC/LP 420 342-2/4/1 -
William Lloyd Webber
William Lloyd Webber ASD
Three pieces for cello and pianoJohn Lill (piano)
ASV CD DCA 961 -
Encore! Travels with My Cello Vol.2
Gramophone March 1987
Julian Lloyd Webber (vc);
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Cleobury.
Lloyd Webber’s cello is off on its travels again: Catfish Row, Sweden, Turkey, France, Skye, Spain, Japan, ‘Somewhere’, Germany, India, Vienna. And one geographically unidentifiable, Vangelis for his Une apres-midi. This is written for synthesizers, which on this occasion imitate an orchestra unbelievably well; indeed, the live solo cello, perhaps unnerved by all the surrounding machinery, here takes on a bit more of the standard synthesizer quality than its accompanists do.
Otherwise it feels at home, singing its way naturally through a repertoire varied not only by geography. Most is familiar: Bess, Jesu joy. Song of India, and such; some is not: Hamabe no uta is not, Taube’s Nocturne is not. For this last Taube’s son, Sven-Bertil the actor, contributes some guitar-playing: for the Carmen Habanera there is also an effective guitar, but played by a different player. Basically the accompaniment is the RPO contributing some gorgeous sounds, but also inevitably raising the question of whether these sounds are out of proportion accompanying a solo string-player in basically light repertoire. Once, for McCartney’s When I’m 64, highly uncharacteristic sounds (not at all out of proportion!) are made: I expect the players enjoyed themselves greatly!
And of course Lloyd Webber contributes, everywhere, gorgeous cello-playing: always simple in outline, always just right for the simple outline concerned. He contributes, too. short notes on the various pieces, which (seemingly exceptionally for today) are actually printed in the right order! So far as they go, that is; the note on the last piece seems to have been mislaid somewhere.
M.M.
