Author Archives: Julian Lloyd Webber

Apr 252017

Miaskovsky Cello Concerto

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American Record Guide November/December 1993 NICOLAI MIASKOVSKY Cello Concerto in C Minor Op. 66 Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); London Symphony, Maxim Shostakovich PHILIPS 434 106-2 1992, 63:48 “Lloyd Webber’s ability….sets his performance (of the Miaskovsky) apart from a previous rendition by Rostropovich that lacks the total integration with the orchestra that these two artists (Lloyd […]

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Apr 252017

Menotti Arioso for 2 Cellos

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Mail on Sunday April 10th 2011 Menotti Arioso for 2 Cellos Julian’s party pieces Many happy returns to one of British music’s finest. Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber celebrates his 60th on Thursday with a birthday concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, a two-hour special on Classic FM and a two-CD retrospective, The Art Of […]

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Apr 252017

Massenet Meditation

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Penguin Guide to CDs Yearbook 2000/1 Cello Moods Review Massenet ‘Meditation’ ‘Cello moods’(with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd): FRANCK: Panis angelicus. ELGAR: Chanson de matin; Salut d’amour. Julian LLOYD WEBBER: Jackie’s song. DEBUSSY: Reverie. BACH: Suite No 3: Air. MASSENET: Thals: Meditation. CACCINI: Ave Maria. B0RODIN: Nocturne. GLAZUNOV: Mélodie, Op. 20/1. CHOPIN: Nocturne, Op. 9/2. […]

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Apr 252017

James Macmillan

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The Strad December 2001 Autumn Drizzle At the Quarteto Casals’s coffee concert in the Wigmore Hall on 9 September, I was disturbed to see second violinist Abel Tomas come on stage first, I was ever more worried w/hen I saw that he was going to lead in the first item. When he actually started playing […]

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Apr 252017

Lalo Cello Concerto

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Musical Opinion April 2010 Romantic Cello Concertos CD JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER: ROMANTIC CELLO CONCERTOS Rodrigo: Concierto como un divertimento; Delius: Concerto for cello and orchestra+; Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor Julian Lloyd Webber, cello; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor; +Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley, conductor Sony Music 88697570022 1 hour 17 minutes This welcome […]

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Apr 252017

Ireland Cello Sonata

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Seen and Heard International October 2012 Three Musicians Display Empathy for John Ireland’s Music John Ireland – Cello Sonata in G minor; Fantasy Sonata for clarinet and piano Brahms – Trio for piano, clarinet and cello in A minor, Op 114 Octogenarian, Jeanie Moore MVO, despite her diminutive stature, punches considerably above her weight when […]

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Apr 252017

d’Indy Lied for cello and orchestra

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The Daily Telegraph 22nd March 1991 CLASSICAL Saint-Saens:Cello Concerto; Allegro appassionato. Honegger Cello Concerto. Faure:Elegie. D’indy: Lied. Honegger Julian Lloyd Webber/ English Chamber Orchestra. Yan Pascal Tortelier (Philips 432084-2) Julian Lloyd Webber’s bold start to Saint-Saens’s A minor Cello Concerto similarly finds the essence of urgency in the music right away, going on to develop […]

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Apr 252017

Honegger Cello Concerto

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LE DEVOIR 2Oth May 1992 Honegger Cello Concerto Joindre l’utile à l’agréable Concerto pour violoncelle op.66; Chostakovitch, Le ruisseau limpide: Tchaikovski, Variations sur un thème rococo op.33 (version originale), Nocturne en ré mineur Philips English Chamber Orchestra. Dir. Yan-Pascal Tortelier ; Saint-Saens,Concerto pour violoncelle op.33, Allegro appassionato op,43; Fauré,Elégie op.24; D’Indy, Lied op.19; Honegger, Concerto […]

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Apr 252017

Holst Invocation

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Music Web International 2nd November 2008 Holst ‘Invocation’ review Holst, Coles, Butterworth: Salomon Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins, Cheltenham Town Hall. 2.11.2008 (RJ) “The most overwhelming event of my life.” This was how Gustav Holst described a Festival of his music organised by his home town of Cheltenham back in 1927. If he were to […]

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