Author Archives: Julian Lloyd Webber

Apr 252017

Herbert Cello Concerto No.2

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The Los Angeles Daily News March 13th 1987 Sullivan’s only concerto a classic SULLIVAN: CELLO CONCERTO IN D HERBERT: CELLO CONCERTO NO. 2 ELGAR: ROMANCE Julian Lloyd Webber, Sir Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra. Our rating: B Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and) wrote but one concerto, but we’ve had to wait until now to […]

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Apr 252017

Haydn (attrib) Cello Concerto in D

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Music and Musicians January 1986 Haydn Cello Concerto One would be delighted to hear Julian Lloyd Webber’s performances of the Haydn C major and D major Cello Concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra (Philips 412 793—1 record; 412793—4 cassette; 412 793—2 compact disc) in the concert hall, and on disc they make an excellent coupling, […]

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Apr 252017

Haydn Cello Concerto in C

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Julian Lloyd Webber and the EU Chamber Orchestra at St George’s, Bristol 20th April 2012 The European Union is not something one would normally expect to be associated with music, but their chamber orchestra is exceptional. Formed in 1981, they now have a worldwide reputation as musical ambassadors. Opening an evening of style and grace […]

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Apr 252017

Grieg Cello Sonata

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Gramophone Good CD guide Delius Cello Sonata. Caprice and Elegy. Hassan – Serenade (arr. Fenby). Romance. Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36. Intermezzo in A minor, CW118. Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); Bengt Forsberg (pf). Philips 454 458-2PH (66 minutes: DDD: 4/98). Recorded 1996. The links, both musical and personal, between Grieg and Delius […]

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Apr 252017

Grainger Youthful Rapture

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Penguin CD Guide 2001 English Idyll ‘English idyll’ (with ASMF, Neville Marriner): VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Romanza. ELGAR: Romance in D min.. Op. 62; Une idylle, Op. 4/1. Discs: 2 Pieces for cello and chamber orchestra. GRAINGER: Youthful rapture; Brigg Fair (arrangement). DYSON: Fantasy. IRELAND: The holy boy. WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn melody. Holst: Invocation, Op. 19/2. Cyril […]

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Apr 252017

Glazunov Melodie

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Penguin Guide to CDs Yearbook 2000/1 Cello Moods Review Glazunov ‘Melodie’ ‘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

Glass Cello Concerto

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Penguin CD Guide 2009 Philip Glass Cello Concerto GLASS, Philip (bon 1937) (I) Cello Concerto; (ii) Concerto Fantasy for 2 Timpanists and Orchestra Dunvagen Music (ASCAP) 0014. (i)Julian Lloyd Webber; (ii) Glennie, Hass; RLPO, Schwarz Glass’s Cello Concerto opens darkly and atmospherically; but the work’s warmly lyrical strain is immediately apparent, and Glass’s writing is […]

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Apr 252017

Fricker Cello Sonata

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Musical Times September 1977 Modern Cello Works – Fricker Cello Sonata Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John McCabe (piano). L’Oiseau-Lyre DSLO18 Fricker: Cello Sonata, Op. 28. Berkeley: Duo. McCabe: Partita for solo cello. Dalby: Variations. This is a happy grouping of four representative works by notable British composers. Lennox Berkeley the doyen makes the briefest contribution, […]

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Apr 252017

Faure Elegy

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The Scotsman 28th August 2012 Classical review: National Youth Orchestra of Iraq, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh Star rating: * * * * THE National Youth Orchestra of Iraq’s UK debut was a triumph on numerous levels, not least the fact of the concert itself, as playing together is something these talented young musicians cannot do in […]

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