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Apr 262017

Modern British Cello

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Musical Times September 1977 Modern British Cello Music – 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 […]

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Apr 262017

Favourite Cello Concertos

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Gramophone April 1999 Favourite Cello Concertos Julian Lloyd Webber (vc) with various artists. A first-class package in every way. As we know from his live performances, Julian Lloyd Webber has a firm, richly coloured and full-focused tone; moreover it records well. His lyrical warmth projects tellingly over the entire range and his involvement in the […]

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Apr 262017

Evening Songs

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ConcertoNet.com Evening Songs Review Evening Songs CDDelius. Ireland – ‘Evening Songs ‘ Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Cheng vsc John Lenehan pf Nexos 8572902 (63’ • DDD) If one desires music soothing to the ear, brimming with expressive sentimentality, look no further than Evening Songs. Naxos’s soigné release of selected songs derived from Frederick Delius and […]

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Apr 262017

English Idyll

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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 262017

Cradle Song

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Gramophone January 1996 Cradle Song Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); JohnLenehan, Pam Chowhan, Richard Rodney Bennett (pfs). Philips © CD 442 426-2PH (57 minutes: DDD). This album provides a companion to Julian Lloyd Webber’s much admired “Cello Song” a couple of years ago (10/93), and once again he has skilfully managed to choose a sequence of […]

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Apr 262017

Cello Song

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Gramophone Good CD Guide 1999 Cello Song Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); John Lenehan (pf). Philips 434 917-2PH As the title of this disc implies, all the pieces contained therein are rather in the same slowish-paced, lyrical vein, but their sequence has been cleverly chosen so that there is still plenty of variety to keep the […]

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Apr 262017

Cello Moods

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Classic CD July 1999 Cello Moods review Cello Moods This ripe-toned assemblage of cello miscellanea celebrates Julian Lloyd Webber’s 15-year association with Philips Classics. Throughout this period, he’s made world-premiere recordings of over 50 works, and there are surprises amongst more familiar and populist fare here, too. The eloquent Rheinberger Cantilena (from Organ Sonata No. […]

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Apr 262017

Celebration

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Music Web 2nd April 2002 Celebration by Julian Lloyd Webber CELEBRATION – FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF THE CELLIST, JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER Works for Cello and Orchestra CD1 Joaquín RODRIGO Concierto como un Divertimento Heitor VILLA-LOBOS Bachoianas Brasileiras No. 5 – aria Edouard LALO Cello Concerto David POPPER Gavotte No. 2 Camille SAINT-SAËNS Softly Awakes My Heart […]

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Apr 262017

The Art of Julian Lloyd Webber

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Mail on Sunday April 10th 2011 The Art of Julian Lloyd Webber Julian’s party pieces The Art of Julian Lloyd WebberMany 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 […]

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Apr 262017

A Tale of Two Cellos

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Nottingham Post March 2nd 2014 A Tale of Two Cellos Review: Julian & Jiaxin Lloyd Webber – A Tale of Two Cellos, Nottingham Albert Hall A Tale of Two Cellos The name Lloyd Webber will always generate interest. Music runs in the family for Julian who is the second son of the composer William Lloyd […]

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