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Apr 252017

Sullivan Cello Concerto

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Gramophone Good CD Guide 1999 Sullivan Cello Concerto Sullivan Cello Concerto in D major (reconstr. Mackerras and Mackie). Symphony in E major, “Irish”. Overture di ballo. Elgar Romance, Op. 62 (arr. vc). Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves. EMI British Composers CDM7 […]

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Apr 252017

Richard Strauss Don Quixote

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Glasgow Herald 25th March 1974 Julian Lloyd Webber: Strauss Don Quixote Srauss Don Quixote “There was plenty to admire in the Glasgow performance. The solo, cello part was to have been played by Oliver Velia, the leader of the orchestra’s section, but because he is ill his place was taken by Julian Lloyd Webber, who […]

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Apr 252017

Stanford Cello Sonata No.2

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Penguin GUide to CDs 2000/1 British Cello Music Vol.2 ‘British cello music’, Vol. 2 (with John McCabe, piano): STANFORD: Sonata No. 2, op. 39. BRIDGE: Elegy; Scherzetto. IRELAND: Sonata in G min. The Stanford Second Cello sonata (1893 — written between the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies) is revealed here as an inspired work whose opening […]

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Apr 252017

Shostakovich Cello Sonata

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The Observer June 1990 “This is a very strong disc indeed. With gritty piano playing from John McCabe, Lloyd Webber explores the early, pre-Rostropovich cello writing of Shostakovich and Prokofiev (whose Ballade is splendidly intense), and adds the Britten Sonata in C of 1961. The cello playing is bold and sustained.” Nicholas Kenyon Diapason October […]

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Apr 252017

Shostakovich Cello Concerto no1

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Birmingham Post March 2nd 2012 Review: Orchestra Of The Swan, at Birmingham Town Hall ***** The Orchestra of the Swan has always been a sparky band, full of genuine pleasure in its music-making and creating, merely through its body-language, an amazing rapport with audiences wherever it performs. But last Wednesday it seemed to click even […]

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Apr 252017

Cyril Scott Pastoral and Reel

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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

Schumann Cello Concerto

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The Guardian 2nd June 1984 Schumann Cello Concerto, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London English Chamber Orchestra/Stephen Barlow “Julian Lloyd Webber took an unusually leisurely view of Schumann’s Cello Concerto…..it was good to hear the elaborate passages as real music, not scrambled through. The slow movement once or twice trembled on the edge of sentimentality but this […]

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Apr 252017

Saint Saens Cello Concerto no1

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The Mail on Sunday 15th April 2001 Julian Lloyd Webber plays Saint-Saens Cello Concerto For he’s a jolly good cello… David Mellor Julian Lloyd Webber was 50 yesterday, a fitting moment to pay tribute to an outstanding artist and one of music’s nicest and most approachable of men. He recognises no musical barriers and effortlessly […]

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Apr 252017

Rodrigo Concierto Como Un Divertimento

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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

Rawsthorne Cello Sonata

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The Financial Times 15th December 1987 Julian Lloyd Webber’s afternoon recital at the Wigmore Hall on Sunday, with pianist Peter Pettinger, brought the first performance of Malcolm Arnold’s Fantasy for solo cello, along with sonatas by Beethoven and Debussy and some other English items. Frank Bridge’s Scherzetto for cello and piano was played, and his […]

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