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Apr 252017

Rachmaninov Cello Sonata

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Bachtrack.com 19th March 2012 Rachmaninov Cello Sonata Julian Lloyd Webber Pays Tribute to Cello Greats in Cornwall Julian Lloyd Webber with Pam Chowhan Hall for Cornwall, Truro It is inevitable that one of the most beloved of orchestral instruments, the cello, will entice a diverse crowd of enthusiastic concertgoers – and that even in the […]

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Apr 252017

Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante

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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

Prokofiev Ballade

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Diapason October 1998 Sonate pour violoncelle et piano. SERGE PROKOFIEV: Ballade op. 15. DIMITRI CHOSTAKOVITCH: Sonate pour violoncelle et piano. Julian Lloyd Webber (violoncelle), John McCabe (piano). Philips 422 345-2 (CD : 148 F). 1988. Minutage: 57’11”. Un magnifique rédial de musique de notre temps, faisant se rencontrer Chostakoviich et Britien, avant qu’une dernière amitié […]

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Apr 252017

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf

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The Dundee Courier 14th April 2009 Perth Concert Youth Orchestra in fine form By even the most exalted standards the performance by the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra in Perth Concert Hall yesterday was first class in all departments. They began with the adagio from Khachaturian’s ballet Spartacus. Immediately, the confidence of the violins struck one, then […]

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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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