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Apr 252017

Walton Cello Concerto

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Classics Today December 2004 Walton Cello Concerto The coupling is a logical one: the cello concertos of Elgar and Walton, played by British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, an empathetic artist with a special affinity for English cello literature. Lloyd Webber’s recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor was made in July 1985, with the […]

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Apr 252017

Vivaldi Concertos for Two Cellos

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Music Web December 2014 Vivaldi Concertos for Two Cellos Concertos for two Cellos, RV 531, plus various arrs by J Lloyd Webber Julian & Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello); European Union ChamberOrchestra/Hans-Peter Hofmann Naxos 8.573374 62.31 mins I had the good fortune to hear the first concerto RV532, arranged from one for two mandolins, on Radio […]

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Apr 252017

Vaughan Williams Romanza

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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. DELIUS: 2 Pieces for cello and chamber orchestra. GRAINGER: Youthful rapture; Brigg Fair (arr.Palmer). DYSON: Fantasy. IRELAND: The Holy Boy. WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody. HOLST: Invocation, Op. 19/2. Cyril […]

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Apr 252017

Various Concert Reviews

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Turkish Daily News 27th June 2007 Classic brilliance resonates in ancient walls Istanbul Concert Review Music gently winds through the corridors of the ancient Byzantine structure Hagia Eirini, at the concert, Festival Meetings II, performed by an acclaimed cellist, cello quartet and pianist As four cellists raise their bows in the air and strike the […]

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Apr 252017

Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations

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Birmingham Post 16th February 2009 Tchaikovsy Rococo Variations in A minor Op.33 Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall Shostakovich’s sixth symphony, wedged between the popular fifth and the epic Leningrad, is an enigmatic little work. Great claims have been made for it but perhaps that is because, between those two huge musical edifices, it […]

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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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