Category Archives: Reviews

Apr 262017

And the Bridge is Love

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Music Web June 2015 And the Bridge is Love – English Music for Strings This CD represents a first and a last. It is Julian Lloyd Webber’s first disc as a conductor but, sadly, it is also his last as a solo cellist because he has now had to end his distinguished career as a […]

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Apr 252017

Whitacre – The River Cam

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Gramophone May 2012 Whitacre – ‘Water Night’ Water Night Eric Whitacre – ‘The River Cam’ Julian Lloyd Webber London Symphony Orchestra/Eric Whitacre ‘Inspired once more by his time at Cambridge and played with a combination of power and restraint by Julian Lloyd Webber, The River Cam’s lustrous pastel colours evoke Vaughan Williams.’ Pwyll ap Sion […]

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Apr 252017

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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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

William Lloyd Webber

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A Celebration of William Lloyd Webber Classicalsource March 2014 St Martin’s Voices Andrew Earis (organ) Charlotte Scott (violin), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) & Rebeca Omordia (piano) Nicholas Wearne (organ) Rowan Morton Gledhill (presenter) St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Given the fame of his two sons, Andrew and Julian, it was perhaps […]

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Apr 252017

Walton Passacaglia

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Fanfare June 1997 BRITISH CELLO MUSIC, Volume I & II Julian Lloyd Webber’s performances of British music always carry the imprimatur of authority. and transmit a palpable sense of conviction that never fails to win new devotees to this area of the cello literature. I am especially happy, then, to welcome these splendid offerings back […]

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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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