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Schumann Cello Concerto

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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Saint Saens Cello Concerto no1

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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Rodrigo Concierto Como Un Divertimento

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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Rawsthorne Cello Sonata

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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Rachmaninov Cello Sonata

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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Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante

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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Prokofiev Ballade

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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Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf

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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Peter Maxwell Davies

The Scotsman 16th April 2009 Edinburgh Youth Orchestra **** St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral By SUSAN NICKALLS THE last of the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra’s Spring concerts drew a capacity audience to hear a varied and ambitious programme which highlighted the considerable abilities of these young musicians. Close to 100 players delivered a powerful and well-paced performance […]

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