Excerpt from Dutch magazine "Luister" review in November 1986 in which Julian Lloyd Webber's and Sir Yehudi Menuhin's recent version of the Elgar Cello Concerto is compared to the re-release of Jacqueline du Pre's with John Barbirolli.

..."What a contrast between the tough, masculine, cocky tone of the then 20-year-old Du Pre and the gentle, lyrical, warmly singing tone of Webber. Thanks to this difference, the meditative side of this concerto is given every chance by Webber and Menuhin; dramatics recede to the background. You need Du Pre and Barbirolli for that...yet that wonderfully self-contained and soul-searching interpretation by Menuhin and Webber - there is much to be said for that too. In any case, it gives the concerto a slightly sad, melancholy atmosphere, which certainly does not leave the listener unmoved..."