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Haydn Concerto in C

Birmingham Post on May 31 2018 Orchestra of the Swan at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire May 28, 2018 Reviewer: Christopher Morley It was a wonderful house-warming as Orchestra of the Swan moved into its new Birmingham residence on Bank Holiday afternoon, and there was a packed audience to savour the occasion. Julian Lloyd Webber, RBC […]

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Elgar Introduction and Allegro

Birmingham Post on May 31 2018 Orchestra of the Swan at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire May 28, 2018 Reviewer: Christopher Morley It was a wonderful house-warming as Orchestra of the Swan moved into its new Birmingham residence on Bank Holiday afternoon, and there was a packed audience to savour the occasion. Julian Lloyd Webber, RBC […]

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Encore! Travels with My Cello Vol.2

Gramophone March 1987 ENCORE! TRAVELS WITH MY CELLO, Volume 2 Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Cleobury. Lloyd Webber’s cello is off on its travels again: Catfish Row, Sweden, Turkey, France, Skye, Spain, Japan, ‘Somewhere’, Germany, India, Vienna. And one geographically unidentifiable, Vangelis for his Une apres-midi. This is written for synthesizers, […]

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Modern British Cello

Musical Times September 1977 Modern British Cello Music – Fricker Cello Sonata Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John McCabe (piano). L’Oiseau-Lyre DSLO18 Fricker: Cello Sonata, Op. 28. Berkeley: Duo. McCabe: Partita for solo cello. Dalby: Variations. This is a happy grouping of four representative works by notable British composers. Lennox Berkeley the doyen makes the briefest […]

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Favourite Cello Concertos

Gramophone April 1999 Favourite Cello Concertos Julian Lloyd Webber (vc) with various artists. A first-class package in every way. As we know from his live performances, Julian Lloyd Webber has a firm, richly coloured and full-focused tone; moreover it records well. His lyrical warmth projects tellingly over the entire range and his involvement in the […]

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Evening Songs

ConcertoNet.com Evening Songs Review Evening Songs CDDelius. Ireland – ‘Evening Songs ‘ Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Cheng vsc John Lenehan pf Nexos 8572902 (63’ • DDD) If one desires music soothing to the ear, brimming with expressive sentimentality, look no further than Evening Songs. Naxos’s soigné release of selected songs derived from Frederick Delius and […]

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English Idyll

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. Discs: 2 Pieces for cello and chamber orchestra. GRAINGER: Youthful rapture; Brigg Fair (arrangement). DYSON: Fantasy. IRELAND: The holy boy. WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn melody. Holst: Invocation, Op. 19/2. Cyril […]

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Miaskovsky Cello Concerto

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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Menotti Arioso for 2 Cellos

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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