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The Singing Strad

BBC Music Magazine, May 2021 The Singing Strad CD Small but perfectly formed, The Singing Strad (Decca 485 1567) encapsulates two decades of recordings by Julian Lloyd Webber across three discs. Released to mark his 70th birthday, it represents the cellist at the top of his game before injury forced his retirement from public performance. […]

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Vivaldi Concerto for two cellos

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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Unexpected Songs

ArkivMusic.com 2006 Unexpected Songs review Release Date: 07/18/2006 Label: Emi Classics Composer: Richard M. Sherman, Traditional, Astor Piazzolla, Michael Balfe, Frédéric Chopin, Sir Edward Elgar, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Oscar Rasbach, Reynaldo Hahn, Amy Woodforde Finden, Nitin Sawhney, Gabriel Fauré, Roger Quilter, Franz Schubert, Carl Orff, James Horner, Edward MacDowell, Andrew Lloyd Webber Performer: Catrin Finch, Julian […]

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Travels with my cello

BUY HERE Gramophone March 1985 TRAVELS WITH MY CELLO. Julian Lloyd Webber (vlc); English Chamber Orchestra Nicholas Cleobury. Phillps 412 231 -2PN. Form 412 231-1PH (2/85). Including.- Flight of the bumble-bee; Golliwog’s cake walk; Londonderry Air; Pizzicato Polka; The Swan: Andante affettuoso; Ave Maria; Sabre Dance (all arr. Palmer). “The cello can do far more […]

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Romantic Cello Concertos

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 Romantic Cello […]

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The Art of Julian Lloyd Webber

Mail on Sunday April 10th 2011 The Art of Julian Lloyd Webber Julian’s party pieces The Art of Julian Lloyd WebberMany 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 […]

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Whitacre – The River Cam

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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William Lloyd Webber

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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Walton Passacaglia

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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