DELIUS / ELGAR / GOODALL / etc
And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings English Chamber Orchestra, Julian Lloyd Webber (Conductor; Cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2015 ] This wide-ranging programme of English music for strings includes the world première recording of Howard Goodall's moving And the Bridge is Love, in which Julian Lloyd Webber plays cello, and of William Lloyd Webber's The Moon, only performed for the... |
GERSHWIN / BERNSTEIN / VANGELIS / DEBUSSY / BIZET / LEHAR / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Encore! Travels with my Cello Vol 2 Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, Nicolaus Cleobury [ Philips / CD - released 2/May/2001 ] "Bess, You is My Woman Now" Gershwin, "Rondo alla Turca" Mozart, "You are My Heart's Delight" Lehár & more |
DELIUS / IRELAND
Evening Songs: Delius and Ireland Songs Arranged for Cello and Piano Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Jiaxin Cheng (cello) / John Lenehan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "What emerges - as if we needed reminding - is the great gift of each man for melody: divorced from their texts, they work almost better in this form!" International Record Review |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concertos for 2 Cellos Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) / European Union Chamber Orchestra, Hans-Peter Hofmann [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Dec/2016 ] The first arranger of Vivaldi's concertos was Vivaldi himself, and Julian Lloyd Webber's new versions in this recording reflect the composer's pragmatic attitude and zest for experiment. Vivaldi's Concerto in G minor RV 531 is his only original... |
DELIUS / VILLA-LOBOS / BACH / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / BRAHMS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cello Song Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/2018 ] A classic recording - Limited availability |
FREDERICK DELIUS / EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius & Grieg: Music for Cello and Piano Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Philips / CD - released 1/May/1996 ] 'Though a very high proportion of the music here is reflective, the meditative intensity of the playing sustains it well. The booklet contains a delightful photo of Delius with Grieg and his wife as well as Halvorsen and Sinding, all playing cards.'... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pieces Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Philips / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Julian Lloyd Webber made his professional debut as a cellist at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in September 1972 when he gave the first London performance of the cello concerto by Sir Arthur Bliss. |
SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / DELIUS / ELGAR / IRELAND / VIVALDI / etc
Julian Lloyd Webber: A Span of Time Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2018 ] 'Julian Lloyd Webber, here as (primarily) conductor, offers an impressive disc of English music that demonstrates a richly rewarding affinity for the repertoire. (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015 on 'And the Bridge is Love') |
FRANCK / ELGAR / DEBUSSY / BACH / CACCINI / BOCCHERINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Julian Lloyd Webber: Cello Moods Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Philips / CD - released 2/May/2001 ] Bach's "Air On G String", Massenet's "Meditation", Elgar's "Salut D'Amour", etc. |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: Sappho / Sapphic Poem Susan Bickley (mezzo) Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/1999 ] "No praise can be too high for Susan Bickley … [and] Tony Faulkner's stunningly natural engineering complements what is another triumphant addition to Hyperion's ongoing Bantock series" (Gramophone) |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Plays Andrew Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Philips / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "Fans of the Lloyd Webbers shouldn't be disappointed." --Warwick Thompson |
BAX / BRIDGE / DELIUS / ELGAR / GRAINGER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
English Idylls John Birch (organ), John Lanehan (piano), Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Philips SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Simply idyllic, this 2-CD set couples a traversal of English seasons (CD1) with idyllic music for cello and orchestra by English composers, all rapturously performed by the Academy and Marriner. |
FRANK BRIDGE
Oration / Phantasm Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Peter Wallfisch (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "In terms of choice if you want two majestic and subtly powerful works of tragic and even sinister grandeur then this disc is for you. These are their first ever commercial recordings and they are by no means uncompetitive in any sense - quite the... |
SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / HAHN / RACHMANINOV / PURCELL / etc
A Tale of Two Cellos (arrangements by Julian Lloyd Webber) Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Sep/2013 ] "This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and lended together in slow lyrical tunes, with a stylish piano accompaniment." (Gramophone) |
PATRICK HAWES
Hawes: Fair Albion - Visions of England Brno Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Hawes (piano), Raven Quartet, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Julian Lloyd webber (cello) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] "Elin Manahan Thomas's lyric soprano voice provides the ideal vehicle for Hawes's neo-Baroque setting of George Herbert's The Call. Reflexionem for cello and harp is given a similarly uplifting treatment by Julian Lloyd Webber, solidly supported... |
PHILIP GLASS
The Concerto Project Vol 1: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Evelyn Glennie (timp) Jonathan Haas (timp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] This is the first of a series of four CDs that Philip Glass and Orange Mountain Music have planned entitled "The Concerto Project, No. I-IV" Each disc contains two concerti. Omm0016 features Julian Lloyd Webber with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic... |
DVORAK
Dvorak - In Love? Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann [ Isolde / Tony Palmer Films DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] The Cello Concerto by Dvorák is one of the most popular concertos ever written and one of Dvorák's last ever works, but a strange and rather tragic, story lies behind its composition. Renowned director Tony Palmer investigates the story behind the... |
JOHN IRELAND
Chamber Music - Sextet, Trios, Sonatas Yfrah Neaman (violin) Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Eric Parkin (piano) / Melos Ensemble / Andre Navarra (cello) Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) [ Lyrita / 3 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "The playing is fantastic and always committed and vitally, the depth and feeling of Ireland's music is communicated to the listener through every note" (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |