A Tale of Two Cellos (arrangements by Julian Lloyd Webber)
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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)
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Release Date: Thursday 26 September 2013
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Good original music for two cellos is quite rare to find and over the years arrangements have greatly enriched the classical repertoire. In this recording internationally celebrated cellist Julian Lloyd Webber has taken music from Monteverdi to Arvo Pärt - much of it originally written for two voices - and adapted it to the medium of two cellos and accompanying piano, sometimes including other instrumentation. These unique arrangements, which he performs with his wife Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, allow their cello voices to blend together as they explore music of lyricism, quiet melancholy and tuneful energy.
"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)
"The most worthwhile tracks surround the cellists' effusions with space, air and Catrin Finch's harp...Throughout, John Lenehan's piano gives helpful support." BBC Music
Tracks:
Barnby:
Sweet and low
Hahn, R:
Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Holst:
Hymn to the Dawn
Lloyd Webber, J:
Moon Silver
Monteverdi:
Interrotte speranze
Nevin, E W:
O that we two were maying
Pärt:
Estonian Lullaby for female choir and string orchestra
Pergolesi:
Dolorosa
Piazzólla:
The Little Beggar Boy
arr. Lenehan
Purcell:
Lost is my quiet for ever, Z502
Quilter:
My Lady (Greensleeves)
Summer Sunset
Rachmaninov:
The Waves are Dreaming
Rubinstein:
The Angel
Saint-Saëns:
Ave Maria
Schumann:
Sommerruh WoO7
Der Abendstern, Op. 79 No. 1
Shostakovich:
The Gadfly: Prelude
