A Tale of Two Cellos

A Tale of Two Cellos
Studio album by Julian Lloyd Webber
Released September 2013
Recorded January 2013
Genre Classical
Label Naxos Records

A Tale of Two Cellos is a recording of twenty one duets for two cellos and piano (or harp) ranging from the sixteenth century, Monteverdi, to the twenty-first century, Arvo Pärt. The recording features cellists Julian Lloyd Webber and his wife Jiaxin Cheng as well as pianist John Lenehan, harpist Catrin Finch and two former BBC Young Musician of the Year winners Guy Johnston and Laura van der Heijden. It was released by Naxos Records in September 2013. Printed music is available from Spartan Press (Catalogue No. SP1250).

Track listing

  1. Camille Saint-Saëns | Ave Maria
  2. Astor Piazzolla | The Little Beggar Boy (Chiquilin de Bachin)
  3. Claudio Monteverdi | Interrotte Speranze
  4. Dmitri Shostakovich | Prelude from The Gadfly
  5. Gustav Holst | Hymn to the Dawn Op 26 No 1 (arr. for four cellos and harp)
  6. Roger Quilter | My Lady (Greensleeves)
  7. Anton Rubinstein | The Angel, Op 48, No 1
  8. Antonín Dvořák | The Harvesters, Op 38, No 3
  9. William Lloyd Webber | Moon Silver
  10. Robert Schumann | Summer Calm (Sommerruh)
  11. Giovanni Pergolesi | Dolorosa (Stabat Mater)
  12. Antonín Dvořák | Autumn Lament, Op 38, No 4
  13. Reynaldo Hahn | If my songs were only wingèd
  14. Sergey Rachmaninov | The Waves are Dreaming, Op 15, No 2
  15. Henry Purcell | Lost is my quiet for ever
  16. Antonín Dvořák | The Modest Lass, Op 32, No 8
  17. Robert Schumann | Evening Star (An den Abendstern) Op 103, No 4
  18. Ethelbert Nevin | O that we two were maying
  19. Joseph Barnby | Sweet and Low
  20. Roger Quilter | Summer Sunset
  21. Arvo Pärt | Estonian Lullaby

Personnel

  1. Julian Lloyd Webber cello
  2. Jiaxin Cheng cello
  3. John Lenehan piano
  4. Catrin Finch harp
  5. Guy Johnston cello
  6. Laura van der Heijden cello

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