Released September 2013 Genre Classical | Recorded January 2013 Release date September 2013 Label Naxos | |
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Similar Evening Songs, Unexpected Songs, Lloyd Webber Plays Llo, Cello Moods, Cello Song | ||
A tale of two cellos julian and jiaxin lloyd webber lenehan naxos 8 573251
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).
Contents
- A tale of two cellos julian and jiaxin lloyd webber lenehan naxos 8 573251
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Track listing
- Camille Saint-Saëns | Ave Maria
- Astor Piazzolla | The Little Beggar Boy (Chiquilin de Bachin)
- Claudio Monteverdi | Interrotte Speranze
- Dmitri Shostakovich | Prelude from The Gadfly
- Gustav Holst | Hymn to the Dawn Op 26 No 1 (arr. for four cellos and harp)
- Roger Quilter | My Lady (Greensleeves)
- Anton Rubinstein | The Angel, Op 48, No 1
- Antonín Dvořák | The Harvesters, Op 38, No 3
- William Lloyd Webber | Moon Silver
- Robert Schumann | Summer Calm (Sommerruh)
- Giovanni Pergolesi | Dolorosa (Stabat Mater)
- Antonín Dvořák | Autumn Lament, Op 38, No 4
- Reynaldo Hahn | If my songs were only wingèd
- Sergey Rachmaninov | The Waves are Dreaming, Op 15, No 2
- Henry Purcell | Lost is my quiet for ever
- Antonín Dvořák | The Modest Lass, Op 32, No 8
- Robert Schumann | Evening Star (An den Abendstern) Op 103, No 4
- Ethelbert Nevin | O that we two were maying
- Joseph Barnby | Sweet and Low
- Roger Quilter | Summer Sunset
- Arvo Pärt | Estonian Lullaby
Personnel
- Julian Lloyd Webber cello
- Jiaxin Cheng cello
- John Lenehan piano
- Catrin Finch harp
- Guy Johnston cello
- Laura van der Heijden cello
Songs
1Ave Maria in A Major (1860) (arr J Lloyd Webber for 2 cellos and piano)2:58
2Chiquilin de Bachin (arr J Lenehan for 2 cellos and piano): Chiquilin de Bachin (The Little Beggar Boy) (arr J Lenehan for 2 cellos and piano)3:51
3Madrigals - Book 7: Interrotte speranze - eterna fede - SV 132 (arr J Lloyd Webber for 3 cellos and harp)4:35