Conductor(s): Lloyd Webber, Julian
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century; Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.573250
Barcode: 747313325078
Release Date: 03/2015

String Music (English) - ELGAR, E. / LLOYD WEBBER, W. / GOODALL, H / DELIUS, F. (And the Bridge is Love) (English Chamber Orchestra, J. Lloyd Webber)

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 first time in 2014. There are also established classics such as Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47, as well as novelties in the case of the never-before-recorded arrangements by Elgar’s friend and biographer W.H. Reed of the two Chansons.

Tracklist

Elgar, Edward
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
1 Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 13:58
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
2 Sospiri, Op. 70 05:10
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
Lloyd Webber, William
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
3 The Moon (version for strings) 04:31
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
Goodall, Howard
Lloyd Webber, Julian (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
4 And the Bridge is Love 11:40
Lloyd Webber, Julian (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
5 Charterhouse Suite: I. Prelude 01:38
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
Elgar, Edward
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
6 I. Allegro piacevole 03:37
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
7 II. Larghetto 05:15
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
8 III. Allegretto - Come prima 02:47
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
Delius, Frederick
Fenby, Eric - Arranger
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
9 No. 1. Lento, ma non troppo 02:10
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
10 No. 2. Gaily, but not quick 01:49
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
Elgar, Edward
Reed, William Henry - Arranger
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
11 Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 (arr. W.H. Reed for string orchestra) 04:34
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
12 Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2 (arr. W.H. Reed for string orchestra) 03:09
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
Walton, William
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
13 No. 1. Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff 03:15
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
14 No. 2. Touch her soft lips and part 01:40
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
Ireland, John
Bush, Geoffrey - Arranger
Ireland, John - Arranger
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)
15 A Downland Suite: III. Minuet: Allegretto grazioso (version for string orchestra) 04:54
English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Lloyd Webber, Julian (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:10:07