Julian Lloyd Webber with the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Variations 1-4 CD. with Don Airey, Rod Argent, Gary Moore! Check audio

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Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British solo cellist who has been described as the “doyen of British cellists”.

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Webber and younger brother Julian Lloyd Webber were always very close, but their two different careers (a rock musical composer and a classical cellist) meant that a collaboration seemed unlikely. It wasn’t until Julian beat his brother in a bet on a Leyton Orient football match that Andrew was forced to write his cello work.
As his subject, Andrew chose the theme of Paganinis 24th caprice and added 23 variations for cello and rock band. The work premiered at the 1977 Sydmonton Festival with rock band Colosseum II, featuring Gary Moore, Jon Hiseman and Don Airey being joined by Barbara Thompson (Sax, Flute), Rod Argent, (Piano, Synthesizer, Keyboards) and Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello). It was subsequently rearranged and recorded in 1978. It reached number 2 in the album charts.
The cover is based on the painting Frederick, Prince of Wales, and his sisters by Philip Mercier.
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The work was used in Song and Dance and David Cullen made an arrangement of the work for cello and orchestra. The opening and closing variations have been rewritten for cello and piano, the latter of which Julian often uses as an encore, due to its amusing glissando down to Bottom A (forcing a mid piece retune) to conclude.

Don Airey – Grand Piano, ARP Odyssey, Minimoog, Solina String Ensemble, Fender Rhodes Piano
Rod Argent – Grand Piano, Minimoog, Roland RS-202, Yamaha CS-80
Gary Moore – Gibson Les Paul, Rickenbacker electric 12 string Guitar, Guild acoustic, Fender Stratocaster
Barbara Thompson – Flute, Alto Flute, Alto & Tenor Saxophone
Jon Hiseman – Arbiter Auto-Tune drums, Paiste cymbals & gongs, Percussion
John Mole – Fender Precision Bass, Hayman fretless bass guitar
Julian Lloyd Webber – Cello
Additional Performers: Dave Caddick, Phil Collins, Herbie Flowers, Bill Le Sage, Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Orchestral Version
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello).
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra.


“Variations” is an excellent example of classical music and rock fusion. After losing a bet on a Leyton Orient football match, Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the work for his brother Julian in 1977 and based it on Paganini’s 24th Caprice, to which Andrew added 23 variations for cello and rock band.
I sometimes see comments on the Internet by people saying Julian is famous only because he is the brother of Andrew Lloyd Webber. That is unfair and can’t be true. The age gap between the brothers is only about 3 years, I think. Their careers started pretty much simultaneously but they soon took very different directions. Surely they must owe some of their talent to the musical genius of their father, composer William Lloyd Webber, and to the musical environment they grew up in. But when we come to listen to Julian’s recordings or live performances, whose brother or son he is is irrelevant, he is an extraordinary cellist who plays with impeccable accuracy and incredible passion, which he communicates very well with the audience.
The second work on this CD is “Aurora”, a tone poem for orchestra composed in 1951 and arguably one of the best of William Lloyd Webber’s works. It recalls the styles of Delius, Sibelius and Rachmaninov yet the result is quite different from any of the others. Aurora was the Roman Goddess of the dawn, arriving from the East in a chariot of winged horses, dispelling night and dispersing the dews of the morning. The music attempts to portray the inherent sensuality of her nature. If you like Aurora, try “Invocation”, a beautiful collection of some of William Lloyd Webber’s best works, including Serenade for Strings and the sublime “Benedictus”, a work for violin and organ written for him and his wife Jean – a violin and piano student he had met at the Royal College of Music – to play at their wedding service in 1942.
Julian Lloyd Webber with the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Variations 1-4 CD

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