![]() ![]() The Piazzolla Milonga sits rather strangely with so much Vivaldi, but does make a seductive swansong for what is, poignantly, Julian Lloyd Webber’s final full-length cello recording. YouTube Music Delicate Taylor Swift 3:53 Midnight Rain Taylor Swift 2:55 Come Over (Again). Prooijen for Cello, Double Bass & Chamber. In the quirky E minor Concerto, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber’s semiquavers often threaten to run away with themselves, and there is also a momentary jump in the pulse in one of the pair’s solo sections in RV545. Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531 (Arr. ![]() The Lloyd Webbers take RV539’s high-tessitura Larghetto very legato, with an attractive lilt, and they wax lyrical in the long passage of suspensions in the Largo of RV531. The middle movements, mostly scored for the two soloists and harpsichord alone, often contain the most striking music. The effect of two cellos imitating mandolins or horns is pleasing rather than incongruous but the sound lacks the sparkle that would bring the pieces to life, the acoustic is rather dry and I missed the extra texture that period instruments bring. The result is an attractive recording – you sense the enjoyment of the pair in playing such intricate music together, and the orchestral playing is lively and neat – but not an outstanding one. There is only one extant concerto by Vivaldi for two cellos, but Julian Lloyd Webber has very successfully arranged five more from the pool of 500-odd works in the composer’s output. Musicians: Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) European Union Chamber Orchestra/Hans-Peter Hofmann Customers Who Bought Concerto in G minor, RV 531 - for Two Cellos and Piano Also Bought: Suzuki Cello School, Volume 6 9.99 Position Pieces for Cello 10.99 Sonata In C Major 14. ![]() Description: A final recording from a forcibly retired master of the cello two cellos, Lloyd Webber) Concertos in G major for two mandolins RV532, for cello in E minor RV409, for oboe and bassoon. Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto for two Violoncellos, Strings and Basso continuo in G minor RV 531 Composer: Vivaldi Arrangement: Two Cellos/Piano (2VCL/PF) Edition Type: Piano Reduction Publisher: Brenreiter Catalogue Number: BA10946-90 Pages: 43 Date Published: 1st Jul 2021 Sheet Music 30.
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