Julian Lloyd Webber - The Singing Strad (album trailer)

Available now: To mark Julian Lloyd Webber’s 70th year, The Singing Strad is an outstanding 3-disc collection of cello favourites, chosen by Julian himself, featuring his celebrated recordings spanning over two decades, capturing him at the height of his powers. At the centrepiece of this new collection is his award-winning recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto, with other highlights including his recordings of Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata with John McCabe, the Saint-Saëns Concerto and works by Fauré & Debussy with Yan Pascal Tortelier, arrangements of Vaughan Williams, John Ireland & Percy Grainger with Sir Neville Marriner, Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with Maxim Shostakovich (Tchaikovsky’s original version) and a special recording of his brother’s Pie Jesu. All recordings were made with his Barjansky Stradivarius cello which he had played for more than thirty years.