
EDVARD GRIEG
- Intermezzo
- Cello Sonata, Op. 36
FREDERICK DELIUS
- Sonata in One Movement
- Two Pieces for Cello and Piano
- Serenade (from the drama "Hassan")
- Romance
JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER, cello
BENGT FORSBERG, piano
CD 454 458-2 DDD
PHILIPS
- Exclusive Philips artist since 1984, Julian Lloyd Webber has brought many
new listeners to the cell. His recent recording of Britten's Cello Symphony coupled
with Walton's Cello Concerto with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir
Neville Marriner was released to great critical acclaim.
- "Lloyd Webber plays out Britten's dark drama with deep conviction and he
is ardent in the better known, sunnier and vivacious Walton Concerto. " (BBC
Music Magazine).
- This time, Julian has recorded the rarely coupled composers Grieg and Delius.
Despite their 25-year age gap, the composers have a long friendship. Delius would
recall: "I was very proud of having made his acquaintance, for since childhood
I had loved his music...when I first heard Grieg, it was as if a breath of mountain
air had come to me."