And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings English Chamber Orchestra & Julian Lloyd Webber

• 1Introduction and Allegro, Op. 4713:58
• 2Sospiri, Op. 7005:10
• 3The Moon (version for strings)04:31
• 4And the Bridge is Love11:40
• 5Charterhouse Suite: I. Prelude01:38
• 6Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 - I. Allegro piacevole03:37
• 7Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 - II. Larghetto05:15
• 8Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 - III. Allegretto - Come prima02:47
• 9Two Aquarelles - No. 1. Lento, ma non troppo02:10
• 10Two Aquarelles - No. 2. Gaily, but not quick01:49
• 11Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 (arr. W.H. Reed for string orchestra)04:34
• 12Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2 (arr. W.H. Reed for string orchestra)03:09
• 13Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V - No. 1. Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff03:15
• 14Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V - No. 2. Touch her soft lips and part01:40
• 15A Downland Suite: III. Minuet: Allegretto grazioso (version for string orchestra)04:54
• Total Runtime01:10:07

Info for And the Bridge Is Love: English Music for Strings

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.

From the late nineteenth-century British music experienced a flourishing of compositions for strings, spearheaded by the genius of Elgar. His Introduction and Allegro, Op.4 is one of the masterpieces of the genre, but smaller pieces such as the two Chansons – heard in never-before-recorded arrangements by his friend and biography W.H. Reed - distil his lyric essence and are performed by one of the world’s leading musicians, Julian Lloyd Webber. He also plays cello in the world première recording of Howard Goodall’s moving And the Bridge is Love. He has also included the poetic Moon written by his father, William, and unperformed until 2014.

“as a conductor, he evidently has the ability to make a difference to collective performance-level (the English Chamber Orchestra plays characteristically and vividly at every point) while not getting in the music's way - a combination of qualities nicely suited to this line-up of string works.” (BBC Music Magazine)

English Chamber Orchestra
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello and conductor

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