Recorded at St George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, England, in July 2013 Vivaldi’s ever popular music dressed anew by such an internationally outstanding artist is a guarantee of global interest and very substantial sales.
This recording of Vivaldi concertos will have poignant associations and special value for Julian’s many fans, as he has since been forced to withdraw from performing due to injury. This release follows Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber’s highly successful album A Tale of Two Cellos (8573251), with its two cellos “beautifully played and blended together” (Gramophone) and considered a thing of “rare beauty” by The Strad. Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber’s acclaimed album A Tale of Two Cellos can be found on Naxos 8573251. Piazzolla’s Milonga displays all of his most distinctive hallmarks.
Alongside this appear works both popular and recently discovered, the mercurial moods of the cellos representing instruments from mandolins to hunting horns. Vivaldi’s Concerto in G minor RV 531 is his only original concerto for two cellos. The cello part in the basso continuo group can be played by orchestral cellists or by the soloists.The first arranger of Vivaldi’s concertos was Vivaldi himself, and Julian Lloyd Webber’s new versions in this recording reflect the composer’s pragmatic attitude and zest for experiment. At the same time the edition allows for a flexible realisation of this concerto: it can be performed by a full tutti orchestra or by one performer per part.
The edition is based on the careful evaluation of Vivaldi’s autograph score which is the main source and several inconsistencies found in previous editions have been clarified. The two solo parts take centre stage with virtuosic passages but lie on the instrument so well that they can be comfortably mastered by advanced students. The Concerto RV 531 is the only double concerto in Vivaldi’s œuvre for two solo violoncellos. Vivaldi knew how to tailor his music to the cello and in doing so, helped to establish this still young instrument in the music of that time. Throughout his life, Antonio Vivaldi wrote almost thirty instrumental works that use the cello as a solo instrument.
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