13 Pieces arraged for 2 Cellos and Piano-** PROMOTIONAL LAUNCH PRICE FOR 2014 **13 pieces arranged for 2 cellos and piano by Julian Lloyd Webber. Good original music for two cellos is quite rare to find and over the years arrangements have greatly enriched the classical repertoire. In these pieces internationally celebrated cellist Julian Lloyd Webber has taken music from Purcell to Rachmaninov-much of it originally written for two voices-and adapted it to the medium of two cellos and accompanying piano. These unique arrangements which he performs with his wife Jiaxin Lloyd Webber on a Naxos CD (see back cover for details) and on tour allows their cello voices to blend together as they exploremusic of lyricism quiet melancholy and tuneful energy.

Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Throughout his life, Antonio Vivaldi wrote almost thirty instrumental works that use the cello as a solo instrument. 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. The Concerto RV 531 is the only double concerto in Vivaldi?s ?uvre for two solo violoncellos. 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 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. 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 cello part in the basso continuo group can be played by orchestral cellists or by the soloists./ Répertoire / 2 Violoncelles, Cordes et Basse Continue