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Sep 11998

The Sunday Times September 1998

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The Sunday Times 23rd September 1998 WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER: Piano music, chamber music and songs The Nash Ensemble, John Mark Ainsley, Ian Brown Hyperion CDA67008 WILLIAM Lloyd Webber, father of Andrew and Julian, was no radical. Though he only died in 1982, his music inhabits the world of Gurney and Ireland, half a century before. […]

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Sep 11998

The Organ September 1998

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William Lloyd Webber – THE ORGAN (September 1998) Invocation WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER: Invocation Soloists / Westminster Singers I City of London Sinfonia I Richard Hickox CHANDOS CHAN9595 62.38 For church music enthusiasts growing up in the 30s and 40s William Lloyd Webber was an ideal role model. Doctored by examination at the age of 24 […]

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Jun 11998

The Sunday Telegraph June 1998

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The Sunday Telegraph 7th June 1998 THE SUNDAY REVIEW Critics’ Choice William Lloyd Webber: Invocation, Serenade, Aurora, etc. Westminster Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9595). Father of Julian and Andrew, William Lloyd Webber gave up composition because his music was out of fashion in that ghastly 1955-70 period when serialism was shoved down […]

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Sep 11996

The Strad September 1996

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THE STRAD September 1996 MUSIC REVIEW Father of two illustrious musicians, Andrew and Julian, William Lloyd Webber was himself a remarkable composer whose poised, abundantly lyrical works have returned to favour after many years of unwarranted neglect. The composer himself tended to consider his works too Romantic compared with his contemporaries, yet this is exactly […]

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Jun 11995

The Strad June 1995

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THE STRAD June 1995 Jullian Lloyd Webber (cello) Jane Atkins (viola) John Lill (piano) John Graham Hall (tenor) Andrew West (piano) Purcell Room, London Composer William Lloyd Webber had the misfortune to he born perhaps 40 years too late in 1914. Influenced by Rachmaninov and Franck, his music was sufficiently at odds with the prevailing […]

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