BENJAMIN BRITTEN
- Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68

WILLIAM WALTON
- Cello Concerto

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER, cello
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
conducted by Sir NEVILLE MARRINER

CD 454 442-2 DDD
PHILIPS

- An all British affair as cellist Julian Lloyd Webber is joined by Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for works by Britten and Walton.

- The Walton (from 1956) is a work infused with warmth and light, reminiscent of the Mediterranean climate much loved by Walton who spent a great deal of time in Italy.

- The Britten Symphony is more of a partnership than the original conventional concerto form (as its title implies) and was originally written in 1963 for Rostropovich.