A Tale of Two Cellos

A Tale of Two Cellos is a recording of twenty-one duets for two cellos and piano (or harp) ranging from the sixteenth century, Monteverdi, to the twenty-first century, Arvo Pärt. The recording features cellists Julian Lloyd Webber, his wife Jiaxin Cheng, pianist John Lenehan, harpist Catrin Finch, and two former BBC Young Musician of the Year winners Guy Johnston and Laura van der Heijden. It was released by Naxos Records in September 2013.

Track listing

 * 1) Camille Saint-Saëns: Ave Maria
 * 2) Astor Piazzolla: The Little Beggar Boy (Chiquilin de Bachin)
 * 3) Claudio Monteverdi: Interrotte Speranze
 * 4) Dmitri Shostakovich: Prelude from The Gadfly
 * 5) Gustav Holst: Hymn to the Dawn, Op. 26, No. 1 (arr. for four cellos and harp)
 * 6) Roger Quilter: My Lady (Greensleeves)
 * 7) Anton Rubinstein: The Angel, Op. 48, No. 1
 * 8) Antonín Dvořák: The Harvesters, Op. 38, No. 3
 * 9) William Lloyd Webber: Moon Silver
 * 10) Robert Schumann: Summer Calm (Sommerruh)
 * 11) Giovanni Pergolesi: Dolorosa (Stabat Mater)
 * 12) Antonín Dvořák: Autumn Lament, Op. 38, No. 4
 * 13) Reynaldo Hahn: If my songs were only wingèd
 * 14) Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Waves are Dreaming, Op. 15, No. 2
 * 15) Henry Purcell: Lost is my quiet for ever
 * 16) Antonín Dvořák: The Modest Lass, Op. 32, No. 8
 * 17) Robert Schumann: Evening Star (An den Abendstern) Op. 103, No. 4
 * 18) Ethelbert Nevin: O that we two were maying
 * 19) Joseph Barnby: Sweet and Low
 * 20) Roger Quilter: Summer Sunset
 * 21) Arvo Pärt: Estonian Lullaby

Personnel

 * Julian Lloyd Webber cello
 * Jiaxin Cheng cello
 * John Lenehan piano
 * Catrin Finch harp
 * Guy Johnston cello
 * Laura van der Heijden cello