# A Tale of Two Cellos

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2013 studio album by Julian Lloyd Webber

A Tale of Two Cellos Studio album by Julian Lloyd Webber Released 2013[1] Recorded January 2013 Genre Classical Label Naxos Records

***A Tale of Two Cellos*** is a recording of twenty-one duets for two [cellos](/source/Cello) and [piano](/source/Piano) (or [harp](/source/Harp)) ranging from the sixteenth century, [Monteverdi](/source/Monteverdi), to the twenty-first century, [Arvo Pärt](/source/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt). The recording features cellists [Julian Lloyd Webber](/source/Julian_Lloyd_Webber), his wife [Jiaxin Cheng](/source/Jiaxin_Cheng), pianist John Lenehan, harpist [Catrin Finch](/source/Catrin_Finch), and two former [BBC Young Musician of the Year](/source/BBC_Young_Musician_of_the_Year) winners [Guy Johnston](/source/Guy_Johnston) and [Laura van der Heijden](/source/Laura_van_der_Heijden_(musician)). It was released by [Naxos Records](/source/Naxos_Records) in September 2013.

## Track listing

Jiaxin Cheng and Julian Lloyd Webber, 2018

1. [Camille Saint-Saëns](/source/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns): Ave Maria

1. [Astor Piazzolla](/source/Astor_Piazzolla): The Little Beggar Boy (Chiquilin de Bachin)

1. [Claudio Monteverdi](/source/Claudio_Monteverdi): Interrotte Speranze

1. [Dmitri Shostakovich](/source/Dmitri_Shostakovich): Prelude from *[The Gadfly](/source/The_Gadfly_Suite)*

1. [Gustav Holst](/source/Gustav_Holst): Hymn to the Dawn, Op. 26, No. 1 (arr. for four cellos and harp)

1. [Roger Quilter](/source/Roger_Quilter): My Lady ([Greensleeves](/source/Greensleeves))

1. [Anton Rubinstein](/source/Anton_Rubinstein): The Angel, Op. 48, No. 1

1. [Antonín Dvořák](/source/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k): [The Harvesters, Op. 38, No. 3](/source/Moravian_Duets)

1. [William Lloyd Webber](/source/William_Lloyd_Webber): Moon Silver

1. [Robert Schumann](/source/Robert_Schumann): Summer Calm (Sommerruh)

1. [Giovanni Pergolesi](/source/Giovanni_Pergolesi): Dolorosa (*[Stabat Mater](/source/Stabat_Mater_(Pergolesi))*)

1. [Antonín Dvořák](/source/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k): [Autumn Lament, Op. 38, No. 4](/source/Moravian_Duets)

1. [Reynaldo Hahn](/source/Reynaldo_Hahn): If my songs were only wingèd

1. [Sergei Rachmaninoff](/source/Sergei_Rachmaninoff): The Waves are Dreaming, Op. 15, No. 2

1. [Henry Purcell](/source/Henry_Purcell): Lost is my quiet for ever

1. [Antonín Dvořák](/source/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k): [The Modest Lass, Op. 32, No. 8](/source/Moravian_Duets)

1. [Robert Schumann](/source/Robert_Schumann): Evening Star (An den Abendstern) Op. 103, No. 4

1. [Ethelbert Nevin](/source/Ethelbert_Nevin): O that we two were maying

1. [Joseph Barnby](/source/Joseph_Barnby): Sweet and Low

1. [Roger Quilter](/source/Roger_Quilter): Summer Sunset

1. [Arvo Pärt](/source/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt): Estonian Lullaby

## Personnel

- [Julian Lloyd Webber](/source/Julian_Lloyd_Webber) cello

- [Jiaxin Cheng](/source/Jiaxin_Cheng) cello

- John Lenehan piano

- [Catrin Finch](/source/Catrin_Finch) harp

- [Guy Johnston](/source/Guy_Johnston) cello

- [Laura van der Heijden](/source/Laura_van_der_Heijden_(musician)) cello

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-julian-and-jiaxin-lloyd-web/180372824/). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.

## External links

- [Album details](https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8034153--a-tale-of-two-cellos), Presto Classical

- [*A Tale of Two Cellos* album reviews](http://www.julianlloydwebber.com/?p=429), julianlloydwebber.com

- [Saint-Saëns's "Ave Maria" performance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MkbZcx4i4A) on [YouTube](/source/YouTube_video_(identifier))

- [Piazzolla's "The Little Beggar Boy" performance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx2OlxroqBs) on YouTube

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