Variations [Import]

Andrew Lloyd Webber | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B00000IANS
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #673,282 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. Theme(paganini Caprice In A Minor No. 24) And

3. Variations 5 And 6

4. Variation 7

5. Variation 8

6. Variation 9

7. Variation 10

8. Variations 11-15(Including The Tributes)

9. Variation 16

10. Variations 14-15 Varied

11. Variation 17

12. Variation 18

13. "Variations 19, 20 And 6 Varied

14. Variations 21 And 22

15. Variation 23

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Things to do with an A Minor Caprice, February 25, 2000

By 

John Peter O'connor - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Variations (Audio CD)

Better known for his Musical Theatre on London's West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote this music, based on the Paganini A Minor Caprice, for his accomplished cellist brother Julian. Many composers have previously chosen the same solo violin work as the starting point for music in a wide variety of styles.

Julian Lloyd Webber is joined here by a group of rock musicians who perform the fifteen short pieces that make up Andrew Lloyd Webber's variations. The resultant pieces vary widely in tempo and feel and the style ranges from Jazz-Rock to Ghamber Music.

When this first appeared on vinyl, a copy soon made it's way into just about every hi-fi dealer in the UK. There were two reasons for this, first of all, it appeals to a wide range of people and secondly, on vinyl at least, it has the property of making almost any record playing equipment sound at its best.

It's good to listen to and I think that it is worth its place on my shelf for sure but it's not great music. The whole album hangs together well enough but it seems to lack any real excitement or emotion. I think that Sky and Nigel Kennedy do this sort of thing better.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest albums of music money can buy., October 1, 1999

By 

Jonathan Beattie ([e-mail]) (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Variations (Audio CD)

Music like this can only ever be written once. You can not improve albums like this. The music is simply outstanding. To write music of this quality takes amazing talent. One of the best Andrew Lloyd Webber albums, if not the best.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding merge of rock and classical--the best!, March 30, 2000

By 

Paul Eckert (Fort Worth, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Variations (Audio CD)

Purist classical types will hate this album, as will hard-rockers, but those who love both classical motifs and the energy of rock-'n-roll will find this blend exhilarating and exciting! The BEST blend of both I've ever heard.