Variations

by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Variations cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: MCA
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 34:27
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An instrumental progressive rock album based entirely on the theme of Paganini's 24th Caprice, composed specifically for his cellist brother, Julian Lloyd Webber. The ambitious project seamlessly fuses classical cello virtuosity with a powerhouse rock backing band that included Gary Moore and Jon Hiseman.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, progressive, virtuosic, strings, fusion, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Introduction (1:12)
  2. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Theme And Variations 1-4 (From Paganini's Caprice in A Minor, No. 24) (3:04)
  3. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variations 5 And 6 (3:13)
  4. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 7 (1:50)
  5. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 8 (1:18)
  6. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 9 (1:31)
  7. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 10 (2:20)
  8. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variations 11-15 (Including The Tributes) (3:46)
  9. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 16 (2:28)
  10. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variations 13-14 Varied (1:54)
  11. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 17 (1:09)
  12. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 18 (2:58)
  13. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 19, 20 And 5 Varied (3:03)
  14. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variations 21 And 22 (1:58)
  15. Paganini, Lloyd Webber: Variation 23 (2:38)

Credits

  • Herbie Flowers - bass
  • John Mole - bass [fender precision bass, hayman fretless bass guitar]
  • Julian Lloyd Webber - cello
  • Jon Hiseman - drums, percussion
  • Phil Collins - drums, percussion
  • Gary Moore - guitar
  • Don Airey - keyboards
  • Rod Argent - keyboards
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber - Primary Artist

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