Chiara Banchini, Agnes Mellon, Ensemble 415 - Luigi Boccherini: Stabat Mater; Symphonies (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 607 Mb | Total time: 124:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMX 2901933.34 | Recorded: 1988, 1991
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 607 Mb | Total time: 124:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMX 2901933.34 | Recorded: 1988, 1991
Supremely lovely and deeply beautiful, the performances on this two-disc set devoted to the music of Luigi Boccherini are compelling proof that the Italian-Spanish composer was more than a Rococo bantam weight. Beyond his well-known Minuet, Fandango, and "La Ritirada di Madrid" and his enormous number of cheerful cello concertos and sonatas written for the cello-playing Spanish king, Boccherini was also a composer of quartets, quintets, symphonies, and sacred works that rival those of his contemporary Haydn.