Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): 4 String Quintets

00:00 Quintet in C minor Op. 18 No.1: Allegro moderato - Grave - Minuet & Trio - Allegro assai 19:08 Quintet in F major Op. 13 No.3: Prestissimo - Largo - Tempo di minuetto appassionato & Trio - Presto 37:20 Quintet in C major Op. 25 No.3: Allegro - Larghetto - Minuet - Allegro 54:43 Largo cantabile in D major (from Quintet in A Major Op. 29 No.6) 1:00:29 Quintet in D Minor Op. 25 No.1: Larghetto, Allegro - Minuet con moto & Trio - Rondó: Allegretto 1:13:52 Andante con moto (from Quintet in C major Op. 42) QUINTETTO BOCCHERINI Arrigo Pelliccia & Guido Mozzato, Violins Luigi Sagrati, Viola Nerio Brunelli & Arturo Bonucci, Celli Arte: El parque del Retiro con paseantes (1779), por José del Castillo (1737-1793) Luigi Boccherini, one of the most prolific of composers, was born in Lucca, Italy, in 1743 and died in Madrid in 1805. Although he wrote over 450 works, he is known to the average music lover chiefly for a cello concerto and a minuet. In his own day Boccherini was famous both as composer and cello virtuoso, the fruit of study in Rome which began at the age of 14. When, in 1768, he reached Paris after leaving his native Lucca and making a tour of Italy, Boccherini took the French capital by storm with the publication of his Opus 1 (six string quartets) and two volumes of violin-celli trios. It was in Paris that Boccherini was persuaded by the Spanish Ambassador to try his luck in Spain. In Madrid he found a lukewarm welcome from the Prince of Asturias (later Charles...