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Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 3 / Wallfisch, Ward
Naxos

Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 3 / Wallfisch, Ward

$19.99

Details

Composer
BOCCHERINI
Artist
Nicholas, Raphael, Ward, Wallfisch
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jan 18, 2005
Catalog #
8557589
UPC
747313258925

About

It may or may not be purely coincidental that this third volume in Naxos’s issue of the complete Boccherini Cello Concertos has been released in the year that marks the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death. Whatever the case, this new recording, featuring an entirely different soloist and orchestra from the previous volumes, should not disappoint collectors of the entire cycle. Raphael Wallfisch proves to be a most stylish and sympathetic performer. He has the necessary technical armoury to cope with the fearsomely difficult writing in each concerto, but also delivers a wonderfully expressive melodic line in the slow movements. Throughout Wallfisch plays his own cadenzas which are free from Romantic bluster and empty virtuosity. The partnership with the Northern Chamber Orchestra works very well, though the reverberant and muddy recording does not always serve the music to its best advantage. While the rather heavy bass line seems apposite for movements such as the Maestoso of the C major Concerto, it appears to undermine the lightness and wit of the rondo finale of the well-known B flat Concerto, and makes some of the slow movements sound more lugubrious than one might have expected. Performance: 5 (out of 5), Sound: 5 (out of 5)

-- Erik Levi, BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 08:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  2. 2 II. Andante grazioso 04:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante grazioso
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  3. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 06:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  4. 4 I. Allegro moderato 08:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:13
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  5. 5 II. Andante lentarello 06:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante lentarello
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  6. 6 III. Allegro e con moto 06:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro e con moto
    Duration
    06:57
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  7. 7 I. Maestoso 07:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Maestoso
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  8. 8 II. Largo cantabile 04:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Largo cantabile
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  9. 9 III. Allegro comodo 06:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro comodo
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  10. 10 I. Maestoso 06:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Maestoso
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  11. 11 II. Largo 03:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward
  12. 12 III. Allegro 04:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Raphael Wallfisch
    Ensemble
    Northern Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nicholas Ward