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Boccherini: Flute Quintets G 437-442 / Rampal, Et Al

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Composer
BOCCHERINI, LUIGI
Artist
Roland, Bruno, Pidoux, Jean-Pierre, Pasquier, Régis, Rampal, Mathilde, Pasquier, Sternat
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Feb 01, 2008
Catalog #
SONY62679
UPC
074646267929

About

These quintets come from a set of six in a Madrid manuscript with an attribution to Boccherini: they are not in Boccherini’s own catalogue of his works, which doesn’t necessarily exclude their authenticity (he noted in it most of his true chamber music, though not the cello sonatas or the keyboard ones); they sound as if they date from the 1780s, and the presence of an obbligato cello part does of course imply at least some link with him. This is claimed as their world premiere recording.

They are very agreeable and on the whole deftly written pieces, but to my mind don’t quite have the ring of his style: their formal regularity, their sometimes motivic writing (the first movement of the G major work, for example), and the frequent spells of rather routine invention argue against his authorship, as does the three-movement form (he preferred, oddly, two-movement opere piccole or four-movement opere grande), the absence of minuets (a movement type he patently relished) and the presence of three very schematic variation finales (a type he avoided). The compiler of the Boccherini thematic catalogue thought that they had “formulas and turns of style which are characteristic of him”, on reading through the parts, but since he evidently didn’t notice that they were for flute, violin, viola and two cellos (as opposed to flute and string quartet) I am inclined to think the reading-through wasn’t too rigorous.

By Boccherini or not, they make pleasant listening. They don’t demand that special affection for detail or feeling for texture that the most characteristic Boccherini needs, and respond well to these direct, modern performances, neatly phrased, the dialogues gracefully executed. The first cellist, who has several flights into the upper reaches of his instrument, is very assured, and there is also the particular pleasure of Jean-Pierre Rampal’s flute playing, as urbane as ever.

-- Stanley Sadie. Gramophone [8/1998]

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro vivace 06:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  2. 2 II. Cantabile 04:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Cantabile
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  3. 3 III. Andante con variazioni 03:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  4. 4 I. Allegro 05:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  5. 5 II. Adagio non tanto 04:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio non tanto
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  6. 6 III. Andante con variazioni 04:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  7. 7 I. Allegro 04:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  8. 8 II. Largo 03:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  9. 9 III. Grazioso 03:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Grazioso
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  10. 10 I. Moderato 04:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  11. 11 II. Adagio 03:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  12. 12 III. Grazioso 05:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Grazioso
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  13. 13 I. Allegro 04:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  14. 14 II. Adagio 04:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat
  15. 15 III. Rondeau: Grazioso 05:57
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Rondeau: Grazioso
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Rampal, Régis Pasquier, Bruno Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat