Boccherini: String Quintets Op. 30 & Op. 31, Vol. 11

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
August 16, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Luigi Boccherini
    • PERFORMER
      Virtuosi Della Rotonda, Luigi Puxeddu
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 16, 2024
    • UPC
      5028421952031
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95203
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante lentarello

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    2. II. Minuetto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    3. I. Allegro

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    4. II. Minuetto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    5. I. Andantino lentarello

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    6. II. Minuetto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    7. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    8. II. Minuetto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    9. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    10. II. Minuetto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    11. I. Imitando il tocco dell’Ave Maria della parrochia

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    12. II. Tutti pizzicato

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    13. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    14. II. Minuetto e Trio

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    15. III. Grave

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    16. IV. Allegro vivace ma non presto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    17. I. Moderato

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    18. II. Andante lento

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    19. III. Minuetto con moto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    20. IV. Rondo: Allegretto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    21. I. Andante lento

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    22. II. Allegro assai

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    23. III. Minuetto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    24. IV. Finale: Allegro vivo

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    25. I. Preludio: Adagio

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    26. II. Allegro vivo

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    27. III. Adagio

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    28. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    29. I. Cantabile

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    30. II. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    31. III. Minuetto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    32. IV. Finale: Allegro

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    33. I. Allegro con moto

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    34. II. Largo

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    35. III. Minuetto e Trio

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu

    36. IV. Finale: Allegro vivo

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: I Virtuosi della Rotonda

      Performer: Luigi Puxeddu


The most emblematic work among Boccherini's descriptive music is his quintet with two cellos La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid, which 'depicts' a cross-section of the night in Madrid, from the sound of the Ave Maria on the city's church bells to the soldiers' patrol announcing the curfew. In the short time-frame of five movements / episodes, the different souls of the night of Madrid are recalled. This is amplified in his revision of the quintet, extending the final movement through the addition of 11 variations on the theme of the Curfew Patrol. Both versions of the Quintet are presented in this recording, along with the other five that make up Opus 30, designated by Boccherini as an "opera piccola" due to their two-movement structure. In them Boccherini explores various expressive characters, both within the individual movements and in their juxtaposition, exploiting peculiarities of his art such as the skilful use of modulations and harmonic contrasts, the subtle balancing of melody and texture and the emphasizing of rhythm in the characterization of musical ideas. The second set of quintets with two cellos that Boccherini composed, numbered as Op. 31, is designated an "opera grande", featuring compositions in more than two movements. The play of characters that Boccherini develops through these quintets appears overall to be even more multifaceted and nuanced than in his Quintets Op. 30. In these quintets, as in the Musica notturna and indeed other chamber works by Boccherini, the sacred and profane meet in the name of musical pathos, putting to the listener an ethical and existential question, as well as an aesthetical one. It will be up to each of us to find an answer on the basis of our own sensibilities. Other information: - Recorded October 2014, January 2015, January & June 2016, Padua, Italy - Booklet in English contains liner notes by Matteo Giuggioli and a profile of the ensemble - The Italian liner notes are available for download at www. Brilliantclassics. com - The continuation of a highly successful and popular series on Brilliant Classics: the String Quintets by Boccherini (1743-1805)! The String Quintet series, of which 17 CD's have already been issued, brought to light many hidden treasures, masterworks of chamber music in pure Classical Style, brimming with vitality, wit and winning charm. - This new recording presents the String Quintets Op. 30 and 31, of which the Op. 30 No. 6 is the most remarkable: this quintet with two cellos La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid "depicts" a cross-section of the night in Madrid, from the sound of the Ave Maria on the church bells of the city until the passage of the soldiers' patrol announcing the curfew. In five movements-episodes, the different souls of the night of Madrid are recalled: the religious and devout (Ave Maria delle Parrocchie, Rosario) that carefree and goliardic (Minuetto dei ciechi, Passa Calle), and the military one (Ave Maria del Quartiere, Ritirata). In this quintet each musical resource is employed, in an extremely original way. As Boccherini himself notes in the score, the faithful representation from real life is so central in this work, that "everything that does not conform to the rules of composition, must be justified by the truth of the represented thing". - Played by Luigi Puxeddu and I Virtuosi della Rotonda, with Federico Guglielmo, Alessia Pazzaglia, Davide Zaltron and Riccardo Giovine.