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

7/29/2024, 36 Tracks, 2:57:03

Featuring

  • Federico Guglielmo
  • Alessia Pazzaglia
  • Davide Zaltron
  • Riccardo Giovine
  • Luigi Puxeddu
  • I Virtuosi della Rotonda
  • Luigi Boccherini

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Performer Biography

Luigi Puxeddu, the cellist on this recording, has won several major prizes, including the Vittorio Veneto Competition and the Viotti International Music Competition.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Boccherini's descriptive music often incorporates non-professional music, not just for stylistic enrichment, but to enact moments of real life and evoke emotions.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Abbey of St Mary of Carceri in Padua, Italy, with the Op.30 quintets recorded in 2014 and 2015, and Op.31 in 2016.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Luigi Boccherini, who arrived in Spain in 1768, served Don Luis, the younger brother of King Charles III, from 1770 and followed him into exile.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Luigi Boccherini, the composer, used his instrumental music to create representations of the world, drawing inspiration from contemporary Iberian musical reality.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The String Quintets Op.30 (G319-324) were composed in 1780 as the first set of annual compositions Boccherini supplied to his patron, Infante Luis of Spain.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album cover features a painting titled 'Portrait of a Woman as Diana' from 1752 by Jean-Marc Nattier.

Source: Booklet

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