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Perle del Barocco cdc 008 Tartini/Boccherini cdc 017/018 Perle/Paganini cdc 008/009  Real Audio: Quintetto in Mi maggiore (Minuetto con un poco di moto) |
Luigi
Boccherini (born in Lucca 19 February 1743, died in Madrid 28
May 1805) was a composer and cellist who was a true heir of the
great instrumentalists who raised the Italian school of music
of the eighteenth century to brilliant heights. As a composer
he produced music which was marked by freshness of melody, ease
of inspiration, and fluidity and economy of style. As a cello
player he was a virtuoso recognised and appreciated by all his
contemporaries. Despite
these talents he found difficulty in finding space within the
Italian context of his time with all its emphasis on musical theatre.
For this reason he had to go abroad and he spent a long period
in Spain in the service of the "infante" Don Louis. This time
of his life was very productive and enabled him to write chamber
music of total originality which was markedly detached from the
influences of the time. |
In "Fandango" (from Perle delBarocco)
Boccherini introduced the folklore elements and features of his native
land and these are expressed in the style of the epoch. This piece is
a rendering of the courtship dance of Andulusia. Following popular tradition,
the dance begins in a tempo moderato and gathers speed with short "verses"
which are repeated but always different in character. This recording
is a faithful reproduction of Boccherini’s original score and is the
first such recording to be made.
© P&P - Promozione e Produzione, Rome.