All Boccherini articles
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ReviewJacopo Ristori, Viola de Hoog et al: In Copisteria del Conte
Lightweight fare is elevated by musical panache
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Steven Isserlis: Music of the Angels
Brilliantly committed performances bring Boccherini to life
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ReviewBook review: Luigi Boccherini: Musica Amorosa
Robin Stowell reviews Babette Kaiserkern’s treatise on the Baroque composer’s life and works, translated into English for the first time
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ReviewConcert review: Calder Quartet, Edward Arron (cello)
Bruce Hodges reviews the performance at Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin, ME, on 31 July 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Steven Isserlis (cello) Jonian Ilias Kadesha, Irène Duval (violins) Eivind Ringstad (viola) Tim Posner (cello) Lucy Shaw (double bass) Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
Tim Homfray visits London’s Wigmore Hall for the performance of Boccherini on 27 March 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Avi Avital (mandolin) Brooklyn Rider
Dennis Rooney attends the Kaufmann Auditorium, 92nd Street Y, NY, on 15 March 2022 for a concert of Boccherini, Osvaldo Golijov, Clarice Assad, Caroline Shaw, Colin Jacobsen and Lev Zhurbin
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Zoffany Ensemble
Peter Quantrill virtually attends the performance at London’s Conway Hall on 7 March 2021
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ReviewUnited Strings of Europe, Amalia Hall: In Motion
Unfamiliar repertoire arranged for small string ensemble is well worth exploring
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Blogs5 reasons Boccherini is actually worth getting to know
Cellist Peggy Nolan argues that posterity has been unfair to this cello virtuoso who was also a unique and prolific composer
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ReviewCello Rising: from Degli Antonii to Boccherini - Antonii: Ricercata decimal; Boismortier: Sonata II in G major; Boccherini: Sonatas in B flat major G8, in A major G4; D. Gabrielli: Sonata in G major;
The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Expressive explorations of early repertoire for cello Musicians: Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello), Björn Gäfvert (harpsichord), Karl Nyhlin (guitar) Composer: Antonio, Boismortier, Boccherini, Gabrielli, Galli, Telemann Catalogue number: ...
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ReviewCello Concertos, Sonatas & Suites. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Dvorák, Kabalevsky, Milhaud and Schumann
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Collected performances by a legendary Canadian cellistMusicians: Zara Nelsova (cello) Artur Balsam, Lothar Broddack (pianos) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Georg Ludwig Jochum, Gerd AlbrechtComposer: Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Dvorák, Kabalevsky, Milhaud, SchumannThe greatest cellist to come out of the Americas (see ‘Great Cellists’, ...
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ReviewMetamorfora: Works for Double Bass and Piano. Beethoven: Variations on ‘Bei Männern’. Boccherini: Sonata no.6 in A minor. Oswald: Sonata in E minor. Proto: Nine Variants on Paganini. Salllinen: Metam
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Four transcriptions for bass – but the original work comes off bestMusicians: Marcos Machado (double bass) Ney Fialkow (piano)Composer: Beethoven, Boccherini, Oswald, Proto, SallinenMarcos Machado’s first recorded performance, on Tarik O’Regan’s Threshold of Night, was twice Grammy-nominated, and his first solo effort ...
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ReviewBoccherini: Cello Sonatas no.1 in A minor; no.2 in C major; no.6 in A major. Cirri: Cello Sonatas op.15: no.3 in F major; no.4 in A major; no.5 in G minor
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Stylish sonatas from two quintessential Baroque composersMusicians: Catherine Jones (cello) Giulia Nuti (harpsichord) Alison McGillivray (cello) William Carter (archlute/guitar)Composer: Boccherini, CirriBoccherini’s richly decorated, galant melodic idiom is difficult to realise successfully, especially while contending with brilliant left-hand passagework in the upper register, ...
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ReviewBarrocco Español. Works by de Murcia, Soler, Boccherini, Brunetti, D. Scarlatti, Sanz, de Nebra & Anon
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: The somewhat frugal fruits of a search for Spanish Baroque viola musicMusicians: Nils Mönkemeyer (viola) Klaus-Dieter Brandt (cello) Thomas Zscherpe (double bass) Sabine Erdmann (harpsichord) Andreas Arend (guitar/theorbo) Anja Hermann (percussion)Composer: de Murcia, Soler, Boccherini, Brunetti, D. Scarlatti, Sanz, de NebraThe first ...
