All Boccherini articles
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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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Live-streamed concert review: Zoffany Ensemble
Peter Quantrill virtually attends the performance at London’s Conway Hall on 7 March 2021
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United Strings of Europe, Amalia Hall: In Motion
Unfamiliar repertoire arranged for small string ensemble is well worth exploring
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Blogs
5 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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Cello 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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Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Suites. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Dvorák, Kabalevsky, Milhaud and Schumann
The Strad Issue: January 2016 Description: Collected performances by a legendary Canadian cellist Musicians: Zara Nelsova (cello) Artur Balsam, Lothar Broddack (pianos) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Georg Ludwig Jochum, Gerd Albrecht Composer: Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Brahms, Dvorák, Kabalevsky, Milhaud, Schumann The greatest cellist to come out of the ...
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Metamorfora: 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 2016 Description: Four transcriptions for bass – but the original work comes off best Musicians: Marcos Machado (double bass) Ney Fialkow (piano) Composer: Beethoven, Boccherini, Oswald, Proto, Sallinen Marcos Machado’s first recorded performance, on Tarik O’Regan’s Threshold of Night, was twice Grammy-nominated, and ...
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Boccherini: 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 2015 Description: Stylish sonatas from two quintessential Baroque composers Musicians: Catherine Jones (cello) Giulia Nuti (harpsichord) Alison McGillivray (cello) William Carter (archlute/guitar) Composer: Boccherini, Cirri Boccherini’s richly decorated, galant melodic idiom is difficult to realise successfully, especially while contending with brilliant left-hand passagework ...
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Barrocco Español. Works by de Murcia, Soler, Boccherini, Brunetti, D. Scarlatti, Sanz, de Nebra & Anon
The Strad Issue: January 2015 Description: The somewhat frugal fruits of a search for Spanish Baroque viola music Musicians: 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, ...
