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Boccherini: Complete Clavier Quintets; Ensemble Claviere
Boccherini: Complete Clavier Quintets; Ensemble Claviere
Composer
Luigi Boccherini
Artist
Ensemble Claviere
Format
4 CD
Cat. number
92890
EAN code
5028421928906
Release
April 2006
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About this release
At the time when Luigi Boccherini wrote his piano quintets the genre was not really the fashion. Why add a keyboard when four strings suffice? Still the composer wrote a number of piano quintets, in which he adopted a more or less Baroque approach by reducing the piano to an accompaniment role.
Although these light-hearted and melodious works are rather late they have the same delightful tone of the chamber music he had written thirty years earlier. The composer later arranged some of his piano quintets for guitar quintet.
Energetic and inspired performances by Ensemble Claviere.
Listening
Track list
Disk 1
1 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto I in E Minor-Major G.407 : Allegro Comodo
2 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto I in E Minor-Major G.407 : Adagio
3 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto I in E Minor-Major G.407 : Minuetto. Con Moto
4 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto I in E Minor-Major G.407 : Allegretto
5 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto II in F Major G.408 : Allegretto
6 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto II in F Major G.408 : Minuetto. Amoroso
7 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto II in F Major G.408 : Poco Adagio
8 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto II in F Major G.408 : Allegretto
9 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto III in C Major G.409 : Maestoso Assai
10 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto III in C Major G.409 : Andantino
11 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto III in C Major G.409 : Allegretto
Disk 2
1 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto IV in E Flat Major G.410 : Lento
2 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto IV in E Flat Major G.410 : Allegretto
3 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto IV in E Flat Major G.410 : Allegro Assai
4 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto V in D Major G.411 : Andante Sostenuto
5 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto V in D Major G.411 : Minuetto. Allegro
6 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto V in D Major G.411 : Andante, Come Prima
7 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto V in D Major G.411 : Allegro, A Modo Di Marcia vivace
8 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto V in D Major G.411 : Variazioni. Andante, Piuttosto Lento
9 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in A Minor-Major G.412 : Allegretto
10 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in A Minor-Major G.412 : Andantino
11 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in A Minor-Major G.412 : Minuetto Con Moto
12 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in A Minor-Major G.412 : Andantino Come Prima
13 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in A Minor-Major G.412 : Allegro Ma Non Presto
Disk 3
1 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto I in A Major G.413 : Allegro Moderato
2 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto I in A Major G.413 : Minuetto - Tempo Giusto, Trio
3 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto I in A Major G.413 : Andantino, Con Un Poco Di Moto
4 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto I in A Major G.413 : Allegro Giusto
5 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto II in B Flat Major G.414 : Allegretto Moderato
6 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto II in B Flat Major G.414 : Minuetto - Tempo Giusto, Trio
7 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto II in B Flat Major G.414 : Adagio
8 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto II in B Flat Major G.414 : Finale - Allergo Un Poco vivace
9 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto III in E Flat Major G.415 : Andante Lento Assai
10 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto III in E Flat Major G.415 : Minuetto Non Presto, Con Grazia
11 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto III in E Flat Major G.415 : Provensal - Allegro viVo
12 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto III in E Flat Major G.415 : Andante Lento
13 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto III in E Flat Major G.415 : Provensal - Allegro viVo E Pp Come Prima
Disk 4
1 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto IV in D Minor G.416 : Allegro Giusto Ma Con viVacità
2 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto IV in D Minor G.416 : Largo Cantabile
3 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto IV in D Minor G.416 : Finale. Allegro Assai
4 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto V in E Major G.417 : Allegro Sostenuto E Imperioso
5 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto V in E Major G.417 : Adagio
6 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto V in E Major G.417 : Polacca. Tempo Di Minuetto
7 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in C Major G.418 : Allegretto Lento
8 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in C Major G.418 : Presto
9 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in C Major G.418 : Variazioni Sulla Ritirata Notturna Di Madrid
10 Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto vi in C Major G.418 : Polonese. Allegretto Sostenuto