Since you are interested in Boccherini: Quintets G.287, 318 & 347, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: String Quartets Op 32, Nos.1 and 2 AEC Op.39 Quartetto Borciani [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] "It is the kind of music that I believe Mozart would have enjoyed for its Italian expressiveness and its charm. The Borciani Quartet is also completely Italian... Their playing is filled with spirit and energy, always flowing forward while sensitive... |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 1 No. 1 - 4 Tim Hugh (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Anthony Halstead, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2005 ] "Tim Hugh approaches the music with lightness of touch and exemplary technique. There are cadenza-like flourishes above written accompaniments: notably in 4, which require, and get, extremely precise ensemble." Hi-Fi News |
Quartetto Borciani
Boccherini - String Quartets Op 32 Nos 3, 4, 5 & 6 [ Naxos / CD - released 14/May/2002 ] Boccherini was the most important representative of the Viennese-classical-style |
BOCCHERINI
Cello Sonatas Richard Lester (cello) David Watkin (cello) Chi-Chi Nwanoku (double bass) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] 'There is a touch of the impetuous about Richard Lester's playing of these sonatas which seems to me to capture very happily their character' (Gramophone) |
Richard Savino, guitar, Artaria Quartet
Boccherini - Guitar Quintets Vol. 2 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] The second of 3 volumes. |
BOCCHERINI / D'ASTORGA
Stabat Mater Susan Gritton (soprano) Sarah Fox (soprano) Susan Bickley (mezzo) Paul Agnew (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion SACD / SACD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] 'Outstanding performances' (American Record Guide)- 'SACD versus CD? Better depth, separation and transparency; simply more 'there' (Hi-Fi News) |