QUINTETTO CHIGIANO Boccherini: Piano Quintets 1 & 4 (1951/2) - PACM015

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overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fBOCCHERINI Quintet No. 1 in A major for piano and stringsBOCCHERINI Quintet No. 4 in D minor for piano and strings Recorded Decca West Hamps tead Studios, 22 & 24 October, 1951 & 5 December 1952Duration 33:26" Quintetto Chigiano:Sergio Lorenzi, pianoRiccardo Brengola, violinMario Benvenuti, violinGiovanni Leone, violaLino Filippini, cello578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples/PACM015.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f"The Chigi Quintet play both pieces to perfection" - Gramophone Despite his prolific output - nearly 500 works, including 102 string quartets and 125 string quintets, the music of Luigi Boccherini (1743-1809) has always stood somewhat in the shadow of his great contemporaries of the classical era, sometimes rather unfairly regarded as falling somwhere between the styles of J.C. Bach and Schubert.However, there is a distinct originality to be found in Boccherini's music. He was a well-travelled and cultivated man, a well-toured cellist who spent much of his life in Spain, before and after service as court chamber composer to Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia. However it was mostly during the later part of his life, back in Spain as organist to the Kind, that the bulk of his chamber music was composed.By this stage in his life he had established a friendship with Haydn, whose music he greatly admired, and this seems to have deepened his musical style. However, it is here, in these Piano Quintets, that we see possibly the true fruits of his work, with perhaps the first effective synthesis of piano and string quartet where each works more or less as an equal partner, and the cello is freed from its traditional basso continuo form of duplicating the keyboard's left hand.Boccherini left two sets of six piano quintets, of which these come from the latter, written in 1799. Whilst they weren't to set the world on fire in the way Schumann achieved some 43 years later they are certainly well worth knowing, and in this recording by the Quintetto Chigiano, double-starred in The Record Guide of 1956, they receive a superb world premiere recording. Andrew Rose578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fQUINTETTO CHIGIANO Boccherini: Piano Quintets 1 & 4 (1951/2) BOCCHERINI Quintet No. 1 in A major for piano and strings*1. I Allegro Moderato (4:33)2. II Minuet and Trio (3:47)3. III Andantino (2:12)4. IV Allegro (4:17) BOCCHERINI Quintet No. 4 in D minor for piano and strings5. I Allegro giusto ma con vivacità (7:00)6. II Largo cantabile (5:29)7. III Allegro Assai (6:08) Tracks 1–7:Recorded Decca West Hampstead Studios, 22 & 24 October, 1951 & *5 December 1952Originally released in 1952 as Decca LXT2687 & *1953 as LXT2841We are grateful to Mr. Don Petter for the use of his original LP for this transcription.(Duration 33:26") Quintetto Chigiano:Sergio Lorenzi,pianoRiccardo Brengola, violinMario Benvenuti, violinGiovanni Leone, violaLino Filippini, cello578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers/thumbs/PACM015.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers/PACM015.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f Show more