Stereo: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=T46-PF_smt8&fmt=18Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (1743 - 1805).Sinfonia Op. 10/4 in D minor La casa del diavolo for two oboes, two horns, strings and continuo (1771).5th mov: Allegro Assai con moto.Il Giardino Armonico.Dir. Giovanni Antonini.Boccherini was born in Lucca, Italy, in a musical family. At a young age his father, a cellist and double bass player, sent Luigi to study in Rome. In 1757 he went to Vienna with his son where the two of them were employed by the court as musicians in the Burgtheater. In 1761 Boccherini went to Madrid, where he was employed by Don Luis, the younger brother of King Charles III. There he flourished under royal patronage, until one day when the King expressed his disapproval at a passage in a new trio, and ordered Boccherini to change it. The composer, no doubt irritated with this intrusion into his art, doubled the passage instead, leading to his immediate dismissal. Then he accompanied Don Luis to Arenas de San Pedro a little town at the Gredos mountains, there and in the closest town of Candeleda Boccherini wrote many of his most brilliant works.Among his late patrons was the French consul Lucien Bonaparte, as well as King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, himself an amateur cellist, flutist, and avid supporter of the arts. Boccherini fell on hard times following the deaths of his Spanish patron, two wives, and two daughters, and he died almost in poverty in 1805, being survived by two sons. His blood line continues to this day in Spain.Much of his chamber music follows models established by Joseph Haydn; however, Boccherini is often credited with improving Haydn's model of the string quartet by bringing the cello to prominence, whereas Haydn had always relegated it to an accompaniment role. Rather, some sources for Boccherini's style are in the works of a famous Italian cellist, Giovanni Battista Cirri, who was born before Boccherini and before Haydn and the Spanish popular music.A virtuoso cellist of the first caliber (possibly the most accomplished cellist in history), Boccherini often played violin repertoire on the cello, at pitch, a skill he developed by substituting for ailing violinists while touring. This supreme command of the instrument brought him much praise from his contemporaries (notably Baillot, Rode, and Romberg), and is evident in the cello parts of his compositions (particularly in the quintets for two cellos, treated often as cello concertos with string quartet accompaniment).He wrote a large amount of chamber music, including over one hundred string quintets for two violins, viola and two cellos (a type which he pioneered, in contrast with the then common scoring for two violins, two violas and one cello), a dozen guitar quintets, not all of which have survived, nearly a hundred string quartets, and a number of string trios and sonatas (including at least 19 for the cello). His orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso cello concertos.Boccherini's works have been catalogued by the French musicologist Yves Gérard (born 1932) in the Gérard catalog, published in London (1969), hence the "G" numbers for his output.With a ministerial decree dated 27 April 2006, the Opera Omnia of the composer Luigi Boccherini was promoted to the status of Italian National Edition. The director of the new critical edition is professor Christian Speck (Koblenz-Landau), and the advisory committee includes Theophil Antonicek (Vienna), Sergio Durante (Padua), Ludwig Finscher (Heidelberg), Yves Gérard (Paris), Roberto Illiano (Cremona-Lucca), Fulvia Morabito (Cremona-Lucca), Rudolf Rasch (Utrecht), Massimiliano Sala (Cremona-Lucca), and Andrea Schiavina (Bologna).Boccherini's style is characterized by the typical Rococo charm, lightness, and optimism, and exhibits much melodic and rhythmic invention, coupled with frequent influences from the guitar tradition of his adopted country, Spain. Neglected after his death - the dismissive sobriquet "Haydn's wife" dates from the nineteenth century - his works have been gaining more recognition lately, in print, record, and concert hall. His famous "Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid" (String Quintet in C Major, Op. 30 No. 6), has recently been popularised through the Peter Weir film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.His distinctive compositions for string quintet (two violins, one viola, two cellos), long neglected after his death, have been brought back to life by the Boccherini Quintet in the second half of the XX century, when two of its founding members discovered a complete collection of the first edition of the 141 string quintets in Paris and began playing and recording them around the world. [ More Detail ]
Stereo: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=g4MfI6sIs2M&fmt=18Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (1743 - 1805).Sinfonia Op. 10/4 in D minor La casa del diavolo for two oboes, two horns, strings and continuo (1771).2nd mov: Allegro Assai.Il Giardino Armonico.Dir. Giovanni Antonini.Boccherini was born in Lucca, Italy, in a musical family. At a young age his father, a cellist and double bass player, sent Luigi to study in Rome. In 1757 he went to Vienna with his son where the two of them were employed by the court as musicians in the Burgtheater. In 1761 Boccherini went to Madrid, where he was employed by Don Luis, the younger brother of King Charles III. There he flourished under royal patronage, until one day when the King expressed his disapproval at a passage in a new trio, and ordered Boccherini to change it. The composer, no doubt irritated with this intrusion into his art, doubled the passage instead, leading to his immediate dismissal. Then he accompanied Don Luis to Arenas de San Pedro a little town at the Gredos mountains, there and in the closest town of Candeleda Boccherini wrote many of his most brilliant works.Among his late patrons was the French consul Lucien Bonaparte, as well as King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, himself an amateur cellist, flutist, and avid supporter of the arts. Boccherini fell on hard times following the deaths of his Spanish patron, two wives, and two daughters, and he died almost in poverty in 1805, being survived by two sons. His blood line continues to this day in Spain.Much of his chamber music follows models established by Joseph Haydn; however, Boccherini is often credited with improving Haydn's model of the string quartet by bringing the cello to prominence, whereas Haydn had always relegated it to an accompaniment role. Rather, some sources for Boccherini's style are in the works of a famous Italian cellist, Giovanni Battista Cirri, who was born before Boccherini and before Haydn and the Spanish popular music.A virtuoso cellist of the first caliber (possibly the most accomplished cellist in history), Boccherini often played violin repertoire on the cello, at pitch, a skill he developed by substituting for ailing violinists while touring. This supreme command of the instrument brought him much praise from his contemporaries (notably Baillot, Rode, and Romberg), and is evident in the cello parts of his compositions (particularly in the quintets for two cellos, treated often as cello concertos with string quartet accompaniment).He wrote a large amount of chamber music, including over one hundred string quintets for two violins, viola and two cellos (a type which he pioneered, in contrast with the then common scoring for two violins, two violas and one cello), a dozen guitar quintets, not all of which have survived, nearly a hundred string quartets, and a number of string trios and sonatas (including at least 19 for the cello). His orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso cello concertos.Boccherini's works have been catalogued by the French musicologist Yves Gérard (born 1932) in the Gérard catalog, published in London (1969), hence the "G" numbers for his output.With a ministerial decree dated 27 April 2006, the Opera Omnia of the composer Luigi Boccherini was promoted to the status of Italian National Edition. The director of the new critical edition is professor Christian Speck (Koblenz-Landau), and the advisory committee includes Theophil Antonicek (Vienna), Sergio Durante (Padua), Ludwig Finscher (Heidelberg), Yves Gérard (Paris), Roberto Illiano (Cremona-Lucca), Fulvia Morabito (Cremona-Lucca), Rudolf Rasch (Utrecht), Massimiliano Sala (Cremona-Lucca), and Andrea Schiavina (Bologna).Boccherini's style is characterized by the typical Rococo charm, lightness, and optimism, and exhibits much melodic and rhythmic invention, coupled with frequent influences from the guitar tradition of his adopted country, Spain. Neglected after his death - the dismissive sobriquet "Haydn's wife" dates from the nineteenth century - his works have been gaining more recognition lately, in print, record, and concert hall. His famous "Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid" (String Quintet in C Major, Op. 30 No. 6), has recently been popularised through the Peter Weir film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.His distinctive compositions for string quintet (two violins, one viola, two cellos), long neglected after his death, have been brought back to life by the Boccherini Quintet in the second half of the XX century, when two of its founding members discovered a complete collection of the first edition of the 141 string quintets in Paris and began playing and recording them around the world. [ More Detail ]
Stereo: http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bpcAm8OSk&fmt=18Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (1743 - 1805).Sinfonia Op. 10/4 in D minor La casa del diavolo for two oboes, two horns, strings and continuo (1771).1st mov: Andante Sostenuto.Il Giardino Armonico.Dir. Giovanni Antonini.Boccherini was born in Lucca, Italy, in a musical family. At a young age his father, a cellist and double bass player, sent Luigi to study in Rome. In 1757 he went to Vienna with his son where the two of them were employed by the court as musicians in the Burgtheater. In 1761 Boccherini went to Madrid, where he was employed by Don Luis, the younger brother of King Charles III. There he flourished under royal patronage, until one day when the King expressed his disapproval at a passage in a new trio, and ordered Boccherini to change it. The composer, no doubt irritated with this intrusion into his art, doubled the passage instead, leading to his immediate dismissal. Then he accompanied Don Luis to Arenas de San Pedro a little town at the Gredos mountains, there and in the closest town of Candeleda Boccherini wrote many of his most brilliant works.Among his late patrons was the French consul Lucien Bonaparte, as well as King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, himself an amateur cellist, flutist, and avid supporter of the arts. Boccherini fell on hard times following the deaths of his Spanish patron, two wives, and two daughters, and he died almost in poverty in 1805, being survived by two sons. His blood line continues to this day in Spain.Much of his chamber music follows models established by Joseph Haydn; however, Boccherini is often credited with improving Haydn's model of the string quartet by bringing the cello to prominence, whereas Haydn had always relegated it to an accompaniment role. Rather, some sources for Boccherini's style are in the works of a famous Italian cellist, Giovanni Battista Cirri, who was born before Boccherini and before Haydn and the Spanish popular music.A virtuoso cellist of the first caliber (possibly the most accomplished cellist in history), Boccherini often played violin repertoire on the cello, at pitch, a skill he developed by substituting for ailing violinists while touring. This supreme command of the instrument brought him much praise from his contemporaries (notably Baillot, Rode, and Romberg), and is evident in the cello parts of his compositions (particularly in the quintets for two cellos, treated often as cello concertos with string quartet accompaniment).He wrote a large amount of chamber music, including over one hundred string quintets for two violins, viola and two cellos (a type which he pioneered, in contrast with the then common scoring for two violins, two violas and one cello), a dozen guitar quintets, not all of which have survived, nearly a hundred string quartets, and a number of string trios and sonatas (including at least 19 for the cello). His orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso cello concertos.Boccherini's works have been catalogued by the French musicologist Yves Gérard (born 1932) in the Gérard catalog, published in London (1969), hence the "G" numbers for his output.With a ministerial decree dated 27 April 2006, the Opera Omnia of the composer Luigi Boccherini was promoted to the status of Italian National Edition. The director of the new critical edition is professor Christian Speck (Koblenz-Landau), and the advisory committee includes Theophil Antonicek (Vienna), Sergio Durante (Padua), Ludwig Finscher (Heidelberg), Yves Gérard (Paris), Roberto Illiano (Cremona-Lucca), Fulvia Morabito (Cremona-Lucca), Rudolf Rasch (Utrecht), Massimiliano Sala (Cremona-Lucca), and Andrea Schiavina (Bologna).Boccherini's style is characterized by the typical Rococo charm, lightness, and optimism, and exhibits much melodic and rhythmic invention, coupled with frequent influences from the guitar tradition of his adopted country, Spain. Neglected after his death - the dismissive sobriquet "Haydn's wife" dates from the nineteenth century - his works have been gaining more recognition lately, in print, record, and concert hall. His famous "Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid" (String Quintet in C Major, Op. 30 No. 6), has recently been popularised through the Peter Weir film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.His distinctive compositions for string quintet (two violins, one viola, two cellos), long neglected after his death, have been brought back to life by the Boccherini Quintet in the second half of the XX century, when two of its founding members discovered a complete collection of the first edition of the 141 string quintets in Paris and began playing and recording them around the world. [ More Detail ]
-II I DO NOT OWN THIS MUSIC II-Master and CommanderSoundtrack'La Musica Notturna Delle Strade Di Madrid'No. 6, Op. 30Composed by Luigi BoccheriniArrangement by Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon and Richard TognettiRichard Tognetti: Violin 1 / Bruce Dukov: Violin 2 / Simon Oswell: Viola / Steve Erdody: Violoncello 1 / Timothy Landauer: Violoncello 2 [ More Detail ]
Five of the Sliva Sisters and Brothers play cello Quintet Op. 47 No. 1, Allegro by Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805). From left to right: Catherine Sliva (viola), Luke Sliva (violin), Mark Sliva (violin), Anna Sliva (cello) and Monica Sliva (cello).Recorded in Holy Spirit Catholic Community http://www.holyspiritnaperville.org/ in Naperville, Illinois, USA May 9, 2008. For more of our music, see http://www.psliva.com/concerts/ . [ More Detail ]
El Quinteto Don Luis ofreció un corcierto homenaje a Luigi Boccherini en el Palacio Real del Infante Don Luis de Borbón de Arenas de San Pedro el pasado 5 de febrero de 2008, con motivo de la grabación del documental "El Secreto de Boccherini" realizado por la hija de Anner Bylsma. [ More Detail ]
Anna Sliva, cello, plays Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): Andante grazioso from Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat Major, G. 482 accompanied by Nariaki Sugiura, piano, at Indiana University on Feb. 29, 2008. See also http://www.psliva.com/concerts/ for more music played by Anna and also by her siblings. [ More Detail ]
This video was made at The national János Starker competition ( in 2007.03.7 ) You must know, this is the SECOND DAY OF the competiton ( part 1 of the videoI play Goens Schertzo, and Boccherini b-major cello concertoplease watch the first day of the competiton I mean the first day of my playing.I won the second price at the competiton :)Thank youPetru Bölöni Áron [ More Detail ]
My favorite track from the Master and Commander Soundtrack. I made it after I mistakenly had the song named as Boccheri and I was amazed that Youtube didn't have it so I thought I was doing everyone a favor by making a video clip. Of course, now that it's all done I see scads of it online. Oh well, what's one more... [ More Detail ]
http://es.trekearth.com/members/quillo/Concierto grabado en el Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas de Boadilla del Monte el 05 de junio de 2005. Coro Luigi Boccherini.Director:David Hurtado Vallet.Solistas:Angeles Tey . . . . . . sopranoMarta Infante . . . . . contraltoMiguel Bernal . . . . . tenorJose Antonio Carril . . bajo [ More Detail ]
http://es.trekearth.com/members/quillo/Concierto grabado en el Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas de Boadilla del Monte el 05 de junio de 2005. Coro Luigi Boccherini.Director:David Hurtado Vallet. [ More Detail ]
Francis Planté was France's most important pianist in the nineteenth century, after Chopin. He started his concert life at age seven in Paris, where Chopin was also performing, and so heard him play. By 1850 he had won a First Prize from the Paris Conservatoire. He went on to befriend Rossini, through whom he was introduced to most of the important musical figures of the day, many of whom he got to know and with whom he formed lasting friendships. During the 1860s he duetted with both Saint-Saëns and Liszt, and established himself as the leading French pianist of the day. He was recorded at age 89, rather past his best no doubt, in a single set of specially arranged recording sessions in his own retirement villa over a few days in 1928.His musical style has its roots in the French tradition of crisp and accurate finesse, a sort of pearly-clean touch and not vast amounts of indulgence in romantic tugging at the rhythms. He was best known for the shorter romantic works in the piano repertoire, but it is a moot point as to how much his own playing resembles that of pianists such as Chopin (when we compare him to performers such as Koczalski, Rosenthal and Pachmann for example, all of whom had attachments to the "authentic" Chopin tradition).This is Planté's own charmingly wayward interpretation of the famous minuet by Boccherini. [ More Detail ]
LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) composed his "Fandango" Quintet (No. 4 in D major - G. 448) originally either for guitar and string quartet or for two violoncelli, viola and two violins. Good to know here is that Luigi Boccherini himself was an excellent violoncellist and that the 2nd version of this quintet good well have been intended for his (together with his musician friends) personal use. Unfortunately the real chronological births of this work and some of the other guitar quintets by the Maestro's hand are not completely clear. There are scholars however who think that the Spanish guitar is so closely related to the Spanish soul and folk music that the Fandango quintet must have been first written for guitar with two violins, a viola and a violoncello. A nice but yet unproved thought of course ... What is known with certainty is that Boccherini dedicated his Sinfonia Concertante in C Major, a composition for full orchestra with an obligate guitar part to a friend of his, the Marquis de Bénavent, a Spanish nobleman and an enthusiastic player of the guitar. The "Fandango" Quintet, as it is often referred too, is one of more quintets with guitar that could also have been composed with the Marquis in mind. In any case this 'Fandango' Quintet is one of the most celebrated compositions of Luigi Boccherini. And probably known best in the flamboyant version for guitar and string quartet. The complete work has four movements: a solemn and modest 1st movement named 'Pastorale'; a much more carefree and cheerful 'Allegro maestoso' 2nd part; the 'Grave assai', a short 3rd movement that - because of its great beauty and simplicity -- displays a feeling of anticipation of things to come. A mood that from the very start finds its fulfilling in the 'Fandango', the final and 4th movement. Here this work is re-named as "Fandango Concerto" since the guitarist is accompanied not by a string quartet but by a chamber orchestra. In this case by the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT with their conductor Alex Timmerman as the guitar soloist. This video showes the 'Grave assai' and the 'Fandango', the 3rd and 4th movements of Boccherini's composition.The two other movements, the 1st movement named 'Pastorale' and the 2nd 'Allegro maestoso' played by the same orchestra and soloist, can also be viewed and listened to here at Youtube.Thanks for video taping this concert (Autumn 1995) that was given by the Dutch Mandolin Orchestra Het CONSORT and Alex Timmerman, go to mr. Gerard Godlieb.For more information about the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT and their concerts, please visit their website:http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/enwelko... [ More Detail ]
LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) was born in Lucca, Italy and was a prolific composer. During his relatively short life he composed more than four hundred and fifty compositions. Most of them being instrumental works that can be divided in concerti and chamber music work like duos, trios, string quartets and quintets with other instruments. Often his music for string quartets is seen as most important in the progress of this genre since they first display equal importance for all the instruments involved. Luigi Boccherini's most important years as a composer were those in the service of Don Luis, the brother of Charles III of Spain. It was during this time, the 1770-ties, that Boccherini composed his first quartets and that he became friends with the great painter Goya with whom he had a lifetime friendship. A certain fusion between Spanish and Italian music is unmistakable in listening to Boccherini's music. After the death of Don Luis in 1785 Boccherini was appointed the title of 'Kapelmeister' (music director) at the court of Frederick William II of Prussia. A profession Boccherini kept occupied till his deat.Luigi boccherini's "Fandango" Quintet (No. 4 in D major - G. 448) is originally either for guitar and string quartet or for two violoncellos, viola and two violins (catalogued as Op. 50 No. 4). Good to know here is that Luigi Boccherini himself was an excellent violoncellist and that the 2nd version of this quintet good well have been intended for his (together with his musician friends) personal use. Interesting difference between the two 'Fandango' quintets is that in the version with the two celli the 2nd movement is not the same as in the guitar quintet. Here a lively 'Minuetto' is included; while in the guitar quintet version with a much more to the other movements related 'Allegro maestoso' is added.Unfortunately the real chronological births of the 'Fandango' quintets and some of the other guitar quintets by the Maestro's hand are not completely clear. There are scholars however who think that the Spanish guitar is so closely related to the Spanish soul and folk music that the Fandango quintet simply must have been first written for guitar and strings. A nice but yet unproved thought of course ... What is known with certainty is that Boccherini dedicated his Sinfonia Concertante in C Major, a composition for full orchestra with an obligate guitar part to a friend of his, the Marquis de Bénavent, a Spanish nobleman and an enthusiastic player of the guitar. The "Fandango" Quintet, as it is often referred too, is one of more guitar quintets that could also have been composed with the Marquis in mind. In any case this composition is one of the most celebrated works of Luigi Boccherini. And probably known best in the flamboyant version for guitar and string quartet. The complete work has four movements: a solemn and modest 1st movement named 'Pastorale'; a much more carefree and cheerful 'Allegro maestoso' 2nd part; the 'Grave assai', a short 3rd movement that - because of its great beauty and simplicity -- displays a feeling of anticipation of things to come. A mood that from the very start finds its fulfilling in the 'Fandango', the final and 4th movement. Here the 'Pastorale' (1st mov.) of the "Fandango Concerto" is shown in the setting performed by the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT with their conductor Alex Timmerman as the guitar soloist.The two other movements, the 'Allegro maestoso' (II) and the 'Grave assai - Fandango' (3 &4) played by the same orchestra and soloist, can also be viewed and listened to here at YouTube.Thanks for video taping this concert (Autumn 1995) that was given by the Dutch Mandolin Orchestra Het CONSORT and Alex Timmerman, go to mr. Gerard Godlieb.For more information about the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT and their concerts, please visit their website:http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/enwelkom.htm [ More Detail ]