Saturday 22 February 2014

BOCCHERINI'S QUINTETS

“Music fills the infinite between two souls.” - Rabindranath Tagore
 

Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini,  (born February 19, 1743, Lucca, Italy - died May 28, 1805, Madrid, Spain), was an Italian composer and cellist who influenced the development of the string quartet as a musical genre and who composed the first music for a quintet for strings, as well as a quintet for strings and piano. His approximately 500 works also include sacred music, symphonies, and concerti. Here are Boccherini’s String Quintets Op.10, played by La Magnifica Comunita.

String Quintet in A major, G. 265 (Op. 10/1)
1. Andantino 0:00-20:29
2. Largo
3. Minuetto Allegro, Trio
4. Allegro assai
 

String Quintet in E flat major, G. 266 (Op. 10/2)
5. Amoroso 20:29-41:37
6. Allegro non tanto
7. Minuetto, Trio
8. Presto
 

String Quintet in C minor, G. 267 (Op. 10/3)
9. Allegretto 41:37-1:04:59
10. Adagio non tanto
11. Minuetto, Trio
12. Presto
 

String Quintet in C major, G. 268 (Op. 10/4)
13. Adagio 1:04:59-1:24:27
14. Allegro e con forza
15. Adagio
16. Rondeau Allegro

String Quintet in E flat major, G. 269 (Op. 10/5)
17. Non tanto sostenuto 1:24:27-1:44:20
18. Allegro assai
19. Allegretto
 

String Quintet in D major, G. 270 (Op. 10/6)
20. Pastorale 1:44:20
21. Allegro Maestoso
22. Minuetto con variazioni

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