Boccherini: String Quintets Vol. XI - Op.30 & Op.31

I Virtuosi della Rotonda, Puxeddu, Luigi

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The continuation of a highly successful and popular series on Brilliant Classics: the string quintets by Boccherini (1743-1805)! The String Quintet series, of which 17 CD’s have already been issued, brought to light many hidden treasures, masterworks of chamber music in pure Classical Style, brimming with vitality, wit and winning charm.

This new recording presents the String Quintets Op. 30 and 31, of which the Op. 30 No. 6 is the most remarkable: this quintet with two cellos La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid “depicts” a cross-section of the night in Madrid, from the sound of the Ave Maria on the church bells of the city until the passage of the soldiers’ patrol announcing the curfew. In five movements-episodes, the different souls of the night of Madrid are recalled: the religious and devout (Ave Maria delle Parrocchie, Rosario) that carefree and goliardic (Minuetto dei ciechi, Passa Calle), and the military one (Ave Maria del Quartiere, Ritirata). In this quintet each musical resource is employed, in an extremely original way. As Boccherini himself notes in the score, the faithful representation from real life is so central in this work, that “everything that does not conform to the rules of composition, must be justified by the truth of the represented thing”.

Played by Luigi Puxeddu (cello) and I Virtuosi della Rotonda, with Federico Guglielmo (violin), Alessia Pazzaglia (violin), Davide Zaltron (viola) and Riccardo Giovine (cello).

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2.09.2024

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