LUIGI BOCCHERINI 1743–1805

 

Complete Cello Sonatas

 

CD 1

Le sonate milanesi a violoncello solo e basso (Milanese sonatas for cello & bass)

Sonata in C G3

Sonata in C minor G2 (accompanied by the violin on the bass line)

Sonata in F G1

Sonata in A G4

Sonata in G G5

Luigi Puxeddu, cello

Claudia Lapolla, violin (basso G2)

Federico Bracalente, cello (basso)

 

CD 2

Le sonate milanesi a violoncello solo e basso (Milanese sonatas for cello & bass)

Sonata in C G6

Sonata in C G7

Sonata in B flat G8

Sonata in F G9

Sonata in E flat G10

Sonata in E flat G11

Luigi Puxeddu, cello

Federico Bracalente, cello (basso)

 

CD 3

Le sonate milanesi a violoncello solo e basso (Milanese sonatas for cello & bass)

Sonata in B flat G12

Sonata in A G13

Sonata in E flat G14

Sonata in E flat G16

Sonata in C G17

Sonata a viola sola e basso in C minor G18

Luigi Puxeddu cello

Federico Bracalente, cello (basso)

Francesco Lattuada, viola (G18)

Luigi Puxeddu, cello (basso G18)

 

CD 4

Le sonate milanesi a violoncello solo e basso (Milanese sonatas for cello & bass)

Sonata in B flat G565

Sonata in B flat G565 bis

Sonata in E flat G566

Sonata in E flat

Sonata in G

Sonata in A

Luigi Puxeddu, cello

Francesco Ferrarini, cello (basso)

 

Luigi Puxeddu, cello

Claudia Lapolla, violin

Francesco Lattuado, viola

Francesco Ferrarini, cello

Frederico Bracalente, cello

 

New recording

 

Luigi Puxeddu has played as principal cellist with the Orchestra of La Scala, and La Fenice. He has also been principal cellist of I Solisti Veneti for many years. He has recorded the Guitar Quintets of Boccherini and the first 40 Quintets.

 

Luigi Boccherini was born in 1743 in the Italian city of Lucca, the birthplace of Geminiani, and later of Catalani and Puccini. Like his fellow composer and compatriot Geminiani, he left Italy after his studies as there was little interest in purely instrumental music. Geminiani travelled to London, and Boccherini to Madrid to pursue his career as a virtuoso cellist. Boccherini’s reputation was soon to rival that of Haydn (with whom he was on friendly terms with) and Mozart, and he composed a large quantity of symphonies, concertos, quartets, trios and sonatas.

 

The string quintet was a medium he made his own, and influenced the young Mozart. The works on this CD although called sonatas contain some of his earliest works (1771-5) for cello with four accompanying instruments. Boccherini died in Madrid in 1805, his reputation as one of the great figures of 18th century music secure.

 

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