COMPOSERS: Boccherini
LABELS: Virgin Veritas
WORKS: String Quintets, Op. 11/5 & Op. 25/1, 4 & 6
PERFORMER: Europa Galante
CATALOGUE NO: VC 5 45421 2
This new issue contains three of Boccherini’s accomplished string quintets in performances which are warmly communicative. The music of Op. 25 is diversely entertaining at every turn. And, for good measure, the celebrated Minuetto provides a coda to the programme. I am always ready to hear it, and am never disappointed. Nicholas Anderson
Boccherini: String Quintets, Op. 11/5 & Op. 25/1, 4 & 6
This new issue contains three of Boccherini’s accomplished string quintets in performances which are warmly communicative. The music of Op. 25 is diversely entertaining at every turn. And, for good measure, the celebrated Minuetto provides a coda to the programme. I am always ready to hear it, and am never disappointed. Nicholas Anderson
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:16 pm