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Luigi Boccherini
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Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era. His music maintained a courtly and galante style, even though he developed somewhat independently from the main classical musical centres. He is best known for the minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). The latter was long known through a heavily altered version by German cellist and arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original form. Boccherini also composed several guitar quintets, including the Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (G 448), whose final movement is a fandango, a lively Spanish dance. Boccherini was born into a musical family in Lucca, Italy. He was the third child of Leopoldo Boccherini, a cellist and double-bass player, and brother to Giovanni Gastone Boccherini, a poet and dancer who wrote libretti for Antonio Salieri and Joseph Haydn. Luigi received his first music lessons from his father at age five, studying cello, and later continued his studies with Abbé Vanucci, music director of a local cathedral. At thirteen, he went to Rome to study with Giovanni Battista Costanzi. In 1757, Luigi and his father moved to Vienna, where they were employed as musicians at the Burgtheater. In 1768, Boccherini moved to Madrid and in 1770 entered the service of Infante Luis Antonio of Spain, younger brother of King Charles III. He flourished under royal patronage u
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Minuet
107,8032Menuett
85,1913Boccherini: String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11 No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuetto - Trio (Arr. Woodhouse for String Orchestra)
35,2904String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11 No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuetto
28,7905String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuetto
28,2136II. Larghetto
27,0077Allegro vivace - Tempo di Minuetto - Allegro vivace
24,1998Minuetto
23,3619Symphonie: 1.Allegro
20,44810Allegro assai
19,966albums
Luigi Boccherini: Symphonies
Dreams of Classics
Boccherini: String Quartets Op. 32, Nos. 3-6
BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 3
Boccherini: La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid
BOCCHERINI: Cello Concertos, Nos. 9-12
BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 2
Cello Masterpieces: Pierre Fournier: Boccherini – Beethoven – Debussy (Recordings 1956/1957)
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Horen - Lernen - Wachsen: Music for Babies and Children
Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 1
Boccherini: Cello Sonatas
BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintets, Op. 17