Όταν ένας φυματικός και νευροπαθής μουσικός έγραφε υπέροχες συνθέσεις για τον προστάτη του ινφάντη της Ισπανίας

Boccherini*: String Quintets Op.29, vol. X

 Artists: Virtuosi della Rotonda: Federico Guglielmo violin Luigi Puxeddu cello 

Λουίτζι Μποκερίνι (1743-1805) - Βικιπαίδεια

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 Μποκερίνι, Λουίτζι (Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini, Λούκα 1743 – Μαδρίτη 1805). Ιταλός μουσικοσυνθέτης. Γιος ενός κοντραμπασίστα και μαθητής του αβά Βανούτσι, σε ηλικία δεκατριών ετών ήταν ήδη δεξιοτέχνης στο βιολοντσέλο. Την περίοδο 1754-61 ταξίδεψε στη Ρώμη και στη Βιέννη για να συνεχίσει τις σπουδές του, ενώ στη συνέχεια διετέλεσε πρώτος βιολοντσελίστας της εκκλησίας στη γενέτειρά του. Την ίδια περίοδο στράφηκε προς τη σύνθεση, γράφοντας έργα τα οποία συνέβαλαν στην εξέλιξη της οργανικής μουσικής. Το 1769 διέμεινε στη Φλωρεντία, όπου μαζί με τους βιολιστές Φιλίπο Μανφρέντι, Πιέτρο Ναρντίνι και Τζοβάνι Καμπίνι δημιούργησε το πρώτο γνωστό μόνιμο κουαρτέτο. Στη συνέχεια εγκαταστάθηκε στη Μαδρίτη, όπου παρέμεινε έως τον θάνατό του, στην υπηρεσία του ινφάντη Δον Λουίτζι, ως συνθέτης και βιολοντσελίστας.
Μολονότι έπασχε από φυματίωση και νευροπάθεια, ο Μ. έγραψε περισσότερες από 500 συνθέσεις, ανάμεσα στις οποίες περιλαμβάνονται πολλά κομμάτια φωνητικής μουσικής (Καντάτα για τα Χριστούγεννα, Οι Σαβίνοι), μουσική για ορχήστρα και μουσική δωματίου (συμφωνίες, οβερτούρες, σεξτέτα, κουιντέτα –με συμμετοχή και κιθάρας– κουαρτέτα, σονάτες), σκηνική μουσική (Κλεμεντίνα, Ισπανικό μπαλέτο). Εκλεπτυσμένης υφής, η Κλεμεντίνα (1786), όπερα γραμμένη στη Μαδρίτη, διαπνέεται από ένα προσωπικό ύφος, όπου ξεχωρίζουν τα μενουέτα, και ιδιαίτερα εκείνο του Κουαρτέτου σε λα.. 
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  Luigi Boccherini spent his early life in the service of the authorities of his hometown of Lucca, in Tuscany, though his talent as a cellist and composer often saw him travel abroad with his family at this young age. Settling in Spain in 1770, he spent the next 15 years of his life in the service of the Infante Luis Antonio Jaime of Bourbon. (1727-1785)


 The String Quintets Op.29 for two violins, viola and two cellos were composed for the Infante in 1779 and represent a peak in Boccherini’s output, both for the magic of their texture and their great formal freedom. They remained unpublished for several years, only printed posthumously by the Parisian publisher Pleyel in 1813. The presence of dance is a common feature of the Quintets, with examples of every kind bursting out unexpectedly, even in movements where it is not openly called for. Particularly striking in this regard is Boccherini’s way of disrupting a slow movement in order to leave space for the dance to follow to the point that, in the sixth and last quintet, the slow movement is reduced to a sad Prelude before the Goyescan finale. Performing these works are I Virtuosi della Rotonda, a chamber group founded by Luigi Puxeddu in 2002, made up of soloists and leaders of major Italian orchestras. Puxeddu has already released Boccherini’s String Quintets Op.18, with La Magnifica Comunità (BC93346), and his Complete Cello Sonatas (BC93784) on Brilliant Classics. The latter, the only complete recording in existence, was named Disc of the Month by Angelo Foletto in the Italian classical music magazine Suonare News and received five Diapasons in France, as well as being critically praised in American Record Guide and Classical Voice. After a lapse of several years this set presents the continuation of a highly successful and popular series on Brilliant Classics: the string quintets by Boccherini! The String Quintet series, of which 15 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. The ensemble I Virtuosi delle Rotonda are basically the same as the previous ensemble La Magnifica Comunita, only the primarius is changed: early music specialist and pioneer Federico Guglielmo, a better and stronger advocate of this delicious music is hardly imaginable…

 00:00:00 String Quintet No. 1 in D Major, G. 313: I. Andante moderato 00:08:04 String Quintet No. 1 in D Major, G. 313: II. Minuetto 00:11:54 String Quintet No. 1 in D Major, G. 313: III. Cantabile 00:18:19 String Quintet No. 1 in D Major, G. 313: IV. Finale. Allegro 00:23:42 String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, G. 314: I. Allegro vivo 00:31:11 String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, G. 314: II. Largo assai 00:33:19 String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, G. 314: III. Minuetto 00:37:05 String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, G. 314: IV. Fuga. Allegro giusto 00:42:11 String Quintet No. 3 in F Major, G. 315: I. Adagio 00:48:04 String Quintet No. 3 in F Major, G. 315: II. Allegro vivo 00:56:18 String Quintet No. 3 in F Major, G. 315: III. Andante lentarello 01:03:10 String Quintet No. 4 in A Major, G. 316: I. Allegro moderato 01:09:59 String Quintet No. 4 in A Major, G. 316: II. Minuetto 01:13:46 String Quintet No. 4 in A Major, G. 316: III. Largo cantabile 01:20:54 String Quintet No. 4 in A Major, G. 316: IV. Il ballo Tedesco. Presto 01:24:34 String Quintet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, G. 317: I. Allegro moderato 01:31:39 String Quintet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, G. 317: II. Minuetto 01:34:53 String Quintet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, G. 317: III. Andante lento 01:40:59 String Quintet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, G. 317: IV. Finale. Allegro assai 01:46:13 String Quintet No. 6 in G Minor, G. 318: I. Allegro moderato assai 01:53:53 String Quintet No. 6 in G Minor, G. 318: II. Minuetto 01:56:41 String Quintet No. 6 in G Minor, G. 318: III. Preludio. Adagio 01:59:09 String Quintet No. 6 in G Minor, G. 318: IV. Rondò. Allegro giusto