Luigi Boccherini: Quintetto no.4 in re maggiore per corde e chitarra, G448, Fandango

Luigi Boccherini - Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major, , Fandango, Rolf Lislevand (guitar), Bruno Cocset (cello)….., Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall: 01. – Pastorale – 00:00 02. - Allegro maestoso – 04:13 03. - Grave assai – 10:18 - Fandango – 11:35 Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was an Italian Classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. His biographer Elisabeth Le Guin noted among Boccherini’s musical qualities “an astonishing repetitiveness, an affection for extended passages with fascinating textures but virtually no melodic line, an obsession with soft dynamics, a unique ear for sonority, and an unusually rich palette of introverted and mournful affects.“ He wrote a large amount of chamber music, including over one hundred string quintets for two violins, viola and two cellos (a type which he pioneered, in contrast with the then common scoring for two violins, two violas and one cello), a dozen guitar quintets, not all of which have survived, nearly a hundred string quartets, and a number of string trios and sonatas (including at least 19 for the cello). His orchestral music includes around 30 symphonies and 12 virtuoso cello concertos.