Boccherini / Hochmuth / Handler - Cello Concertos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Shortly after Luigi Boccherini's death on 28 May 1805, two journalists in Leipzig and Paris agreed that he had been Inchan excellent cellist capable of bewitching audiences with the incomparable sound and expressive melody of his instrumentInch and Incha wonderful cellist. He especially charmed us with his incomparable sonority and the very expressive song of his instrument.Inch However, posterity in the nineteenth century was most unkind to him, allowing him to InchsurviveInch thanks to a Minuet chosen at random, transposed for and endlessly churned out by every possible instrument (and even the voice), a somewhat InchdoctoredInch concerto, and finally editions of a small batch of Inchsonatas for cello and pianoInch adorned with an improbable arsenal of technical and performance markings far removed from the Boccherinian spirit. Bruno Cocset pays tribute to one of the precursors of the Golden Age of the cello by recording five sonatas based on the manuscripts of the extensive Noseda Collection of the Milan Conservatory. He is accompanied by his partners from Les Basses Reunies, Maude Gratton, Bertrand Cuiller (harpsichord), Emmanuel Jacques (cello continuo) and Richard Myron.

This Zig-Zag Territoires , a second collaboration between the tag and cellist Marco Ceccato (the first, Vivaldi, highly praised), focusing on Luigi Boccherini, illustrates two important aspects of output. The two quintets and the divertimento feature the combination of the string quartet - of which Boccherini was, in a way, a co-founder with Haydn - with guitar and flute respectively; on the other, the cello, of which he was a leading exponent. His use of the guitar and flute's sound capabilities is always a delight; the Cello Concerto in G major a summary of virtuosity and lyricism. Album Tracks 1. Allegro Moderato 2. Adagio 3. Minuetto Con Moto - Trio 4. Allegretto 5. Allegretto Moderato - Manuel Granatiero/Accademia Ottoboni 6. Allegro Assai - Manuel Granatiero/Accademia Ottoboni 7. Amoroso - Manuel Granatiero/Accademia Ottoboni 8. Allegro - Marco Ceccato/Accademia Ottoboni 9. Adagio - Marco Ceccato/Accademia Ottoboni 10. Allegro - Marco Ceccato/Accademia Ottoboni 11. Allegretto Comodo Assai 12. Minuetto

Album Tracks 1. Con in D, G 479 Allegro 2. Con in D, G 479 Adagio 3. Con in D, G 479 Allegro 4. Con in B, G 482 Allegro Moderato (Kadenz Friedrich Grutzmacher) 5. Con in B, G 482 Andantino Grazioso 6. Con in B, G 482 Rondo, Allegro 7. Con in C, G 477 Allegro 8. Con in C, G 477 Largo 9. Con in C, G 477 Allegro 10. Con in D, G 476 Allegro 11. Con in D, G 476 Largo 12. Con in D, G 476 Allegro Piacere