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CD, Boccherini (composer)
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Special offer. Haydn & CPE Bach: Cello Concertos
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello/director)
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
His interpretations, graceful and finely-etched before, now have a more rugged depth, and the new variants on his own cadenzas speak of experience…His own arrangement of Mozart’s heavenly ‘Geme... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Instrumental Solo
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Concerto
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Boccherini: Music of the Angels
RecommendedCello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets
Steven Isserlis (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
in the String Quintet in D minor G280 – the album’s centrepiece – Isserlis and friends entwine Boccherini’s lyrical strands into a felicitous musical conversation: balanced, measured and fully... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st November 2024
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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By far the finest track here is his transcription of the Chaconne from Bach’s Second Partita for Violin, where the purity of the line and the implied harmonic textures transfer from bowed strings... —
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Gerhardt has a honeyed, liquid tone all his own. He has created a well-contrasted programme that clearly took a long time to research and hone...This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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The Very Best of Jacqueline Du Pré
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore, Roy Jesson, Osian Ellis, John Williams, Pinchas Zukerman & Daniel Barenboim, Daniel Barenboim
London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
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Spanish Guitar Favourites
RecommendedWorks by Boccherini, Falla, Romero, Sor and Torroba
Los Romeros
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Boccherini: Sinfonias & String Quintets
Rolf Lislevand (guitar)
Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
From the age of 25 Boccherini lived in Spain… and Spanish elements lend distinctive colours to his music. Bubbling high spirits from composer and performers alike produce a most entertaining... —
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Boccherini: String Quintets Op.30 & Op.31, Vol. Xi
Luigi Puxeddu (performer), I Virtuosi della Rotonda
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