Browse: Chamber, Quintets, String Quintets, Boccherini (composer)

Refreshingly, the programme is drawn from the composer's most experimental works...and is delivered not just with percussion, but also with fire, enthusiasm and wit. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

With a tangible bloom to the recorded sound, this quartet and their indefatigable cello partner Raphaël Feye are musicians to watch. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

With more than 100 Boccherini cello quintets to choose from, the problem for anyone wanting to make recordings is which to choose. The E major G275 (formerly Op 13 No 5) makes an obvious first... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

By her own admission, Gaillard takes liberties in her realisation of this repertory, some of which perhaps are more successful than others…[She] comes into her own in the two concertos and sonata,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

The subtly programme disc offers four string textures, trio to sextet, from three distinct periods of Boccherini's composing career. The best, and latest, comes first - one of the 47 two-cello... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…