This year marks the 275th anniversary of the birth of Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini. He isn't as well known as other composers like Mozart or Haydn — but some say he should be. Minuet ...

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This year marks the 250th birthday of the Italian classical composer Luigi Boccherini, a composer all too often overshadowed by Austrian contemporaries Joseph Haydn and Mozart. Pro Musica Rara’s ...

Spanish composer Enrique Granados wrote his set of 8 Poetic Waltzes for the piano, but they sound wonderful performed on the guitar, too. Now just add an orchestra. Czech conductor and arranger Peter ...

This week Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of Luigi Boccherini. Boccherini’s extensive output is now largely forgotten, but one work in particular, the Minuet from his fifth String Quartet ...

As soon as I saw that Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante were responsible for this album, I expected something special, and I was not disappointed. They were responsible for a superb version of Vivaldi’s ...

This year marks the 275th anniversary of the birth of Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini, a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn. DJ Sessions: Meet One Italian Composer Who Some Say Hasn't ...

Luigi Boccherini dared to question what range the cello could play in his cello quintet, Op. 20, No. 4. It's pretty wild that this i written just before Boccherini. And people are experimenting with ...

4/5. Donald Macleod explores the last years of Boccherini's life, which weren't to be an easy and gentle retirement.