Boccherini - Six String Quartets Op.15
£13.25
Usually available for despatch within 2-3 working days
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Dynamic
Cat No: CDS7704
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 2nd March 2015
Contents
Artists
Alea EnsembleAbout
Ever since the publication of his first string quartet collections, Boccherini was immediately recognized, with Haydn, as one of this genre’s founders and foremost exponents. The six string quartets Op.15 are crucial in the history of development of Boccherini’s quartet production and, more in general, of the classical quartet. This collection, however, has never received the attention it deserves. Like many other chamber collections by Boccherini, this is mainly due to the lack of a complete score edition that would allow their study and performance. Today, Giuliano Castellani’s critical edition has finally made this recording of the Alea Ensemble possible, and will facilitate the study of these works within the context of contemporary string quartet production.
Alea Ensemble was formed in 2002 by Fiorenza de Donatis and Andrea Rognoni (violins), Stefano Marcocchi (viola) and Marco Frezzato (cello). They are considered among the best early music interpreters of the new generation and are driven by the desire to perform on original instruments the great classical and romantic chamber repertoires as well as the finest works of wrongly neglected composers.
The core of Alea Ensemble is the string quartet, which can sometimes be enlarged to include other instruments, such as double bass, harpsichord, fortepiano, guitar or wind instruments. Its members are section leaders and soloists in famous early music ensembles, such as Europa Galante, Accademia Bizantina, I Barocchisti and Tafelmusik.
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here