At least as good as Mozart, I am starting to think even better. Mozart recording techniques are very flattering to him. I wish the Italians were recorded more often with larger ensembles and in larger spaces. I am wondering whether Mozart would even stand a chance against Boccherini.
Wonderful music, thank you! How lovely to have the beautiful Linley sisters as the cover artwork by Gainsborough (the future Mrs Sheridan and Mrs Tickell). 😊
These guitar quintets were composed in Madrid, at the request of the Marquis of Benavent, an accomplished guitar player, who asked Bocherinni to transcribe for guitar the piano concertos that Bocherinni had just sent to the Court of Prussia.
The baroque guitar is much smaller than the guitar you know of. It is a much refined instrument that work well in classical music chamber group. Not the big street guitar you guys envisioned guitar which you want to hear more of.
a quintet is a quartet adding one more instruments and if than instrument is not a viola or cello, it is pointed out in the title, such a a piano quintet, and flute quintet , and in this case it is a guitar quintet. It only implies which five instruments are played. It by no means says which instrument is leading, unlike concertos. An in And for those want a prominent guitar role , you are wrong and have bad taste.
When you say Bocherini's Minuet you think of of this composer. However even though Bocherini became well known for this single lovely piece, he did not compose this but the lesser known Hoffmeister a fine composer who must get his due. The well loved Minuet is not to Bocherini's style but more attuned to Hoffmeister. Listen to Hoffmeister. How it was attributed to Bocherini is unknown. Let this be on record.
Where is the guitar? Be more serious! This is not good, you must apologize, it also happened with a program of studies for Sor guitar, nothing to do, with the order and number of the study. The guitar is also an instrument that deserves, give it due importance, I hope you take into account this comment friend of, brilliant classics!
I actually think this is what Boccherini intended. Perhaps we are syerotyped in our thinking. It is a quintet including a quitar. It is not a quitar with an accompanying string quartet. For me as a quintet it works.
