Luigi Boccherini
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also US: , Italian: [riˈdɔlfo luˈiːdʒi bokkeˈriːni] (listen); 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. He is best known for a minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 (G 275), and the Cello Concerto in B flat major (G 482). The latter work was long known in the heavily altered version by German cellist and prolific arranger Friedrich Grützmacher, but has recently been restored to its original version. Boccherini's output also includes several guitar quintets. The final movement of the Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D (G 448) is a fandango, a lively Spanish dance. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]596 | 7-in. | 1/7/1901 | Boccherini's minuet | Moereman's Woodwind Quartet | Woodwind quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-811 | 10-in. | 12/10/1903 | Boccherini's minuet | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | A-811 | 7-in. | 12/10/1903 | Boccherini's minuet | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-8192 | 10-in. | 9/1/1909 | Minuet | Victor String Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | C-13727 | 12-in. | 9/8/1913 | Minuet | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-14026 | 10-in. | 11/3/1913 | Minuet | Florentine Quartet | Instrumental quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-14159 | 10-in. | 12/9/1913 | Minuétto | Vessella's Italian Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-17753 | 10-in. | 5/29/1916 | Minuet | Fritz Kreisler | Violin solo, with string quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-25943 | 10-in. | 1/9/1922 | Minuet | Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36125 | 10-in. | 8/23/1926 | Menuet célèbre | Hart House String Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-37895 | 10-in. | 4/13/1927 | Minuet | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-47988 | 12-in. | 5/4/1929 | Minuet | Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-57613 | 10-in. | 11/12/1929 | Minuet | Stradivarius Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1912-11-11-01] | Not documented | 11/11/1912 | Minuet | Mr. R. Bain | Whistling solo | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1920-11-10-04] | Not documented | 11/10/1920 | Menuet | The New York Chamber Music Society, Inc. | String quartet | composer | |
Columbia | 46376 | 10-in. | 2/2/1916 | Minuet | Frank Gittelson ; Charles Adams Prince | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 48710 | 12-in. | 4/19/1916 | Sonata in A major : Allegro | Charles Albert Baker ; Pablo Casals | Cello solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 49709 | 12-in. | 11/29/1919 | Menuett | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ; Eugène, Ysaÿe | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 6176 | 12-in. | approximately December 1911 | Minuet antique | Ellery Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 6695 | 12-in. | approximately 1915 | Rondo | Hamilton Harty ; W. H. Squire | Cello solo, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | E31906 | 10-in. | January 1930 | Minuet | Rosita Renard | Piano solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E19305-E19307 | 12-in. | 5/18/1926 | Minuet | New York String Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Brunswick | E20346-E20347 | 10-in. | 10/6/1926 | Minuet | New York String Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Brunswick | E20520-E20521 | 10-in. | 10/26/1926 | Minuet | New York String Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Brunswick | E20858-E20859½ | 10-in. | 12/2/1926 | Minuet | New York String Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Brunswick | E21034-E21035 | 10-in. | 12/23/1926 | Minuet | New York String Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Edison | 7494 | 10-in. | 8/11/1920 | Menuett | Zoellner String Quartette | String quartet | composer | |
Gramophone | 0EA8281 | 10-in. | 9/22/1939 | Minuet | New Mayfair String Orchestra ; George Walter | String orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | 16562u | 10-in. | 7/11/1911 | Quintets, violins (2), viola, cellos (2), G. 275, E major. Minuetto | Doppel Quintett | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CBX1421 | 12-in. | 9/25/1937 | Quartetto op. VI, no. 1 | Enrico Polo ; Quartetto Poltronieri | String quartet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CBX1422 | 12-in. | 9/25/1937 | Quartetto op. VI, no. 1 | Quartetto Poltronieri | String quartet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CBX1423 | 12-in. | 9/25/1937 | Quartetto op. VI, no. 1 | Quartetto Poltronieri | String quartet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CBX1424 | 12-in. | 9/25/1937 | Quartetto op. VI, no. 1 | Quartetto Poltronieri | String quartet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WB3464 | 10-in. | 6/13/1930 | Siciliana | Quartetto Poltronieri | String quartet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WB3465 | 10-in. | 6/13/1930 | Allegro con brio | Quartetto Poltronieri | String quartet | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1219 | 10-in. | 7/3/1928 | Célèbre menuet | Francis Planté | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL5064 | 10-in. | 10/27/1934 | Menuet | Quatuor de Saxophones de la Garde Républicaine | Saxophone quartet | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Boccherini, Luigi," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102529.
Boccherini, Luigi. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102529.
"Boccherini, Luigi." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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