Ophélie Gaillard - Boccherini Madrid (Remastered) (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Ophelie Gaillard is the most musically sensitive and expressive cellist, modern or historical, that I've heard in many years. Her style reminds me of the great Baroque violinist Fabio Biondi. You could describe her as the antithesis of Yo-yo Ma. Her playing is impetuous and fluid where Ma's is sturdy and blocky. Don't misunderstand me; Yo-yo Ma is a great cellist, who plays the cello as a big, forthright basso. Gaillard seems especially attracted to playing the cello in its uppermost range – what she calls the 'eternal snow' range at the edge of the fingerboard, where the resin from the bow leaves whitish crystals – almost as a treble instrument. She plays this difficult, tightly fingered range with amazingly accurate tuning, and then she plunges three octaves to the lowest notes on the lowest string, with equally perfect tuning. She also masters the Baroque-cello-only art of double and triple stops. Both of these technical feats are fully exploited in the four works for cello by Luigi Boccherini recorded on this CD.

TRACKLIST

1. Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau & Pulcinella Orchestra - Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G. 448: IV. Fandango
2. Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau & Pulcinella Orchestra - Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 10 in D Major, G. 483: I. Allegro moderato
3. Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau & Pulcinella Orchestra - Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 10 in D Major, G. 483: II. Andante lentarello
4. Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau & Pulcinella Orchestra - Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 10 in D Major, G. 483: III. Allero con moto
5. Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau & Pulcinella Orchestra - Boccherini: Aria Accademia in B-Flat Major, G. 557: Se d'un amor tiranno
6. Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau & Pulcinella Orchestra - Boccherini: Cello Concerto in G Major, G. 480: I. Allegro
7. Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau & Pulcinella Orchestra - Boccherini: Cello Concerto in G Major, G. 480: II. Adagio
8. Ophélie Gaillard, Sandrine Piau & Pulcinella Orchestra - Boccherini: Cello Concerto in G Major, G. 480: III. Allegro



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