Lajos Lencses, Eckart Haupt, Quatuor Parisii - Luigi Boccherini: Divertimenti; Oboe Quintets (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 543 Mb | Total time: 65:18+62:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Phoenix Edition | # PE 472 | Recorded: 1992
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 543 Mb | Total time: 65:18+62:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Phoenix Edition | # PE 472 | Recorded: 1992
The first disc showcases four of Boccherini's six Divertimenti. These works were originally published as Sextets, but the chamber ensemble set-up employed here is an alternative apparently sanctioned by Boccherini, who further allowed that the double bass part be omitted where desired; the flute is, however, obbligato. These works go beyond the divertimenti of Mozart and Haydn: they possess the same depth and spirit of imagination as Boccherini's String Sextets (available on PE469), which were written slightly later. Both usually have four movements, two fast and two slow, with a third-movement minuet.