Luigi Boccherini dared to question what range the cello could play in his cello quintet, Op. 20, No. 4. It's pretty wild that this i written just before Boccherini. And people are experimenting with ...

Luigi Boccherini wrote music that was fit for a king, even though it wasn't exactly fit for history. Boccherini composed for the royal family in Madrid, slightly removed from the classical mainstream.

We're in concert with an orchestra called Europa Galante, and music by Boccherini and Gluck. It's a pair of encores from a concert in Germany. First, Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in a movement ...

Marc Destrubé and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century give a rousing account of six symphonies 'à Quatro' Luigi Boccherini composed for the exiled Don Luis de Borbon in Spain. Boccherini's patron, ...

Explore Boccherini's love for Madrid through a musical night tour of the city with Scott Yoo. Join Scott Yoo and musicians on a night tour of Madrid to uncover Boccherini's deep love for the city and ...

Anner Bylsma is a tremendous enthusiast, whose high spirits and nervous energy never fail to manifest themselves in his performances. Here he plays these five Boccherini sonatas with a quite ...

This week Donald Macleod looks at the life and music of Luigi Boccherini. Boccherini’s extensive output is now largely forgotten, but one work in particular, the Minuet from his fifth String Quartet ...

This year marks the 275th anniversary of the birth of Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini. He isn't as well known as other composers like Mozart or Haydn — but some say he should be. Minuet ...

Naples. Music by Boccherini, Mozart, and Haydn in the concert on Wednesday, March 20th (8:30 PM) at the Acacia Theater in Naples, featuring cellist Enrico Bronzi with the Orchestra La Filharmonie, ...

Spanish composer Enrique Granados wrote his set of 8 Poetic Waltzes for the piano, but they sound wonderful performed on the guitar, too. Now just add an orchestra. Czech conductor and arranger Peter ...

Italian-German artist, Valentina, grew up in Lucca. Initially a pianist, she began playing the double bass in late 2009, graduating with honors from the L. Boccherini Music Institute in Lucca in ...