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 ...

Boccherini: Cello Sonatas; Fugues for Two Cellos Anner Bylsma, Kenneth Slowik, cellos; Bob van Asperen, fortepiano (Sony Vivarte). Here is another treasure from last year’s 250th anniversary of the ...

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 ...

Cellists Anner Bylsma and Kenneth Slowik get together with fortepianist Bob van Asperen to play the closing movement from the Cello Sonata in B-flat, by Luigi Boccherini.

Luigi Boccherini, a cellist, wrote several "lowly" fugues for cello and bass, like this pair in E-flat and E Major. The artists here are Jvrg Baumann, cello and Klaus Stoll, bass.

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