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Compact Disc CDA67646

£13.99

Auser Musici is a vocal and instrumental ensemble which, taking its name from an antique river in the plain of Pisa, brings together instrumentalists and singers with an international reputation for historical performance practice. This is their first recording for Hyperion and future recordings are planned, including discs of music by Lidarti and Porpora.

This first disc of Boccherini’s flute quintets is very much the fruit of their own advanced research into lesser-known chamber works by the composer. The six Op 19 quintets cover a wide range of character and display all the resources, technical as well as expressive, common in the composer’s major works. Boccherini writes virtuoso parts for all instruments, including the cello, and the flute writing recalls his masterly use of the instrument in the orchestration of his symphonies.

Recorded in the Oratorio di S. Domenico, Pisa, Italy, on 30–31 March and 1 April 2007
Recording Engineer
ROBERTO MEO
Recording Producer
SIGRID LEE
Front Picture Research
RICHARD HOWARD
Booklet Editor
TIM PARRY
Executive Producer
SIMON PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MMVIII

Duration: 69'09
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Front illustration: The Rehearsal (detail) by Etienne Jeaurat (1699–1789)

LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805)

Flute Quintets, Op 19

AUSER MUSICI
CARLO IPATA flute
LUCA RONCONI, FRANCESCO LA BRUNA violin
TERESA CECCATO viola LUIGI PUXEDDU cello

Contents:

    Quintet No 1 in E flat major G 425 [10'14]
  1. Allegro con moto [6'11]
  2. Minuč [3'58]

    Quintet No 2 in G minor G 426 [11'35]

  3. Allegro e con un poco di moto [8'30]
  4. Minuetto con moto [3'02]

    Quintet No 3 in C major G 427 [14'01]

  5. Andante non tanto [7'23]
  6. Rondeau grazioso [6'35]

    Quintet No 4 in D major G 428 [9'53]

  7. Adagio assai [6'53]
  8. Minuetto con moto [2'55]

    Quintet No 5 in B flat major G 429 [11'31]

  9. Allegro moderato [8'21]
  10. Presto assai [3'06]

    Quintet No 6 in D major (‘Las Parejas’) G 430 [11'45]

  11. Entrada — Marcia [5'00]
  12. Galope [3'38]
  13. Entrada — Marcia [3'03]
Sleeve Notes

'These are delightful works played with a persuasively affectionate period-instrument style, with a felicitous lead from the nimble and gently expressive flautist, Carlo Ipata. Hyperion do the players proud in their debut recording; we shall surely hear more of them' (Gramophone)

'Listening to these six quintets, one is immediately captivated by a charm and inventoin that, while of a different nature, easily equals that of Haydn or Mozart … The playing is exceptional … Beautifully recorded in the Oratorio di S Domenico, Pisa, this is an auspicious debut for Auser Musici on Hyperion. Further recordings are planned - let's hope we don't have to wait too long for them' (International Record Review)

'These are enjoyable performances. Number 4 is particularly attractive, with its beautifully paced Adagio assai, lyrical flute and virtuoso cello playing' (Early Music Review)

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