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Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets - Music of the Angels

Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets - Music of the Angels

Steven Isserlis (cello)

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‘Has there ever been a composer of more consistent elegance?’ If Steven Isserlis’s rhetorical question invites the listener to think of plausible alternatives, on the evidence of this wonderful album—an imaginative selection of Boccherini’s cello concertos and cello-centric chamber music—they are most unlikely to succeed. This is truly ‘music of the angels’, with performances to match.

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