Search - Luigi Boccherini, Peter Holman :: Boccherini: Cello Sonatas

An attempt at clearing the clutter

D. A. Hosek | Santa Monica, CA USA | 06/14/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Too often the Boccherini Cello sonatas are given a ponderous victorian reading, with the continuo accompaniment often played on piano. Here, Richard Lester has returned to the original texts as much as possible, noting that the continuo is generally a bass line only or has cellistic double (and triple) stops and has chosen to play the sonatas with the accompaniment being a single cello (or double bass on two of the sonatas). The result is a surprisingly up-tempo and pleasant reading of the sonatas which gives new light to them."

A good CD to listen to while being car jacked...

marcel195 | Victoria Australia | 10/18/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Some of the pieces are a little disappointing, perhaps mediocre, but the good sonatas are GREAT, and Richard Lester's playing is superior to any other cellist I have heard. I want to hear him play everything ever written for the cello. He's a fine musician."

FYI

SB | 05/07/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

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This album has been reissued on Helios, Hyperion's budget label.



Recommended... Boccherini: Cello Sonatas



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