Search - Luigi Boccherini :: Boccherini: 6 Flute Quintets, Op. 55

If I'd Heard This Performance Live ,,,

Giordano Bruno | Wherever I am, I am. | 01/23/2010

(1 out of 5 stars)

"... i would have walked out at intermission. I can't really guess what Boccherini had in mind for these flute/oboe quintets -- something graceful and evanescent, I'd imagine -- but the current ensemble, the Auryn string quartet plays with blunt indifference to aesthetic delicacy , and the flute of Michael Faust resists any sort of integrated ensemble timbre. It's harsh, shrill, tinny, and breathy throughout, more a signal whistle than a musical instrument. By all means, don't judge the music of Luigi Boccherini on the basis of such an unstylish recording! Get the"Ensemble 415" recording of Boccherini's String Quintets with two violas, released on 'musique d'abord.'"