Luigi Boccherini has been called “the greatest Italian composer of the Classical era.” This may sound like a large claim, until considering that the most famous composers of this era are all German.

(6) String Quintets, Movements: No 3 in C, G297 Quintetto Boccherini Luigi Boccherini, Composer (6) String Quintets, Movements: No. 2 in D, 'Fandango', G341 Quintetto Boccherini Luigi Boccherini, ...

(6) String Quartets, Movements: No. 3 in D, G203 Quartetto Borciani Luigi Boccherini, Composer (6) String Quartets, Movements: No. 4 in C, G204 Quartetto Borciani Luigi Boccherini, Composer (6) String ...

Boccherini wrote 110 string quintets in the 18th century, and out of all that music, it was this little menuet that made him famous. I Musici de Montreal is in concert at the Library of Congress. I ...

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 ...