Boccherini Chamber Works for Flute: Quintet Op. 19 • Sextet Op. 38 • Quintet in C
Sally Walker, flute
Elizabeth Layton, violin | Alison Rayner, violin
Stephen King, viola | Thomas Marlin, cello
Celia Craig, oboe | Mark Gaydon, bassoon
Sarah Barrett, horn | Robert Nairn, double-bass
16th August 2024
AV2698
£13.49 (2CD Slimline Case | 16-page booklet)
Summary:
Late 18th century Italian composer Luigi Boccherini produced a vast catalogue of compositions, several of which were chamber works featuring the flute. Australian flautist Sally Walker, whose first appearance on AVIE was in collaboration with harpist Emily Granger on the album Something Like This, has taken a deep dive into the provenance of Boccherini’s works for her instrument to produce a 90-minute, 2-for-the-price-of-one volume of music that is infinitely elegant, virtuosic and beautifully refined. The relatively rare yet imaginative Six Quintets, Op. 19, for two violins, flute, viola and cello vary in their configuration, some intimate, others on a grander scale reminiscent of the composer’s orchestral music. Also included are the first “Divertimento Notturno” from the Sextet, Op. 38 for violin, viola, bassoon, flute, horn and double bass; and, as a “bonus” the Quintet G.443 for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello, a work attributed to Boccherini. Although its authorship is contested, as Sally says, “it is such a beautiful work that we wanted to include it anyway.”
Tracklist:
LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743–1805)
Disc 1 (70:01)
Flute Quintet Op. 19, No. 1 in E Flat Major, G.425
1. I. Allegretto con moto
2. II. Minuetto (Con moto) – Trio
Flute Quintet Op. 19, No. 2 in G Minor, G.426
3. I. Allegro con un poco di moto
4. II. Minuetto (Con moto) – Trio
Flute Quintet Op. 19, No. 3 in C Major, G.427
5. I. Andante non troppo
6. II. Rondeau (Grazioso)
Flute Quintet Op. 19, No. 4 in D Major, G.428
7. I. Adagio assai
8. II. Minuetto (Con moto) – Trio
Flute Quintet Op. 19, No. 5 in B Flat Major, G.429
9. I. Allegro moderato
10. II. Allegro presto assai
Flute Quintet Op. 19, No. 6 in D Major, G.430 ‘Las Parejas’
11. I. Entrada: (Andante) – Marcha
12. II. Galope –
13. – Como la Entrada (Andante) – Marcha
Sally Walker, flute
Elizabeth Layton, violin | Alison Rayner, violin
Stephen King, viola | Thomas Marlin, cello
Disc 2 (30:05)
Sextet in E Flat Major, Op. 38, No. 1, G.467
1. I. Andante lento
2. II. Allegro ma non presto
3. III. Tempo di Minuetto – Trio
Sally Walker, flute
Elizabeth Layton, violin | Stephen King, viola
Sarah Barrett, horn | Mark Gaydon, bassoon | Robert Nairn, double-bass
Flute Quintet in C Major, G.443
4. I. Allegro non troppo
5. II. Allegretto
6. III. Tempo di Minuetto (Vars. I–XII)
Sally Walker, flute
Celia Craig, oboe
Elizabeth Layton, violin | Stephen King, viola | Thomas Marlin, cello
Total duration: 106 minutes
Recorded: 23–27 January 2023, New Adelaide Baroque Hall, Australia (constructed in 2022 using the original materials,
rococo plasterwork and dimensions typical of late-Baroque architecture circa 1720) Recording Producer, Editor: Lachlan Bramble
Recording, Mixing & Mastering Engineer: Leon Suter