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Boccherini - Quartets Op.26 for Two | Tactus TC740209

Boccherini - Quartets Op.26 for Two

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Label: Tactus

Cat No: TC740209

Barcode: 8007194105087

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 23rd July 2012

Contents

Artists

Anna Clemente (piano)
Susanna Piolanti (piano)

Works

Boccherini, Luigi

Quartets (6) for 2 fortepianos, op.26

Artists

Anna Clemente (piano)
Susanna Piolanti (piano)

About

These transcriptions for two keyboards of Boccherini’s six Quartets op.26 are performed on fortepianos by Anna Clemente and Susanna Piolant.

Luigi Boccherini’s Quartets op.26, composed in 1778, were transcribed for two harpsichords by an anonymous author at the end of the 18th century. The practice of two player keyboard performance (with four hands on the same instrument, or two performers on two separate harpsichords or fortepianos) was widespread. Musical amateurs enjoyed reproducing at home the music they had appreciated in theatres or concert halls, and it is known that during those years keyboard instruments - the German word Klavier, in particular, denoted not only the harpsichord, but also the new piano and the clavichord - were the favourite instruments of Hausmusik.

The Quartets are played here on two original Johann Schanz fortepianos, one dating from approximately 1810-1815, the other from around 1800.

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