The pun involved in the title of this Erato release may be unfamiliar to many Anglophone listeners; the Italian word "giovincello" means, roughly, "lad." Yet the high spirits of the joke seem appropriate to the playing of French cellist Edgar Moreau, who in fact fits the description (he was just 20 when the album was recorded). The music, too, is redolent of the carefree middle 18th century. The album is a must for one performance above all: that of the Boccherini Cello Concerto in D major, G479, whose fizzy, ebullient ...
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The pun involved in the title of this Erato release may be unfamiliar to many Anglophone listeners; the Italian word "giovincello" means, roughly, "lad." Yet the high spirits of the joke seem appropriate to the playing of French cellist Edgar Moreau, who in fact fits the description (he was just 20 when the album was recorded). The music, too, is redolent of the carefree middle 18th century. The album is a must for one performance above all: that of the Boccherini Cello Concerto in D major, G479, whose fizzy, ebullient quality matches Moreau's personality to a rare degree. Sample the exuberance of the finale and see if you can resist reaching for your credit card. The Vivaldi Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 419, with its crack, brusque finale, is very nearly as good, and Moreau has the requisite effortlessness in the virtuoso concertos by Giovanni Platti and Carlo Graziani heard here, works that must have been no consolation to the sick and penniless Vivaldi, dying in Vienna, for they don't come close to...
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Add this copy of Giovincello (Baroque Concerti) to cart. $25.90, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Warner Classics.
Add this copy of Giovincello (Baroque Concerti) to cart. $28.62, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2015 by PLG UK CLASSICS: 17712971.
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