Boccherini:
Cello Concerto in D major G479
Cello Sonata in C minor G2b
String Quintet in D minor G280
Cello Sonata in F major G9
Cello Concerto in A major ‘The Frog’ G475
Minuetto from String Quintet in E major G275

‘Has there ever been a composer of more consistent elegance?’ If Steven Isserlis’s rhetorical question invites the listener to think of plausible alternatives, on the evidence of this wonderful album an imaginative selection of Boccherini’s cello concertos and cello-centric chamber music they are most unlikely to succeed. This is truly ‘music of the angels’, with performances to match.