One way or another we all know Luigi Boccherini's 'Celebrated Minuet'. It's one of most famous classical tunes of all time. A Google search for 'Boccherini minuet' throws up plenty of hits for it.
But; for a very long time I never even considered what else Boccherini might have written. Like Pachebel's Canon, this piece seemed a singular achievement, a one-off, a kind of outlier in an otherwise unspectacular body of work.
Guess what: that was plain wrong. I'm far from alone in underestimating Boccherini, but in the last few years the talent of this composer has become far better recognised. The excellent classic music service WKSU played some pieces of his recently, and I saw what I was missing.
At home tonight we listened to Boccherini during dinner, and it was lovely.
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Agree
Yes his music is relaxing - I like it