It is a fairly safe guess that any single disc of Boccherini's will contain the Quintet with the famous minuet, as a sprat to catch the discophile mackerel; and so it proves here, as also in an issue that I reviewed last September, with a group led by Alexander Schneider (Philips mono GL586 I stereo SGL5861). Of the two performances I much prefer this newer version. The playing is much more straight forward without being in any way less expressive, and a far better blend seems to have been achieved. The only serious fault is an excess of resonance—particularly bass resonance—which becomes all too noticeable in passages where the two 'cellos have rapid figuration. The effect is not so much blurred (Boccherini's harmonies do not change rapidly enough for that) as fussy and restless. In the A minor Quintet, which has an extra viola instead of an extra 'cello the problem is far less acute; and there is something magical about the way the long reverberation carries the pianissimi into the far distance, as in the trio of the minuet. Generally speaking the sound is as sumptuous as one could wish and the record should do much to further the cause of one of those composers who may not stand in the front rank but whose music we should all be the poorer without.

-- Gramophone [5/1967]
reviewing the original LP release of Op. 13 no 5 and Op. 47 no 1