Benda – Sonatas / Sonatinas / Songs
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Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU41842
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 15th June 2015
Contents
Works
Du, kleine, BlondineEin Madchen, das auf Ehre hielt (romanze)
Heraklit, gleich stumpfen Greisen
Hupft, ihr wollenreichen Herden
Ich liebte nur Ismenen
Mein Geliebter hat versprochen
Mir Armen, den des Fiebers Kraft
Mit Lauretten, seiner Freude
Sonata in C minor
Sonata in F major
Sonata in G major for violin and obbligato harpsichord
Sonatina in B flat major
Sonatina in C major
Sonatina in D major
Sonatina in F major
Sonatina in G minor
Artists
Edita Keglerova (harpsichord)Ivana Bilej Broukova (soprano)
Helena Zemanova (violin)
Hana Flekova (cello)
Marek Stryncl (cello)
Works
Du, kleine, BlondineEin Madchen, das auf Ehre hielt (romanze)
Heraklit, gleich stumpfen Greisen
Hupft, ihr wollenreichen Herden
Ich liebte nur Ismenen
Mein Geliebter hat versprochen
Mir Armen, den des Fiebers Kraft
Mit Lauretten, seiner Freude
Sonata in C minor
Sonata in F major
Sonata in G major for violin and obbligato harpsichord
Sonatina in B flat major
Sonatina in C major
Sonatina in D major
Sonatina in F major
Sonatina in G minor
Artists
Edita Keglerova (harpsichord)Ivana Bilej Broukova (soprano)
Helena Zemanova (violin)
Hana Flekova (cello)
Marek Stryncl (cello)
About
Georg (Jiří Antonin) Benda spent his prime years at King Friedrich II’s court orchestra in Berlin and serving as court Kapellmeister in Gotha, yet his works were an integral part of 18th century Prague’s musical landscape. The Czech capital frequently hosted performances of his singspiels, while prints of his compositions were in high demand too.
Benda was best known for his melodramas and singspiels, whose novel and striking forcibility even enthralled the young Mozart (“You know that Benda has always been my favourite Lutheran Kapellmeister”, wrote Wolfgang to his father). The greatest impact on Benda’s keyboard music was made by his Berlin colleague Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
The first of the six volumes of Benda’s 'Sammlung' was published in 1780. Besides sonatas and sonatinas for 'piano' (meaning any keyboard instrument, most frequently the harpsichord), the collection contained arias from church pieces, sonatas for several instruments, and songs. It was an extraordinary success and when it came to the number of subscribers, it even outstripped CPE Bach’s similarly conceived collection of sonatas, which had started to be published a year earlier.
Benda’s music is enchanting in its simplicity, impressive expression, gallantry and wit. The artists who made this recording have immersed themselves in Benda’s musical universe and, bringing to bear their ample performing experience, have succeeded in relaying its irresistible charm.
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