Benda: Harpsichord Concertos / Bauer, Schneider, Et Al

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Georg Anton Benda (1722–1795), a member of a talented musical family, belonged to that largely lost generation of pre-Mozartian Classicists who started out as post-Bach Baroquists. Of this group, only C. P. E. Bach has achieved true celebrity, and that was a long time coming. The Benda name does pop up with some regularity and is familiar to those with a special interest in the period, but these harpsichord concertos by Georg Benda aren’t just for specialized tastes; if you like C. P. E. Bach, you’ll enjoy these works, too. They share the minor-key urgency of C. P. E. Bach and the Mannheim composers, and while they follow the structural patterns that were becoming standard in the 1770s and 1780s, they avoid predictability.


More than half the musicians in the group La Stagione Frankfurt also belong to Camerata Köln; the early-music scene in Germany seems as incestuous as that in London. At any rate, you’ll know what to expect from such performers: clean articulation (one of the great virtues of harpsichordist Sabine Bauer), lively rhythmic sense, and a feeling of real commitment to the music at hand. The lovely multichannel DSD recording has the harpsichord up close, with the strings not far behind, and just enough air around the players and behind the listener to make sure nothing feels claustrophobic. This is an enjoyable disc in every respect.


FANFARE: James Reel
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.


Product Description:

  • Release Date: July 19, 2005


  • Catalog Number: 777088-2


  • UPC: 761203708826


  • Label: CPO


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Georg Anton Benda


  • Conductor: Michael Schneider


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: La Stagione


  • Performer: Sabine Bauer



Works:

  1. Concerto for Harpsichord in B minor

    Composer: Georg Anton Benda

    Ensemble: La Stagione

    Performer: Sabine Bauer (Harpsichord)

    Conductor: Michael Schneider


  2. Concerto for Harpsichord in G major

    Composer: Georg Anton Benda

    Ensemble: La Stagione

    Performer: Sabine Bauer (Harpsichord)

    Conductor: Michael Schneider


  3. Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor

    Composer: Georg Anton Benda

    Ensemble: La Stagione

    Performer: Sabine Bauer (Harpsichord)

    Conductor: Michael Schneider


  4. Concerto for Harpsichord in F major

    Composer: Georg Anton Benda

    Ensemble: La Stagione

    Performer: Sabine Bauer (Harpsichord)

    Conductor: Michael Schneider