Benda: Harpsichord Concertos / Bauer, Schneider, Et Al

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Label
CPO
Release Date
July 19, 2005
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BENDA
    • PERFORMER
      La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 19, 2005
    • UPC
      761203708826
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      777088-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    2. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    3. III. Allegro di molto

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    5. II. Andantino quasi allegretto

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    6. III. Allegro assai, più presto

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    7. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    8. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    9. III. Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    11. II. Arioso: Andante

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider

    12. III. Allegro

      Composer: Georg Benda

      Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt

      Performer: Sabine Bauer

      Conductor: Michael Schneider






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.