Benda: Violin Sonatas

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 25, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BENDA, FRANZ
    • PERFORMER
      Berg, Akutagawa
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 25, 2011
    • UPC
      747313230778
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572307
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    3. III. Presto

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    4. I. Cantabile un poco andante

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    5. II. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    6. III. Presto

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    7. I. Adagio

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    8. II. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    9. III. Allegro non molto

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    11. II. Adagio o arioso

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    12. III. Allegro moderato e cantabile

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    13. I. Un poco allegro

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    14. II. Adagio

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa

    15. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Franz Benda

      Performer: Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa


Franz Benda was employed at the court of King Frederick the Great of Prussia, and his exceptionally expressive violin playing led Charles Burney to describe him as ‘a truly great genius’. Benda’s cantabile composing style allowed space for elaborate ornamentation during performance which was the height of fashion in this period. This world première recording reveals Benda’s authentic and often spectacular written-out ‘improvisations’ in new editions of his sonatas, re-uniting them with a violin preserved unaltered since its creation in 1735.