Benda, G
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Shelley makes the most of Benda’s ear-catching and surprisingly volatile piano figuration in the fast movements and brings a soulful quality to the melodies in the slow movements...the London... —
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Special offer. The Age of Extremes: W.F. Bach, G. Benda & C.P.E. Bach
RecommendedFrancesco Corti (harpsichord), Il Pomo d'Oro
The performances are first-rate, perhaps unlikely to be bettered, as we have learned to expect both from Il Pomo d’Oro with their tight, punchy yet sensuously yielding sound, and from Corti,... —
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Georg Anton Benda: Medea
Katharina Thalbach (soloist), Cappella Aquileila, Marcus Bosch
Marcus Bosch’s direction is tautly phrased, very much a handmaid to the text as Benda directs. —
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Opera
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Benda, G: Viola Concerto in F major, etc.
Josef Suk (viola), Ariane Pfister-Benda (violin), Christian Benda (cello)
Suk Chamber Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra
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Conducted with great warmth and affection by a descendent of the composer. —
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Benda: Sonatas, Sonatinas & Songs
Music from Eighteenth-Century Prague
Edita Keglerová (harpsichord), Ivana Bilej Brouková (soprano), Helena Zemanová (violin), Hana Fleková, Marek Štryncl (cello)
Blandness sometimes threatens, even more so in the featherweight sonatinas, though even at his most compliant Benda can trip you up with a disorientating pause, or surprise harmonic twist. —
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Conducted with great warmth and affection by a descendent of the composer. —
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Weimar 1755 - Georg Anton Benda & Johann Ernst Bach
Isabel Schicketanz, Stefan Kunath, Mirko Ludwig, Martin Schicketanz, Ælbgut, Capella Jenensis