J.A. Benda, F. Benda – Viola and Violin Concertos – Christian Benda

Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795):
Viola Concerto in F major *
František Benda (1709-1786):
Violin Concerto in E flat major +
Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795):
Benda's Klagen (adapted for Cello and Orchestra) #

Josef Suk - viola *
Ariane Pfister - violin +
Christian Benda - cello #
Suk Chamber Orchestra * +
Prague Chamber Orchestra #
Christian Benda - conductor

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J.J. Benda, F.Benda – Violin Concertos – Christian Benda (Vol.1)

Jan Jiří Benda (1713-1752):
Violin Concerto in G major *
František Benda (1709-1786):
Violin Concerto in D major *
Violin Concerto in D minor +

Josef Suk - violin *
Ariane Pfister - violin +
Suk Chamber Orchestra
Christian Benda - conductor

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Richter, Stamitz, Benda – Flute Concertos – Eugenia Zukerman

František Xaver Richter (1709-1789):
Concerto in E minor for Flute and Orchestra
Carl Stamitz (1745-1801):
Concerto in D major for Flute and Orchestra
František Benda (1709-1786):
Concerto in E minor for Flute and Orchestra

Eugenia Zukerman - flute
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal - conductor

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Myslivecek, Rosetti, Benda – Flute Concertos – Vaclav Kunt

Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781):
Concerto for Flute in D major
Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1746-1792):
Concerto for Flute in G major
František Benda (1708-1786):
Concerto for Flute in G major

Václav Kunt - flute
Prague Chamber Orchestra

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F.Benda - Concertos for Flute, Strings & B.C. - Hünteler

remembering Franz Benda (František Benda) on his birthday

(22 November 1709 – 7 March 1786)

Franz Benda (1709-1786):
Concerto in E minor for Flute, Strings and B.c.
Concerto in G major for Flute, Strings and B.c.
Concerto in A major for Flute, Strings and B.c.

Konrad Hünteler - flute
Camerata of the 18th Century [on period instruments]

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Benda - Violin Concertos - Zenaty

František Benda (1709-1786):
Violin Concerto in C major
Violin Concerto in B flat major
Violin Concerto in D major
Violin Concerto in A minor

Ivan Ženatý - violin
Prague Philharmonia

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Franz Benda - Flötenkonzerte - Laurence Dean

František Benda (1709-1786):
Concerto for Flute in E minor
Sonata for Flute in G major
Concerto for Flute in A major
Sonata for Flute in G major
Concerto for Flute in G major

Laurence Dean - flute
Anne Röhrig - violin
Bernward Lohr - cembalo & fortepiano
Hannoversche Hofkapelle [on period instruments]

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Benda - Flute Concertos - Adorján

František Benda (1709-1786):
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in E minor
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in A major
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in A minor

András Adjordán - flute
Ars Rediviva ensemble Prague [on period instruments]
Milan Munclinger - conductor

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Franz & Georg Anton Benda - Concerti - Il Gardellino

František Benda (Franz Benda) (1709-1786):
Concerto in E minor for Flute *
Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Benda) (1722-1795):
Concerto in B minor for Cembalo
František Benda (Franz Benda) (1709-1786):
Concerto in E flat major for Violin
Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Benda) (1722-1795):
Concerto in F minor for cembalo
Allegro scherzando from: Concerto in G major for Cembalo

Jan de Winne - transverse flute *
Ryo Terakado - violin
Shalev Ad-El - cembalo
Il Gardellino [on period instruments]

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Benda - 10 Sinfonie - Munclinger

František Benda (1709-1786)
Sinfonia in G major (No.2)
Sinfonia in C major (No.3)
Sinfonia in B flat major (sine num.)
Sinfonia in B flat major (No.4)
Sinfonia in A major (No.5)
Sinfonia in C major (No.6)
Sinfonia in A major (No.12)
Sinfonia in C major (No.1)
Sinfonia in B flat major (sine num.)
Sinfonia in D major (sine num.)

Ars Rediviva [on period instruments]
Milan Munclinger - conductor

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Mysliveček, Rosetti, F.Benda - Concertos For Flute - Václav Kunt

Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781):
Concerto in D major for Flute and Orchestra
Franz Anton Rössler (Rosetti) (1746-1792):
Concerto in G major for Flute and Orchestra
František Benda (1709-1786):
Concerto in G major for Flute and Orchestra

Václav Kunt - flute
Prague Chamber Orchestra

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František Benda - Violin Concertos - Patočka

František Benda (1709-1786): Violin Concerto in A major Violin Concerto in E flat major Violin Concerto in C major Violin Concerto in D major Roman Patočka - violin Prague Chamber Orchestra (read more)

Benda, Stamitz, Rosetti - Flute Concertos - Rampal

František Benda (Franz Benda) (1709-1786):
Concerto in E minor for Flute and Orchestra *
Sonata in F major for Flute and Harpsichord +
Carl Stamitz (1745-1801):
Concerto in G major for Flute and Orchestra #
František Antonín Rössler (Francesco Antonio Rosetti) (1746–1792):
Concerto in D major for Flute and Orchestra §

Jean-Pierre Rampal - flute
Viktorie Švihlíková - harpsichord * +
Prague Chamber Orchestra * + §
Milan Muncliger - conductor *
Václav Neumann - conductor #
Martin Turnovský - conductor §

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Benda, Pichl, A.Vranický - Violin Concertos - Demeterová

"The name Benda is known to perhaps every music lover in our country (Czech Lands). It belonged to one of the most famous families to have ever represented Czech music abroad. (...) The weaver Jan Jiri Benda (...) occasionally played the oboe and cimbalon at folk dances. His wife Dorota was born into the Brixi family of teachers and musicians, and three of their five children - Frantisek, Jiri and Josef - became famous as musicians and composers.
(...) František Benda moved his entire family to Potsdam, thus gaining for the King another two superlative musicians - his brothers Jiri Antonín and Josef. Friederich II greatly esteemed Benda, who was to remain in the royal services until the end of his life - in 1772 he became concert master. (...)
Václav Pichl was a similarly distinguished ambassador of Czech music. (...) Between 1769 and 1770 he worked in Prague as a chapel-master with Count Hartig and subsequently accepted the post of first violinist at the Court Theatre in Vienna. Four years later he became the chapel-master of Archduke Ferdinand in Milan, where he stayed 21 years.
Antonín Vranický (1761-1820) was another Czech composer and violinist to connect his professional career and life with Vienna. (...) Vranickýs compositions grew out of the soil of High Classicism, yet some of them show distinct features of early Romanticism."
[Lucie Manourová in the booklet]

František Benda (1709-1786):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major
Václav Pichl (1741-1805):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.3 no.1
Antonín Vranický (1761-1820):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C major

Gabriela Demeterová
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Milan Lajčik - conductor

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J.V.Stamic, F.Benda, Richter, Kohout - Symphonies - Bohdan Warchal

"(...) The modern type of postbaroque symphony probably arouse from those formations. It is represented by compositions of musicians of Manheim School. (...) Jan Václav Stamic and Frantisek Xaver Richter established a worldwide famousness of the Manheim Ensemble and created a structural prototype of the symphony or of the orchestral music as whole. This model arisen through an evolution has found its more or less known followers all over the world. The principles of the mdern symphony have been founded this way. (...) Vienna classicism represented by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven is based on principles created by composers and performers of the Manheim School. (...)"

[Doc. Ján Albrecht in the booklet]

Jan Václav Stamic (1717-1757): 
Symphony in G major
Symphony in A major
Symphony in B flat major
František Benda (1709-1786):
Symphony in C major
František (Franz) Xaver Richter (fr. : François-Xavier Richter) (1709-1789):
Symphony in B flat major
Karel Ignác Augustin Kohout (Karl Kohaut) (1726-1784):
Symphony in F minor

Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal - conductor

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Richter, Benda, Stamic - Flute Concertos - Novotný

"A notable feature on the map of eighteen-century Europe was the presence in various parts of many musicians coming from Bohemia, whose contribution to the development of music on the continent was indeed essential, and has remained unparalleled at any time since then. Beyond their native country's borders there then existed a plethora of quality musical ensembles whose "investors", that is, aristocratic patrons, offered musician from Bohemia a much brighter existential outlook, as well as a better chance to develop their talents to the full. Each of the composers whose works are featured here had substancial share in defining the Classical style in European music, which took shape with the active involvement of more than a few composers with roots in Bohemia and Moravia. Eloquent proofs of their contribution can be found among other areas in the period production for the then fashionable instrument that was the tranverse flute. (...)"

[Jindra Cerná in the booklet]


František Xaver Richter (1709-1789):
Concerto in E minor for Flute and Orchestra
František Benda (1709-1786):

Concerto in A major for Flute and Orchestra
Jan Václav Stamic (1717-1757):
Concerto in C major for Flute and Orchestra

Roman Novotný - flute
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Aleš Bárta - harpsichord

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