Carl Eberwein – Proserpina; J.A. Benda – Adriane auf Naxos – Peter Gülke

Carl Eberwein (1786-1868):
Proserpina - monodrama
Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795):
Ariadne auf Naxos

with:
Salome Kammer
Dirk Schortemeier
Friederike Tiefenbacher
Symphony Orchestra Wuppertal
Peter Gülke - conductor

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Benda, Gessel, Erlebach – Cantatas – Ludger Remy

Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795):
Cantata "Bald wird ihn die himmlische Jugend empfangen"
Cantata "Eilet, das Gesetz zu hören"
Carl Friedrich Gessel (1724-1793):
Cantata "Sie sind nicht alle dem Evangelio gehorsam"
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1675-1714):
Cantata "Gelobet sei der Herr"

Dorothee Mields - soprano
Britta Schwarz - contralto
Jörn Lindemann - tenor
Andreas Post - tenor
Klaus Mertens - bass
Telemann-Kammerorchester Michaelstein [on period instruments]
Ludger Rémy - conductor

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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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Vaňhal, Benda – Violin Concertos – Andrea Šestakova

Jan Křtitel Vaňhal (1739-1813):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C major
Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B flat major

Andrea Šestaková - violin
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal - conductor

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G.A.Benda – Harpsichord Concertos – Sabine Bauer

remembering Jiří Antonín Benda (also Georg Anton Benda) on the anniversary of his death

(30 June 1722 – 6 November 1795)

Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795):
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor
Harpsichord Concerto in F major
Harpsichord Concerto in G major
Harpsichord Concerto in B minor

Sabine Bauer - harpsichord
La Stagione Frankfurt [on period instruments]
Michael Schneider - conductor

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J.A.Benda – Symphonies – Salieri Chamber Orchestra

Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795) - Symphonies:

CD 1:
Sinfonia No.1 in D major
Sinfonia No.2 in G major
Sinfonia No.3 in C major
Sinfonia No.4 in F major
Sinfonia No.5 in G major
Sinfonia No.6 in E flat major

CD 2:
Sinfonia No.7 in D major
Sinfonia No.8 in D major
Sinfonia No.9 in A major
Sinfonia No.10 in G major
Sinfonia No.11 in F major
Sinfonia No.12 in A major

Orchestra da Camera 'Salieri'
Tamás Pál - conductor

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J.A.Benda – Cantatas, Sinfonias – Peter Zajíček

Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795):
Sinfonia I
"Cephalus und Aurore" - cantata
Sinfonia II
Scherzi Notturni
"Mariane" - cantata
Sinfonia III
"Er ist dahin der Frühling meiner Blüthe" - cantata

Musica Aeterna Bratislava
Peter Zajíček - conductor

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Benda – Sinfonias 7-12 – Christian Benda

remembering Jiří Antonín Benda on his birthday

(30 June 1722 – 6 November 1795)

Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795) - the Symphonies:
Sinfonia No.7 in D major
Sinfonia No.8 in D major
Sinfonia No.9 in A major
Sinfonia No.10 in G major
Sinfonia No.11 in F major
Sinfonia No.12 in A major

Prague Chamber Orchestra
Christian Benda - conductor

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Benda – Sinfonias 1-6 – Christian Benda

remembering Jiří Antonín Benda on his birthday

(30 June 1722 – 6 November 1795)

Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795) - the Symphonies:
Sinfonia No.1 in D major
Sinfonia No.2 in G major
Sinfonia No.3 in C major
Sinfonia No.4 in F major
Sinfonia No.5 in G major
Sinfonia No.6 in E flat major

Prague Chamber Orchestra
Christian Benda - conductor

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Baroque Bohemia & Beyond Vol.I - Benda, Bárta, Richter, Stamic, Vanhal

Baroque Bohemia & Beyond Vol.1

Jiří Antonín (Georg Anton) Benda (1722–1795):
Sinfonia No.4 in F major
Josef Bárta (1744-1787):
Sinfonia in C minor
Franz (František) Xaver Richter (1709-1789):
Concerto in E minor for harpsichord
Jan Václav Antonín Stamic (Johann Stamitz) (1714-1757):
Sinfonia Pastorale in D major, op.4/2
Jan Křtitel (Johann Baptist) Vaňhal (1739-1813):
Sinfonia in E minor

Czech Chamber Philharmonic
Vojtěch Spurný - conductor, harpsichord

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Musik am Preussischen Hof - 5. Konzert am Presussichen Hof

Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702-1771):
Concerto grosso in G major for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, Strings and B.C.
Georg Benda (1722-1795):
Sinfonia VI in E flat major, for Violin, 2 Oboes, 2 Horns, Strings and B.C.
Carl Heinrich Graun (1703-1759):
Concerto in F major for Organ, String and B.C.
Georg Benda (1722-1795):
Concerto in F major for Viola, 2 Horns, Strings and B.C.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Sonatina in D major, Wq 109 for 2 Harpsichords

Kammerorchester "Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach"
Hartmut Haenchen - conductor

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Benda - Cembalo Concertos and Sonatas - Keglerová

Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795):
Concerto in F major
Concertino in C major
Concerto in G major
Sonata in C major
Sonata in G major

Edita Keglerová - harpsichord
Hipocondria Ensemble

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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, Lang, Štěpán - Harpsichord Concertos - Rudolf Zelenka

Jiří Antonín Benda (1722-1795):
Concerto in G major for Harpsichord and Orchestra

Jan Jiří Lang (1724-1793): Concerto pastorale in D major for Hapsichord and Orchestra Josef Antonín Štěpán (1726-1797): Concerto in D sharp major for Harpsichord and Orchestra Rudolf Zelenka - harpsichord Bendův komorní orchestr (Benda Chamber Orchestra) Jiří Havlik - conductor (read more)

Prager Virtuosen (vol.5) - Voříšek, Benda

Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek (Johann Hugo Worzischek) (1791-1825):
Symphony in D major, op.24
Mass in B major *

Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Anton Benda) (1722-1795):
Symphony for String Orchestra in B major
Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in G minor +
Italian Aria: No.6 "S'ella vuol rendersi" #
Italian Aria No.3 "No, non vedrete mai" #
Symphony No.8 in D major
Symphony No.2 in G major

Ludmila Vernerova - soprano *
Zdena Kloubova - soprano #
Marta Benackova - contralto *
Igor Pasek - tenor *
Peter Mikolas - bass *
Zuzana Růžičková - harpsichord +
Josef Ksica - organ *
Prager Kammerchor *
Il Virtuosi di Praga
Oldřich Vlček - conductor

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Jiří Antonín Benda - Hapsichord Concertos - Keglerová

"The eighteen century was a time of great change in society, philosophy, and art. Various encyclopaedias, for example, were compiled and published. Works were written in the new field of aesthetics and other disciplines. Concert series for the public were started up, using amateur musicians and musical societies that previously performed only privately. The Enlightenment, the philosophical movement emphasizing human reason and its diverse applications in understanding man, was penetrating all spheres and forms of life, both of the individual and society. It was in these eventful times that Jiri Antonín (Georg Anton) Benda (1722-1795) lived and composed. (...)"

[Edita Keglerová in the booklet]

Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Anton Benda) (1722-1795):
Concerto for Harpsichord in G major
Concerto for Harpsichord in D major
Concerto for Harpsichord in F major
Concerto for Harpsichord in C major

Edita Keglerová - harpsichord
Ensemble Hipocondria

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J.A.Benda - Harpsichord concertos - Václav Luks

"(Jiří Antonín Benda) had the opportunity to become intimately familiar with the milieu of the Prussian court. The Benda family had met with a fate similar to that thousands of other Protestants who in great numbers fled the Land of the Bohemian Crown in the period after the decisive Battle of the White Mountain (1620). (...) Franz (František) Benda, the brother of Georg (Jiří), was by that time a respected violinist and composer employed at the court of King Frederick the Great of Prussia (...) The Benda family settled in Potsdam near Berlin and the doors to the world of music opened wide to Georg (Jiří). In 1750 he entered the services of the Friederich III, the Duke of Gotha-Sax, and in 1765 Friederich III sent Benda on a six-month journey to study in Italy, (...) Benda's works from the Fifties and Sixties (chiefly sinfonie) clearly reveal the inspiration of Italian models (...) "but surely you know that of all Lutheran composers Benda is my favourite" he (Mozart) wrote to his father (...)"

[Václav Luks in the booklet]


Jiří Antonín Benda (1772-1795):
Harpsichord concerto in G minor
Harpsichord concerto in B minor
Harpsichord concerto in F minor
Harpsichord concerto in G major

Václav Luks - harpsichord
Collegium 1704 [on period instruments]

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Vranický, Benda, Rejcha - Viola concertos - Jan Pěruška

Antonín Vranický (1761-1820) "(...) The oeuvre of  Antonín Vranický almost entirely consists of instrumental compositions. Chamber music prevails, which is connected with his position of the chief conductor of the chateau music [of Prince Maximilian of Lobkowitz], but his legacy also comprises at least 14 symphonies and the same number of violin concertos, concertos for string instruments, hunting marches and many other compositions. The Lobokowitz Chateau archive, (...) contains a very large and valuable collection of compositions by  Antonín Vranický (...)"

Jiri Antonin Benda (1722-1795) "(...) found suitable ground for his artistic ambitions first in Berlin, Prussia then in Gotha Thüringen. (...) This member of a large musical family (...) wrote a predominant part of his oeuvre in the favorable art-loving environment of this [Thüringen] local court. (...) Benda's creative potential was very broad - he composed about 30 symphonies, instrumental concertos, chamber pieces as well as Italian incidental music. (...)"

Josef Rejcha (1752-1795) "(...) a composer, outstanding cellist and conductor (...) he met Leopold Mozart who highly appreciated Rejcha's musical skills (...) composed in the spirit of the famous Manheim School and his oeuvre comprises many chamber pieces, three instrumental concertos for cello and many concertos for string and wind instruments. (...)"

[Ludvik Kasparek in the booklet]


Antonín Vranický (Anton Wrani(t)zky) (1761-1820):
Concerto in C major for Viola and Orchestra
Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Anton Benda) (1722-1795):
Concerto in F major for Viola and Orchestra
Josef Rejcha (Joseph Reicha) (1752-1795):
Concerto in E flat major for Viola and Orchestra

Jan Pěruška - viola
Chamber Orchestra from members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Andreas Sebastian Weiser - conductor

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