Sabine Bauer, Michael Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt - Georg Anton Benda: Harpsichord Concertos (2005)
Sabine Bauer, Michael Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt - Georg Anton Benda: Harpsichord Concertos (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 374 Mb | Total time: 69:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 088-2 | Recorded: 2004
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 374 Mb | Total time: 69:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 088-2 | Recorded: 2004
Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795), who was attached to the Berlin court initially under Frederick Great, made his mark as an innovative opera composer. However, there’s little if any innovation on display in these harpsichord concertos, which are considerably less developed in style than the contemporaneous work of Mozart or either of the Haydn brothers. Aside from the virtuoso quality of some of the keyboard writing, these concertos display some typical galant mannerisms along with the Baroque tendency to sustain a single mood during a movement, if not throughout the whole piece. But within that constraint there is a lot of variety among these four works.
The most dazzling is the F major concerto, with brisk toccata-like writing that recalls Domenico Scarlatti. The F minor concerto is turbulent, and although I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a “Sturm und Drang” piece, it does have a sense of struggle that presages Beethoven. The B minor concerto has its share of struggle as well, but it relaxes into a slow movement with a lovely melody. The G major concerto is the sunniest and in many ways the simplest of the lot. One idiosyncrasy is Benda’s tendency to end movements abruptly, which happens at one point or another in nearly all these works.
The performances are delightful. The harpsichord and the string orchestra are well balanced, picked up fairly closely but with a nice sense of hall ambience in the surround program. The 1992 harpsichord is bright without being strident, assertive without being harsh. CPO’s prominent pick-up conveys some of the sounds of its mechanism, enough to add a percussion effect in vigorous moments. Sabine Bauer’s solo work is alert, brisk, and playful, reveling in the music’s more challenging passages. La Stagione Frankfurt comprises only 13 players but never sounds stressed or scrawny. The music itself won’t make any “Essential Classics” lists, but the disc is a pleasurable listen all the way through.–ClassicsToday
Performer:
Sabine Bauer, harpsichord
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider, conductor
Track List:
Georg Anton (Jiří Antonín) Benda (1722-1795)
Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Allegro di molto
Harpsichord Concerto in F Major
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andantino quasi allegretto
06. III. Allegro assai, più presto
Harpsichord Concerto in G Major
07. I. Allegro moderato
08. II. Andante con moto
09. III. Allegro scherzando
Harpsichord Concerto in B Minor
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Arioso. Andante
12. III. Allegro
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Sabine Bauer, Michael Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt - Georg Anton Benda: Harpsichord Concertos (2005)
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