Hans-Joachim Berg, Naoko Akutagawa - Benda: Violin Sonatas Nos. 10, 14, 23, 28 and 32 (2010)

Tracklist

01. Violin Sonata No. 10 in F minor, Lee III:73: I. Andante
02. Violin Sonata No. 10 in F minor, Lee III:73: II. Allegro
03. Violin Sonata No. 10 in F minor, Lee III:73: III. Presto
04. Violin Sonata No. 14 in E flat major, Lee III:41: I. Cantabile un poco Andante
05. Violin Sonata No. 14 in E flat major, Lee III:41: II. Allegro
06. Violin Sonata No. 14 in E flat major, Lee III:41: III. Presto
07. Violin Sonata No. 23 in C minor, Lee III:9: I. Adagio
08. Violin Sonata No. 23 in C minor, Lee III:9: II. Allegro moderato
09. Violin Sonata No. 23 in C minor, Lee III:9: III. Allegro non molto
10. Violin Sonata No. 32 in E major, Lee III:50: I. Allegro
11. Violin Sonata No. 32 in E major, Lee III:50: II. Adagio o Arioso
12. Violin Sonata No. 32 in E major, Lee III:50: III. Allegro Moderato e Cantabile
13. Violin Sonata No. 28 in F major, Lee III:63: I. un poco Allegro
14. Violin Sonata No. 28 in F major, Lee III:63: II. Adagio
15. Violin Sonata No. 28 in F major, Lee III:63: III. Allegretto

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.

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