Name: FWH Benda: Viola Concertos Nos. 1 - 3
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Release Date: 29th Jun 2018
Catalogue No: 555167-2
Label: CPO
Length: 60 minutes

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Benda, Friedrich: Viola Concerto No. 1 in F Major, LorB 314

Work length18:46

$4.00

$5.20

Jean-Éric Soucy (viola)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Bernard Labadie
Recorded: 21-24 June 2016
Recording Venue: Konzerthaus Freiburg, Germany

I. Allegro

Track length7:41

$2.00

$2.60

II. Largo con sordino

Track length6:19

$1.00

$1.30

III. Rondeau

Track length4:46

$1.00

$1.30

Benda, Friedrich: Viola Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, LorB 315

Work length19:50

$4.00

$5.20

Jean-Éric Soucy (viola)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Bernard Labadie
Recorded: 21-24 June 2016
Recording Venue: Konzerthaus Freiburg, Germany

I. Allegretto

Track length8:42

$2.00

$2.60

II. Largo con sordino

Track length5:14

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro

Track length5:54

$1.00

$1.30

Benda, Friedrich: Viola Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, LorB 316

Work length21:28

$5.00

$6.45

Jean-Éric Soucy (viola)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Bernard Labadie
Recorded: 4-5 July 2016
Recording Venue: Konzerthaus Freiburg, Germany

I. Allegro

Track length11:30

$3.00

$3.85

II. Romance

Track length5:11

$1.00

$1.30

III. Rondo à la chasse

Track length4:47

$1.00

$1.30

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It is not exactly easy to find ones way around in the pages of Benda family history with its two Georgs, three Friedrichs, two Heinrichs – and more! This family of musicians from Bohemia came to Germany in 1742 at the request of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1712-86), and served at the court there for a century. The unknown Benda with whom we are concerned here was Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich, the son of Franz Benda and nephew of Georg Benda. He was born in 1745 and died in 1814. Although he wrote operas, cantatas, and oratorios, he is best known for his instrumental compositions and for the concertos he wrote for various instruments. His talent as a gifted violist and violinist also made him a popular interpreter. The virtuoso passages in his three concertos for viola demonstrate his perfect mastery of the instrumental technique of the viola typifying his times. We have our soloist Jean-Eric Soucy to thank for the discovery of the viola concertos, and he in turn is grateful to the Edition Offenburg publishing company, which with its outstanding correction work has made available a wonderful gift for all violists. Friedrich Benda's viola concertos are beyond doubt magnificent additions to the viola repertoire on the same high level as Stamitz, Hoffmeister, and others. (By the way, Edition Offenburg has made the concertos available in two versions, one with piano and the other with orchestra.)

FWH Benda: Viola Concertos Nos. 1 - 3

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