Benda: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Classical Piano Concerto 8)
1/12/2024, 12 Tracks, 1:20:43
Featuring
Howard Shelley
London Mozart Players
Georg Anton Benda
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Composition History
Georg Benda is credited with inventing the melodrama genre, where spoken dialogue is accompanied by the orchestra, despite Rousseau's Pygmalion of 1770 having a claim to the contrary.
Recording & Production
The cadenzas for several of the concertos on this album were composed by the performer, Howard Shelley.
Performer Biography
Howard Shelley, the pianist and conductor, has been recognized with the title of Conductor Laureate for his long association with the London Mozart Players.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Georg Benda's works are distinguished by their dramatic and often rapidly alternating moods, a characteristic of the North German school of composition ('Affekt').
Composer Biography
Georg Benda came from a distinguished family of Czech musicians; five of his six siblings also became musicians, all working in Germany.
Composer Biography
Georg Benda, the composer, was born in Benátky nad Jizerou, Bohemia, in 1722, the same year J.S. Bach and Handel were 37.
Performer Biography
Howard Shelley, the pianist and conductor on this album, has a discography exceeding 180 albums and has recorded the works of over eighty composers.
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