Jiří Antonin Benda - Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor

Sabine Bauer / La Stagione Frankfurt / Michael Schneider
00:00 Allegro
06:31 Larghetto
13:34 Allegro di molto
Jiří Antonin Benda or Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795) was a Bohemian Composer. Benda was 19 when Frederick the Great bestowed upon him in 1741 the position of second violinist in the chapel of Berlin. The following year Benda was summoned to Potsdam as a composer and arranger for his older brother Franz, himself an illustrious composer and violinist.
A stipend from the Duke of Gotha allowed Benda to take a study trip to Italy in 1764. He wrote about ten operas, several operettas, and the melodramas Ariadne auf Naxos, Medea and Almansor und Nadine.

Benda's most important contribution lies in the development of the German melodramas, a form of musical stage entertainment which influenced Mozart.
Ariadne auf Naxos is generally considered his best work. At its debut in 1775, the opera received enthusiastic reviews in Germany and afterwards, in the whole of Europe, with music critics calling attention to its originality, sweetness, and ingenious execution. Besides that he wrote many instrumental pieces including many sinfonias, keyboard sonatas, keyboard concertos, violin concertos and a smaller number of trio sonatas, violin sonatas and flute sonatas. There is no copyright infringement intended. If you wish your recording to be removed, it can be done, please just leave me an email, which can be found at the channel's about section.