℗ 2021 Hyperion Records Limited
| Released | January 12, 2024 |
| Originated | October 1, 2021 |
| Duration | 1h 20m 36s |
| Record Label | Hyperion |
| Genre | Classical |
Benda: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Classical Piano Concerto 8)
Howard Shelley
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Piano Concerto in F Minor
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1.1
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I. Allegro
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
6:53 | |||
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1.2
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II. Larghetto
Jiří Antonín Benda; London Mozart Players |
7:30 | |||
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1.3
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III. Allegro di molto
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
4:38 | |||
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Piano Concerto in G Minor
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1.4
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I. Allegro non troppo
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
7:11 | |||
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1.5
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II. Andante
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
6:39 | |||
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1.6
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III. Presto
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
5:53 | |||
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Piano Concerto in G Major
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1.7
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I. Non tanto allegro
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
8:39 | |||
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1.8
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II. Andante
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
8:31 | |||
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1.9
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III. Allegretto
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
5:18 | |||
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Piano Concerto in B Minor
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1.10
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I. Allegro
Jiří Antonín Benda; London Mozart Players |
6:16 | |||
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1.11
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II. Arioso
Jiří Antonín Benda; London Mozart Players |
7:28 | |||
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1.12
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III. Allegro
Jiří Antonín Benda; Howard Shelley |
5:40 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"It’s almost a commonplace to remark upon Shelley’s unstinting advocacy of all‑but-forgotten and sometimes rather inconsequential music. That’s to do Benda a disservice, however … where these works really score … is in the slow movements, which have a richness and personality not often associated with the transitional music of the mid-18th century. These thus become the expressive fulcrum of each work; that of the F minor Concerto in particular deploys muted strings and a singing solo line to go to emotional places one might not have expected."
- Gramophone
Of the same generation as Mozart’s father and Bach’s children, Georg Anton Benda was highly regarded in his day (not least by Mozart himself). Howard Shelley brings his customary probing, intelligent musicianship to this selection of four early classical concertos.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.95 -7.19 to -3.57 | -25.84 -28.99 to -23.48 | -22.80 -25.90 to -20.60 | 13 12 to 14 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro | -4.25 | -24.45 | -21.4 | 13 |
| 2 | II. Larghetto | -7.19 | -27.10 | -24.3 | 12 |
| 3 | III. Allegro di molto | -3.98 | -23.48 | -20.6 | 13 |
| 4 | I. Allegro non troppo | -3.88 | -25.12 | -21.9 | 14 |
| 5 | II. Andante | -5.58 | -28.99 | -25.9 | 14 |
| 6 | III. Presto | -3.57 | -24.53 | -21.5 | 13 |
| 7 | I. Non tanto allegro | -5.41 | -25.36 | -22.4 | 13 |
| 8 | II. Andante | -6.04 | -28.09 | -24.9 | 14 |
| 9 | III. Allegretto | -4.24 | -25.20 | -22.1 | 13 |
| 10 | I. Allegro | -5.01 | -24.80 | -21.8 | 13 |
| 11 | II. Arioso | -6.31 | -28.81 | -25.6 | 14 |
| 12 | III. Allegro | -3.91 | -24.09 | -21.2 | 12 |