Benda, Franz: Sonata for violin and b.c. in C Minor, L3.10
Work length 11:57
Evgeny Sviridov, Stanislav Gres, Alexander Scherf, Liza Solovey
Ludus Instrumentalis
01 I. Adagio poco Andante
02 II. Allegro
03 III. Presto
Benda, Franz: Capriccio 2 in F minor
Work length 3:25
Evgeny Sviridov, Stanislav Gres, Alexander Scherf, Liza Solovey
Ludus Instrumentalis
04 Capriccio 2
Benda, Franz: Sonata XXVII for violin and basso in G Major, L3.86
Work length 13:33
Evgeny Sviridov, Stanislav Gres, Alexander Scherf, Liza Solovey
Ludus Instrumentalis
05 I. Allegretto
06 II. Siciliano
07 III. Scherzando
Benda, Franz: Capriccio 27 & Minuetto (attr. Carl Höckh) in D Minor
Work length 3:56
Evgeny Sviridov, Stanislav Gres, Alexander Scherf, Liza Solovey
Ludus Instrumentalis
08 Capriccio 27 & Minuetto
Benda, Franz: Sonata XVII for Violin and Cello in A Minor, L3.118
Work length 16:51
Evgeny Sviridov, Stanislav Gres, Alexander Scherf, Liza Solovey
Ludus Instrumentalis
09 I. Adagio un poco Andante con Sordino
10 II. Allegretto
11 III. Presto
Benda, Franz: Capriccio 35 & Angloise (attr. Carl Höckh) in F Sharp Minor
Work length 2:55
Evgeny Sviridov, Stanislav Gres, Alexander Scherf, Liza Solovey
Ludus Instrumentalis
12 Capriccio 35 & Angloise
Benda, Franz: Capriccio 38 & Polognese (attr. Carl Höckh) in G Major
Work length 2:54
Evgeny Sviridov, Stanislav Gres, Alexander Scherf, Liza Solovey
Ludus Instrumentalis
13 Capriccio 38 & Polognese
Benda, Franz: Sonata for Violin and b.c. in B flat major, L3.125
Work length 9:44
Evgeny Sviridov, Stanislav Gres, Alexander Scherf, Liza Solovey
Ludus Instrumentalis
14 I. Adagio
15 II. Allegro non molto
16 III. Presto
In the summer of 2010, a Russian violinist by the name of Evgeny Sviridov participated in the Leipzig Bach Competition. And he went home as a winner - much to the surprise of his teacher in St. Petersburg, who knew nothing about it. One year later, the young man's debut CD featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber was released, and critics were speechless, for he played "so refreshingly, full of life and breath, as if he had just written this music himself." His latest recording for cpo is dedicated to the Bohemian composer and violinist Franz Benda who came from a very modest background to make a career at the court of Frederick II of Prussia. And we realise once again that Sviridov does not like old, dusty ideas. Already after a few bars, the leader of Concerto Köln lets us know that music is indeed an overwhelming narrative of sound, thus saving us from reading many clever books on the subject…