CHRISTIAN BENDA Christian Benda is descended from a long line of musicians. First guest conductor of the Turin Philharmonic, he appears worldwide with orchestras including the Prague Symphony, Shanghai Philharmonic, Orchestra della Toscana, Polish National Opera, Budapest Concert Orchestra MÁV, Cyprus State, Moscow Virtuosi, Münster Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, and Suisse Romande Orchestra, invited by festivals such as Schwetzingen, Echternach/Luxemburg, Cité de la musique Paris, Prague Spring, George Enescu Bucharest, Hong Kong Arts, Klangbogen Wien, and the Menuhin Festival in Switzerland.
Christian Benda is chief conductor and artistic director of the Prague Sinfonia Orchestra with which he has recorded numerous standard classical works, as well as Schubert’s and Rossini’s complete overtures. Singers such as Renée Fleming, Barbara Hendricks, Cheryl Studer, and Simon Estes have appeared under his baton. In collaboration with the Vienna State Opera he has devised a new introduction to opera for the general public and young people, High- Lights and Micro-Opera, based on Goethe’s colour theory, with the participation of narrator and dancers.
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Carrying the Torch: Christian Benda talks to Jeremy Siepmann
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| Mozart’s Contemporaries |
Naxos 8.505078 |
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Catalogue No |
Work Category |
| ANDANTE - Romantic Music for Cello and Orchestra |
Naxos 8.555764 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| BACH, J.S.: Musical Offering, BWV 1079 |
Naxos 8.553286 |
Chamber Music
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| BENDA, F.: Violin Concerto / BENDA, J. A.: Viola Concerto |
Naxos 8.553994 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| BENDA, J.A.: Medea |
Naxos 8.553346 |
Concertos, Vocal
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| BOCCHERINI: Cello Sonatas |
Naxos 8.554324 |
Chamber Music
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| CLASSICAL BLISS |
Naxos 8.578053 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music
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| Lunga Bla Timmar (Blue Hours) |
Naxos 8.503024 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| MARTINU: Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 |
Naxos 8.554502 |
Chamber Music
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| MARTINU: Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 |
Naxos 8.554503 |
Chamber Music
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| NOCTURNE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming |
Naxos 8.556620 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| ROMANCE |
Naxos 8.553216 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Instrumental
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| ROMANZA - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming |
Naxos 8.556618 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| STAMITZ, C.: Cello Concertos Nos. 1-3 |
Naxos 8.550865 |
Concertos
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| VARMA RODA STUNDER - Romantisk Klassisk Musik (Warm Red Hours - Romantic Classical Music) (3CD set) |
Naxos 8.503038 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Opera
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| WITH LOVE TO YOU |
Naxos 8.557789 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Film and TV Music, Instrumental, Contemporary Instrumental |
| BACH, C.P.E.: Hamburg Sinfonias Nos. 1 - 6, Wq. 182 |
Naxos 8.553285 |
Orchestral
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| BACH, J.S.: Musical Offering, BWV 1079 |
Naxos 8.553286 |
Chamber Music
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| BENDA, F. / BENDA, J. J.: Violin Concertos in G Major, D Major and D Minor |
Naxos 8.553902 |
Concertos
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| BENDA, F.: Violin Concerto / BENDA, J. A.: Viola Concerto |
Naxos 8.553994 |
Concertos, Orchestral
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| BENDA, J. A.: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6 |
Naxos 8.553408 |
Orchestral
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| BENDA, J. A.: Sinfonias Nos. 7-12 |
Naxos 8.553409 |
Orchestral
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| BENDA, J.A.: Ariadne auf Naxos / Pygmalion |
Naxos 8.553345 |
Vocal, Opera
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| BENDA, J.A.: Medea |
Naxos 8.553346 |
Concertos, Vocal
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| CASELLA, A.: Paganiniana / Serenata / La Giara Suite (Radio Svizzera Italiana Orchestra, C. Benda) |
Naxos 8.553706 |
Orchestral
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| DEVIL'S MUSIC (The) |
Naxos 8.578085-86 |
Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Secular, Opera
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| Discover Music of the Classical Era |
Naxos Educational 8.558180-81 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Opera
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| MALIPIERO, G.F.: Tre commedie goldoniane / Stradivario / La Cimarosiana / Gabrieliana (Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, C. Benda) |
Naxos 8.570883 |
Ballet, Orchestral
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| MALIPIERO: Tre Commedie Goldoniane / Stradivario / Gabrieliana |
Marco Polo 8.225118 |
Ballet, Orchestral
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| PHILIDOR, F-A.D.: Carmen saeculare / Overtures |
Naxos 8.557593-94 |
Orchestral, Choral - Secular, Opera
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| ROMANCE |
Naxos 8.553216 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Instrumental
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| ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray Audio) |
Naxos NBD0028 |
Orchestral, Opera
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| ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1 (Prague Sinfonia, Benda) |
Naxos 8.570933 |
Orchestral, Opera
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| ROSSINI, G.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 2 (Prague Sinfonia, Benda) |
Naxos 8.570934 |
Orchestral
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Naxos Schubert Album (The) |
Naxos 8.578134 |
Orchestral, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Overtures (Complete) (Prague Sinfonia, C. Benda) (Blu-Ray Audio) |
Naxos NBD0019 |
Orchestral
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1 (Prague Sinfonia, C. Benda) |
Naxos 8.570328 |
Orchestral
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| SCHUBERT, F.: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 2 (Prague Sinfonia, C. Benda) |
Naxos 8.570329 |
Orchestral
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| World of the 18th Century Symphony (The) |
Naxos 8.554761 |
Orchestral |
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