A personal link will be sent to you within 24 hours to download the digital score The six sonatas by Franz Benda originate from a manuscript by an unknown copyist. The manuscript contains in all 34 sonatas by Benda. What makes this collection so unique is the fact that each movement is supplemented with one, at times even two separate ornamented versions. Though not in Benda’s hand, much indicates that this manuscript is a highly meticulous and, in terms of ornamental technique, authentic copy. First Printing Edited by Leila SchayeghBand I 1. X. Sonata per il Violino Solo e Cembalo col Violoncello Lee III-73, Mus.ms.1315/15: X Andante - Allegro - Presto2. XXVIII. Sonata per il Violino Solo e Basso Lee III-63, Mus.ms.1315/15: XXVIII un poco Allegro - Adagio - Allegretto 3. XIV. Sonata per il Violino Solo e Violoncello Lee III-41, Mus.ms.1315/15: XIV Cantabile un poco Andante - Allegro - Presto Band II4. XXIII. Sonata per il Violino Solo e Basso Lee III-9, Mus.ms.1315/15: XXIII Adagio - Allegro moderato - Allegro non molto5. XIII. Sonata per il Violino Solo e Cembalo col Violoncello Lee III-89, Mus.ms.1315/15: XIII Adagio poco Andante - Allegro - Allegro 6. XXXII. Sonata per il Violino Solo con Basso Lee III-50, Mus.ms.1315/15: XXXII Allegro - Adagio o Arioso - Allegro moderato e cantabile CD recording : Franz Benda Violin Sonatas, Leila Schayegh / Václav Luks / Felix Knecht, 2012, Schola Cantorum Basilliensis / Glossa, GCD 922507 Franz Benda Violin Sonatas, Hans-Joachim Berg / Naoko Akutagawa, 2011, NAXOS 8.572307
