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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (in English) Website of the ensemble La Stagione Frankfurt
- ↑ (in English) BBC Music
- ↑ (in English) org/artist/8d8a644e-3466-497b-9988-96d3330bd382 Musicbrainz.org
- 1 2 3 4 5 Booklet of the CD Harpsichord Concertos by Georg Anton Benda (CPO 777 088-2).
- ↑ Alain Pâris, Le nouveau dictionnaire des interprètes, Robert Laffont, 2015.
- 1 2 (in English) Konzertdirektion Archived 2017-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 Bach Cantatas
- ↑ Early Music Review
- ↑ Press review on Konzertdirektion.de [ permanent dead link ].
- ↑ Official website
