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Dussek: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Huber, Altmann
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Dussek: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Huber, Altmann

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Details

Composer
Johann Ladislaus Dussek
Artist
Miriam Altmann, Julia Huber
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 03, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96588
UPC
5028421965888

About

Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) was a cosmopolitan piano virtuoso who studied with C.P.E. Bach, lived and performed in one European capital after another in a tumultuous progress across the continent, and wrote huge quantities of eclectic music which has largely been forgotten. Dussek’s music for his own instrument may now be much better known than half a century ago – not least thanks to the first period-instrument edition of his piano sonatas, produced by Brilliant Classics – but he wrote almost 80 violin sonatas which also deserve revival as the product of a fluent and always inventive mind working on the cusp of eras we now identify as Classicism and Romanticism.

The three sonatas gathered here as Dussek’s Opus 1 were published around 1780. Each of them is cast in two movements: a lively Allegro in sonata form, followed by a Rondo or (in No.1) a set of variations, gentle and even meditative in character, in which Dussek’s originality shines through the occasional, recitative-like episodes. The six sonatas of Op.28 belong to the genre of ‘accompanied piano sonatas’ in which the musical substance is conceived principally for the keyboard instrument, with an obbligato melody instrument (such as the violin or flute) adding or doubling a top line if convenient. By the time he wrote them in 1795, Dussek had been a celebrity of London musical life for six years, having fled revolutionary Paris in a hurry. The dedication to ‘Miss Shaw’ refers to one of the daughters of the composer Thomas Shaw, and one may imagine the father on the violin accompanying and encouraging his daughter on the piano in Dussek’s vivid evocations of rural life and the lively march of a tin-soldier regiment.

Dussek’s sonatas are played here in new recordings by the German duo of Julia Huber and Miriam Altmann in polished and historically informed performances, using an authentic 1780 fortepiano. Huber has worked with German period-instrument ensembles such as L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, La Stagione Frankfurt and the Collegium Cartusianum in Cologne.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro spiritoso 08:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro spiritoso
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  2. 2 II. Rondo. Allegretto moderato assai 05:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Rondo. Allegretto moderato assai
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  3. 3 I. Andantino 04:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Andantino
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  4. 4 II. Adagio 02:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  5. 5 I. Larghetto con espressione 01:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Larghetto con espressione
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  6. 6 II. Allegro 00:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  7. 7 I. Allegro moderato 03:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  8. 8 II. Rondo. Allegretto moderato molto 01:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Rondo. Allegretto moderato molto
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  9. 9 I. Allegro vivace 01:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  10. 10 II. Allegretto grazioso 02:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  11. 11 I. Lento con espressione 02:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Lento con espressione
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  12. 12 II. Allegro 00:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  13. 13 I. Larghetto maestoso 02:24
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Larghetto maestoso
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  14. 14 II. Presto 02:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  15. 15 I. Vivace 08:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Vivace
    Duration
    08:41
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  16. 16 II. Andantino grazioso con variazioni 07:00
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Andantino grazioso con variazioni
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  17. 17 I. Allegro 08:42
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann
  18. 18 II. Rondo. Andante poco adagio 05:29
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Rondo. Andante poco adagio
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Jan Ladislav Dussek
    Performer
    Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann