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Dusek / Bartoccini - Complete Music for Fortepiano [CD]

Dusek / Bartoccini - Complete Music for Fortepiano [CD]

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Just as Brilliant Classics has completed a notable discographic first with the complete keyboard works of Jan Ladislav Dussek, Beethoven's Bohemian contemporary, on instruments of the period, it now presents the first-ever complete survey of an unrelated predecessor. Across 24 numbered sonatas, a divertimento, a set of variations and a handful of works for keyboard duet, Frantisek Xaver Dusek comes to life as not merely a Czech contemporary of Mozart but the father of the Czech piano school. Born in 1731 and of humble origins, Dusek studied in Prague and Vienna, then himself became teacher to many composers including Leopold Kozeluh and one of Mozart's sons, Carl Thomas. Mozart himself stayed at his villa in 1787 and wrote portions of Don Giovanni. Dusek died in 1799 at the age of 67, having outlived many of the Classical era's most renowned composers, with the notable exception of Haydn. Thus his own output traverses the era, beginning with the Baroque conventions and youthful high spirits of his early sonatas (including the C major Sonata for four hands). The second phase of Dusek's output displays stylistic traits of the Empfindsamkeit movement headed by C.P.E. Bach, though only one of the 24 sonatas is cast in the kind of turbulent minor key characteristic of the movement. In the third phase, Dusek's individual voice is most impressively developed, reaching a peak with the Sonata No.10 (the sonatas are not numbered chronologically). The magisterial elegance of the sonata's first movement, allied to a sensitive handling of melody and harmony, makes it one of the most precious examples of Bohemian musical art in the second half of the 18th century. There is even a premonition of Schubertian lyricism in the late Sonata in C for four hands.

Tracklist:

  1. Sonata No. 1 in B flat~Allegro
  2. Sonata No. 1 in B flat~Adagio
  3. Sonata No. 1 in B flat~Tempo di Minuetto, più tosto Allegro
  4. Sonata No. 2 in G~Allegro
  5. Sonata No. 2 in G~Andante
  6. Sonata No. 2 in G~Tempo di Menuetto
  7. Sonata No. 3 in B flat~Allegro
  8. Sonata No. 3 in B flat~Adagio
  9. Sonata No. 3 in B flat~Menuetto
  10. Sonata No. 4 in A~Allegro moderato
  11. Sonata No. 4 in A~Menuetto
  12. Sonata No. 5 in G~Allegro
  13. Sonata No. 5 in G~Andantino
  14. Sonata No. 5 in G~Allegro
  15. Sonata No. 6 in D~Allegro con spirito
  16. Sonata No. 6 in D~Menuetto poco Adagio
  17. Sonata No. 6 in D~Allegro
  18. Sonata No. 7 in C~Allegro
  19. Sonata No. 7 in C~Andante
  20. Sonata No. 7 in C~Tempo di Menuetto
  21. Sonata No. 8 in F~Allegro
  22. Sonata No. 8 in F~Menuetto
  23. Sonata No. 9 in D~Allegro con brio
  24. Sonata No. 9 in D~Andantino con variazioni
  25. Sonata No. 10 in B flat~Allegro
  26. Sonata No. 10 in B flat~Adagio cantabile
  27. Sonata No. 10 in B flat~Finale Presto
  28. Sonata No. 11 in G~Allegro
  29. Sonata No. 11 in G~Andantino
  30. Sonata No. 11 in G~Menuetto
  31. Sonata No. 12 in G~Allegro
  32. Sonata No. 12 in G~Adagio con moto
  33. Sonata No. 12 in G~Rondo. Allegretto
  34. Sonata No. 13 in B flat~Allegro
  35. Sonata No. 13 in B flat~Larghetto
  36. Sonata No. 13 in B flat~Finale. Allegro
  37. Sonata No. 14 in F~Allegro
  38. Sonata No. 14 in F~Andantino grazioso
  39. Sonata No. 14 in F~Finale. Allegro
  40. Sonata No. 15 in C~Allegro con brio
  41. Sonata No. 15 in C~Andante
  42. Sonata No. 15 in C~Finale. Allegro
  43. Sonata No. 16 in A~Allegro
  44. Sonata No. 16 in A~Romance. Adagio
  45. Sonata No. 16 in A~Finale. Allegro
  46. Sonata No. 17 in G~Allegro
  47. Sonata No. 17 in G~Andante
  48. Sonata No. 17 in G~Rondo
  49. Sonata No. 18 in F~Allegro
  50. Sonata No. 18 in F~Andante grazioso
  51. Sonata No. 18 in F~Finale. Allegro
  52. Sonata No. 19 in G~Allegro
  53. Sonata No. 19 in G~Andante grazioso
  54. Sonata No. 19 in G~Presto
  55. Sonata No. 20 in D~Allegro
  56. Sonata No. 20 in D~Menuetto
  57. Sonata No. 21 in E flat~Allegro
  58. Sonata No. 21 in E flat~Larghetto con espressione
  59. Sonata No. 22 in F~Allegro moderato
  60. Sonata No. 22 in F~Andante grazioso
  61. Sonata No. 22 in F~Scherzando
  62. Sonata No. 23 in C minor~Allegro moderato
  63. Sonata No. 23 in C minor~Andante
  64. Sonata No. 23 in C minor~Tempo di menuetto
  65. Sonata No. 24 in D~Divertimento
  66. Sonata in C
  67. Menuetto in C~Senza indicazione di tempo
  68. Six Sonatinas~I. Allegretto in A
  69. Six Sonatinas~II. Andantino in F
  70. Six Sonatinas~III. Adagio cantabile in C
  71. Six Sonatinas~IV. Allegro in G
  72. Six Sonatinas~V. Allegro in D
  73. Six Sonatinas~VI. Lento in B flat
  74. Sonata in D pro Clavier. Spirituoso
  75. Sonata per il Clavi Cembalo ò Forte Piano à 4tr Mani in C~Allegro
  76. Sonata per il Clavi Cembalo ò Forte Piano à 4tr Mani in C~Andante grazioso
  77. Sonata per il Clavi Cembalo ò Forte Piano à 4tr Mani in C~Menuetto
  78. Sonata per il Clavi Cembalo ò Forte Piano à 4tr Mani in C~Finale Allegro
  79. Sonate à quatre mains pour le Piano-Forte in G~Allegro
  80. Sonate à quatre mains pour le Piano-Forte in G~Andante
  81. Sonate à quatre mains pour le Piano-Forte in G~Allegretto
  82. Divertimento 4 hands in G~Allegro
  83. Divertimento 4 hands in G~Romance. Andante
  84. Divertimento 4 hands in G~Menuetto
  85. Divertimento 4 hands in G~Allegro
  86. Andantino con variazioni per il clavi-cembalo
  87. II Sonates pour le Forte-piano, ou Clavecin a 4 Mains~Sonata No. 1 in C: Allegro con brio
  88. II Sonates pour le Forte-piano, ou Clavecin a 4 Mains~Sonata No. 1 in C: Andante un poco Adagio
  89. II Sonates pour le Forte-piano, ou Clavecin a 4 Mains~Sonata No. 1 in C: Finale presto
  90. II Sonates pour le Forte-piano, ou Clavecin a 4 Mains~Sonata No. 2 in E flat: Allegro
  91. II Sonates pour le Forte-piano, ou Clavecin a 4 Mains~Sonata No. 2 in E flat: Adagio con moto
  92. II Sonates pour le Forte-piano, ou Clavecin a 4 Mains~Sonata No. 2 in E flat: Finale. Vivace

UPC: 5028421958637
Label: BRILLIANT CLASSICS
Release Date: 2.12.21
Format: CD

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