Vincenzo Paolini - Jan Ladislav Dussek: Piano Music (2014)

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Title: Jan Ladislav Dussek: Piano Music
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 73:37 min
Total Size: 284 MB
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Tracklist:

1. No. 1 in C Major (Allegro non troppo)
2. No. 2 in F Major (Andante sostenuto)
3. No. 3 in C Major (Rondeau à la turque)
4. No. 4 in F Major (Molto allegro)
5. No. 5 in C Major (Air russe varié)
6. No. 6 in F Major (Polonaise)
7. No. 7 in B-Flat Major (Allegro vivace)
8. No. 8 in G Major (Air anglais varié)
9. No. 9 in B-Flat Major (Rondeau sur un air écossais)
10. No. 10 in G Major (Con spirito)
11. No. 11 in G Minor (Chansonette)
12. No. 12 in G Major (Rondeau sur la retraite espagnol)
13. I. Grave
14. II. Larghetto con molto espressione
15. III. Allegro ma piano e moderato
16. IV. Menuet du Carême
17. V. Marché solennelle
18. VI. Prélude
19. VII. Adagio
20. VIII. Finale alla polacca


The compositions of the Czech-born Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) show the Classical style gradually taking on the expressive characteristics of Romanticism, foreshadowing composers like Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert and Schumann. The Douze Études mélodiques (also published as Leçons progressives) offer a sort of musical United Nations of the day, its Polish, Russian, Scottish, Spanish, Turkish and other national elements intended to appeal to the contemporary fashion for the exotic. His F major Fantaisie is in effect an eight-movement suite, presenting an array of musical forms and capturing the improvisatory spirit and harmonic exploration of the fantasia.