Clementi, Dussek, Hummel and Wölfl Sonatas

[Constantbee]

Credit to AMcG that he selected the Dussek to broadcast A much underrated composer imho. The sonatas are largely forgotten but individual movements occasionally make an appearance in the intermediate piano exam syllabus Deceptively simple but usually requiring a great deal of control. Dussek was enormously influential in the development of the piano: the first composer to turn the piano sideways to the audience so they could see a profile of the performer, and the first composer to write indications for using the piano pedal.

Dussek missing from the forum’s list of composers, I see

Is this morning's programme a repeat, btw?

[BBMmk2]

Looks a worthwhile recording.

[richardfinegold]

I have a CD of Dussek Harp Sonatas. I am wondering if he wrote for the Harp or if these are arrangements Of his Piano Sonatas

[Nick Armstrong]

Credit to AMcG that he selected the Dussek to broadcast....

Is this morning's programme a repeat, btw?

No (only the Building a Library segment was a repeat)

Even more credit perhaps to JE Bavouzet that he selected the Dussek to perform & record so well...?

[vinteuil]

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... the Dussek and Hummel are fine pieces. Bavouzet is a fine pianist.

But - such a wasted opportunity, especially in works like these, not to use suitable pianos of the period.

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[jayne lee wilson]

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... the Dussek and Hummel are fine pieces. Bavouzet is a fine pianist.

But - such a wasted opportunity, especially in works like these, not to use suitable pianos of the period.

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You betcha you bet..... so this is stunning in every piece & every way....!

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/dussek-beethoven-mendelssohn-transitions-olga-pashchenko/5400439005983

...see album description for fp details....

[gurnemanz]

You betcha you bet..... so this is stunning in every piece & every way....!

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/dussek-beethoven-mendelssohn-transitions-olga-pashchenko/5400439005983

...see album description for fp details....

Thanks for pointing to this disc which had passed me by. I have just really enjoyed it on Spotify. I notice that Olga Pashchenko studied with Alexei Lubimov, whose disc of Op 109-111 played on an Alois Graff piano of 1828 is also very much a favourite.

[jayne lee wilson]

Thanks for pointing to this disc which had passed me by. I have just really enjoyed it on Spotify. I notice that Olga Pashchenko studied with Alexei Lubimov, whose disc of Op 109-111 played on an Alois Graff piano of 1828 is also very much a favourite.

Do give your best attention to Pashchenko's other Beethoven releases on Alpha, on a variety of fortepianos....all outstanding...

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/search?q=pashchenko+beethoven+alpha&i=boutique

[vinteuil]

I notice that Olga Pashchenko studied with Alexei Lubimov, whose disc of Op 109-111 played on an Alois Graff piano of 1828 is also very much a favourite.

... gurnemanz - you had me worried there for a moment or two : I have Lubimov's op 44 and op 77 -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dussek-Piano-Sonatas-Vol-3-Op/dp/B07D55MDGD

- but couldn't find any trace of him doing Dussek's ops 109-111 ...

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... until I realized that of course all along I had what mattered -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Piano-Sonatas-109-110/dp/B004E2WK6W

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