Jan Ladislav Dusík (aka Dussek)

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Jan Ladislav Dussek (baptized Jan Václav Dusík, with surname also written as Duschek or Düssek; 12 February 1760 – 20 March 1812) was a Czech classical period composer and virtuoso pianist. He was an important representative of Czech music abroad in the second half of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Some of his more forward-looking piano works have traits often associated with Romanticism.

Dussek was one of the first piano virtuosos to travel widely throughout Europe. He performed at courts and concert venues from London to Saint Petersburg to Milan, and was celebrated for his technical prowess. During a nearly ten-year stay in London, he was instrumental in extending the size of the pianoforte, and was the recipient of one of John Broadwood's first 6-octave pianos, CC-c4. Harold Schonberg wrote that he was the first pianist to sit at the piano with his profile to the audience, earning him the appellation "le beau visage." All subsequent pianists have sat on stage in this manner. He was one of the best-regarded pianists in Europe before Beethoven's rise to prominence.

His music is marked by lyricism interrupted by sudden dynamic contrasts. As well as his many compositions for the piano, he also composed for the harp: his music for that instrument contains a great variety of figuration within a largely diatonic harmony, avoids chromatic passages. His music is considered standard repertoire for all harpists, particularly his Six Sonatas/Sonatinas and especially the Sonata in C minor. Less well known to the general public than that of his more renowned Classical period contemporaries, his piano music is highly valued by many teachers and not infrequently programmed. Franz Liszt has been called an indirect successor of Dussek in the composition and performance of virtuoso piano music. His music remained popular to some degree in 19th-century Great Britain and the USA, some still in print, with more available in period editions online.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1987Sonate en fa mineur «L'Invocation» / Les Adieux /rondo/ / Douze études mélodiques nos 3, 5, 11Jan Ladislav Dusík; Jan Panenka1
1988London Pianoforte SchoolClementi, Dussek, Cramer, Field; John Khouri1
1995Chamber Music For PianoJan Ladislav Dusík; Hanuš Bartoň, Quartet Apollon1
1995Piano ConcertosDussek; Concerto Köln, Andreas Staier1
1995Sonatas Vol. IIDussek; Andreas Staier1
1996Harp ConcertosDussek, Wagenseil, Krumpholtz; Roberta Alessandrini, Orchestra di Mantova, Vittorio Parisi1
19994 Duos For Harp And Piano, Opp. 38 & 69Jan Ladislav Dussek, Edward Witsenburg, Jacques Ogg1
20005 Piano TriosJan Ladislav Dussek; Trio 17901
2001Duos for Two FortepianosJ.L. Dussek; Janine Johnson, John Khouri1
2007Piano QuintetsJohann Nepomuk Hummel, Jan Ladislav Dusík, George Onslow; Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet1
2008Böhmisches DivertimentoDussek, Gyrowetz, Koželuh; Trio Cantabile1
2013TransitionsDussek, Beethoven, Mendelssohn; Olga Pashchenko2
2014Music for Two Fortepianos in the XVIII CenturyMozart, Dussek, Pleyel; Giorgio Tabacco, Mario Stefano Tonda1
2014Piano Concerto in G major, op. 1 no. 3 / Piano Concerto in C major, op. 29 / Piano Concerto in E-flat major, op. 70Dussek; Howard Shelley, Ulster Orchestra2
2015Sonatas, op. 35 nos. 1-3 / LeçonsDussek; Naruhiko Kawaguchi2
2016Fortepiano ConcertosSchobert, Schröter, Dussek; Fania Chapiro, Musica ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz1
2018Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1Dussek; Bart van Oort1
2018Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 2Dussek; Piet Kuijken1
2018Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 3Dussek; Alexei Lubimov1
2018Piano Concerto in E-flat major, op. 3 / Piano Concerto in F major, op. 14 / Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 49Dussek; Howard Shelley, Ulster Orchestra2
2018Concerto for Two Pianos / Chamber WorksDussek; Alexei Lubimov, Olga Pashchenko, Finnish Baroque Orchestra2
2018Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 4Dussek; Tuija Hakkila1
2019Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 6Dussek; Viviana Sofronitzky1
2019Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 7Dussek; Zvi Meniker1
2019Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 5Dussek; Wolfgang Brunner1
2020The Beethoven Connection, Vol. 1: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Plays Sonatas by Clementi, Dussek, Hummel & WölflClementi, Dussek, Hummel, Wölfl; Jean-Efflam Bavouzet2
2020Messe SolemnelleJan Ladislav Dusík; Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of the AAM, Richard Egarr, Stefanie True, Helen Charlston, Gwilym Bowen, Morgan Pearse2
2020Concertos for Two PianosEberl, Dussek; Duo Tal & Groethuysen, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Reinhard Goebel1
2020Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 8Dussek; Ursula Dütschler1
2020Complete Piano Sonatas, Volume 9: Sonatas, op. 14 nos. 1-3 & Sonate pour le clavecin ou le forte-piano in GDussek; Petra Somlai, Bart Van Oort2
2022Violin Sonatas, Volume 1Dussek; Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann1
2023Violin Sonatas, Volume 2Dussek; Julia Huber, Miriam Altmann1
2023BBC Music, Volume 31, Number 12: Symphony no. 49 “La Passione” Plus WorksHaydn, Bach, Mozart, Dussek, Academy of Ancient Music; Laurence Cummings, Richard Egarr1
2024Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 10Dussek; Petra Somlai1
Bohemian SongsKoželuh, Voříšek, Dussek, Rösler, Becvarovsky, Mašek, Rösler/Rosetti; Claron McFadden & Bart van Oort1
Selected Works IJan Ladislav Dussek; Riko Fukuda1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2011Andreas Staier EditionC.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bach, Boccherini, Dussek, Haydn, D. Scarlatti, Telemann; Andreas Staier2
2020Harp ConcertosAlbrechtsberger, Alwyn, Boïeldieu, Dittersdorf, Dussek, Ginastera, Handel, Joly Braga Santos, Krumpholtz, Lutosławski, Mozart, Pierné, Reinecke, Saint‐Saëns, Spohr, Wagenseil1

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