Johann Ladislaus Dussek: Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas (10CD)

Johann Ladislaus Dussek 1760-1812

Complete Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas

CD1                                                                                                                                                                               

Sonata in A Op 10 No.1 Craw 60 (1789)

1. I. Allegro moderato 9’13
2. II. Adagio cantabile 4’07
3. III. Rondo. Allegro assai 3’12

Sonata in G minor Op.10 No.2 Craw 61 (1789)

4. I. Allegro moderato 5’20
5. II. Vivace con spirito 7’13

Sonata in E Op.10 No.3 Craw 62 (1789)

6. I. Allegro maestoso ed moderato 10’36
7. II. Presto con fuoco 7’00

Sonata in D Op.31 No.2 Craw 133 (1795) “Pastorale”

8. I. Allegro non tanto 5’33
9. II. Adagio con espressione 3’52
10. III. Pastorale. Allegro non troppo 4’47

Bart van Oort fortepiano

Fortepiano Longman Clementi (Londen, 1798-1799), Collection Chris Maene, restored 2002

Total time: 61’09

Recording: 19-20 August 2017, Concert Hall of Atelier Maene, Ruiselede, Belgium

CD2

Sonata in D Op.25 No.2 Craw 127 (1795) “La Matinée”

1. Adagio maestoso – Presto 6’04
2. Larghetto 2’39
3. Rondo: Allegremente 3’29

Sonata in G Op.39 No.1 Craw 166 (1799)

4. Allegro 7’32
5. Andantino ma moderato e con espressione – Allegro ma non troppo 5’53

Sonata in C Op.39 No.2 Craw 167 (1799)

6. Allegro moderato 7’39
7. Andantino quasi larghetto 2’27
8. Rondo: Allegretto 3’54

Sonata in B flat Op.39 No.3 Craw 168 (1799) “Tyroler”

9. Allegro con spirito 7’37
10. Rondo: Andante sostenuto cantabile 7’16

Piet Kuijken fortepiano

Longman Clementi, London 1798, Maene collection

Total time: 54’37

Recording: 27-28 May 2017, Concert Hall of Atelier Maene, Ruiselede, Belgium

CD3

Sonata in E flat major Op.44 Craw 178 (1800) “The Farewell”

1. I. Introduzione. Grave – Allegro moderato 11’00
2. II. Molto adagio e sostenuto 7’37
3. III. Tempo di menuetto piuttosto Allegro 3’42
4. IV. Rondo: Allegro moderato ed espressivo 7’30

Sonata in F minor Op.77 Craw 259 (1812) “L’Invocation”

5. I. Allegro moderato, ma energico 12’30
6. II. Tempo di menuetto: Con moto 4’37
7. III. Adagio non troppo, ma solenne 6’01
8. IV. Rondo: Allegro moderato 9’25

Alexei Lubimov fortepiano

Fortepiano Longman Clementi (London, 1798-1799),Collection Chris Maene, restored 2002

Total time: 62’37

Recording: 13-15 May 2017, Concert Hall of Atelier Maene, Ruiselede, Belgium

CD4

Sonata in A flat Op.5 No.3 Craw 43 (Paris 1788)

1. I. Allegro 12’07
2. II. Rondo. Allegro non tanto, con spiritoso 3’14

Sonata in B flat Op.24 Craw 96 (London 1793)

3. I. Allegro con spirito 5’56
4. II. Rondo. Pastorale, allegretto moderato con espressione 5’53

Sonata in A Op.43 Craw 177 (Hamburg 1800)

5. I. Allegro moderato con espressione 11’52
6. II. Rondo. Allegro 4’45

Sonata in F sharp minor Op.61 Craw 211 (1806-07)

“Elégie harmonique sur la mort de Louis Ferdinand”

7. I. Lento patetico – II. Tempo agitato non presto 11’10
8. III. Tempo vivace e con fuoco quasi presto 6’21

Tuija Hakkila fortepianos

Anonymous Viennese 5-octave fortepiano “Bureau de Musique, Leipsic” (ca. 1795-1800),

restored by Edwin Beunk, Enschede, Holland (2005). Collection: Tuija Hakkila (tr.1-2, 5-6)

Copy of a Longman Clementi fortepiano (London,1799) made by Chris Maene, Belgium (2003)

Collection: Malcolm Bilson (tr.3-4, 7-8)

Total time: 61’24

Recording: 15-17 April 2017, Concert Hall Nya Paviljongen, Kauniainen, Finland

CD5

Sonata in A minor Op.18 No.2 Craw 80 (c.1792)

1. I. Agitato Assai 6’41
2. II. Rondo: Allegretto moderato 5’11

Sonata in B flat Op.45 No.1 Craw 179 (1800)

3. I. Allegro cantabile 9’32
4. II. Adagio patetico 5’13
5. III. Rondo scherzo: Allegro da Ballo 5’29

Sonata in G Op.45 No.2 Craw 180 (1800)

6. I. Larghetto sostenuto – Allegro di molto 9’07
7. II. Rondo: Andantino con moto 5’56

Sonata in D Op.45 No.3 Craw 181 (1800)

8. I. Allegro moderato 9’05
9. II. Larghetto con moto 3’24
10. III. Rondo: Allegro moderato assai 5’06

Wolfgang Brunner fortepianos

Robert Brown: Copy after Michael Rosenberger (Vienna c. 1810), Oberndorf near Salzburg 2009 (tr. 1-2, 6-7)

John Broadwood and Son, London 1804, Rococo Summer Pavilion Stift Schlägl/ Austria (tr. 3-5, 8-11)

Total time: 65’03

Recording: March 2018, Rococo Summer Pavilion Stift Schlägl, Austria

CD6

Sonata Op.9 No.1 in B flat Craw 57

1. I. Allegro non tanto 8’32
2. II. Rondo – Allegretto grazioso 4’19

Sonata Op.9 No.2 in C (1786 or before)

3. I. Allegro con spirito 8’52
4. II. Larghetto con espressione 4’14
5. III. Presto assai 6’30

Sonata Op.9 No.3 in D

6. I. Allegro maestoso con espressione 8’37
7. II. Prestissimo 6’30

Sonata Op.75 No.3 in E flat (1812 or earlier) “Grand Sonata”

8. I. Allegro ma non troppo 16’32
9. II. Andante moderato 7’02
10. III. Rondo – allegro moderato grazioso 7’59

Viviana Sofronitsky fortepiano

Fortepiano by Paul McNulty after A. Walter 1792

Total time: 79’14

Recording: 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

CD7

Sonata in D Op.47 No.1 (1802?)

1. I. Allegro con spirito 6’00
2. II. Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo 2’36
3. III. Rondo a la Militaire: Allegretto moderato 3’56

Sonata in G Op.47 No.2 (1802?)

4. I. Allegro ma moderato ed espressivo 7’17
5. II. Rondo con espressivo: Andantino con moto 4’45

Sonata in A flat Op.64 Craw 221 (1807) “Retour à Paris”

6. I. Allegro non troppo ed espressivo 14’30
7. II. Molto Adagio, con anima ed espressione 8’20
8. III. Tempo di Minuetto, Scherzo: Quasi allegro 3’51
9. IV. Finale: Scherzo, Allegro con spirito 8’22

Zvi Meniker fortepiano

Fortepiano by Clementi, London 1797, restored by Chris Maene

Total time: 59’50

Recording: 7-8 October 2019, Concert Hall of Atelier Maene, Ruiselede, Belgium

CD8

Sonata in C Op.14 No.1 Craw 71 with the Air Russe (1791)*

1. I. Allegro 6’05
2. II. Andante poco larghetto 2’41
3. III. Air Russe. Rondo: Allegretto non troppo (1790) 2’56

Sonata in G Op.14 No.2 Craw 72 (1791)**

4. Larghetto con espressione 8’08
5. Molto Allegro 6’25

Sonata in F Op.14 No.3 Craw 73 (1791)**

6. Allegro 10’20
7. Rondo: Allegretto 4’58

Sonate pour le Clavecin où le Forte-Piano in G, WoO, Craw 40 (1788)*

8. Larghetto col espressione 5’36
9. Allegro 9’05

Bart van Oort* & Petra Somlai** fortepiano

Fortepiano after Walter by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, Belgium, 2010)

Total time: 56’31

Recording: 16, 29 & 30 June 2020, Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands

CD9

Sonata in B flat Op.35 No.1 Craw 149*

1. Allegro moderato e maestoso 15’10
2. Finale: Allegro non troppo ma con spirito 8’20

Sonata in G Op.35 No.2 Craw 150*

3. Allegro 10’56
4. Rondo: Molto allegro con espressione 6’43

Sonata in C minor Op.35 No.3 Craw 151 “Pathétique”*

5. Allegro agitato assai 10’38
6. Adagio patetico ed espressione 7’40
7. Intermezzo 0’33
8. Finale: Molto allegro 4’25

Sonata in D Op.69 No.3 Craw 242 “La Chasse” **

9. Allegro maestoso e brillante 9’09
10. Larghetto espressivo 3’35
11. Finale: Chasse, Allegro scherzo 7’08

Petra Somlai fortepiano

* Fortepiano Longman Clementi (Londen, 1798-1799), Collection Chris Maene, restored 2002

** Walter und Sohn, (ca 1800) Copy by Chris Maene, 2012

Total time: 84’42

Recording: 30 June 2020, Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands (Op.69 No.3);

9-11 December 2022, Concert Hall of Atelier Maene, Ruiselede, Belgium (Op.35)

CD10

Sonatinas

12 Progressive Lessons Op.32 (1794)

Twelve progressive lessons for the Piano Forte in which are introduced several characteristical airs of different nations,

dedicated to the Right Honorable Lady Harriot Montague

Also published as Op.16 (in France) and Op.30

1. Allegro non troppo in C Craw 106 2’23
2. Andante Sostenuto in F Craw 107 2’17
3. Rondo a la Turca in F Craw 108 2’50
4. Molto Allegro in F Craw 109 2’55
5. The Empress of Russia’s Favourite Air with Variations in Craw 110 2’45
6. Pollaca in F Craw 111 4’02
7. Allegro Vivace in B flat Craw 112 5’10
8. In the Dead of the Night, A Favourite English Song with Variations in G Craw 113 4’53
9. Oak Stick, A Scotch Reel Arranged as a Rondo in B flat Craw 114 3’34
10. Con Spirito in G Craw 115 5’10
11. Romanella in G minor Craw 116 4’24
12. La Retreta, an Original Spanish quick March arranged as a Rondo in G Craw 117 5’20

Six Sonatinas for the Piano Forte Op.20 (1793)

Also published as Op.19

13. Sonatina No.1 in G Craw 88 Allegro non tanto - Rondo: Allegretto. Tempo di Minuetto 3’58
14. Sonatina No.2 in C Craw 89 Allegretto quasi Andante – Rondo: non presto 5’02
15. Sonatina No.3 in F Craw 90 Allegro quasi Presto - Rondo: Andantino, con espressione 7’10
16. Sonatina No.4 in A Craw 91 Moderato - Menuetto: Tempo di ballo 5’14
17. Sonatina No.5 in C Craw 92 Allegro moderato - Rondo: Allegro moderato 4’08
18. Sonatina No.6 in E flat Craw 93 Allegro - Rondo: Allegretto 5’33

Ursula Dütschler fortepiano

after Schanz (c.1800) by Thomas and Barbara Wolf Washington DC (1983)

Total time: 77’02

Recording: 21-23 November 2019, Westvest Church, Schiedam, The Netherlands