J.L. Dussek: Piano Music

The Classical style compositions of the Czech-born Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812) also foreshadow the coming of the Romantic age. + His Douze Études mélodiques – here receiving their first recording – offer a sort of musical United Nations of the day, its national elements intended to appeal to the contemporary fashion for the exotic. + The 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. + This is pianist Vincenzo Paolini’s first recording for Toccata Classics.