Complete Piano Sonatas Vol.3: Sonatas Op.44 & Op.77

The continuation of an exciting new project: the recording of the complete piano sonatas by Dussek! Dussek's style is rich, harmonically expressive and pianistically challenging, Classicism on the brink of Early Romanticism. Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) was born in rural Bohemia. He led a restless life, travelling Europe as a keyboard virtuoso and settling in several European capitals, notably Paris and London, where he became a fashionable pianist and teacher. His close connection to piano

manufacturer Broadwood resulted in important innovations, notably the extension of the keyboard to 6 octaves. Sonatas Op.44 and Op.77, are two of Dussek's most original and mature works. They bear witness of the musical styles of his time: the Baroque polyphony and canonic imitations, the rhetorical formulae and passion of the Sturm und Drang and the charm and coquetry of the Galante Stil. Alexei Lubimov is one of the most original pianists of our time. A pupil of the great Heinrich Neuhaus he diversified his interests and is now equally at home in contemporary music as in Baroque music, playing both the modern piano and period instruments. His recent recording of keyboard works by C. P. E. Bach played on a tangent piano received numerous international awards.