Dussek / Paolini - Pno Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The virtuoso Czech pianist and composer Jan Ladislav Dussek lived a colorful life. Born in Bohemia, his career took him to Prague, Amsterdam, Den Haag, Hamburg, St. Petersburg, Berlin, London, and Paris. He knew Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, was a favorite of Marie-Antoinette and Catherine the Great, and a friend of Muzio Clementi and Joseph Haydn while in London. He then became the teacher and chamber music partner of prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. His last employ was as music master to Talleyrand in Paris. A composer rooted in classicism, his harmonic daring and expressive melodies would gradually anticipate early romanticism. This is particularly evident in these two late sonatas, whose pianistic brilliance was doubtless inspired by the new English Broadwood pianos. InchLe Retour a ParisInch is a moving homage ot the French metropolis, with pioneering chromatic modulations. In the passionate intensity of InchL'Invocation,Inch a masterpiece written in 1811, we sense some of the melancholy that darkened his last years. Album Tracks 1. Piano Sonata Op. 70 InchLe Retour a ParisInch a Flat Major 2. Piano Sonata Op. 77 InchL'invocationInch F minor

On their sixth studio album, Until the Darkness Goes, Apostle of Solitude channel loss and isolation into their finest work to date - a heavy, melodic, ultimately cathartic offering of pure doom. BLACK VINYL, INSERT & DOWNLOAD CODE Album Tracks 1. When the Darkness Comes 2. The Union 3. Apathy in Isolation 4. Deeper Than the Oceans 5. Beautifully Dark 6. Relive the Day

Album Tracks 1. Son in a, Op.18, No.2 Agitato Assai 2. Son in a, Op.18, No.2 Rondo Allegretto Moderato 3. Grand Son in D, Op.69, No.3 Allegro Maestoso E Brillante 4. Grand Son in D, Op.69, No.3 Larghetto Espressivo 5. Grand Son in D, Op.69, No.3 Finale Chasse, Allegro Scherzo 6. Grand Son in F, Op.77, 'L'invocation' Allegro Moderato 7. Grand Son in F, Op.77, 'L'invocation' Tempo Di Minuetto Con Moto 8. Grand Son in F, Op.77, 'L'invocation' Adagio Non Troppo Ma Solenne 9. Grand Son in F, Op.77, 'L'invocation' Rondo Allegro Moderato