THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL: Roderic Dunnett previews the 2024 edition of the UK's oldest music festival, 27 July until 4 August.
ARTICLES BEING VIEWED NOW:
- Intelligently Structured and Winningly Executed - Mike Wheeler is impressed by Fenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe's Buxton Festival recital marking the centenary of the death of Gabriel Fauré
- February 2023 New Releases - Browse a large selection of new recordings
- Spotlight. Musical Siblings - Gerald Fenech heartily recommends Isata Kanneh-Mason's new Mendelssohn album
- vocal music
- Comment
Jan Ladislav Dussek was born in Bohemia on 12 February 1760. He became a skilful pianist and studied composition with Carl Philip Emanuel Bach. A prolific composer, he left 28 piano sonatas and 15 piano concertos when he died on 20 March 1812 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Ensemble. Extraordinary Artistic Freedom - The Francesco Siciliani Prize at Sagra Musicale Umbra, by Giuseppe Pennisi
Convincingly Handled - Tom Corfield plays the organ of Derby Cathedral, heard by Mike Wheeler
A dazzling recital - Misha Dacic plays Rachmaninoff with soul, admired by Lawrence Budmen
Record Box - Dussek in good light - Stylistic pleasures, with Basil Ramsey