Duo Pleyel - Dussek: Complete Original Works for Piano Four-Hands - BBC Music Magazine

Performance 5*
Recording 5*

Dussek continually disarms the listener by contrasting the predictable with the audacious: the Grand Overture in C sets the scene with a portentous Largo which gives way to a Molto Allegro replete with some remarkably adventurous modulation. Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya are superb advocates blending virtuosity and understated elegance in performances that truly inhabit the music. Excellently recorded, this rewarding issue greatly enriches our understanding of the pre-Romantic piano repertoire.