The fourth volume of the complete recording of Dussek's violin sonatas contains the two sonatas op. 69 and the early sonata op. 4. Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760-1812) was born in rural Bohemia. He led a restless life, touring Europe as a keyboard virtuoso and settling in several European capitals, particularly Paris and London, where he became a sought-after pianist and teacher.

His close association with the piano manufacturer Broadwood led to important innovations, in particular the extension of the keyboard to six octaves. Dussek's style is rich, harmonically expressive and pianistically demanding - classicism on the threshold of early romanticism. This new recording presents the three sonatas op. 1 and the Sonata op. 12 No. 1.

Carl Friedrich Cramer wrote in the "Magazin der Musik" in 1783: "These sonatas are the only ones of their kind. Rich in new ideas and traces of the author's great musical genius. Very brilliant and appropriate to the instrument. The violin accompaniment is so artificially linked to the piano part that both instruments are constantly kept in attention; so that these sonatas require a violinist who is as skillful as a pianist."

Played by Julia Huber (violin), winner of the Locatelli Competition Amsterdam and concertmaster of the L'Orfeo Barockorchester Linz and La Stagione Frankfurt. Miriam Altmann studied piano, fortepiano and harpsichord, specializing in the early classical repertoire and recording works by Gyrowetz. Both musicians play historical instruments.