Four Symphonies

Four Symphonies

• Dussek: Four Symphonies
• Dussek, FX
• Symphonies

Mozart's friend Franz Xaver Dussek (in whose summer villa he completed<br>Don Giovanni) was a pianist, celebrated teacher and the leading<br>composer of instrumental music in Prague. Like his compatriot Wanhal,<br>Dussek completed his musical training in Vienna and, unsurprisingly,<br>his works reflect the strong influence of composers such as Hofmann,<br>Haydn and Dittersdorf. Dussek's symphonies, most of which appear to<br>have been composed in the 1760s and 1770s, are works of great charm<br>and vivacity, cleverly orchestrated and full of striking melodic ideas as<br>this recording amply demonstrates. In 1998 Aapo Hakkinen won second prize at the Bruges Harpsichord Competition. He was also awarded the NDR special prize for his<br>interpretations of Italian music. Since then, he has appeared as soloist<br>and conductor in most European countries, in Israel, in the United States<br>and in Mexico.