IDAGIO | Beethoven's World - Eberl, Dussek: Concertos for 2 Pianos 886448566267

Featuring

Reinhard Goebel
Yaara Tal
Andreas Groethuysen
hr-Sinfonieorchester
Piano-Duo Tal & Groethuysen
Ludwig van Beethoven

Anton Eberl
Jan Ladislav Dussek
Joseph Leopold Eybler

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Composition History

Joseph von Eybler's orchestral arrangement of Arcangelo Corelli's Violin Sonata op. 5 no. 12, 'La Follia di Spagna', was commissioned by Empress Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily for a court concert.

Composition History

Double concertos for two or more identical instruments were common in the Baroque era but became extremely rare by the Classical period.

Composer Biography

Anton Eberl, a composer and keyboard virtuoso, was considered Beethoven's most powerful rival and died at the young age of 41.

Cultural Impact

Dussek's works disappeared from public view after his death due to his lack of connection to Vienna, only to be half-heartedly rediscovered in the 1950s.

Composer Biography

Jan Ladislav Dussek, a Bohemian composer, developed a grandiose Romantic piano style that bypassed Viennese Classicism, possibly influenced by his studies with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

Critical Reception

Critics in Vienna and Prague engaged in a 'culture war' over Anton Eberl and Beethoven, with some dismissing Eberl's work as unoriginal compared to Beethoven's.

Composition History

Dussek's Double Concerto in B-flat major, his most important composition, includes a quotation from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in its middle movement as a lament for Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, who died in battle.