J L Dussek: Messe Solemnelle

I am thrilled that my artwork: My Mad Czech and related 'Live Concert Paintings' feature on the cover and in the accompanying booklet of this world premiere recording, the latest album release from the Acadamy of Ancient Music. ​A comfort in dark times.
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Read an introduction from the AAM's new Chief Executive John McMunn below:  

Jan Ladislev Dussek, Messe Solemnelle, released 2 Oct 2020​​

I am delighted to announce the release of the latest recording on AAM Records, Jan Ladislav Dussek’s Messe Solemnelle, now available for sale on AAM's website and from all good retailers, and streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and beyond.

Continuing the Academy of Ancient Music’s mission to explore, reveal and preserve the great treasure house of baroque and classical music, this setting was discovered languishing in a Florentine library by AAM music director Richard Egarr after more than two centuries of neglect. Likely receiving only a single performance in the composer’s lifetime, the Messe is ‘typical of Dussek,’ Egarr writes. ‘Hugely colourful, dynamic, flexible and with an advanced harmonic and modulatory daring, particularly in the extensive fugues. His orchestration and sense of drama is unlike his contemporaries, and by this I mean the generation of Mozart, not Beethoven! It is much more “Romantic” in its intentions and palette. In short, Dussek is a figure who deserves a great deal more attention.'

The release is presented in premium packaging with a full-colour booklet containing numerous articles and notes on the work’s context and relevance, in line with other notable recent releases Handel Brockes-Passion and Valls Missa Regalis.

I am thrilled to share this under-appreciated work with you, and hope that you enjoy discovering Dussek’s exciting and enigmatic soundworld as much as we have in the year since we gave the work its modern premiere. The perfect addition to any music-lover’s library, especially those seeking new musical adventures.

​Happy listening, and all best wishes,
​John McMunn | Chief Executive
Academy of Ancient Music
My Mad Czech / Live Concert Painting

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