According to Mozart's own catalogue, K. 491 was completed on 24 March 1786 – it was Mozart's only piano concerto aside from K. 466 that was in a minor key. It was probably first performed two weeks later as part of an “academy” at the Burgtheater in Vienna. Mozart was extremely pressed for time while composing this work, a fact that is shown both by the cursory way in which the autograph was written and by the repeated corrections. Unlike earlier publications, Henle's edition contains the definitive version as in Mozart's manuscript. The piano reduction of Henle's edition was undertaken by the celebrated pianist András Schiff, who also supplied the fingerings for the solo part, the cadenzas and the lead-ins.
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Although Mozart's penultimate piano concerto was completed on 24 February 1788, it was not premiered until 1789 in Dresden. A further performance in autumn 1790, as part of the celebrations in honour of Leopold II's coronation as Emperor, led to the concerto's now popular nickname.
In comparison to the series of large piano concertos from 1784–86, K. 537, with its numerous rapid scale passages and embellishments, looks more conventional at first glance, although it is precisely this more flexible structure that points ahead to forms of the early romantic period. In any case, it today numbers among Mozart's most frequently played concertos. Mozart specialist Andreas Staier has supplemented this Urtext edition with numerous practical performance suggestions (rendered as an ossia or in small print): he provides not only elegant entries, cadenzas, embellishments and fingerings, but also completes the sections of the solo part only fragmentarily preserved in the autograph. Henle thus offers a welcome alternative to the previously known version of the solo part, which contains additions made by the publisher Johann André in the posthumous first edition of 1794.
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It is almost impossible to tell from listening to them that Bach's extremely popular concerti for harpsichord were probably his own transcriptions of solo concerti which had originally been composed for violin or a woodwind instrument. While in many cases the original model is unknown, this is not true in the case of the D major Concerto BWV 1054, which was written in 1738 as an arrangement of the E major Violin Concerto BWV 1042. Once again Bach succeeds in conjuring a brilliant and idiomatic keyboard work from the violin part. Not only because of this, but also principally due to its lively and cheerful outer movements, BWV 1054 belongs among the highlights of Bach's rich compositional output. The piano reduction comprises the solo part together with a very playable piano reduction prepared by Johannes Umbreit for practical use.
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Bach's harpsichord concertos have proven extremely popular, though several were originally written as concertos for another solo instrument – either violin or a woodwind instrument. But we know nothing about any such preliminary versions in the case of the A-major Concerto BWV 1055. Its enchantingly songlike middle movement inevitably makes one think of the oboe damore, though there is in fact no reason to suppose that its idiomatic, spirited harpsichord writing was conceived from the outset for anything but a keyboard instrument. Ultimately, this music is so fresh and irresistible that all such speculation is irrelevant. For this Henle Urtext edition of the A-major Concerto, we consulted the autograph score and especially the original orchestral parts that presumably contain the musical text of the concerto as Bach himself performed it. You cant get more authentic than this! The piano reduction contains the solo part with carefully chosen fingerings by Michael Schneidt, plus a piano accompaniment that Johannes Umbreit has arranged so as to be practical and easily playable.
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In addition to classics by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Grieg, rarely performed compositions by Robert Volkmann, Moritz Moszkowski, Paul Hindemith, Emile Naoumoff and others have been included.
Contents: J.C. BACH: Rondo in F Major • MOZART: Sonata in C Major, KV 19d • Sonata in D Major, KV 381 • BEETHOVEN: Sonata in D Major, Op. 6 • DIABELLI: Sonatina, Op. 163, No. 1 • WEBER: Sonatina, Op. 3, No. 1 • SCHUBERT: 4 Landler, D. 814 • Children's March, D. 928 • Military March, Op. 51, No. 1 • CHOPIN: Grande Valse Brillante, Op. 34, No. 2 • SCHUMANN: Birthday March, Op. 85, No. 1 • Round Dance, Op. 85, No. 8 • VOLKMANN: On the Lake, Op. 11, No. 4 • The Cuckoo and the Wanderer, Op. 11, No. 5 • BRAHMS: Waltzes, Op. 39 • Love Song Waltzes, Op. 52a • Hungarian Dance No. 3 • Hungarian Dance No. 5 • The Nightingale (Souvenir de la Russie) • BIZET: The Top • The Doll (Jeux d'enfants) • DVORAK: Silhouette, Op. 8, No. 8 • Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, No. 7 and No. 8 • GRIEG: Norwegian Dance No. 2 • Peer-Gynt Suite No. 1 • FAURE: Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op. 56) • MOSZKOWSKI: Spanish Dance, Op. 12, No. 2 • DEBUSSY: En Bateau (Petite Suite) • SATIE: Cancan Grand-Mondain (La Belle Excentrique) • HINDEMITH: Waltz No. 6 (Three Beautiful Girls in the Black Forest, Op. 6) • PUTZ: Valsette (3 Jazz Waltzes) • NAOUMOFF: Valse pour Nadia
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The “Easy Concert Pieces” series contains easy piano pieces that are particularly suitable for performances at music schools, competitions and examinations. The repertoire selection is versatile, offering pieces from the classical, Romantic and modern eras. The volume for piano four hands contains 20 original pieces from four centuries at an easy to intermediate level of difficulty. There are educational play-alongs of all pieces for free download so that each pupil can also play alone with the other part and ideally prepare for making music together.
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Eight easy piano duet arrangements of Andrew Lloyd Webber's best songs! Titles: Any Dream Will Do • Love Changes Everything • Love Never Dies • No Matter What • The Perfect Year • The Phantom of the Opera • Stick It to the Man • Tell Me on a Sunday.
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Grieg's incidental music for Henrik Ibsen's drama “Peer Gynt” contains some of his best-known compositions, such as “Morning mood” and “In the hall of the Mountain King”. Grieg later extracted the most beautiful pieces to form two orchestral suites and arranged himself these versions for piano solo and piano four-hands. There was a surprise in store for Henle when preparing their Urtext edition. In the autograph and the first print run, the second suite contained another movement, the “Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter”, which Grieg deleted shortly afterwards. This charming dance appears in the appendix to this edition - printed again for the first time in 120 years! The Norwegian pianist and Grieg expert Einar Steen-Nøkleberg was co-editor for this edition and also provided the new fingerings.
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In 1849 Schumann published six Impromptus for piano four-hands with the title “Bilder aus Osten”. As can be seen from the preface of the first edition, Schumann was inspired by the “Maqama” - a genre of Arab rhymed prose - by the medieval poet Hariri in the translation by Friedrich Rückert. Schumann could not banish the protagonist in the Maqama, Abu Said, whom he likened to the German character Till Eulenspiegel from his thoughts whilst he was writing the works. This explains the “foreign character” of the pieces. Even 150 years later, the “Pictures from the East” with their nuanced use of a wide range of sound possibilities in the interplay of the four hands, have lost none of their charm.
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Le Carnaval des animaux was conceived in a small Austrian village, while Camille Saint-Saëns was working on his 3rd Symphony with organ, opus 78. Afraid that this humoristic fantasy could cause his oeuvre to be taken less seriously and harm his reputation, he forbade its being published during his lifetime. “Grande Fantaisie zoologique” is composed of 14 movements and the instrumental ensamble of the original version included two pianos, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, glass harmonica [celesta] and xylophone. The Final is the only movement in which all instruments play together. Lucien Garban, official arrenger ARRANGER of Éditions Durand, was responsible for numerous arrangements of the Carnaval des animaux, notably a version for solo piano that was realised in several stages but released in its entirety in 1951; while in 1922 realised the 4-hand piano transcription. Introduction and notes on interpretation in French and English by Edmond Lemaître.
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Includes 1 piano score (1 piano, 4 hands) and narrator score. Text by Jean de Brunhoff.
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Transcribed for 1 piano, 4 hands by E. Guiraud.
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The eight movements of Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestras are mostly clips from film music from the years 1940 to 1956. Especially well-known from this suite is the waltz no. 2, originally background music in the movie “The First Season” by Mikhail Kalatozov (1956); The waltz is cited in many other films, such as in Stanley Kubrick's “Eyes Wide Shut” of 1999. The arrangements for four-hand piano keep close to the original, the term transcription fits best. The Primo part is technically more demanding than the Secondo Part.
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Franz Liszt was a Schubert fan his whole life. In his concerts he performed Schubert's songs in transcriptions for piano solo with such great effect that publishers also took notice. Thus, from 1838, numerous Liszt-Schubert arrangements appeared in print – with, of course, easier alternatives provided for the most difficult passages in order to attract a wider audience. That this was a successful strategy is clear from the numerous editions and reprints of these pieces that already appeared throughout Europe during Liszt's lifetime. With this Urtext edition of “Aufenthalt” (Resting Place), G. Henle Publishers starts a series of individual editions of these fascinating testimonials to Liszt's enthusiasm for Schubert. For this purpose, editor Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl has sifted through the surviving editions; and fingerings are provided by no less than Evgeny Kissin, who also assisted in the choice of pieces.
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D minor.
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This collection features a wide selection of original works from the Renaissance, Baroque and Modern eras arranged for piano 4-hands.
Focusing on easy repertoire, Duets for Fun will provide hours of enjoyment for aspiring musicians wishing to discover new material as well as develop their playing.
This collection is ideal for use as teaching material, or for playing at home or in a concert with a friend. This title was previously published as 'Duo-Schatzkiste' (A Treasure Chest of Duos).
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The Capriccio op. 146 is Nikolai Kapustin's last piano work for four hands. He wrote it for the duo “piaNA” in 2012, and it is now being published in a sheet music edition for the first time.
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A collection of popular Studio Ghibli tunes for 4 hands that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Includes 8 well-thought-out arrangements for the intermediate level, perfect for lessons and recitals!
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Rachmaninov's composition teacher, famed Russian composer Anton Arensky, wrote these lovely and simple piano duets which run the gamut of emotion in true Russian Romantic style. Stravinsky's wonderful dances round out this charming album with a tongue-in-cheek pair of parts, one extremely easy, the other a dizzying rhythmic joke! Stravinsky loved these three pieces so much that he later orchestrated them as Nos. 1-3 of his Suite No. 2 for small orchestra. A must-have for the less advanced student who wants to play luscious Russian Romantic music!
Includes complete printed music score with both primo and secondo piano parts, and a compact disc featuring the duets in two formats: split-channel stereo with secondo part on the left channel, primo on the right, so you can play either part; and then again with just the secondo part in stereo so you can perform the primo part alongside.
Performed by Sondra Bianca, piano
Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano
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Experience a new dimension of musicality with this fascinating arrangement of the “Swan” from Saint-Saëns' “Carnival of the Animals” for two pianos. Enjoy the charming melody and expressive interpretation while playing together.
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Tchaikovsky created this ambitious series of duets from a selection of folksongs which had been collected by Balakirev, Villebois, and Tchaikovsky himself. These fairly simple pieces are a treasure trove of rich keyboard excellence. Always a favorite with students. Difficulty Level: 1-2.
Includes complete printed music score with both primo and secondo piano parts, and a compact disc featuring the duets in two formats: split-channel stereo with secondo part on the left channel, primo on the right, so you can play either part; and then again with just the secondo part in stereo so you can perform the primo part alongside.
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Contents: I. En Bateau • II. Cortège • III. Menuet • IV. Ballet. MORE»
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Each selection arranged by Dmitri Shostakovich for 2 piano, 4 hands.
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A unique collection of 10 Marley favorites arranged for piano duet, including: Buffalo Soldier • Could You Be Loved • Get Up Stand Up • I Shot the Sheriff • Is This Love • Jamming • No Woman No Cry • One Love • Redemption Song • Stir It Up.
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