In order to also promote the circulation of his works outside the concert hall, Johannes Brahms made piano arrangements of many of his orchestral works. As the composer, he was able to take greater liberties than any other arranger would have been able to take. And it is precisely due to Brahms' creative ideas in the piano scoring that his arrangements have enjoyed renewed interest in the music world over the past decades. With this Urtext edition of the Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4, based on the musical text in the Johannes Brahms Complete Edition, Henle's catalogue now contains all four symphonies in the authentic piano arrangements made by the composer. Once again, Andreas Groethuysen has provided the fingerings.
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In his piano duet Sleeping Beauty, Alexander Roseblatt brings a new jazz style to the theme of the extremely famous waltz from Tchaikovsky's ballet.
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Transcribed for 2 pianos, 8 hand by Guiraud.
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Despite its unusual form - a structure with two sections, each comprising two movements that are to be played without interruption - this work from 1875 enjoyed great success from the start. In its balanced proportion of solo part to orchestra, it corresponds almost perfectly to the model of the “symphonic concerto” and numbers among the most popular concerti by this French composer. For the first edition of 1877, no less a figure than Gabriel Fauré undertook the piano transcription of the orchestral part - an optimal basis for Johannes Umbreit's piano reduction for the first Urtext edition ever of this work. As for the Piano Concerti no. 2 and no. 5 already issued by Henle, Pascal Rogé, one of the greatest experts on Saint-Saëns' piano works, also provided the fingerings for this edition.
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A revival of interest in four-hand music seems long overdue! Primer reviews the ensemble in a series of short studies, involving unusual hand displacement, rhythmic counterpoint, and the like. “Primer,” the first study, is choreographic in nature; “Whirligig,” a pitting together of musical wheels; “Wild Horses,” a study in coordination; “Mr. S's Magic Dice,” interlocking of hands between players. “A Gray Day in Venice” begins a series of stylistic adventures, here an evocation of a Mendelssohnian gondola, where “Action-painting” invokes the carefully scattered drips in Jackson Pollock. “La Sarabande de l'Infini” is one of two wreaths laid at the tombs of two French masters of piano music for four hands, here Debussy; and for a finale “Hommage a Satie, le Divo de l'Empire,” recalling the Velvet Gentleman's cabaret career. Also includes the first publications of Chabrieriana a compact tribute to the Romantic French composer, Emmanuel Chabrier, and Sentimental Waltz, a dedicatory piece to a friend. The previously-published Dedicace is also included.
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From this often-neglected Russian master come these ten beautiful duet studies inspired by nature. They are all highly accessible and suitable for 2nd-3rd year students and above. Highly recommended! 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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This edition is excerpted from the critical edition, the Complete Works of Claude Debussy.
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12 lower intermediate duets with performance notes and composer biographies.
CONTENTS: Cradle Song and Ariette from Miniatures (Godowsky), Three Little Pieces (Bruckner), Cradle Song from Four Little Hands (Smith), Little Lullaby and On the Rocking Horse from The Children's Colorful World (Schlegel), ABC from The Morning (Volkmann), Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty in the Forest from Mother Goose (Ravel), Piano Duet from Twelve Progressive Pieces (André), Immortelle in G Major from Immortellen (Spindler).
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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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Three for Two. Triptych for 2 pianos op. 145 was written by Kapustin in 2012 for the Japanese piano duo PiaNA, consisting of Natsuki Nishimoto and Asuka Matsumoto.
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Includes set of parts for each player.
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Each selection arranged by Dmitri Shostakovich for 2 piano, 4 hands.
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Collection of original pieces for young beginners new to playing duets. Ideal for sight-reading within a lesson.
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Although easy to play, these works are skilfully written and will return many hours of pleasure at the keyboard. Suitable for 1st-2nd year and above. 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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Michael Nyman's The Piano Concerto is based entirely on material selected from his soundtrack to Jane Campion's film 'The Piano.' This version is for two pianos, reducing the orchestral accompaniment of Nyman's original scoring to a second piano part. Please note you need two copies of this item for performance.
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The final movement of the Sonata in A major KV 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Rondo Alla Turca, is one of the most famous pianopieces of all time. Once only familiar to musical experts, later a universal piece for all piano pupils, its opening melody is now even omnipresent as an alienated sinus tone-like mobile phone ring tone.
Fazil Say's arrangement, originally created as an effective encore, follows on from this popularity. After the first eight bars havebeen presented in original form, typical elements of jazz superimposed on the still recognisable classical foundations can be discovered, such as syncopation of the top notes and ornamentation through chromatic blue notes, embedded in the at times frenzied chains of semiquavers. In the spirit of the work's improvisatory character, Say likes to perfom his Alla Turca Jazz in different combinations, for example accompanied by jazz singers of with orchestra.
It may appear strange that Fazil Say, who was born in Turkey and - when not on tour - is still resident in that country, does not bring back Mozart's interpretation of genuine Turkish music closer to its own roots, particularly as many of his compositions such as Black Earth or the Violin Sonata are characterised by a subtle amalgamation of the Classical-Romantic tradition, Turkish folk music and elements of jazz. In a further Mozart arrangement, the ballet music Patara premiered in Vienna in 2006, composed on the basis of the Rococo-like theme from the first movement of the same A-major Sonata (wich enjoys almost as great popularity as the Alla Turca theme), Say utilised the connection which was absent in Alla Turca, albeit in the opposite direction. In the ballet music, the piano symbolises Western culture and the Ney flute Oriental culture, communcated atmosperically by austere percussion instrumentation and soprano vocalisation.
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This volume from the series Music from Chopin's Land includes three (differing in terms of form and style) works by Polish composers for a piano duo. These compositions, dedicated for students aged 14-16 and amateur pianists, shall help acquaint them with the issues of a piano duo and the charm of four-hand piano playing. Four-hand piano playing poses an exceptional challenge. It develops a wide concept of sound diversification, control over hands and their technique, and a unique ability to unify articulation of both pianists. The pianists, while listening to their individual play and concentrating on the play of their partners, become enriched with special sensitivity to the sound quality. A piano duo teaches sensitivity to the other person and mutual responsibility for the preparation and performance of the work. This constitutes the biggest challenge to chamber music, bringing remarkable satisfaction and joy out of mutual music making.
CONTENTS:
Stanislaw Moniuszko: Polonaise in D major
Frédéric Chopin: Variations in D major
Witold Lutoslawski: An Overheard Tune
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Published for the first time, the 1972 work is likely the most difficult piano repertoire the composer wrote. Edited by pianist Barbara Nissman, to whom Ginastera dedicated his third piano sonata.
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Claude Debussy's Le Petit Negre, as arranged for piano duet by Claude Delvincourt.
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What is Piano Junior?
Piano Junior is a superb piano course for beginners. It's creative, it's interactive, it's colourful, it has its own website with additional online material and most importantly, it really works! Its characters, PJ the friendly robot and his sidekick Mozart the dog, motivate and encourage children throughout each level. The course is available as core Lesson Books, along with supplementary Theory, Duet and Performance Books at each stage.
Who is Piano Junior for?
Suitable for children from around the age of 6, Piano Junior takes young students on their first steps and prepares them with a solid foundation for early grades.
A method for the digital age
Teachers, parents and students can visit www.piano-junior.com [1] for demonstration videos and recordings, along with a host of other free downloadable resources which really bring practice sessions at home to life!
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Discover the elegance of the “Cinq valses” for piano duet. These five waltzes will take you and your playing partner into a world full of grace and passion. Enjoy the variety and timeless magic of these unique compositions.
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