Piano Forum
Piano Board => Repertoire => Topic started by: scriabinophile on September 28, 2014, 07:21:04 AM
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I'm looking for a four-hand work to close a recital. Something about 5 minutes long, and with a loud ending, would be ideal. Any suggestions?
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One piano or two?
Lots of choices if the latter....
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If it's one piano, Rach Op 11 No 6 Slava is good, if it's not too typical of a repertoire. Actually, the whole Op 11 is really fun.
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May I recommend the Brahms Hungarian Dances? They're a little shorter than you might like, but they're a lot of fun. No 1 and 2 are my favorite, though they're all quite hard.
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One piano or two?
Lots of choices if the latter....
"Four hands" (duet) means one piano, unless "two pianos" is specified.
Piano duo means two pianos.
Actually, the piano duet repertoire is much, much larger than the piano duo repertoire. :)
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"Four hands" (duet) means one piano, unless "two pianos" is specified.
Piano duo means two pianos.
Actually, the piano duet repertoire is much, much larger than the piano duo repertoire. :)
true technically and figured /knew as much, however i ask since when there are two pianos, it's a wasted opportunity to not play a concerto. :-) and i always lump piano concerto two piano reductions into duo, hence comment that lots more choices in that lot. 8)
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when there are two pianos, it's a wasted opportunity to not play a concerto.
Concertos are NOT actual two-piano literature. If you consider great works like the Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov or the Sonata in D major for 2 pianos by Mozart to be 'a wasted opportunity', then you have much to learn, my friend! 8)