Music for 4 hands

[franz_]

Hello everyone,

In two months I have an important concert with a piano collegue of me, and we miss 15 mins repertoire. As I like not too known pieces, I've been looking around but couldn't find anything that really catched my attention. Mostly there is a good reason why it's underplayed, often I found the music for 4 hands very 'salon music' , but not always appropriate for a big concert hall.
So, we're looking for 1 or several pieces ( around 15mins totally).
Also, I have the impression not so many Russian composers wrote for 4 hands? Which pieces are there for for hands from let's say 1880 till 1980 ?
Please give suggestions, we're always curious to discover!
And to be clear, we're speaking about 4 hands, not 2 piano's.
Thanks!

[49410enrique]

EDIT
holy katz sorry i just re-read the disclaimer asking for one piano and four hands! super sorry.
https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_Compositions_for_Piano_Four-Hands

love this, makes me wish i was some deity or demi god with 4 arms and hands....

Martha plays with Darío Ntaca at Teatro Colón during the 2003 Festival.
This is Martha´s only videotaped version available of this Suite

scores and audio recordings

https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_No.2,_Op.17_(Rachmaninoff,_Sergei)

you could pair it with say a shorter work to fill the gap to 15 min.

or how about a concerto with piano reduction, that might work in a pinch too?  the kabalevsky no 3 is delightful, and the piano /orchestra part plays well too.

comes in at 15-18 minutes depending how lively and how slow youlet it get from point a to point b. wonderful giel's performance with kabalevsky conducting (definately one of THE defining performances of the work):

[49410enrique]

i wanted to make ammends for mymistake above, i need to sift through my archives but i just came across this de falla work for 1 piano four hands. he died in 1946 so i think it is safe to post.

i need to see if i have a score for and can google a recording of Bizet Jeux d'enfants Op.22 for 1  piano four hands

[drkilroy]

If you like Impressionist music, try Ravel's Ma Mere l'Oye. My recording lasts exactly fifteen minutes.

Best regards, Dr

[jas_sorian]

Try Debussy's Petite Suite. There are 4 pieces and they last about 15 minutes.

[49410enrique]

ok i'm back i found i knew i had tem but becuase there are multiple 'composers' i had fogetted if it was in my borodin section or liszt section or cui or korsakov or  lyadov....etc

really this would be a crowd pleaser as its such a familar theme (tati-tati it was called now commonly known as chopsticks...), i think you can pull this off on one piano four hands vs two pianos as the theme (by a quick glance) seems to stay in the upper registers so there shouldn't be any crossing.  i have always wanted to work this up myself i just need to find another pianist willing to do it with me.

variations samples mp3 clips (i could not find a yt and i do not yet have this recording in my archives)
https://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1252235/a/Oleg+Volkov+-+All+Russian.htm

cool thing with variations is you can choose which ones you want to do to fit your program (i.e. tailor the length of the performance)

[franz_]

ok i'm back i found i knew i had tem but becuase there are multiple 'composers' i had fogetted if it was in my borodin section or liszt section or cui or korsakov or  lyadov....etc

really this would be a crowd pleaser as its such a familar theme (tati-tati it was called now commonly known as chopsticks...), i think you can pull this off on one piano four hands vs two pianos as the theme (by a quick glance) seems to stay in the upper registers so there shouldn't be any crossing.  i have always wanted to work this up myself i just need to find another pianist willing to do it with me.

variations samples mp3 clips (i could not find a yt and i do not yet have this recording in my archives)
https://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1252235/a/Oleg+Volkov+-+All+Russian.htm

cool thing with variations is you can choose which ones you want to do to fit your program (i.e. tailor the length of the performance)

Although it's interesting, I don't get your post. This is for one piano right?
I'm looking for originally written music for 4 hands.

[49410enrique]

Although it's interesting, I don't get your post. This is for one piano right?
I'm looking for originally written music for 4 hands.

it is most definately for four hands as the part shows piano primo and piano secundo (I and II), i.e. that referes to parts not neccessarily different instruments.  i would siet down with your collaborative artist and iron it out see if it works on a single piano ( i suggest a long duet bench or two searate standard/short artist benches).  

score does not indicate if it has to be on separate instruments, i'm not sure it matters (usually two pianos is necessary IF players play in the same registers there's just no room but this looks like the upper register sticks to its side of the keyboard the entire time and the main part with the variations takes advanage of the middle and lower registers, if anything i think it will sound better if it can be played on a single piano since w damerps up and down you'll activate more harmonics and overtones, thus more color and richness)

[stoudemirestat]

This piece is stunning.

[drkilroy]

it is most definately for four hands

It looks more like a piece for three hands.

Best regards, Dr

[werq34ac]

You should check out Barber's Souvenirs Op. 28. Some real gems in that suite.

Edit:

this version is arranged for solo piano, but I'm pretty sure the original is for 4 hands,