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Offline arielpiano

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Brahms’s Saint Anthony Variations
on: June 11, 2014, 12:26:07 PM
When this two-piano version was premiered, almost 150 years ago, it was played by Brahms and Clara Schumann.

Offline awesom_o

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Re: Brahms’s Saint Anthony Variations
Reply #1 on: June 18, 2014, 12:09:04 AM
Bravo!

I'm very glad to see you becoming involved with the duo repertoire. I would love to hear more. Do you do any duets as well, or mainly just 2 piano stuff?
 
I think there is more potential to blend the sound of the two instruments together smoothly without using pedal. Pedaling with 2 pianos is very tricky business, and in general, less is more.

The orchestral instruments which usually play much of the same repertoire that we hear on 2 pianos have no damper pedals, so it is important to keep this in mind when playing the same music.

Thank you for posting this!
 

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