Piano Forum

Topic: Recommendations: A four-hand piece?  (Read 1304 times)

Offline scriabinophile

  • PS Silver Member
  • Jr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 43
Recommendations: A four-hand piece?
on: September 28, 2014, 07:21:04 AM
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?

Offline visitor

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 5294
Re: Recommendations: A four-hand piece?
Reply #1 on: September 28, 2014, 12:00:35 PM
One piano or two?

Lots of choices if the latter....

Offline amytsuda

  • PS Silver Member
  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 247
Re: Recommendations: A four-hand piece?
Reply #2 on: September 29, 2014, 05:00:04 AM
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.

Offline chopinlover01

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 2118
Re: Recommendations: A four-hand piece?
Reply #3 on: September 29, 2014, 08:08:54 PM
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.

Offline awesom_o

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 2630
Re: Recommendations: A four-hand piece?
Reply #4 on: September 29, 2014, 08:16:43 PM
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.  :)

Offline visitor

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 5294
Re: Recommendations: A four-hand piece?
Reply #5 on: September 30, 2014, 12:05:38 PM
"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)

Offline awesom_o

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 2630
Re: Recommendations: A four-hand piece?
Reply #6 on: September 30, 2014, 02:30:59 PM
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)
For more information about this topic, click search below!
 

Logo light pianostreet.com - the website for classical pianists, piano teachers, students and piano music enthusiasts.

Subscribe for unlimited access

Sign up

Follow us

Piano Street Digicert