Piano four hands pieces

[semicroma]

Hello,
My mate and I are going to play together. We need to find some nice pieces that sound quite impressive although we are not pro pianists. To understand our level, I can play Chopin Bolero and I'm achieving Beethoven Tempest, she is praticing Beethoven Pathetique . Any advice?
Thank you in advance.

[visitor]

4 hands 1 piano, or 4hands two pianos. if the latter, things get really crazy, w/ so many ignored incredible piano concertos....

[semicroma]

4 hands 1 piano, or 4hands two pianos. if the latter, things get really crazy, w/ so many ignored incredible piano concertos....

I mean 4 hands 1 piano.

[visitor]

I mean 4 hands 1 piano.

shame, but still lots of great to choose from. immediately this comes to mind

"Written in 1987 truly as a piece of "functional" music for a Soviet event, Kapustin himself said that he did not expect to ever hear it performed again - and that may very well have been the case had it not been the interest of some Japanese musicians that kept this music alive. This arrangement is Kapustin's own, and it is easy to see that both parts are much less technically challenging than the majority of Kapustin's solo-piano oeuvre. (This is certainly not the case with some of the instrumental sonatas!)

The first movement has a fully worked-out sonata form containing a number of ideas which cover Kapustin's own early big-band style (see also the Toccata op8 and the 2nd Piano Concerto op14; this style continues as late as 1989 and reaches its culmination in the 2nd Piano Sonata op54). As is usual with Kapustin, there is classical imitation at work, especially obvious at the beginning of the development."

just example audio, it is actually one pianist that recorded both parts to illustrate. but really cool pieces nonetheless!

[awesom_o]

if the latter, things get really crazy, w/ so many ignored incredible piano concertos....

Piano concertos are not 2 piano repertoire!

[awesom_o]

Piano duets are my favourite type of playing!

Does this piece appeal to you, semicroma?

[semicroma]

Thanks a lot for your answers! Maybe I was looking for something more romantic and a bit shorter, but anyway you gave me precious advice.

[awesom_o]

One of my favourite romantic four-hands pieces to play is only 10 minutes long! Here it is:

You can find the composer's own original arrangement for piano duet on imslp.org

[chopinlover01]

7 replies in and no Hungarian dances? They're not nearly as hard as they sound

[visitor]

7 replies in and no Hungarian dances? They're not nearly as hard as they sound

or check Tony's work, which i feel those are superior, ie

 

[awesom_o]

I too prefer my dances to be of the Slavonic variety. Nothing against those of the Hungarian sort.. just personal preference!

However, I also like Norwegian Dances!!

[thorn]

Maybe I was looking for something more romantic and a bit shorter, but anyway you gave me precious advice.

Something along these lines?

[awesom_o]

Something along these lines?

Thanks! Some expert-level duet playing that is! 

[eduardom]

Check this one: Petite suite for 4 hands by Debussy- its quite fun to play

[cbreemer]

Yes, the Petite Suite is good. Also Ravel's 4-hand version of Ma Mere l'Oye.
And then there is Smetana's 4-hand version of Ma Vlast - quite a challenge.
Personally I love Dvorak's 4-hand pieces most of all. He had a real knack for piano duet even though he not is considered a natural piano composer. There's two sets of Slavonic Dances,
the Legendes, and From the Bohemian Woods. You can't go wrong with any of these.