Have fun with 25 newly arranged pieces for 2 pianos, 4 hands with a brand new additional piano part by Simon Peberdy.
This anthology is a special offer giving you a saving $10 compared to if you buy the books separately.
This is a collection of books 1-5 of my series of Easy Pieces for 2 pianos, 4 hands.
Excellent for learners with other learners or teachers, or for more advanced pianists wanting to have some fun sight reading on 2 pianos.

Book 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsxdXu3Q9DY
Schumann - Stückchen
W A Mozart - Menuett
Tschaikowsky - Old French song
G F Handel - Sarabande
Haydn - German Dance

Book 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvSNEp_eq-w
Haydn - Shepherd's Song
Mozart - Air from a String Quartet
Handel - Sonatina in B flat
Rathgeber - Vivace in A
Hook - Pastorale

Book 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BugdfBm_2Y
W.A. Mozart - Minuet in F (K5)
Hook - Tempo di Minuetto
J.S. Bach - Gavotte en Rondeau
Gurlitt - Wild Mignonette
W.F. Bach - Menuett

Book 4: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwNeO_YaBEI
Hook - Air
Müller - Study in A minor
Purcell - Round O'
Couperin - Gavotte
Rameau - Minuet

Book 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRbF5QeR95Q
J.S. Bach - Minuet in G (I)
J.S. Bach - Minuet in G minor
J.S. Bach - Minuet in G (II)
J.S. Bach - Minuet in A minor
J.S. Bach - Minuet in D minor
Arranged for 2 pianos, 4 hands by Simon Peberdy.

The pieces are also available individually from www.simonpeberdymusic.com

If you print out everything, there are 70 pages.

The mp3 is of Rameau's Minuet from Book 4 and is computer generated, I'm afraid. To hear the other pieces, please call them up individually from www.simonpeberdymusic.com

Les Boréades is a tragédie lyrique mise en musique, or a lyric tragedy put into music, a type of opera, in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764). It is the last of his five such works. The libretto, attributed to Louis de Cahusac (1706?1759), is loosely based on the Greek legend of Abaris the Hyperborean and includes Masonic elements; the Boréades are the descendants of Boréas.


'The Arts and The Hours' interlude from Rameau?s final opera, ?Les Boréades?, written in 1763 when Rameau was 80. Ólafsson transcribed it for the modern piano because its colourful resonance allows for new and interesting textural possibilities in a piece that seems so ahead of its time: its rich harmonies of suspended 9ths and 11ths one could almost imagine Mahler writing in the late 19th century. In the original opera, based on a Greek legend, the interlude bears a somewhat lengthy title: ?The Arrival of the Muses, Zephyrs, Seasons, Hours and the Arts.? As all these mythical beings summoned to the stage have something to do with the arts and with time?s passing, Ólafsson allowed himself to call my transcription simply ?The Arts and the Hours?, with a nod to the Greek aphorism best known in its Latin version as ?Ars longa, vita brevis?. Almost three centuries after his death, the legacy of his art is still growing, with works still being discovered, premiered and brought back from obscurity.

Les Boréades is a tragédie lyrique mise en musique, or a lyric tragedy put into music, a type of opera, in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764). It is the last of his five such works. The libretto, attributed to Louis de Cahusac (1706?1759), is loosely based on the Greek legend of Abaris the Hyperborean and includes Masonic elements; the Boréades are the descendants of Boréas.


'The Arts and The Hours' interlude from Rameau?s final opera, ?Les Boréades?, written in 1763 when Rameau was 80. Ólafsson transcribed it for the modern piano because its colourful resonance allows for new and interesting textural possibilities in a piece that seems so ahead of its time: its rich harmonies of suspended 9ths and 11ths one could almost imagine Mahler writing in the late 19th century. In the original opera, based on a Greek legend, the interlude bears a somewhat lengthy title: ?The Arrival of the Muses, Zephyrs, Seasons, Hours and the Arts.? As all these mythical beings summoned to the stage have something to do with the arts and with time?s passing, Ólafsson allowed himself to call my transcription simply ?The Arts and the Hours?, with a nod to the Greek aphorism best known in its Latin version as ?Ars longa, vita brevis?. Almost three centuries after his death, the legacy of his art is still growing, with works still being discovered, premiered and brought back from obscurity.



https://youtu.be/qTwqBVt2Clw

Les Boréades is a tragédie lyrique mise en musique, or a lyric tragedy put into music, a type of opera, in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764). It is the last of his five such works. The libretto, attributed to Louis de Cahusac (1706?1759), is loosely based on the Greek legend of Abaris the Hyperborean and includes Masonic elements; the Boréades are the descendants of Boréas.


'The Arts and The Hours' interlude from Rameau?s final opera, ?Les Boréades?, written in 1763 when Rameau was 80. Ólafsson transcribed it for the modern piano because its colourful resonance allows for new and interesting textural possibilities in a piece that seems so ahead of its time: its rich harmonies of suspended 9ths and 11ths one could almost imagine Mahler writing in the late 19th century. In the original opera, based on a Greek legend, the interlude bears a somewhat lengthy title: ?The Arrival of the Muses, Zephyrs, Seasons, Hours and the Arts.? As all these mythical beings summoned to the stage have something to do with the arts and with time?s passing, Ólafsson allowed himself to call my transcription simply ?The Arts and the Hours?, with a nod to the Greek aphorism best known in its Latin version as ?Ars longa, vita brevis?. Almost three centuries after his death, the legacy of his art is still growing, with works still being discovered, premiered and brought back from obscurity.

Les Boréades is a tragédie lyrique mise en musique, or a lyric tragedy put into music, a type of opera, in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764). It is the last of his five such works. The libretto, attributed to Louis de Cahusac (1706?1759), is loosely based on the Greek legend of Abaris the Hyperborean and includes Masonic elements; the Boréades are the descendants of Boréas.


'The Arts and The Hours' interlude from Rameau?s final opera, ?Les Boréades?, written in 1763 when Rameau was 80. Ólafsson transcribed it for the modern piano because its colourful resonance allows for new and interesting textural possibilities in a piece that seems so ahead of its time: its rich harmonies of suspended 9ths and 11ths one could almost imagine Mahler writing in the late 19th century. In the original opera, based on a Greek legend, the interlude bears a somewhat lengthy title: ?The Arrival of the Muses, Zephyrs, Seasons, Hours and the Arts.? As all these mythical beings summoned to the stage have something to do with the arts and with time?s passing, Ólafsson allowed himself to call my transcription simply ?The Arts and the Hours?, with a nod to the Greek aphorism best known in its Latin version as ?Ars longa, vita brevis?. Almost three centuries after his death, the legacy of his art is still growing, with works still being discovered, premiered and brought back from obscurity.

Les tendres plaintes (for Piano Solo) as played by Víkingur Ólafsson

?For me, Rameau is up there with Handel, Scarlatti, and second only to Bach,? says Ólafsson. ?It is simply genius keyboard writing.? His new album ?Debussy Rameau? juxtaposes Rameau?s music with that of Debussy, describing it as a ?dialogue? between the two composers. He said that together they ?defeat time and space with music?. What follows Debussy?s tender apologies on the album are Rameau?s tender complaints in ?Les Tendres Plaintes? from his Suite in D. In fact, tenderness was also the word evoked by Debussy to describe what he admired so deeply in Rameau ? ?Delicate and charming tenderness?, to be exact. Watch Víkingur Ólafsson performing Jean-Philippe Rameau?s ?Les tendres plaintes?.?Ólafsson?s interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own.? ? Gramophone

After an attentive and meticulous work of transcription and editing, we offer you this jewel of French Baroque music, in Ólafsson's interpretation.

Víkingur Ólafsson describes Rameau's "La Cupis" as follows: The character pieces stem from Rameau?s 1741 chamber music collection Pièces de clavecin en concerts, also prepared by the composer for solo keyboard. Here, the passage of time has rendered the titles somewhat enigmatic. ?La Cupis? may be yet another feminine portrait, its potential namesake being Marie-Anne Cupis, a well-known dancer. Why not? The work?s yearning, soulful melodies are surrounded by nimble, dance-like episodes. Watch Víkingur Ólafsson peform Jean-Philippe Rameau's Pieces de clavecin en concerts : II. La Cupis.

"In any case, it is full of passion and zest." - Víkingur Ólafsson

The score is unique. We at FRC Music have the joy of being able to offer this beautiful transcription for solo piano. You will love playing this piece and your audience will be delighted. Enjoy.