Born in 1876 in Cadiz, the historical seaport town at the southern-most tip of Andalucia, Manuel de Falla is the greatest Spanish composer of this century.
The Ritual Fire Dance from the Ballet El Amor Brujo has been transcribed for two pianos, four hands by Mario Braggiotti. / [Manuel De Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo) For 2 Pianos] / Classique / Partition /

Rehearsal Accompaniment Reduction For Two Pianos-Kaija Saariaho's Graal Théâtre for Violin and Orchestra was commissioned for the Centenary Season of Promenade Concerts 1995. This arrangement for Violin and Two Pianos by Yann Ollivorequires two grand Pianos with sostenuto pedal and may be used for rehearsal of both the full Orchestra and Chamber versions of the work. Two copies of the score will be supplied.   The solo Violin part may beordered separately (CH61222-01).

Michael Nyman's The Piano Concerto is based entirely on material selected from his soundtrack to Jane Campion's film 'The Piano.' This version is for Two Pianos reducing the Orchestral accompaniment ofNyman's original scoring to a second Piano part. A full performance lasts around 35 minutes.

2 Piano Version-This item includes two copies of the arrangement for two pianos; the orchestral reduction is played by the second piano. November 2012: now includes a previously-unpublished cadenza and revisions by the composer.

Work for Piano and Orchestra here arranged for Two Pianos composed in Paris in the early 1920's by the female member of 'Les Six'.

Commissioned and first performed by Richard Rodney Bennett and Susan Bradshaw in 1977.

Rhapsody in F Sharp was commissioned by the BBC Proms and first performed in the Royal Albert Hall on August 19th 1943. Written for solo Piano with Orchestra accompaniment it has been arranged here for twoPianos. Written with the wartime audience in mind it is unashamedly popular in style with a flashy virtuosity making it immediately accessible and entertaining. There is argument among scholars as to whether it should bereferred to in the Major or Minor key as it makes almost equal use of both starting in one and finishing in the other. Ernest J Moeran (1894-1950) was an English composer who followed the tradition of R. VaughanWilliams and John Ireland by collecting preserving and using many folk songs mainly from Norfolk Suffolk and Ireland.