2 pianos (4 hands) - difficult

SKU: HL.49019723

For two pianos. Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Piano. Softcover. Composed 1977. 32 pages. Duration 10'. Schott Music #ED21404. Published by Schott Music (HL.49019723).

ISBN 9790001188074. UPC: 888680039219. 9.25x12.0x0.107 inches.

This piece dates back to Vasks' Sturm and Stress period and was premiered in 1977. Freely notated over long passages, it uses both commonly notated passages and symbols as well as clusters. Vasks uses this wide range of modern piano technique for an expressive performance of both pianists. The performers have to cope with eruptions of powerful sounds and passages of great softness, while excitement alternates with contemplation.

2 Pianos

SKU: HL.14034688

Composed by Alan Bush. Arranged by David Lyon. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV100201. Published by Music Sales (HL.14034688).

Vari ations, Nocturne & Finale On An English Sea-Song for Piano and Orchestra Op.60. Orchestral part arranged for a second Piano by David Lyon.

After a brief introduction to the Orchestra, the melody of an eighteenth century whalermen's ballad with verse and refrain 'Blow Ye Winds', is given out, the verse by the Piano, the refrain divided between Orchestra and Piano. Then follow thirteen variations, the last three being pianistic etudes, accompanied Orchestrally. The nocturne evokes the nostalgia of a long voyage and the finale the excitement, dangers and glory of a triumphant chase. In these movements, as well as in the variations, the entiremusical material is derived from the basic theme. The work is designed as a virtuoso concert-piece for the pianist, with supporting Orchestral flashes of colour and points of contrast.

2 Pianos

SKU: HL.14018850

Composed by Kenneth Leighton. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 100 pages. Music Sales #NOV100353. Published by Music Sales (HL.14018850).

ISBN 9780711986008. 9.0x12.0x0.295 inches.

The Prelude, Hymn And Toccata 1987 is dedicated to, and was commissioned by the Nettle-Markham Piano Duo. It was the second work to have been written for them by the composer, the first being the Sonata For Piano Duet Op.92. This twenty minute work begins with Leighton's typical preludial double-dotted rhythms and contrapuntal textures; it develops into dark, passionate music and erupts into single and double cadenzas. The gentle Hymn is ushered in quietly and unfolds in long, rhapsodic sections, building up to more climactic cadenzas before dissolving gradually to an ethereal conclusion. The Toccata finale shows Leighton's masterly piano writing and contrasts biting, rhythmic motifs with sweeping, yearning elegiac phrases.

Composed by Gabriel Jackson (1962-). For 2 pianos. 40 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Published by Oxford University Press

Piano Reduction for 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. Composed by Feliks Rybicki. PWM. Classical. Softcover. 116 pages. Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne #4930030. Published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne

By Sergei Rachmaninoff. Edited by Dale Tucker. Arranged by Maurice Hinson. Piano duo (two pianos, four hands): (Two copies necessary for performance). Level: advanced. 40 pages. Published by Warner Brothers.

Composed by John La Montaine (1920-). Keyboards - Piano. Fredonia Press #FRD08. Published by Fredonia Press

Two Pianos, Four Hands. By Franz Liszt. Arranged by Erno Szegedi. EMB. Size 9x12 inches. 31 pages. Published by Editio Musica Budapest.

1 and 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. By John Thompson. Arranged by John Thompson. Willis. Softcover. Size 9x12 inches. 31 pages. Published by Willis Music.

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For Piano. This edition: 2 copies required. Piano Duo (Two Pianos, Four Hands). Masterwork. 36 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.