4 hands on TWO pianos

[passthesalt]

This is a study written by Guy Maier that arranges Chopin's Black Key and Butterfly etudes to be played simultaneously on two pianos. He writes that he resolved "to include as much as possible of the original studies in the arranging, and to add or alter only where absolutely necessary. As a result, the Butterfly study has come out practically intact (except for shifting positions) while the Black Key had to be shortened, juggled somewhat and changed in spots."

I happen to have a recording of two students playing this for a birthday celebration on March 1, 2010 here:
http://studio.waltercosand.com/2GbEtudesatonce.aiff

Walter, I get a blank screen when I click this link. Is that just me or is it the link? (I'd love to hear this.)

[WCosand]

OK, Jupersdupers.

2GbEtudesatonce.mp3

The performers are Bora Kim and Ahyeon Yun. Sorry for the long recording of such a short piece.

[passthesalt]

Thanks for the Maier mp3, Walter. They did a bang-up job on this.

[tobyjj]

PTS,
It wasn't just you - thanks for asking Walter.
Walter, thanks for providing mp3

regards,
tobyjj

[quercus]

Thanks for the Liszt Hung Rhap #2! I performed the duet version a couple times many years ago, but misplaced the score and have been half-seriously trying to find it ever since. It's a great crowd-pleaser, but I had to put up with some flak from the "serious" people who thought it was immoral to play anything but the original.

- Bill

[emma]

Thanks for the Liszt Hung Rhap #2! I performed the duet version a couple times many years ago, but misplaced the score and have been half-seriously trying to find it ever since. It's a great crowd-pleaser, but I had to put up with some flak from the "serious" people who thought it was immoral to play anything but the original.

- Bill

There is a 4hands version by Liszt (transposed from C# to D minor), in fact a transcription from the orchestral version, but the score seems hard to locate.
Emma

[passthesalt]

Thanks for the Liszt Hung Rhap #2! I performed the duet version a couple times many years ago, but misplaced the score and have been half-seriously trying to find it ever since. It's a great crowd-pleaser, but I had to put up with some flak from the "serious" people who thought it was immoral to play anything but the original.

- Bill

It seems priggish to get in a huff about the 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody. After all, there are 2 famous cartoons of it out there. Tom and Jerry did a great one. And then there's the immortal Bugs Bunny cartoon, where Bugs ended up throwing a stick of dynamite in the piano to get a pesky mouse and plays the high notes with his ears? I can't hear this anymore without starting to laugh.


Tom and Jerry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgCsRTZRiNs

Bugs Bunny:

http://videosift.com/video/Rhapsody-Rab ... psody-No-2

[fhimpsl]

Here is another one for you lucky two-piano 4-hands players...an arrangement of the Handy classic "St. Louis Blues." Enjoy!

Frank

Handy, W.C. - St. Louis Blues - arr. 2 Pianos - 4 Hands.pdf

[fhimpsl]

here's another two-piano 4-hander...a novelty by Ferde Grofe entitled "Alice Blue"....enjoy!

Grofe, Ferde - Alice Blue - 2 Piano, 4-Hands.pdf

[ionet]

Hi, Im looking for the Victor Babin transcription of Borodin Polovtsian dances for two pianos.

It's out of print, so I guess libraries and private collections are the only way.



Best to all


Ionet