Piano duo

Piano is the name for two pianists at one or two pianos.

History

Designated since the 17th century composers both their vocal and their different vacant instrumental pieces as a duet or as a duo, if these were to be interpreted by two singers or instrumentalists of 2. Compositions for two harpsichords and, later, pianos or piano four hands were also commonly called Duo. In the 19th and 20th century the number of pieces took too, which were composed for two pianos, with or without accompanying instruments, or for piano duet.

The term piano duo in today's parlance, however, does not refer to the shape of the composition, but on the two- piano ensemble performer. Here is a linguistically marked contrast to the piano trio, in which both the composition can be meant as well, which consists of three musicians ensemble.

The repertoire of original compositions for two pianists is not very extensive. So it is not surprising that even compositions for other ensembles, chamber music or orchestral, in the transcribed for 2 pianos or piano four hands are happy and very successfully included in the concert programs of today's piano duos in large numbers.

The interaction of two pianists is technically extremely difficult. It requires a precise match to the smallest detail of the game mechanics that can be generally achieved only after a long time playing together. Frequently, therefore, have siblings, including a married couple, come together for the long term scheduled.

The worldwide first and only chair of piano duo was at the 2012 HMT - furnished Academy of Music and Theatre in Rostock, occupied since November 1, 2012 by Hans -Peter and Volker Stenzl. The professorship is limited to three years and is funded by private foundation funds.

Original compositions

For Two Pianos

  • Anton Arensky: 4 Suites for Two Pianos op.15, op.23, op.33, op.62
  • Pierre Boulez: Structures
  • Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56b
  • Sonata in f minor op 34 to
  • Domino per due pianoforti (1992 )
  • Phantom ( Hommage a R. W. ) ( 1993)
  • Country Gardens (for two pianos, 8 hands )
  • Random Round (for two pianos, 10 hands )
  • Sonata for Two Pianos (2008)
  • Toccata for two pianos (2013 )
  • La Fantaisie, H.180
  • Three Czech Dances, H.324
  • Impromtu, H.359
  • Russian Round Dance Op 58 N1. 1
  • Knight Errant, Op 58 No 2
  • Sonata in D major KV 448
  • Suites Opus 5 and Opus 17
  • Symphonic Dances, Op 45
  • La Valse
  • Rhapsodie Espagnole
  • Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, Op 86 (1904 )
  • Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op 134 (1914)
  • Concerto (1931-1935)
  • Sonata (1943 /44)

For piano four hands

  • Anton Arensky: Children's Suite, Op 65
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in D major, Op 6
  • Three Marches for Piano, four hands, Op 45 No. 1-3
  • Grosse Fuge for piano four hands in B flat major ( piano version of Op 133), op 134
  • Waltz op 39 (own processing of the two-handed version)
  • Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
  • Sonata in C Major, K.19d
  • Sonata in G Major, K.357
  • Sonata in B - flat major, K.358
  • Sonata in D Major, K.381
  • Sonata in F major, K 497
  • Sonata in C Major, K.521
  • 6 Pieces for Piano, four hands, Op 11
  • Polka Italienne (piano, 4 hands or 2 pianos ), WoO (1906 )
  • Cinq pièces faciles for piano duet (1916 )
  • Le Sacre du Printemps ( for piano 4 hands ) (also: for two pianos )

For piano four hands and orchestra

  • Carl Czerny: Concerto for piano four hands and orchestra in C major, Op 153 (1831)

For Two Pianos and Orchestra

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord, Piano and Orchestra in E Flat Major
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: 2 Double Concertos for 2 Pianos MWV O 5 ( E Major, 1823) and O 6 ( A Flat Major, 1824)
  • Béla Bartók: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion (1937, also with orchestra)
  • Jürg Hanselmann: Dies Irae Variations for Two Pianos and Orchestra (2005)
  • Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, H.292
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major KV 365
  • Lior Navok: "The Little Mermaid" ( Once Anderssen ) for narrator, two pianos and orchestra (2007)
  • Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor FP61 (1932 )

Other works

Sergei Prokofiev: Marches in C major (1897 ), C major (1899), F major (1899), F major (1899 ), Piece in D minor (1900), with zither piece, incomplete ( 1900), Bagatelle No. 1 in C minor ( 1901)

For four pianos Philip Glass Two Movements for Four Pianos wrote ( 2013).

Well-known duo

  • Piano Gröbner & Trisko
  • Anna and Ines Walachowski
  • Christoph Eschenbach / Justus Frantz
  • GrauSchumacher Piano Duo
  • Aloys Kontarsky / Alfons Kontarsky
  • Josef and Rosina Lhévinne
  • Güher and Süher Pekinel
  • Anthony & Joseph Paratore
  • John and Edward Kutrowatz
  • Katia and Marielle
  • Hans and Kurt Schmitt
  • Marek & Vacek
  • Duo Azaïs / Billiards
  • Sontraud Speidel / Evelinde Trenker
  • Genova & Dimitrov
  • Martha Argerich / Nelson Freire
  • Duo Tal & Groethuysen
  • Cyril Smith / Phyllis Sellick
  • Piano Duo Kolodochka
  • Duo Crommelynck
  • Schemann Piano Duo
  • Begoña Uriarte / Karl -Hermann Mrongovius
  • Sonja and Shanti Sungkono
  • Silver - Garburg
  • Tatjana & Leonid Schick
Claude Debussy Eduard Franck Percy Grainger Krzysztof Meyer Max Reger Bernd Alois Zimmermann Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky
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